Quote: Battle System

Before I start talking about builds and other such strategies. Let do a brief overview of the battle system. As you may have seen formations occurs on a 3x3 grid like such

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When you battle each team takes turns mounting 1 attack at a time in the following order.

[7] [4] [1]
[8] [5] [2]
[9] [6] [3]


Therefore is we have two players against each other in the following formations

Attacker

Defender

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[x] [x] [x]

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Since the attacker attacks first the turn order would go like this.

Attacker

Defender

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[2] [ ] [ ]

[9] [5] [1]

[4] [8] [10]

[ ] [ 7] [ ]

[6] [ ] [ ]

Despite the defending player having heroes in the first three spots the attacking player will still have his attacks occur after his opponent regardless of where his heroes are.

This makes it also possible to have two attacks in a row for the attack as if he kills a troop on an attack so that all his opponents remaining troops have already done for the round. the next round would begin with the attacker attacking again.


Formations

Going to give a quick overview of the placement sin each formation

Testudo - Increases Block Chance

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[X] [X] [X]
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Lochoi - Increases Valor Hit

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Boar's Head - Increases Spirit Hit

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[X] [X] [X]
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Crescent - Increases Critical Strike Chance

[X] [X] [ ]
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Inverted Wedge - Increases Dodge Chance

[X] [X] [ ]
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[X] [X] [ ]

Gramarye - Increases Elemental Hit

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Padmavyuha - Increases Counterstrike Chance

[X] [ ] [X]
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[X] [ ] [X]

Skein - Increases Defense

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Battle Information

Morale - Each time you successfully hit and are hit by a Valor attack you will gain 34 Morale. (Spirit Attack/B.M.'s and Elemental attacks will not raise Morale). There are also two types of units that raise morale each turn. Nymph Dancers will raise the Morale of a single allied unit to 100%. Bugler will raise all allied units Morale by 34%.

Block - All damage is negated to the Blocking Unit. If the attacker is a Calvary, Infantry or Siege type troop they receive damage equal to a single regular attack from the blocking unit. Elemental attacks and Spirit attack can not be Block.

Dodge - All Damage to the dodging unit is negated. Only Elemental attacks cannot be dodged.

Critical Strike - Critical strikes deal roughly 1.5 - 1.75 times the regular damage. Both Spirit attack and regular attack can be affected by Critical Strike. Elemental Attack cannot. A critical Strike cannot be dodged or blocked.

Multi-Target B.M.'s - Multi-Target B.M. target the immediately opposing unit first. If they hit that unit then the remaining targets are automatically hit. If the opposing target dodges then no targets are hit.
(e.g. If My Bellerophon targets my opponent's Atelante and she does not dodge then all of my opponents units would be dealt damage, if she does dodge then none of my opponents units would receive damage.)

Elemental Hit - Elemental Hits cannot be dodge nor blocked, however they can fail. Each unit has a different success rate, Thunder Mages have the lowest (about 25%), Hydromancer's Average (about 60%) and Pyromancer's the highest (about 90%). The damage vary inversely to the success rate (Thunder Mage - Highest damage, Pyromancer - Lowest damage) However the success rate increase/decreases based on the difference between the mage's and the targets troop grade. If the Mage has a higher troop than its opponent it will have a higher success rate.

Quote: Okay Now we are up to the pat I've been looking forward to


The Builds (Part 1)

There are tons of good heroes out there. But what is going to make each player unique is the build they choose to use. So I decided to create this section on possible builds. All of these are usable, some may be better others. Note I have not tested all of these. The format for each build will be as follows.

Build Name

Starting hero - What hero you should/must start with for this build
Faction Choice - What faction you should choose.
Formation Choice - What formation you should level up first.
Hero Requirements - What heroes you MUST recruit to use the build. Sometimes this includes a broad type (i.e. Bugler) in which the actual type is up to you.
Hero Options - Most builds have one to two slots that are up in the air. This line will mention some good hero ideas.
Equipment Focus - What types of equipment you should prioritize. This will be for the required heroes. Since the optional heroes are up to you, use Strategy section Part A to help you decide.
Tech Focus – Basic Technologies you Should Focus on (All advanced technologies are good)
Notes - I will tell you a bit about the build.
Pros - The good points
Cons - The bad points


Now lets get started.


Sniper

Starting hero - Augustus
Faction Choice - Athenian or Zeusian
Formation Choice - Boar's Head
Hero Requirements - Paris, Medea (Athena 500 Prestige), Lacedeamon (Zeus 500 Prestige)
Hero Options - Nymph Dancer, Bugler, Asclepius
Equipment Focus - Horses, Horses, Horses
Tech Focus – Magic Penetration, Armorforging, Magic Resistance, Elemental Resistance, Hornblowing
Notes - The easiest of the Builds to get. You can have this up and running by the time you get to Defense of Athens. The concept revolves around power of Soul Taking Arrows, which has the ability to one shot most targets. Up your horses to as high as you can before worrying about anything else. You can have a fully functioning 5 person team with this by the end of Beats in the Wilderness with the additions of Artemis and Asclepius. Artemis will allow you to use a Soul Taking Arrows Each turn, conceivably ending the fight in 3-4 turns.
Pros - Ability to One Shot targets resulting in quick fights. Very powerful spirit attack.
Cons - Soul Taking Arrows is Single Target.


Stunner

Starting hero - Orianthi
Faction Choice - Poseidian or Zeusian
Formation Choice – Crescent, Lochoi
Hero Requirements – Adrastus/Doris (Poseidon 18k prestige), Pandora, Electra (Zeus 12k prestige) Daphne (Poseidon 190k prestige)
Hero Options – Asclepius, Perseus, Bugler, Mage (Thunder works well with the motif any is good though), heroes with Sneak Raid
Equipment Focus – Weapons, Armors, Cloaks
Tech Focus – Blacksmithing, Armorforging, Magic Resistance, Elemental Resistance, Hornblowing
Notes – An interesting build the main focus of the build is strong Valor attacker who B.M. cause your opponents heroes to miss their turn. The two heroes with Pandora’s Curse (Electra/Daphne and Pandora) Should be outfit to be tanks and tanks alone. Their BM doesn’t do much damage but can stun up to all five units on the field (seen it happen). Your best horses should be given to Adtrastus/Doris and Orianthi whose ability does more damage. Otherwise focus on weapons and armor to take advantage of the extra turns stunning your opponents gives you. Can create a basic version early on but full version takes time.
Pros - Ability to mount successive attacks. Ability to disable a target for possibly many turns. Good counter to B.M. formations as the stuns delay the time the B.M. come off.
Cons – Very Weak against Rally type heroes as if you stun a unit in defense, its keeps defense for the extra turn. Mages can be used to counteract. Takes a long while to full develop due to Pandora being towards the end and the Prestige heroes (especially for Poseidon). Works best if Pandora’s Curse characters are Renascenced many times.


AoE Spam

Starting hero – Conan/Any
Faction Choice – Any
Formation Choice – Boar’s Head
Hero Requirements – Bugler, Nymph Dancer, Healer, A single Hero with All Out Onslaught
Hero Options – Seige Weapon (Attacker or Cyclops Armored Chariot Work well)
Equipment Focus – Horse on the AoE. Great Armor/Cloaks on everyone else
Tech Focus – Magic Penetration, Armorforging, Magic Resistance, Elemental Resistance, Hornblowing
Notes – The most hated Meta build right now why, cause its incredibly powerful in the mid game. That’s right Mid game. It power will die out as people start getting their equipments to high levels. This build relies on getting your single AoE characters attack off each turn with a combination of Nymph Dancers/Buglers. The Healer keeps people alive so that those units which are on the front lines don’t die.
Pros - Very Powerful AoE attacks with built up horse. Cheap Build to upgrade as you focus almost entirely on a single horse.
Cons – Only a single attacker. If that attacker is killed/stunned your effectiveness is done. Front line units are very weak to Spirit attacks themselves.

Tank Attack

Starting hero – Kratos
Faction Choice – Any (Although Poseidon has more options and Athenians have best Total Defense Character)
Formation Choice – Skein, Lochoi
Hero Requirements – Heroes with Total Defense, Asclepius, Hermes
Hero Options – Other Rally Heroes
Equipment Focus – Weapons, Armor and Cloak
Tech Focus – Blacksmithing, Armorforging, Magic Resistance, Elemental Resistance, Hornblowing
Notes – This build is the classic attrition build. It uses heroes who have either Rally (Damage + Rally Status: Until next turn take one damage from all Valor/Spirit Attacks) or Total Defense (Damage and puts all troops in Rally Status). Since you are looking to have tanks with High Valor damage you want to ignore horses and just focus on building up your defense and Armor.
Pros - Very good survivability, is able to take a lot of damage due to Rally effect.
Cons – Weak against Mages as they can bypass the Rally effect, with their damage.


Morale Deprivation

Starting hero – Robin Hood/Beowulf
Faction Choice – Any (Although Athenian’s have the most Morale Suppression Heroes)
Formation Choice – Inverted Wedge, Skein or Testudo (Defensive formations)
Hero Requirements – 1-2 Heroes with Morale Absorption/Nocturnal Blitzkrieg, 1 Hero with Morale Suppression, 1 Bugler
Hero Options – Healer, Second Morale Suppression hero, characters with stunning B.M.
Equipment Focus – Armor, Cloak, Horses for Absorption/Blitzkrieg, Weapons for Suppression.
Tech Focus – Everything but Elemental Penetration
Notes – This build is about getting rid of your opponents Morale and keeping that way. It can be devastating to Spirit Builds if done right but requires a certain amount of luck and timing to truly reach its potential. Early game you will use Nocturnal Blitzkrieg characters which you should replace for character with Morale Absorption as soon as possible.
Pros - Can cut the legs out from underneath heavy Spirit reliant builds. Most heroes boast decent defense troops.
Cons – Weak against Siege weapons and Mage as they have no Spirit attack.

Magical Assault

Starting hero – Any
Faction Choice – Poseidon/Zeusian (Poseidon allows you to create a basic build earlier Zeusian allows you to unlock its full potential earlier)
Formation Choice – Gramarye
Hero Requirements – Asclepius, Mages, Any are good. You’ll want a Meteorite Mage, Furious Pyromancer and either a second Pyromancer or a Hydromancer.
Hero Options – Other Mages, Cyclops Armor Chariot Heroes to act as damage sponges.
Equipment Focus – Books, Cloak, Armor
Tech Focus – Elemental Penetration, Hornblowing, Armorforging, Spirit Resistance, Elemental Resistance
Notes – This build can be devastating or a joke depending on how your opponent is set up. It is very hard to reduce the damage your mages deal as only the tech gives elemental resistance. However your guys are squishy and can be killed easily. That is why Asclepius is of paramount importance. He’ll keep your mages alive so they can dominate the opponent.
Pros – Can deal damage regardless of opponent’s equipment and Rally Condition. Can be incredibly powerful to troops that rely on tanks. Ignores block and dodge. Immune to Morale Suppression
Cons – Very vulnerable to Spirit attacks. Mages are very squishy as take a lot more damage from attacks than the other troop types.

For more information on the Poseidon part of this build look here: http://forum.clapalong.com/showthrea...=2642#post2642

This post has run out of Characters so I will part up part 2 of the builds section tomorrow.

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Damage Hybrid

Starting hero – Any
Faction Choice – Any
Formation Choice – Any
Hero Requirements – 1-2 Spirit Attackers, 1-2 Valor Attackers, 1-2 Mages
Hero Options – Any
Equipment Focus – All (depending on heroes)
Tech Focus – All Depending on heroes
Notes – Versatile Formation that can deal all types of damage. A good set up with this would be Valor siege, Healer, Spirit Attack, Nymph Dancer (Bm each turn) and mage. This formation would allow you to deal all types of damage and cover many holes.
Pros – Ability to deal all sort of damage, able to take care of all weaknesses.
Cons – No specialization causes this build to take time. Also since you do not specialize your going to be very dependant on equipment enhancements. Expensive, time consuming.


Cross

Starting hero – Atelente
Faction Choice – Any
Formation Choice – Boar’s Head
Hero Requirements – 1-3 Heroes with either Strike in Line or Strike in Column. (Herracles, Siren, Phologois) Don’t just use one as you want to be able to attack in a cross shape, Bugler
Hero Options – Nymph Dancer, second Bugler, Healer, Hero with Angel Wings
Equipment Focus – Horses, Armor, Cloak
Tech Focus – Magic Penetration, Hornblowing, Armorforging, Spirit Resistance, Elemental Resistance
Notes – Similar to AoE, This build relies on the more powerful BM of Strike in Line/Column. These two abilities have twice the attack power of AoE and still hit up to three units each. This will devastate people using Boar’s Head or Testudo Formations especially.
Pros - Incredibly Powerful Spirit Attacks that hit multiple targets. Devastatingly powerful against Boar’s Head and Testudo Formation making it good for anti spirit and anti tank. Attacks can reach into the back and get rid of those pesky units hiding behind tanks.
Cons – Some formations really screw it up normally those such as Inverted Wedge, Padmavyuha and Skein. Vulnerable to Dodge. Most units have low defense. Second non-prestige Strike in Column heroes is not until Roaring Seas and he sucks.


Outburst

Starting hero – Any
Faction Choice – Any (Zeusian and Athenians have best options for this build, Poseidon gets theirs the earliest)
Formation Choice – Any (Boar’s Head would probably be best)
Hero Requirements – Ares, Zephyrus/Palaemon/Aether (prestge heroes). 1-2 Buglers
Hero Options – Healer, 3rd Bugler, Cyclops Armored Chariot
Equipment Focus – Horses for Sally Outburst Guys, Armor, Cloak for everyone else
Tech Focus – Magic Penetration, Hornblowing, Armorforging, Spirit Resistance, Elemental Resistance
Notes – Again similar to AoE this build uses the Sally Outburst BM which has the added effect of restoring the units Morale back to 100. Allowing you to repeatedly use your BM every turn, if not hit by Blitzkreig or Morale Absorption. The Buglers are there to hurry your guys to their first BM and to counteract the effects of enemy buglers/ morale suppression.
Pros - Repetitive BM attacks with good damage. Doesn’t rely on a nymph dancer to use BM each turn. 2 -3 attackers each require no Morale intake once they get to 100.
Cons – Weak to Morale Deprivation. BM is only single target. Hard to get second Sally Outburst from prestige.

Mutiny

Starting hero – Any
Faction Choice – Athenian/Zeusian
Formation Choice – Any (Boar’s Head would probably be best)
Hero Requirements – Antaeus, Dionysus/Thalia (prestige heroes), Asclepius
Hero Options – Combination of buglers and nymph dancers ( I would go one of each)
Equipment Focus – Horses for Mutiny Outbreak Heroes, Armor, Cloak for everyone else
Tech Focus – Magic Penetration, Hornblowing, Armorforging, Spirit Resistance, Elemental Resistance
Notes – Since Mutiny Outbreak heal the attacker for the damage dealt this set up can have great survivability. Once you give Antaeus and your prestige hero a good horse. They can last quite a while if they get of their BM’s constantly, which is where the nymph dancers and buglers come in. The healer is necessary to keep whatever support troops you use alive.
Pros -BM’s heal the user allowing you units to receive extra healing as well as damaging the opponent.
Cons – Weak to Morale Deprivation. BM is only single target. Second Mutiny Outbreak hero is high in prestige.

Quote: Its been a while since I have posted here. Sorry for the absence.

Expeditions

Expeditions are the Player vs. Computer part of this game. You may begin you expeditions by clicking on the expedition button from your city screen (Crossed Swords).

Each expedition is set up in maps. These are the following maps I have discovered so far. When you complete all battles in the map you receive a 100% completion reward, which I have placed in parenthesis. The numbered maps are those that need to be completed to progress the story forward the maps with a letter next to it are maps that may be complete for additional rewards/heroes.

Map Name (numbers of NPC's) - 100% reward

1) Trail of Perseus (19) - Mammoth Spear (level 4 white weapon)
2) Trojan War (29) - Endless Regret (Level 12 Blue weapon)
3) Defense of Athens (20) - Raging Fang (Level 21 Blue Horse)
3a) Beasts in the Wilderness (20) - Grey Magic Cloak (Level 21 Blue Cloak)
4) Jack and the Bean Stalk (20) - Achievements in Charming (Level 29 Green book)
4a) Labyrinth of Crete (10) - Barbarians Armor (level 29 green armor)
5) Dispute of the Golden Apple (30) - Bloody Treachery (level 38 yellow weapon)
5a) Heath Aflame (20) - Cychreides (level 38 yellow mount)
6) Roaring Sea (30) - Caged Desire (level 42 yellow Armor)
7) Falling Earth (20) - Cloak of Runes (level 55 Yellow Cloak)
8) Burning Sky (20) - Spartan Charms (level 63 Yellow Book)
9) Endless Underworld Rivers (40) - Greetings at the Doorstep (Level 72 Yellow Horn)
10) House of Hades (20) - Brigsingamen (Level 80 Yellow Weapon)
11) Poseidon's Roar (20?) - ????
11) Athena's Wisdom (20?) - ????
11) Zeus' ? (20?) - ???? (You only receive 2 of the 11's the two correspond to the two faction that are opposing you, you only need to complete 1 of them to move on.
12') Tartarus (???) - ????
12') Ragnarok (???) - ???? (not sure which of these advances you as I haven't gotten there will update this when I do.

The Armies

There are 4 different types of NPC armies. Each has there own color and special conditions.

Regular Army (Blue)

These are the weakest of the armies and are made up of 5 regular units. Each unit has a set BM and strength. For instance a regular unit with the troop type White Dragon Rider will always have the same BM (Soul-Taking Arrows). The same hold true for all regular unit trop types. You may attack Regular Armies as many times as you want. However they offer the least laurels.

Elite Armies (Yellow)

These are stronger units composed of 4 regular units and one elite unit. The Elite unit has increased Faculty Attack and Defense as well as often sports a different BM from a regular unit with the same troops type. For instance a Elite unit with the troop type White Dragon Rider will often have a different BM then the Soul Taking Arrows which all regular units would use. The amount of times you can defeat an Elite armies is limited by the quota, which will be discussed later. They offer medium amounts of laurels. However some Elites drop equipment.

For a list of which Elites drop which equipment look here. Please note all equipments above blue are dropped in fragments. Green - 2 Fragments, Yellow - 5 Fragments, Red - 10 fragments and Purple - 20 Fragments. Legions have a small chance to drop the entire equipment instead of fragments.

Mercenary Armies (Red)

These are the strongest unit composed of 4 regular armies and a mercenary unit. Mercenary units are the strongest unit type boasting higher strength and defense than the Elite units. However once the army is defeated the Mercenary troop becomes a recruitable hero. As such Mercenary troops can only be defeated once. However they offer a tremendous amount of laurels.

Legion Armies (Large Yellow)

Legion armies are a collection of Elites/Mercenaries from the Map, with a few extra occasionally. You need to fight them with a group. With the exception of the first legion all legion can hold at most an 8 man group. Each member can kill no more than 3 members of the opposing army. Once that occurs they leave the battles field. In order to win you must have at least once army of your side remain on the battlefield. If you last group kills the other team but then leave the field with maximum wins you will lose. Legions offer a tremendous amount of laurels and the amount of time you can defeat them is limited by quota. You may also modify a legion to be available to faction or league only. Once you get past the Defense of Athens map you may only run legions with your faction members. There will be a strategy section of legion runs later.



The Quota

The quota determines the number of time A FACTION can defeat an Elite/Legion. The quota is not how many times a single player can defeat an Elite but how many times the faction as a whole can defeat an Elite/Legion. However the quota fully refreshes 4 times during the day with a special refresh at a fifth time.

The full refresh times are (server time)

23:30
3:30
10:00
12:00

The Special Refresh

At 00:00 every player in the server is given a single quota against all Elites (not Legions) This quota can only be use by that player and cannot be taken by others players. That means that no matter how fast a quota goes every player can fight every Elite at least once during the day.


Once a quota is finished the Army cannot be attacked until the quota refreshes. Certain VIP levels allow you to spend gold to continue to fight a depleted Army after its quota has gone.

Legion Strategy

Fight legions take some strategy. Since you lose if your final guys walks off after 3 straight wins you don't want to place you strongest players at the very end. Instead you want to stagger them.

Given an 8 man formation like this

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7
8

You want the order of strength to look more like this

6
4 (streaker)
3 (streaker)
8
7
1 (cleaner)
2 (cleaner)
5

What are Streakers and Cleaners?

Streakers are players who are placed early to run up a three streak and clear up the board for the later players. Cleaners are the strongest players who are placed to clean up the board and remove the strongest legions.

Two of the strongest players are in the first 3 why?

Easy 3 streaks. Most legions are arranged from weakest to strongest. Therefore if you place 2 of your 4 strongest players up front they can easy round up a streak of three and remove 6 units from the battle. Since most legions only have 10-12 units in total that leaves 4-6 units left and your team still with its strongest 2 in the bullpen.

Why isn't the strongest player going last?

Again if the last player cleans up the remaining legions but achieves a streak of 3 wins he walks of the field and your team loses. Therefore you need at least one player to go after him, two for extra insurance. You don't it to be your weakest player either in case there re remnants of armies on the field.

The second strongest player is going after the strongest why?

Besides the above reason, insurance. Often in the higher legions there is one army that always causes trouble even for the best players. And as luck would have it he often comes to the strongest player when he is weakened from killing off two other armies. You place the second strongest player after the first so if the strongest player falls you have a little back up to make sure the board is cleared.

Is the formation above set in stone as the best set up?

Of course not first of all you may not always be running 8 man legions, I know I don't. Second of all everything is open for experimentation. been running a few legions likes this recently.

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5
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2

I'm sure there are other usable formations that work. I just know the first formation has the highest success rate.

How do I modify this formation for 6 or 7 man legion runs.

Easy go back up the first formation (64387125) and remove the 8 and/or seven and shift everyone up accordingly.


Transcendence battles

Starting with the Dispute of the Golden Apple map, special battles will appear on the right side of the screen. They normally once you have defeated the last Main Force Regular Army, but on some maps its could be later. The maps are special in that they do not give laurels. Instead they give Transcendences (free fast Tracking) and Drachmas.

To Start a battle clock on the button of the right side of the screen. A screen similar to the legion screen will appear. The earlier battles are solo however later ones require multiple members to complete. Once you have created/filled you group. REFRESH THE SCREEN. Otherwise the battle will not show properly. Then once all screens have been refreshed launch the battle. A map with a series of armies will appear and certain tokens. Defeat all the armies on the screen within the time limit to receive rewards. Each action has a specific cooldown

Movement - 3-10 second (depending on terrain)
Attack - 15 seconds
Refresh - 15 Seconds

When attacking armies you may attack from the front, sides or back. Attacking from the sides gives you a +10% boost to attack/defense. Attacking from the back gives +20 attack/defense while attacking from the front gives +0%.

The faster you complete the map the better rewards you will get. The Drachmas you receive are based upon you assembly level and there is a maximum of 10 Transcendences per battle. The first battle cost one divinity with each subsequent battle cost and additional one divinity (2nd - 2, 3rd - 3 4th - 4 etc.)

Once you are done fight these battle refresh your screen again or else the regular fights will not show correctly.

As mentioned before each map certain token will appear. Here is a list of tokens and their effects.
Guide to Dungeons


Well thats all for Expeditions. Next section is on PvP and Prestige. Hopefully that will go up sooner than this one did.

Quote: Prestige and PVP

Okay I'm going to break this section into two posts, the first dealing with gaining prestige and PVP. The second deals with prestige based heroes.


Getting Prestige

There are multiple ways of getting prestige.


1) Investing - Every 3 hours you may spend a set amount of drachmas to invest in your city. Investing has two benefits, one you get prestige equal to the amount of prosperity you invested * your assembly level * 2 and two investing in your area increases the amount of drachmas you receive from levy a little bit each time. You may only invest 3 times a day however.

2) Player vs Player combat - or PVP You may send a divinity or an "a" token and attack another player from another faction. You will receive more prestige based on 3 things.

The level of the person you are attacking, if you are attacking a higher level player than yourself you will receive on average more prestige than if you attack a lower level player.

The status of the player you are attacking. There are seven status: No threat (grey), Normal (white), Agressive (blue), Warlike (green), Bully (yellow), Bloodthirsty (red) and Archenemy. The higher the status of the player the more prestige you will receive from them.

The amount of heroes you kill. You will always get more prestige for killing someone with five heroes fielded then for killing someone with 1,2,3 or 4 heroes fielded.

3) Promotion - Every two hours you may spend a set amount of laurels to gain a small amount of prestige. Given the large amount of laurels you need to spend and the small amount of prestige you receive this is very very much not worth it. Laurels are way to valuable.

4) Levy Events - As you are levying random questions with two choices will appear, occasionally one of the these will give you prestige. For a full list of these events and what you receive for each answer visit this link
http://sols9.com/batheo/Guide/Levy.php

5) Small Scale Area Battle - These occur automatically after x number of PVP fights have been fought between two factions in the same area (Level 30 area, 40, 60, 80, 100) Member who have fought any number of those x amount of battles will receive a bonus amount of prestige.


6) Large Scale Area Battles - These occur every autumn after 10:00 server time. They are very similar in nature to farm battles in that the contestants have 20 minutes to arrive and may inspiration. However instead of receiving contribution they receive prestige. Each city may initiate a maximum of two area battles per year. Only an Archenemy can initiate an area battle. There must be at least 5 people in both the city that initiates the battle the the target city for an area battle to take place. Political Centers may not have their occupation % reduced

Occupation

At higher level areas occupation becomes important. The faction with the highest occupation percentage of a city controls that city. There are three way to change the occupation % of a city. Political centers cannot have their occupation rate

1) Investing - Every 10 prosperity invested into a city raises the occupation rate of that city by 1%. Economic centers double this and every 5 prosperity raises their occupation rate 1%. Trade Centers have the ability to invest in any city they choose.

2) Attacking - Each successful attack raises your occupation % by .5% in the opponent's city. Military Cities double this and each successful attack raise your occupation % by 1% in your opponent's city.

3) Area Battles - The winner of an area battle between two city gains 20% occupation % in the losers city.


The faction with the higher occupation % in each city controls that city. The cities controlling faction are the only people who can do that following in that city.

1) Refine - This is a big deal in the level 100 areas. Refining is a very successful way to gain drachmas later on and if you don't control the city you cant refine in it.

2) Move into that city.

3) Participate in any area battles in that city.

4) Your levy amount is directly related your occupation rate. While your occupation % is above 75% you receive 120% your actual levy rate. Once you go under that amount your levy amount % starts dropping until under 50 where it drops below 100% levy amount.

So keep the occupation rate of your city high.


Perks of Prestige

For complete list: All about Prestige

1) Prestige Heroes - Again I will talk about these in the next post but some of the best heroes are prestige heroes.

2) Able to recruit more heroes at one time - At M1, M9, M17, M25, M33 you are able to recruit me 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 heroes at a time respectively.

3) More colonies - At M5, M13, M37, M40 you are able to have 2, 3, 4, and 5 colonies respectively.

4) At M21 you are able to hold another farmland.

5) At M29 you can hold another silver mine.

6) Your daily salary increases each rank you increase.

7) Attack Defense bonuses - After M40 each successive rank gives you a 5% attack or defense bonus. However each day you will lose a set amount of prestige until you are once again M40.