Groentje Players Manual Ch6 - Revision history

Groentje: /* Counter attacks */

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‎Counter attacks

Groentje: /* Clues to understand your battle report */

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‎Clues to understand your battle report

Groentje: /* Fighting the battle */

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‎Fighting the battle

Groentje: /* Fighting the battle */

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‎Fighting the battle

Groentje: /* Fighting the battle */

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‎Fighting the battle

Groentje: /* Fighting the battle */

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‎Fighting the battle

Groentje: /* Fighting the battle */

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‎Fighting the battle

Windflare: /* Clues to understand your battle report */

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‎Clues to understand your battle report

Windflare: /* Clues to understand your battle report */

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‎Clues to understand your battle report

Windflare: /* Defensive assignments */

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‎Defensive assignments

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 The game has a 72 hour memory of attack history. Particularly attacks of the last 24 hours are important when you want to counter an attack. Within that timeframe, the game helps mages take revenge for an attack by countering: such attacks on self-proclaimed enemies are less limited than attacks on innocent new targets. Benefits for countering mages are: (1) mages can attack regardless of net power differences (i.e. the [[Attack_Limitation|attack limitation]] does not apply); and (2) mages can attack regardless of [[protection]] status.
-For each defended attack (land loss or not), a mage is granted the opportunity to take at least one retaliating attack with the [[Counters|counter-benefits]]. Counter benefits apply until an even amount of damage has been dealt as was suffered originally. [[Counters]] inevitably time out in exactly 24 hours. After that, attacking a mage in retaliation of an earlier attack is technically not a counter: it becomes an attack with normal [[Attack_Limitation|attack limitations]].
+For each defended attack (land loss or not), a mage is granted the opportunity to take at least one retaliating attack with the [[Counters|counter-benefits]]. Counter benefits apply until an even amount of damage has been dealt as was suffered originally. On servers with 'land counters', the attacker can deal new damage with Regular and Siege attacks, as long as the defendent took more land from the attacker than was reclaimed in the last 24 hours. On most servers, however, damage due to 'land loss' and other forms of power loss, such as pillages and spells, is not accounted for seperately.
 Most counter attacks result from earlier attacks, but there are other circumstances that can grant [[Counters|counters]]. These are related to offensive use of [[:category:Offensive_Items|items]] and [[:category:Offensive_Spells|spells]] (i.e. ‘you receive a wink from the Goddess of Revenge’ message). A [[hallucination|hallucinated]] attack does not give a counter.

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 == Clues to understand your [[battle report]] ==
-Many different factors influence the events during a battle. The [[Encyclopedia]]'s [[Units|Book of Units]], describes the basic qualities of each army unit: a set of properties that together determine their actions in battles. Each unit has a certain amount of [[Attack power]], some [[Attack Types]], and [[initiative|Attack Initiative]] and [[Health points|Health/resilience]]. Many [[units]] also have [[Extra Attack]]s and [[counter Attack]]s, [[Unit Abilities|special abilities]] and [[Resistance|resistance]]s against certain magic specialities.
+Many different factors influence the events during a battle. The [[Encyclopedia]]'s [[Units|Book of Units]], describes the basic qualities of each army unit: a set of properties that together determine their actions in battles. Each unit has a certain amount of [[Attack power]], some [[Attack Types]], and [[initiative|Attack Initiative]] and [[Health points|Health/resilience]]. Many [[units]] also have [[Extra Attack]]s and [[counter Attack]]s, [[Unit Abilities|special abilities]] and [[Resistance|resistance]]s against certain magic specialities and attack types.
 === Lining up for the battle ===

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 * [[Units]] with [[counter attack]]s, counter-attack immediately after, provided that this is possible given abilities ([[RANGED]] units, for example, attack from a distance and do not trigger a counter attack).
 * Damage is carried over: For example, an {{white}} [[Astral Magician]] stack does some damage to opposing {{Red}} [[Red Dragon]]s, and thereafter an {{Green}} [[Elven Magician]] stack follows up and soon as the total amount of damage dealt to the Red Dragons is sufficient to kill a single specimen this occurs.
-* Damage dealt by a stack follows from the number of units and their power (Encyclopedia - [[Units|Book of Units]]) - but is heavily modified by spells, unit resistances against spells and attack types, repeated action in a battle and a random factor to keep some element of chance.
+* Damage dealt by a stack follows from the number of units and their power (Encyclopedia - [[Units|Book of Units]]) - but is heavily modified by spells, unit resistances against spells and attack types, repeated action in a battle and a random factor to keep some element of chance. The damage that a unit can take to survive a battle follows from its hitpoints (Encyclopedia - [[Units|Book of Units]]) and is also affected by spells etc.
 The lowest part of the battle report summarises the outcome of the battle. This is used to determine who won and who lost the battle.

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 * [[Units]] with [[counter attack]]s, counter-attack immediately after, provided that this is possible given abilities ([[RANGED]] units, for example, attack from a distance and do not trigger a counter attack).
 * Damage is carried over: For example, an {{white}} [[Astral Magician]] stack does some damage to opposing {{Red}} [[Red Dragon]]s, and thereafter an {{Green}} [[Elven Magician]] stack follows up and soon as the total amount of damage dealt to the Red Dragons is sufficient to kill a single specimen this occurs.
+* Damage dealt by a stack follows from the number of units and their power (Encyclopedia - [[Units|Book of Units]]) - but is heavily modified by spells, unit resistances against spells and attack types, repeated action in a battle and a random factor to keep some element of chance.
 The lowest part of the battle report summarises the outcome of the battle. This is used to determine who won and who lost the battle.

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 * Those units with the highest initiative, strike first.
 * Damage is carried over: For example, an {{white}} [[Astral Magician]] stack does some damage to opposing {{Red}} [[Red Dragon]]s, and thereafter an {{Green}} [[Elven Magician]] stack follows up and soon as the total amount of damage dealt to the Red Dragons is sufficient to kill a single specimen this occurs.
-* [[Units]] with [[counter attack]]s, counter-attack immediately after, provided that this is possible given abilities ([[RANGED]] units, for example, attack from a distance and do not trigger a counter attack).
 The lowest part of the battle report summarises the outcome of the battle. This is used to determine who won and who lost the battle.

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	* Those units with the highest initiative, strike first.		* Those units with the highest initiative, strike first.
		+	* Damage is carried over: For example, An {{white}} [[Astral Magician]] stack does some damage to opposing {{Red}} [[Red Dragon]]s, and thereafter an {{Green}} [[Elven Magician]] stack follows up and soon as the total amount of damage dealt to the Red Dragons is sufficient to kill a single specimen this occurs.
	* [[Units]] with [[counter attack]]s, counter-attack immediately after, provided that this is possible given abilities ([[RANGED]] units, for example, attack from a distance and do not trigger a counter attack).		* [[Units]] with [[counter attack]]s, counter-attack immediately after, provided that this is possible given abilities ([[RANGED]] units, for example, attack from a distance and do not trigger a counter attack).

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 === Lining up for the battle ===
-To understand your battles, you should realise that The Reincarnation sorts your stacks and your opponent’s stacks before a battle begins. You can check the line up in the upper part of your Battle report. The sorting order is based on [[Attack Power]], the amount of [[Units]], the [[Unit Abilities|ability]][[FLYING]] (this promotes them higher up in stack order) and the [[Attack Type]] [[RANGED]] (this puts them relative protected lower in stack order). [[Units]] send in by allies (yours or your opponents) are placed at the bottom of the stack order.
+To understand your battles, you should realise that The Reincarnation sorts your stacks and your opponent’s stacks before a battle begins. You can check the line up in the upper part of your Battle report. The sorting order is based on [[Attack Power]], the amount of [[Units]], the [[Unit Abilities|ability]][[FLYING]] (this promotes them higher up in stack order) and the [[Attack Types]] [[RANGED]] (this puts them relative protected lower in stack order). [[Units]] send in by allies (yours or your opponents) are placed at the bottom of the stack order.
 You will find that you can predetermine stack order in battles, by:

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 When someone decides to attack your country, your army will automatically line up for defence. You can be attacked at any time, whether you are online or not, and spending turns your self or not. Hence, it is necessary to choose spell and item assignments beforehand, so that your army knows what to use when they line up. You can assign one item and one spell to be used in your defensive battles. You may also set whether or not the item and spell will be used, given the size of the invading army relative to yours. These battles take place in your own kingdom, so you’ll find that your enchantments are also effective during defence.
-The assigned battle-[[items|item]] is used provided it was in stock, and the assigned battle-[[spells|spell]] is cast provided that sufficient magic power was available (given that the attack satisfies the conditions you have set). If you get attacked multiple times, you’ll need sufficient storages of the assigned [[items]] and [[mana|m.p.]]. To select your spell and [[items]], choose [[Assignment|Assignment]] in the main menu. Each time you enter the [[Defense Assignment|Assignment]] page, be sure to select a [[spells|spell]] and [[items|item]] and their conditions for use so you are not left defenceless (the [[Assignment|assignment]] resets to nothing if you do not set it each time you enter the [[Defense assignment|assignment]] page). You can check your current [[spells|spell]] and [[items|item]] [[Defense assignment|assignments]] in your [[Status Report]].
+The assigned battle-[[items|item]] is used provided it was in stock, and the assigned battle-[[spells|spell]] is cast provided that sufficient magic power was available (given that the attack satisfies the conditions you have set). If you get attacked multiple times, you’ll need sufficient storages of the assigned [[items]] and [[mana|m.p.]]. To select your spell and [[items]], choose [[Defense assignment|Assignment]] in the main menu. Each time you enter the [[Defense assignment|Assignment]] page, be sure to select a [[spells|spell]] and [[items|item]] and their conditions for use so you are not left defenceless (the [[Defense assignment|assignment]] resets to nothing if you do not set it each time you enter the [[Defense assignment|assignment]] page). You can check your current [[spells|spell]] and [[items|item]] [[Defense assignment|assignments]] in your [[Status Report]].
 Picking the right [[spells|spell]] and [[items|item]] for defence is a complicated matter: partly a gamble, partly related to the composition of your army and the state of your economy. You will master it slowly while becoming an experienced player. Analysing the effects of items in battle reports from offensive battles helps!