Raids (GAM style)

GAM Specter Raid Event

(updated 13-Jul-2023)

GENERAL

 Please do not upgrade equipment during the event – the

resulting messaging interferes with event messaging

 Please do not launch rallies against treats during the event – if

you have troops available to attack, you should be helping the

team by reinforcing other teammates

REINFORCE OTHERS FOR MAXIMAL POINTS

 This can be done hours before the event starts, even if you

won't be online for the event

 T10+: reinf 5 EMPTY estates

 T8, T9: swap full march with a similarly powerful teammate,

then reinf 4 EMPTY estates

 EVERYONE

o if you are reinf with T11+, you should be able to

reinf 5 EMPTY estates

o else start with 4 or 5 marches out; permanently recall if a

raid ever causes 20%+ damage to you; temporarily recall

if you are the target of an Officer Raid (explained later)

ONLY REINFORCE EMPTY ESTATES

 When you click the Reinforce button on a teammate's estate, a

capacity meter is displayed if there is space for your reinf troops

 If there is any blue in that meter, it means another player has

already placed their own reinf troops

 Sending reinforcement to estate that already has reinf in it

(except temporarily for an officer raid) is BAD for everyone

o You will be stealing points from the teammate whose

troops were already there

o You (and the team) would likely be earning fewer points

than if you had sent your reinf march to an empty estate

(even if you chose a more powerful empty estate)

o This increases likelihood that a needy teammate gets no

reinforcement causing them to get kicked out early

 If we ever get to the enviable position of getting 100% reinf

coverage, raid leader will announce "ok to double up reinf"

o Only add reinf to an estate that is less than half filled

GARRISON

 For Raid 10, SH 29 and lower get dibs on garrisoning HQ at

end of Raid 9 (SH 30+ can try to join after Raid 10 starts)

 For Raid 20, SH 30 and higher get dibs on garrisoning HQ at

end of Raid 19 (everyone can try to join after Raid 20 starts)

 Raid 10: 1st to HQ is player with 2nd highest Hall of War (then

strength if tie) 50 troops (T10+) making them garrison leader

 Raid 20: 1st to HQ is player with highest Hall of War (then

strength if tie) 50 troops (T10+) making them garrison leader

OFFICER RAIDS (Raid 7, Raid 14, Raid 17)

 Only a few of our estates gets attacked by extra-strong enemy

forces

 If you are under attack

o Consider recalling one or two of your marches for this

raid, returning them as reinf after the attack

o If you are lower-power player and no one is reinforcing

you yet (check your hall of war) then say so on KC

 If an estate you are reinforcing is under attack, just leave those

reinf troops in place – if you are worried that your

reinforcements won't be enough to fully protect this estate,

then say so on KC if no one else sends reinf

 If you are not under attack

o If you have any marches available, send them as

reinforcements to closest teammate(s) who are under

attack

o For maximal points, pull back reinf from closest estate

which isn't being attacked and sending them to a

different estate that is under attack

 AFTER THE OFFICER RAID: restore troops to their previous

locations

MINIMUM PREPARATION

Everyone

 Make sure all your other troops have been recalled

o Even relatively strong mediums have been eliminated early

from a raid event because their troops were all out

farming/mining

Mediums and lower

 Activate 2-Hour Defense Boost

o You can get one per day from catacombs store

 Activate your Sea Master talent, Protection

o Protection has two phases: shield for XX minutes then stronger

defense for YY minutes

o Optimal to activate Protection such that the switch from shield

to extra defense occur halfway through the raid (60-ish min)

BASIC ACTION (weaker players)

 After every attack, heal injuries in your hospital

 If your castle starts smoking, check the health of your wall,

extinguish fires and fix wall damage as needed

 If you don't kill at least half of the raiders attacking your castle

twice, send your troops to teammates who are still in the event

TL;DR (only for the really curious)

WHAT IS GOING ON

 If a raid results in the loss of at least 50% of the attacking raiders,

then this is a victory for the player

 If you lose two raids against your castle, there will be no more

raids against you, but you can and should send out your troops to

reinforce teammates who are still being attacked

 For each victory, the property owner gets a fixed # of points

o # of points increases for each raid

o Points awarded may be reduced if you lose more than a

handful of troops in the attack

o For raids 10 and 20, the "owner" is the garrison leader (either

the first player into the fortress or anyone who activates Mega

Garrison, which is a big waste of 2,000 gold)

 However, each player (and the team overall) can earn so many

more points with troops sent as reinf & HQ garrison

Scoring Points

 "Base Points" = points awarded to owner if player prevails against

the raid (at least 50% of the raiding troops killed)

 "Extra Points" = points awarded to other players for troops

reinforcing the owner's estate (or garrison leader's fortress)

 Extra Points are awarded based on relative strength of troops

 More points = more rewards at end of event

Scoring Example 1:

o Raid #16 where 10 million power troops are reinforcing an

estate with troops totaling 30 million

o estate owner earns 42,000 points (just like every other player

who prevailed against that raid)

o reinforcing player earns a proportion of base points, namely 10

million / (30 million + 10 million) = 25% x 42000 = 10500

Scoring Example 2:

o Same as Example 1, but two different players have each sent

10 million power marches to an estate protected with 30

million strong troops

o Estate owner always earns same base points (42000)

irrespective of the number of troops (theirs or reinf)

o Each reinforcing player earns a proportion of base points: 10M

/ (30M + 10M + 10M) = 20% x 42000 = 8400

o The team earned more points overall (2 x 8400 = 16800) than

in Example 1 (10500), but each player earned less than they

would have had they been the only reinforcing march

Scoring Example 3:

o Raid #6: 10 million power troops are reinforcing an estate that

sent out all of its troops to reinforce other players

o In other words, the estate would be defenseless were it not for

the reinforcements

o Though the estate owner had 0 troops at home, they still earn

the entirety of the base points (18000 for Raid #6)

o Since the reinforcements constituted 100% of the protection,

that player also earns 100% of the base points

o This only works if the reinforcing troops were strong enough to

beat back the raid on their own

Scoring Example 5: (our team's new standard)

o Raid #10: Gee is first into fortress with 50 T11 troops

o : Gee earns full base points: 552000

o Everyone else with garrisoned troops earns almost 552,000

points combined (99.9% of base points for 99.9% of defense)

o We have collected maximum possible points for the team

Scoring COUNTER Example 6: (similar to the way we used to do it)

o Same as Example 5, except Gee sends his own full march of

strength 66 million troops first into the garrison

o Gee still earns the same full base points: 552,000

 Massive increase in troops earns Gee NO additional points

o However, everyone else only earns a small portion (like 20%)

 20% of base points for providing 20% of protection

 Team losses out of around 440,000 points!

 The stronger the garrison leader's march of troops, the less

points earned by all other players & the team overall