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Player vs Player – what future may it have?

Many of us are look forward to having Player vs Player in the Settlers. Timing is unknown and unlimited, so folks can’t resist from bringing their ideas about it. One of such “ideas” is represented below by me:

In this idea, I set the following conditions:

Main condition:

Player vs Player in the Settlers: due to specific and pace of the processes it may remind you of playing chess (e.g. there are no unexpected night attacks towards the sleepy competitor). Everything is supposed to be quiet as if attending the ballet performance).

Conditions and Solutions:

Attack’s tools/Movements: The quantity of army sent (squadron from one island to another one) is limited. It requires, let’s say, both wharves and ship (one ship per General) which is transporting the army.

Army: It consists of one General and 200 comates per ship. The number of generals sent for attack must not exceed the number of Generals which your enemy has.

Support: There is no support for any of the sides until the end of the attack.

Spying: Despite there is a lot has been already said about it, there is still nothing concrete about it, therefore the better level of spying a player has the earlier it can get a signal of enemies coming to him.

Attack time: The squadron always spends from 6 to 24 hours to reach the island. The alarm of attack can be received beforehand: from 24 (since its launching) and up to 3 hours minimum (in case of poor spying level, cover up and etc..)

Attack place: It is allowed to attack one of the inshore sectors which can be chosen in advanced and indicated in case of the attack being alarmed.

Defence: There is no support until the end of the battle. The Defender must use no more than per one general more than those who are attacking. When attacking, the defender receives a timer before it and must use it to protect the generals by displaying them in the sectors which have been attacked. The defence may be done upfront and in case of attack signal, a camp could be organized in the sector which needs to be protected.

Battle beginning: There are no changes or transfers between the timing and fort built for the attacking side soon after its landing; however the attack priority can be set for enemy’s camp for its Generals. After an hour from the landing, the fort will be gone and the defendants may begin attacking the enemy (it can be done earlier but there is an extra bonus for building the fort). If during 6 hours from the landing, the attacking side is still passive, it comes back losing 25% of the team. Since attack has started, the opposite side gets a warning of the battle starts in 15 minutes. During this time, there are possibilities for generals’ movements relating to attacks priority. The generals’ order of the attacking side cannot be identified before the battle.

Aggressor’s victory: There are couple of options in case of aggressor wins. First of all, 25% of warriors killed will be regenerated. There are also other benefits such as:

To rob (certain % of resources from the warehouse together with the resources from the attacked area will be taken by aggressors. If warehouse resources were taken before the battle, some of them can be “frozen” during the attack or paid as a contribution later on)

To destroy (all buildings’ hardness in the attacked place will be damaged on a certain % accordingly)

To seize: All buildings will belong and used by aggressor from 6 to 12 hours

To capture settlers: The winner will take 50% of settlers which are working in the buildings

Defender’s win: It is all much easier here. When enemy is being destroyed, 50% of its army is back as settlers and another 50% of killed warriors will be recovered. With 20% of chance, you can seize the ship/ships of the enemy. All buildings in the attacked area get “spell of strengthening”.

Repetitions: It is not possible to attack the same player more often than just once a week

More repetitions: It is not allowed to attack one player by the group of players unless it is guild’s one

Level: Some of the minimum level limitations is necessary and welcomed

Guilds’ battles: The same rules as above are applied but for guilds’ islands

Conclusions:

Player vs Player will provide you with either resources or settlers, or experience, or simply moral satisfaction (self-importance feeling)

That’s how I see Player vs Player in the Settlers…