admin Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Captains NPC have gathered all pain they experienced since launch and decided to fight back. Here is some information on the NPC port battle raids that will help you prepare so you dont lose ports on first events. War Server Preparation Raiders will only attack on weekends Raiders will only attack most developed ports of top 3 nations (mix of investments and tax rate) There will be 3 NPC port attacks over weekend (1 per top nation) Raiders will ignore all other nations Raiders will only attack within the timer (if no timer is present they will attack at random time) Raiders will announce their intention with the server message (like port battles) the day before Raider attacks will be indicated on map tool in port battle list Raiders will always pick the proper wind for attack Raiders know how to fit the ships and will be very combat worthy If raiders win the battle port becomes neutral. Battle Raider fleet usually will consist of 16-20 Lineships(escort) and 4-6 indiaman (transports) and will split into 2 groups attacking from 2 directions To win the battle raiders will need to gain 1000 points Raiders get the points by controlling the control points AND by reaching the control points Transports get A LOT of points for reaching the circle - currently 250-300 Escort get some points for reaching the circle - currently 25-50 All Raiders also get standard points for staying in the circle Raiders will not fire at forts Points cannot go down but you can slow down the point generation or avoid it by stopping the ships trying to reach the control points Optimal strategy in internal testing was found to be the following Destroy Indiamans as soon as possible and slow down the escorts later destroying them with focus fire one by one Create two groups (and maybe one in reserve) as if one raider group reaches the control zone intact they will win the raid Main Groups should prefer to join the raid far at sea (far from pier) because if groups join from pier they sometimes will NOT have enough time to stop the raiders from reaching the control points having said that joining from pier is also possible but not in all scenarios (depend on port) Reserve group can join from pier and provide support at danger points. Joining far at sea has risks of its own because of potential enemy screens Defending the raids could become an interesting logistical and organizational task if enemy is present (meta) Meta gameplay Smaller nations (especially acting together) can completely stop defenders from joining the raid by screening forcing them to lose invested ports (david vs goliaf scenarios) Smaller nations can attack other ports during the raid times and take them undefended For Peace Server Raiders will attack random ports turning them neutral Hostility will be enabled for neutral ports so clans can capture the ports for themselves Raiders will also attack developed ports from time to time This will achieve the following amazing outcome for the Peace server Both PVE port defense and attacks become possible Port investments become possible (including port bonuses) Port clan control and taxation becomes possible 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) Omg we have 2 pve sever now Edited September 6, 2019 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus MacDuff Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I hate this. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iroquois Confederacy Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Are there any plans for PvP raids in the future - say if a small faction wanted to raid a large faction without so much warning? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botq Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Sounds very good 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreides Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) Edited September 6, 2019 by Atreides 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain2Strong Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 omgloldedgaem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, Intrepido said: Im confused. Will be pvp raids too or not? this post is about NPC attacks on ports 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huliotkd Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) but this isn't Raid, this is port battle...raids are intended to attack a port but without changing nation owner.... and what happens if a nation attack a port same day of NPC raid? while countering PVP hostility you loose the port by NPC? will be there some time to prepare for NPC raid like PB does (1 day for setting , battle for the nex one)? how many ports will be attacked in the same nation? ....server population isn't enougth to counter more than 1 single 20+ NPC fleet simoultaneously attacking all most developed ports inside the same nation Edited September 6, 2019 by huliotkd incoplete questions 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hethwill Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 28 minutes ago, admin said: For Peace Server Raiders will attack random ports turning them neutral Hostility will be enabled for neutral ports so clans can capture the ports for themselves Raiders will also attack developed ports from time to time This will achieve the following amazing outcome for the Peace server Both PVE port defense and attacks become possible Port investments become possible (including port bonuses) Port clan control and taxation becomes possible This sounds very good. Kind of continuous events on the Peace server. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain2Strong Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 minute ago, admin said: this post is about NPC attacks on ports u just killed GB and the other nations of the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 This update is helping alot that the war server will dying faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabman Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 15 minutes ago, Spikes said: One question... Do Raiders abide by front-line mechanics and only attack capitals? Or is any port on the map capable of being attacked? the most important question that needs answered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galt Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, admin said: Raiders will only attack most developed ports of top 3 nations (mix of investments and tax rate) How does the AI decide what the top nations are? Is it based on PvP activity and leader-boards? Number of ports? Population? Will nations like GB, which is largely irrelevant in RvR get hit, because they have a lot of dots? Will the Pirates be targeted because of the high player count, even though they have relatively few ports? And since this is RvR, will players be able to capture the AI ships in the pb? Edited September 6, 2019 by Galt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botq Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, El Patron said: This update is helping alot that the war server will dying faster No worry if u are not playing zerg it will not affect you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 9 minutes ago, Spikes said: One question... Do Raiders abide by front-line mechanics and only attack capitals? Or is any port on the map capable of being attacked? Raiders will attack most developed ports of top 3 nations. This means they wont use any frontline mechanics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huliotkd Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, admin said: Raiders will attack most developed ports of top 3 nations. This means they wont use any frontline mechanics but how many of that most developed ports? all or 1 for nation at week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac J Smith Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Sorry I thought I was playing on a PvP server. I guess I was wrong. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koltes Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, admin said: War Server Raiders will only attack most developed ports of top 3 nations (mix of investments and tax rate) Raiders will ignore all other nations @adminI dont like this simply because this is not PVP raids, but I'm excited to test new PB battle mechanic. However my VERY strong suggestion will be that you first try this on NPC attacking SMALL ports that are satellites of the 55 point ports. Reason behind that is that your mechanic was never tested. It will be buggy. It will need balancing. Players loosing 55 port with full bonuses investments due to a bug or a bad mechanic gonna cost you and us more players getting pissed off and leave. Lets test on smaller towns first Edited September 6, 2019 by koltes 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bligh Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 you pvper dont like added spice to you game mix? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, o7Captain said: No worry if u are not playing zerg it will not affect you You play gb. Thats a zerg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunt Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 @adminhow much notice do you get usual 24hrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botq Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Just now, El Patron said: You play gb. Thats a zerg No i dont lol. Rather lets go back to topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huliotkd Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 i understood....you @admin need to wipe the map but without using the normal wipe announcement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterbloodvessel Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Guess top 3 Nations will come from this listing. Buster (no real clue) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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