Three courts' banners flying in Maj'Dul?

[Galldora]

I'm used to seeing the banners change from red to gold to blue, as one court or another gains temporary power.  But I don't remember seeing all three banners flying.  What does this mean? <img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/Draeknar/majdulcourtflags2.jpg" border="0">

[Cusashorn]

Nothing. It just means that each of the courts has at least one tower.

[Galldora]

Oh.  I seem to remember that they are usually all one color.  Am I just remembering wrong? 

[Cusashorn]

Every time the server comes back up every day, the banners are randomly changed, and then the players get to work. Many people change them all to one faction so they can get a named that spawns. They're usually angry if you change it, but screw them.

[Allisia]

It's also possible to find purple banners if someone is working on the quest "The Courts of Maj'dul: of Fate and Destiny". These belong to the Court of Tears. It's hard to miss this happening as the city guards are replaced by wandering bands of orcs.

[Themaginator]

also there are more than  three towers so others must be changed to.

[Galldora]

Thanks all, for the enlightenment on this issue.  I was not aware that the towers are taken over one at a time and so there could be any combination of banners flying.  I do remember seeing the city being taken over by orcs a time or two, but wasn't aware that the orcs were related to the purple banners.  The orcs have provided me with some pretty good excitement, especially the first time I ran into them -- since my character's level was quite a bit below theirs at the time and I was blithely tripping along, not expecting much aggro...   ouch.

[ke'la]

<cite>Galldora wrote:</cite><blockquote>Thanks all, for the enlightenment on this issue.  I was not aware that the towers are taken over one at a time and so there could be any combination of banners flying.  I do remember seeing the city being taken over by orcs a time or two, but wasn't aware that the orcs were related to the purple banners.  The orcs have provided me with some pretty good excitement, especially the first time I ran into them -- since my character's level was quite a bit below theirs at the time and I was blithely tripping along, not expecting much aggro...   ouch. </blockquote><p> It also does not help that the Solo Guards are replaced by Heroic Orcs in many places.</p><p>All you need to do to change a tower is to gain access to one of the 3 courts, then Fight(or if your a monk FD) your way to the top of the tower and kill the captain of the tower, then shove a "Court Dagger"(that you got from a box in your court) into his back, a gong rings and a 20sec latter or so the guards change to your court. I used to do this alot with my monk befor KoS came out, it was really fun to run/FD to the top of the tower, FD behind the Tower Captain, and then when I was ready jump up, kill the captain then FD again and stab him.</p>