# The Great Moa Invasion
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351
**Category:** Official News
**Created:** [November 22, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351 "2017-11-22T00:03:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Maxx](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maxx)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/21 "2017-11-22T03:12:28Z")
This is the best event ever. Moa/Ragnagord/Famine/Death and Moa/Valkyrie/Mab/Mercy isn’t as bad as the proper team.
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### Author:  [@netwizard](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/netwizard)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/22 "2017-11-22T03:36:54Z")
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### Author:  [@Sheba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sheba)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/23 "2017-11-22T03:43:45Z")
Seriously, though, where do the switched-out troops canonly mo(a)ve to, though?
There’s several possibilities:
1. A troop gets turned into a Moa via some magic. Which would be bad. _“Oh, we just cashed in this Moa for the bounty after eating its wonderful drumsticks. …Wait, that was actually King Highforge after being cursed? …Uhm. T-The dwarves don’t really need a king, right?”_
2. The defense teams agree to have a Moa fight alongside them so that the attackers can get a bounty. _“So, okay, we will get beaten into a pulp for a week now so that complete strangers can get a random extra Traitstone! Sounds awesome!”_
3. The defense teams have someone sit out because they actually want to eat the Moa along the way for tasty nutrition when they suddenly get attacked. _“Oh, hey, Moa, thanks for helping out in combat! …I’m hungry now. Time to die!”_
…What is going on in Krystara right now? What does this Great Moa invasion _really_ mean?
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### Author:  [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/24 "2017-11-22T03:56:00Z")
We’re secretly at the start of the Emperor Moa vs Emperor Korvash Krystaria War. Soon, we’ll have Moas riding Gorgothas all over the place.
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### Author:  [@Papa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Papa)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/25 "2017-11-22T04:09:58Z")
So, I have just discovered that whether a defense troop is replaced by a Moa in _ranked_ PvP can be reset by refreshing your battle options in _casual_ PvP. This means that you can always have a Moa on the opposing team in ranked PvP for a very nominal cost, even if one is not initially available.
Not sure if this was intentional, but it’s really nice, so I am going to assume it was intentional.
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### Author:  [@Zippity](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zippity)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/26 "2017-11-22T04:15:06Z")
How dare you replace one of my defense troops without my permission! Now I have a terrible defensive win-loss. This is overstepping your boundaries! 😡🤬
/s
My defense team this week was 4x Fire Bombs… 🤣
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### Author:  [@Papa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Papa)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/27 "2017-11-22T04:20:15Z")
At Mithran’s suggestion, my defense team is now set to:
Moa
3 x Fire Bomb
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### Author:  [@ZooKeeper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ZooKeeper)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/28 "2017-11-22T04:26:27Z")
@Sirrian One question, will this random appearance of Moa affects GW defense?
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### Author:  [@Zippity](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zippity)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/29 "2017-11-22T04:32:23Z")
I almost did that, but went with 4 moa so that people without scouting would know for sure that my defense has a moa.
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### Author:  [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/30 "2017-11-22T04:34:13Z")
I’d be a little worried if people were scared of some Fire Bombs, even if its just for 2 Traitstones instead of 3.
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### Author:  [@Sheba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sheba)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/31 "2017-11-22T04:36:57Z")
> [@TheIdleOne](#):
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> We’re secretly at the start of the Emperor Moa vs Emperor Korvash Krystaria War. Soon, we’ll have Moas riding Gorgothas all over the place.
Nooo I cannot let that happen! I will _kill all the Moas (and Gorgothas) now!_ It shall be a war!
No roasted chicken will beat my favourite emperor and his fluffy Manticore! Fluffbutt \> stonebutt and hot dude \> birdbrain!
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### Author:  [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/32 "2017-11-22T05:03:18Z")
This event is awesome lol.
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### Author:  [@Theicla](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theicla)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/33 "2017-11-22T06:13:02Z")
> [@Cyrup](#):
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> That need some moativation
@Cyrup @Ozball Just to be clear here… since it’s not entirely obvious… Let’s say I paste up a PvP Defense that already has _one_ Moa troop as part of its lineup. And the other three troops in the team are not Moas.
Will the game randomly substitute a troop with a Moa so my team potentially could end up with TWO Moas?
Or is it a “One Moa per team” policy that’s being applied in PvP, so no troop would be changed if the script sees there’s already a Moa in place?
Thanks… Just curious 😊
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### Author:  [@Sheba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sheba)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/34 "2017-11-22T06:24:36Z")
> [@Theicla](#):
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> Or is it a “One Moa per team” policy that’s being applied in PvP, so no troop would be changed if the script sees there’s already a Moa in place?
Imagine it might replace your Moa with a different Moa _and you will never know that your beloved Moa got exchanged for a stranger_.😨
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### Author:  [@Ozball](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ozball)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/35 "2017-11-22T06:32:23Z")
> [@Theicla](#):
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> Will the game randomly substitute a troop with a Moa so my team potentially could end up with TWO Moas?
This is correct. The game doesn’t consider if you have a Moa on your team yet or not.
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### Author:  [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/36 "2017-11-22T07:19:30Z")
Cool event. Would have been nice to get the announcement _before_ it all started happening in game though…
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### Author:  [@en9nhcet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/en9nhcet)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/37 "2017-11-22T07:23:11Z")
my first dungeon today has 3 moa in it…xD
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### Author:  [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/38 "2017-11-22T07:24:11Z")
At least we know how easy it is to remove dawnbringer from arena…
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### Author:  [@en9nhcet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/en9nhcet)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/39 "2017-11-22T07:25:02Z")
but bringer is my fav part of arena 🕶
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### Author:  [@ralph](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ralph)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-moa-invasion/33351/40 "2017-11-22T08:34:22Z")
Could be nice… but something must have happened to traitstone drop rates.
In 49 pvp battles I got only minors and majors. No runics, no arcanes. It wasn’t like that ever before…
Is there a bug?
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