In Bounty Bay Online, you will meet a lot of different characters. On this page you´ll get to know the most important Bounty Bay Online personalities and learn what they do. You can find many of these characters in almost every large port.
It is a good idea to talk to them when you are in port because they will often have important informations that may reveal untold mysteries and treasures.
The warrior
This warrior has the blood of generations of heroes and warriors in his veins. He is exceptionally skilled with weapons of any kind.
The explorer
This explorer's ancestors discovered each and every secret of the known world. They passed this information down, from generation to generation, to this man. And like all adventurers, this talented explorer is well-versed in the use of weapons.
The merchant
This merchant's likable appearance combined with exceptional eloquence makes her one of the most successful merchants of all time. Because of her developed wit and intelligence, she can get the best prices for her goods.
Warship Captain
This warship captain is at home on the sea and is familliar with all the known oceans. She fears neither storm nor pirates. She is the bravest captain, winning each and every sea battle she enters.
Langer
Langer is a nice chap who welcomes all newcomers. He can explain the basics of Bounty Bay Online, so you should talk to him as soon as you arrive in Athens. He will tell you what to do next.
Docker
The docker is responsible for all ships in the harbour and before you can sail out to sea, you have to get his permission.
The possibilities:
- Sailing off
- Buying and selling provisions
- Healing injured sailors
- Hiring or laying off of sailors
- Access to dry dock to change your flagship
Shipyard Boss
The shipyard boss helps you to keep your ship in good shape. You can also buy additional equipment for your ship or new ships here.
The possibilities:
- Buying and selling equipment: Cannons, Armour, Fishing nets, Ram prows and more
- Buying and selling of ammunition: Chain shot, canister shot, armor piercing shot and more.
- Buying and selling of basic ships: Basic ship models
- Changing the ship colour: Changing the sail pattern and painting the hull
- Rebuild the ship into: Warship, Merchant ship or Explorer
- Upgrade the ship
- Upgrade the figurehead
- Christening the ship to give it a new name.
Practice Field Administrator
The practice field administrator oversees the cities training grounds. Here you can enlist for training fights against other competitors.
The possibilities:
- Enlist for training fights on land.
- Enlist for training fights at sea.
Skill Tutor
The skill tutor is one of the most important persons in Bounty Bay Online because he teaches you new skills and can improve the skills you already know.
The possibilities:
- Learn or improve a new skill.
- Learn or improve a new special ability.
- Request a skill title.
Banker
The banker is resonsible for the safety of your money. Of course all bankers are unbribable.
The possibilities:
- Deposit or withdraw money from/into your bank account.
- Transfer money to other players.
- Open a bank deposit box for goods.
Municipal Minister
The municipal minister of a city is responsible for administrative tasks of a city. He is always trying to raise the reputation and military power of his city. Donating money to the city treasury raises your own reputation and can pave the way for you to maybe one day receive a peerage.
Warehouse Manager:
The warehouse manager is resonsible for your warehouse in the city. If you would like to leave some of your equipment and valuables in a city, you can safely hand them to your warehouse manager who will store them for you.
The possibilities:
- Store and retrieve goods.
- Send goods to other players.
Guild Manager:
The guild manager is responsible for everything that has to to with guilds in Bounty Bay Online. He is the one to talk to if you want to found or join a guild.
The possibilities:
- Apply to join an existing guild.
- Apply to found a new guild.
- Apply to expand an existing guild.
- Enter the guild headquarters.
- Apply to join a guild war.
Governor
The Governor is one of the most influental persons in the country. He is responsible for the political and economical interests and he also is involved in awarding peerages.
The possibilities:
- Apply for a new title.
- Apply for a letter of marque.
- Apply for nationality.
- Give political statement to letters of marque.
Trader:
The trader is responsible for all trade issues. Visit him if you would like to buy or sell goods.
The possibilities:
- Buy or sell goods.
- View local market prices.
- Build your personal sales booth.
Merchant Guild Master
The merchant guild master is responsible for all applications for the merchant guild and for the assignment of tasks inside the guild, so that every member has his fair share of gains. Every merchant should apply for membership of this guild.
Ares Warrior Alliance Master
The ares warrior alliance master is the local emmissary of a worldwide guild. You will have to apply here if you want to join the close ranks of the warriors. After joining this guild, you can get missions from the master. Every warrior should be part of this guild.
Master Of Alliance
The master of alliance is responsible for everything related to crafting. If you are a member of this guild, every mission you do for the guild will increase your reputation in the guild as well as in your home nation. Every aspiring crafter should be a member of this guild.
Adventure Alliance Master
The adventure alliance master represents all explorers and researchers. Any explorer who wants to become rich and famous should join this guild. The guild has many missions to offer, which often lead to the discovery of exciting new places.
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Historical background of guilds
Guilds have always motivated by the shared interests and goals of their members. The first guilds were founded at the beginning of the 8th century in what is now France. The primary goal of the members was the safe transport of goods; guilds provided fast and reliable support in cases of emergencies and accidents on either land or sea. Some guilds were so successful that they were able to establish trade monopolies in cities and in some cases in whole regions. These monopolies gave the guilds political power, so much so that at times a guild could control whole cities.
One of the most important, successful and famous guilds of that time was the "Hanseatic League" (
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Guilds in Bounty Bay Online
Set in the era of strong guilds, Bounty Bay Online provides players with an opportunity to form and administrate player-made guilds. There are so many possibilities with guilds in Bounty Bay Online that it is difficult to list them all here. Thus we will only concentrating on the major aspects of guilds in this document. You can find more information about guilds in either the forums or ingame.
How to form a guild
You can found a new guild at the guild manager who can be found in nearly every large port. You need to meet a few requirements to form your own guild:
- The founder of the guild must have reached level 11 in one of the major skills.
- There is a fee of 100.000 silver coins to form a guild.
- You need to have at least four other players who will also be joining the guild in a group with you.
- None of your members can be part of another guild.
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First steps after the founding of your guild
- The founder of the guild can chose a name and coat of arms for his/her guild.
- The basic principles and guild statutes should be decided.
- The guild´s ranks should be assigned.
- Vice Leader
- Directors
- Executive Officers
- Common Members
- Departments with their department heads and members should be chosen.
- Connections to other guilds should be established.
- Declare war
- Arrange alliances
- Stay neutral
The ships in Bounty Bay Online are modelled after real ships from the 14th to 16th century. We have paid great attention to the detail of these models, so that every ship's features and properties resemble those of the originals. That means that it is difficult to turn a merchant ship into a good battleship or have a warship carry as much cargo as a merchant ship. Both of the forementioned ship types won´t ever be as fast as an explorer ship.
Basically there are three ship types in Bounty Bay Online:
Ship Classes
The Explorer Class
Has average cargo capacity and armament. However, it is the fastest ship class in Bounty Bay Online.
The Merchant Class
Has by far the largest capacity for goods of any kind. Disadvantages include weak armament, weak hull and sails that are very vulnerable against enemy fire and the slowest travel speed of the 3 ship classes.
The Warship Class
Has the greatest firepower of all ship classes as well as the strongest hull and sails, thus making these ships the masters of the seas. Because of the large size and heavy armament, warships are quite slow and not very agile. Additionally, the cargo capacity is relatively small and they cannot hold as many sailors or as much food or ammunition.
The player can choose which of the three ship classes he/she would like to use in Bounty Bay Online and if he/she can´t choose then he/she can always own more than one ship. The only restriction in Bounty Bay Online is that you can command only one ship at any given time. Non-"active" ships are kept at the drydock in port as long as they aren´t being used.
Ship Interface
In this interface, all essential information about a ship in Bounty Bay Online is displayed. Just move your mouse over one of the properties to read more about it.
Fighting
The 14th to 16th century was a dangerous time. Battles for honour and glory often led to the deaths of those involved. Battles were foughts on all known oceans as well as on land. In Bounty Bay Online, we have both land and sea battles.
To help introduce you to the BBO combat skills, we have made a few videos of the various battles modes.
Land Fight
As we told you earlier, the life on land wasn´t much safer than at sea and peaceful cooperation was a rather rare occurance. The suburbs of the larger ports and most coasts were rather dangerous even for the bravest adventurer. From dangerous animals like wolves, boars and bears to legendary creatures, outlaws or guarded secret tombs.
In Bounty Bay Online you always have to have an eye for your surroundings or you can quickly end up dead. Assumed safe passages aren´t always what they look like and can emerge as deadly traps. It doesn´t matter if you are good with a sword, cutlass, axe or pistol... only the skilled warrior should go deeper into the wild. At first you will find opponents that can easily be defeated, but the farther you venture, the harder the enemies will get and quickly you will face enemies that can only be defeated by a group of battlehardened veterans. How successful you are in your adventures is dependant on a lot of factors. A good weapon and armor is as important as your skill in using your equipment and skills, because special moves like critical hits or armor piercing blow can only be used with the correct skills.
Part 1: The Order
The Ares Warrior Alliance Master gave us the mission to defeat a few pirates in Crete. Because we have been in the warrior alliance for quite some time now and their missions always turned out to be lucrative and glorious, we decided to accept the mission. We anchor a short distance away from the coast of Crete and wait for some of the Crete pirates to turn up. Then we chose our victim from the sea voyage window and as soon as it is close enough, we give the orders to attack.
Part 2: The Naval Battle
Soon we are in the midst of the sea battle. Our choice of tactics depends largely on the type of ship our enemy is using und their strength. For example, if they have a very fast ship, it is possible to destroy their sails using chainshot and cripple their mobility, so that they can´t escape. If we have succeeded in stopping our enemy, we can maneuver our own ship in a good position and start firing on their hull. After a short fight, we are victorius, our enemy is sunk to the bottom of the sea and we can pick up the floating loot.
Part 3: The Final
Another and much more glorious way to destroy an enemy is to board their ship. Because the enemy has a large number of sailors, we first have to decimate them using explosive shells. After we have done that and the chances for our own victory are higher, we start a ramming maneuver, which additionally weakens our enemy. If we are in reach of the enemy ship, we can fire our grappling hook. If we are successful, the real boarding in Bounty Bay Online begins.
Sailors start their assault and try to defeat the pirates. If we are strong enough for a melee fight, it is suggested to defeat the enemy captain as soon as possible, because then his sailors lose morale and can be defeated easier. If we are unable to defeat the enemy captain, we can at least destroy the enemy ship´s mast and rudder. Both will count as a decisive victory and ends the fight. Of course there is always the possibility that our own ship will be boarded, so it can be reasonable to destroy all enemy grappling hooks as well. If all of them are destroyed the boarding of our ship fails.
Skills
On this page we will explain the skill system of Bounty Bay Online to you. The first part of this document will tell you everything about the basic character skills and the second part will explain the active skills to you.
The passive skills
The passive character skills are the same for all characters, so everbody starts on even ground. While playing the game, each player decides what class he wants to play, be it merchant, warrior, crafter and so on. The basic skills raise automatically by earning experience. Other skills are also dependant on the equipment used by the character, for example the defensive skills are better with better armor and the attacking skills are higher with better weapons.
The active skills
Contrary to the passive skills, the active skills have to be learned and trained separately. Basically you can learn those skills at a skill trainer and they can be trained further only with enough experience in that skill. If a player reaches level 31 they can´t learn the skill any further, because they have to advance it to phase 2 first. For that they have to visit the skill tutor again and after it has been promoted to phase 2, the skill can be raised up to level 100. You can only promote up to 7 skills to phase 2 (level 31+) and the player can freely choose which skills he wants to master. When a player has at least 3 skills of level 61 or higher they can have pupils. You can learn more on the master-pupil system in Bounty Bay Online at the administrator of master/prentice system in every large port.
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In Bounty Bay Online, trade professions can be broken down into two groups: the crafters (advanced professions) and the resource gatherers (secondary professions). Crafting work requires resources, and resource gatherers can provide these resources. The main resource gathering professions in Bounty Bay Online are: miner, lumberjack, farmer. The rest of this page will focus on the advanced professions since it is the crafters that actually create the end products.
You can find out more about the main resource gathering professions under "The world » skills" .
Smith
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 The 16th century was the heyday of the smithing profession. Their were lots of specialized smithes like e.g. blacksmith () who worked predominantly with iron, coppersmiths () who worked copper into statues or kitchenware, goldsmiths () who made expensive jewelry out of gold and gunsmiths () who were made the first firearms and ammunitions.At first, the smith will only be able to build basic equipment. However, with experience, he/she will be able to manufacture better goods. The weapons of a master smith are superior to the store bought weapons. For the creation of higher quality weapons, the smith requires wood and iron ore, thus the lumberjack and mining skills are a reasonable complement to the smithing skill Additional information about the history of smithing |
Shipbuilder
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 The shipbuilder profession in Bounty Bay Online actually represents a group of professions that would have been needed to build a ship in medieval times. In reality carpenters, sailmakers, and ropemakers were the most important craftsmen needed to build a sailing ship. The ropemakers were responsible for building the rigging () of the ship.In Bounty Bay Online, shipbuilders can craft figureheads ( ) and an assortement of other equipment for ships of all classe and size. Figureheads built by shipbuilders are usually of better quality than store bought figureheads. Because wood and iron ore are the two ressources needed for building maritime equipment and figureheads, the mining and lumberjacking skill are a good addition to the shipbuilding skill. Additional information about the history of shipbuilding |
Alchemist
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 The medieval era was the heyday of the alchemist profession. The goal of the alchemists was the transmutation of common metals into gold or silver, but in practice alchemists were much more that that. The great alchemists of that era actually spent most of their time gathering information about basic chemistry and material science. They also invented very useful things in the process. One of the greatest alchemists of that time was Sir Isaac Newton (), who was not only studying alchemy, but physics, theologie, mathematics and astronomy as well.Alchemists were also called in to help sick people with healing potions. In Bounty Bay Online, adventurers need healing potions to survive their dangerous battles and expeditions and crafters need stamina potions to craft their goods faster. These potions are manufactured by alchemists, who can brew stronger heal potions, longer lasting stamina potions or more deadly poison potions depending on their skill level. Because you need herbs and other plants for brewing potions, farming is a good addition to the alchemy skill. Additional information about the history of alchemy |
Tailor
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 The tailor trade began at the start of the 12th century. Before that time, clothing was mainly created by the family or in monasteries. The clothing of this time was crafted with practicality in mind, the aesthetics of the clothing were secondary. At first, there were two vocations: the dressmaker and the tailor. Dressmaking had the higher reputation of the two, because dressmakers organized themselves in trade guilds earlier and had the upper class as customers. With the French Revolution in 1789, these trade guilds were abolished and the differences in reputation between dressmaker and tailor started to disappear.In Bounty Bay Online, the tailor-made clothes not only have different looks, but also have different abilities. With the help of special cloth, the tailor can craft clothing that can give warriors additional protection or exceptionally light garments that allow miners to transport more ore. With higher skill, the tailor can make clothing that has a higher quality than the clothing you can buy on the market. Because the tailor needs cloth to craft his goods, farming is a good additional skill for the tailor. Additional information about tailoring |
On this website we would like to give you a some information about pets in Bounty Bay Online and how they work.
Generally speaking, every player in Bounty Bay Online can own one or more pets. This is only limited by the fact, that you need a special pet bait to tame pets. Pet bait for the different pets can be obtained by doing special quests.
To obtain a pet, you have to tame it first and not all monsters are tameable. Tameable monsters have a (tameable) tag in front of their name.
Players can own as many pets as they like. You can even own more than one pet of the same type.
How to tame and call a pet
If you want to own a pet, you need the corresponding pet bait for the pet’s class. Pet Bait can be obtained through special quests.
If you have the correct pet bait for the pet that you want to tame, target the animal and right click on the food in your inventory. The taming process lasts for 60 to 90 seconds and while you are taming you should neither move nor attack the animal, even if it is attacking you (turn off auto counter-attack).
After the time is up, the pet bait will be deleted from the inventory and will be replaced by a pet whistle. With this whistle, the player controls his pet.
IMPORTANT:: If the taming process is interrupted, regardless of what caused the interruption, the pet bait is lost and you will have to get new pet bait in order to try again. Because of this, you should make sure that you aren’t disturbed by other players or NPCs while taming.
With the help of the whistle, you can call your pet by right clicking on it. Right clicking again sends your pet away. If you have called your pet, you have to wait at least 60 seconds before you can send it away again.
Pet Stats
Besides the option to change the name of your pet, the pet stats window shows detailed information about your pet.
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Pet Abilities
Each pet has abilities that can be put into the shortcut bar and then activated from there.
If a pet fights, its master gets experience in the weapon skill he is currently using, e.g. if a player wields a sword he will get experience in sword fighting. The amount of experience the player gets from his/her pet is lower than when they personally fight.
On this page, we’ll want to give you an oversight, how the city siege system in Bounty Bay Online works. After reading the following pages, you’ll know how both attackers and defenders have to prepare for a city siege and how the actual siege works.
Bidding for the sieging rights
Guilds have to bid for the right to siege a city.
Only the guild with the highest bid at the end of the bidding period, receives the right to attack the city they have bid for. Only the guild leader can bid on for the sieging rights and he/she has to use the guild funds to do so. It doesn’t matter how much money the leader or any other members personally have.
Quick facts for bidding on the sieging rights:
- The money for the bidding process is taken from the guild funds
- A guild has to be level 5 to bid on a city
- If the city is controlled by an allied guild, a guild can’t bid on that city
- The guild leader can always increase his bid for the sieging rights
- If a guild is outbidded for a city, all guild members will be informed in guild chat
- The bidding NPC can be found near the prefect
- If a guild wins the bid for a city, all guild members will be informed in guild chat
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Choosing the battle depot ship
After you have won the bidding for the sieging rights on a city, you should get your battle depot ship ready.
You can get the different battle depot ships in the item shop. You can open the item shop by clicking on the scroll type icon in the lower right corner of your interface or by using CTRL + A.
If you click on the “Contact” menu option and then on the $ sign, you can choose from the following types of battle depot ships:
- Floater
- Battle Scene
- Single Battle
- Island
- Iceberg
- Reef
The appearance of the battle depot ship has no influence on the functions of the ship. All ships have the same capabilities and you can choose the different appearances to adapt your ship better to the geographical surroundings of the city you want to attack.
Quick facts for choosing a battle depot ship:
- The appearance of the ship has no influence on the ships functions. All ships have the same capabilities
- Only the guild leader can place a battle depot ship
- The battle depot ship can only be placed on the open sea
- The battle depot ship can only be placed during preparation time
- The battle depot ship is deleted automatically at the end of the fight
- All attacking guild members or allies respawn on the battle depot ship when they die during the fight
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Capabilities of the battle depot ship
A battle depot ship is the staging area, where the attackers and their allies meet and prepare themselves for the city siege.
Only the attacking guild and their allies can access the battle depot ship. As soon as the preparation time has started, the guildmaster can place his battle depot ship on the open sea anywhere close to the city he wants to attack.
The advantage of the battle depot ship is, that attacking players who have been killed in combat, respawn on that ship reasonably close to the besieged city and can reenter the battle from there if they want to.
Another advantage is that all attacking players have a place where they can meet and prepare for the attack. They don’t have to wait on the open sea, where they would use up food for their sailors etc.
Quick facts for battle depot ship capabilities:
- The battle depot ship is the staging area for the attacking guild and their allies
- You can buy equipment for the sea battle on the battle depot ship
- You can buy equipment for the land battle on the battle depot ship
- Attackers who are killed in the siege respawn on the battle depot ship
- The battle depot ship doesn’t show the defenders how many attackers are waiting on the ship
- Allied guilds that have been invited to the siege, have access to the battle depot ship
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Allied Guilds
Depending on the size and strength of a guild, you may need more people than a guild has members for the siege to be successful.
Because of this, a guild leader can invite allied guilds to participate in the city siege. The button to invite members of allied guilds can be found pressing CTRL + A in the contact menu and looks like a small red flag.
Just target the player you want to invite, press the button and after both parties confirm the invitation, the member of the allied guild gets the name of the attacking guild as an additional title under his name. A list of all members of other guilds that have been invited to participate in the attack can be displayed by clicking on the “check alliance” button in the same menu.
Quick facts for allied guilds:
- Allied guilds can’t take control over the city if the city siege is won
- Allied guilds have no disadvantage by participating in a city siege, like e.g. losing reputation
- Allied guilds can be invited only in the preparation phase or during the battle
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Sea Battle Phase
All guild members will be informed about the start of the actual battle phase by a message in guild chat.
The attackers have to fight their way through the cities offshore first. All members that are still on the battle depot ship when the battle phase starts, have to sail from the ship to the besieged city.
Attackers that are already in the city at the start of the battle phase have to enter the cities offshore scene by using the dock worker in the harbour. The attackers using this option will start further away in the offshore than usual, so that they won’t get fired upon immediately by the cities artillery when they enter the scene.
The goal of the attackers should be to reach the shore. Once they have reached the shore, there are different possibilities for what to do next:
You can either go directly to the harbour or you can search for the secret entrances to the city. Those entrances are a little further away from the harbour and can easily be found by pressing the ALT key. The advantage of the secret entrances is, that you can’t be attacked easily by the city artillery. Attackers that are strong enough, can of course also attack and destroy the cities defences directly.
If a city is controlled by another guild, that guild together with their allies will try to prevent the attackers from reaching the shore and depending on the military level of the city, the city might have additional npc ships on the defenders side too.
Quick facts for sea battle phase:
- The attackers goal is to reach the shore of the city
- You can participate in the sea battle by entering the offshore scene of the city
- If a city has a navy, they will try to defend the city
- If a city is controlled by a guild, this guild and their allies can defend the city as well
- If an attacking ship is sunk, the player respawns on the battle depot ship
- You can´t get any fame or reputation by killing other players in a city siege
- You can participate in the sea battle as long as the city is under siege
- Attackers that are in the attacked city at the start of the siege won´t be attacked by guards
- Not every city has secret city entrances
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Land Battle Phase
If an attacker successfully passes the city offshore, he reaches the shore and the land battle starts.
The goal of the land battle is to reach and destroy the cities commanding flag in the middle of the cities fortress. If the player is relatively safe when he enters the shore, there will be more defenders the closer he gets to the commanding flag.
If the city isn’t controlled by a guild, the only defenders will be NPCs from the cities militia. The strength of the defenders will be determined by the military level of the city. It isn’t necessary to kill every defender, as soon as the commanding flag is destroyed, the battle is won and the city is captured.
If the city is controlled by a guild, the members of that guild and their allies can defend the city as well.
If an attacker dies during the battle, he respawns on the battle depot ship and can re-enter the battle if he wants to.
To maximize the chance for victory, players shouldn’t attack the fortress one by one as soon as they reach the shore, but the attack should be coordinated and with as many attackers as possible.
Quick facts for land battle phase:
- The attackers goal is to destroy the commanding city flag
- The attackers have to pass the city offshore to reach the land battle. Defenders can reach the land battle using the docker NPC
- Only the attacking and defending guild and their allies can participate in the land battle
- If an attacker dies, he respawns on the battle depot ship
- You can´t get fame or reputation by killing other players in a city siege
- The land battle is possible for the whole duration of the city siege
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Victory and defeat for the attackers
The primary goal of the attackers is of course to capture the city. To reach that goal, the commanding flag of the city must be destroyed. If the attacking guild is successful in destrying the flag in the designated timeframe, the attackers are victorious and they will then control the city. If the attackers don’t destroy the commanding flag in the designated timeframe, the defenders are victorious.
The length of the siege period varies from city to city, but shouldn’t be shorter than one hour and begins with the start of the actual battle period.
Quick facts for victory and defeat for the attackers:
- The attackers goal is to destroy the commanding flag
- If the commanding flag is destroyed, the battle ends and the attackers are victorious
- The commanding flag has to be destroyed in the designated timeframe, it isn’t necessary to kill every defender
- The length of the siege period varies from city to city
- Every city can be attacked once per week
- At the end of the battle, both attackers and defenders get a summary of the battle
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