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SunStorm 
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 Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 01:34 |
An attacking army has begun a siege at Square 52|727 (Dearyth) | | Sent By: | System | | Received By: | You | | Date: | 11/20/2011 9:31:21 AM | | The Siege of Dearyth belonging to Lorre will take 12 hours to prepare, and will be ready to begin bombardment at 20NOV11 21:31. |
Lorre Dearyth[53|727] in Wolgast SunStorm Sun, Nov 20, 09:31
Dearyth razed! | | Sent By: | System | | Received By: | You | | Date: | 11/20/2011 10:45:03 PM | | Dearyth, belonging to Lorre which was located at 53|727 has been razed by Cyshade. |
*shakes head is disappointment* (~_~) Congratulations(?) Cyshade...
The point of this was obviously not to raze the cities - however, this is a sandbox game in which people are free to play as they wish... However, I would like to point out that the forum clearly says "capture" - therefore, I do feel this is poor form.
Edited by SunStorm - 23 Nov 2011 at 01:35
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Ander
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Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 13:31 |
 Tinuviel's Voice wrote:
Only my
simple and single question still remains unanswered: Why was Molarion demolished
to 2K or so pop (from 11K pop), before
any bombardment against it, turning it into a useless to capture target?
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Can someone explain this? How can city pop be demolished without bombardment?
Anyways I thought 'capture a city' tournament was in a different spirit respecting Lorre's contribution to the game, rather than to make profits out of capturing cities. There are many big inactive cities on the map, which anyone can capture without having to fight.
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Brids17
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Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 17:07 |
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Sending an attack with siege engines lets them send a single volley (with supposedly higher hit percentages).
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Thexion
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Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 18:05 |
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Or sunstorm or lorre have demolished the city inside why would someone bother to send catapults attacks to that city.
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Rill
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Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 19:29 |
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I'm pretty sure that the siege that razed the city was not the first siege to be sent at it. Details are available on the various siege actions further up in the thread. Previous sieges were broken by PvP combat. Nothing particularly mysterious happening here.
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Tinuviel's Voice
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Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 19:32 |
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I've kept a very close watch on Molarion, it was right next to my cities. I'm pretty sure there was not a single siege that made it to bombardment status.
Edited by Tinuviel's Voice - 23 Nov 2011 at 19:36
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SunStorm
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Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 20:48 |
Thexion wrote:
Or sunstorm or lorre have demolished the city inside why would someone bother to send catapults attacks to that city. |
Neither I nor Lorre has done anything of the sort. In fact, I was even queuing up research until they were taken so the winner would have greater research unlocked.
As for this city losing population - yes. There were several single hit attacks from players with siege. Building population was lost for this reason alone. I would like to think it was to speed up the capture process, as I set up a siege for that very reason as well. However, I had no idea I would be aiding in the destruction of one of Lorre's cities (~_~).
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Thexion
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Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 21:00 |
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Ok they did not know that you just loose pop if you lower the population before the bombardment begins... or where so sure of their bombardment beginning that sent attacks anyway.
Edited by Thexion - 23 Nov 2011 at 21:16
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Ander
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Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 07:11 |
SunStorm wrote:
There were several single hit attacks from players with siege. Building population was lost for this reason alone. I would like to think it was to speed up the capture process, as I set up a siege for that very reason as well.
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I was under the impression that multiple sieges or extra attacks would not aid capturing of a city. Can anyone with good knowledge explain this?
If i start a siege camp against a 10K pop city, does the camp has to bring down 7500 pop by itself to capture the city? Or will the city be available if the population somehow reaches 2500 from other siege camps and single hits?
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SunStorm
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Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 18:10 |
Ander wrote:
Can anyone with good knowledge explain this? |
I have done this tactic only once before. I sent three sieges to a city. The first had to lower the population to _____ to capture it - and with two other sieges on it, it hastened this process. The second siege sent the killing blow to reach the population for the first siege to storm the city - and thus I razed the city quickly and efficiently with the first siege.
This method is advantageous if the opponent fails to notice which siege hit first and sends an attack to siege two or three. Siege one should always be the primary target as it is the one which will sooner be able to storm and capture/raze the city.
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