Plan an event with CTA Maker

A CTA (Call To Arms) event in AO Master is the unit you schedule, plan, and run for a guild raid / war / fight. Shot-callers create CTAs on #CTA Maker; members sign up on #CTA Timer; during the event, party leaders upload roster screenshots that feed the ZvZ Attendance report.

This page covers the planning side (Events + Presets tabs on #CTA Maker). For the running side, see Run + track attendance. For the cross-check report, see Cross-check + season archive.

Permissions

The page requires either:

• Manage ZvZ Events — create, edit, archive, cancel events. Full control.
• Shot Call Party Board — narrower: can compose parties + force-assign / kick members on an existing event, but can't create/cancel events themselves.

What's on the page

Three tabs: Events, Presets, Settings.

Events tab (default)

The Events tab is your CTA workspace. Sub-sections:

• Active — three pill filters: Active / Closed / Archived. The Active list shows two sub-groups:
  • OPEN NOW — events currently within their attendance-upload window (party leaders can upload roster screenshots).
  • UPCOMING — events scheduled for a future time.
• Search + From / To date filters + All seasons dropdown for narrowing the list.

Each event card shows: name, date/time (UTC), status pill (e.g. Open for upload / Upcoming / Closed), attendance count so far, who created it. Card actions: Edit, Close (closes the upload window early), Cancel (delete the event, no audit lost).

Schedule Event

Click + Schedule Event to open the planner. Fields:

• Name — short, displayed everywhere the event shows up.
• Season — group events into seasons for the cross-check + archive workflow.
• Date + start time (UTC).
• Sign-up window — how long before the event members can sign up (default = sign-ups open immediately + close at event start).
• Attendance-upload window — how long after event start party leaders can upload roster screenshots (default 2 hours).
• Party preset (optional) — pick from saved presets for the comp.
• Recurrence (optional) — make this a weekly / daily series.

Save and the event appears in UPCOMING until its start time, then flips to OPEN NOW.

Presets tab

Save reusable party compositions for fast event scheduling. A preset is a named template with a set of parties (each party = N slots, each slot bound to a war role). Reuse by picking it during Schedule Event.

Compose presets with a drag-and-drop slot editor: drop war roles into slots, set headcount per party, drag to reorder parties. Presets are guild-wide — every shot-caller can pick them.

Settings tab

Defaults for new events: sign-up window, upload window, season-rollover policy, default party preset. Saves the defaults once + every Schedule Event prefills from them.

After Schedule

Once scheduled, the event:

• Appears on #CTA Timer for members to sign up (within the sign-up window). See Run + track attendance for the member sign-up side.
• Counts toward ZvZ Attendance for participation stats once uploads come in.
• Gets a Discord announcement (when the bot is paired and the announcement channel is configured).

Cross-links

• Run + track attendance — sign-up flow + party roster uploads + live event handling.
• Cross-check + season archive — end-of-season report + archive workflow.
• Settings → War Roles — where party-slot war roles come from.
• Settings → Guild Systems — toggle ZvZ System + sub-toggles (ZvZ Attendance, Party Board).

Last reviewed

Walked as demo01 (Owner of QuickStart Demo) on 2026-05-24 against commit fc83494c. Screenshot shows one OPEN NOW event "bbbb" — your guild's actual list will differ.