Luck? Pros? Veterans?
There's a huge difference between the amount of effort we put into WoE and the other guilds.
This guild was created 7 weeks before anyone ever saw us appear in WoE. Before that, WoE was a joke. Influence would take it, then Good Soup would retake it, repeat, until Seek and Destroy comes in at 50 seconds remaining.
In those seven weeks, we did nothing but recruit, gear our members and find active people suitable for the guild.
I don't bother recruiting or interviewing "pros" or "veterans", they tend to be guild hoppers. If you see any in the guild, they were friends that i could trust.
Most of our reliable players in the guild right now weren't even 255 when they were recruited, and had no donation items.
We prepared thousands of donation coupons before the guild was even created. We went over roles thoroughly, until every single member knew what to do on May 3rd, our first WoE. If they needed items, we would help them. Since then, we've held the castle increasingly steadily.
All i've seen from the invading guilds is one or two sinx's leading, with 95% of the rest being meat shields. The guild leaders haven't bothered to gear them with anything, not even skolls. They use their guild mates as a shield and abandon them for a shot at the emperium. You're better off one manning like Drax2 does.
You're not going to win a serious WoE without proper organization and coordination, something the spontaneous and blind rushes never had. Teamwork doesn't happen overnight.
Another guild will appear in the WoE scene soon to contest the castle, when they do, things will be different; there will be no room for solo'ers.