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Diplomacy / Now with added NA!

« on: September 09, 2013, 01:18:36 am »

I continued on from what I was doing here - http://forum.melee.org/diplomacy/war-on-apostates/msg856166/#msg856166

For those that can't be bothered reading the other thread.  All I have done is add each factions current troops to their expended troops and then calculated expended troops as a percentage of that total to give a score.

Included in the table are all existing land owning clans that have a total troop count (current + lost) of at least 5000.  Where clans have simply changed names I have attempted to find and add in their old losses as well for continuity.  Where more complicated diplomatic crap has occurred I have simply ignored it

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Note: Take this with a pinch of salt as the numbers don't take into account any kind of circumstances whatsoever

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Strategus General Discussion / Smaller Rosters

« on: August 31, 2013, 03:23:59 pm »

I'd like to suggest reducing maximum rosters sizes in Strat from 51 to 41 and scaling smaller rosters accordingly.  Obviously this will reduce the number of tickets kill-able in the battle times but people will easily adjust once they work out what the new optimum is (currently ~1800)

Reasons
1) Easier to fill rosters in general.
2) Much easier for small clans to fill rosters and more impact from their limited number of players on the roster.
3) Harder for huge alliances/clans to keep everybody happy and therefore provides a natural but flexible cap on alliance size.
4) Less incentive for small clans to simply vassalise themselves to a bigger clan and merely fight in their battles whilst giving the bigger clan troops and gold.
5) More incentive for smaller clans to create their own battles and therefore wars.
6) More people making battles = more people capable of properly leading a strat clan = more diplomatic options and diversity in Strat = potentially more decent sized clans in the future.

Classic example: Quincy.  Sorry En_Dotter but what exactly have you done in Strat since taking over the Yalen area?  However who can blame you when the few players you do have can always get into whatever big battle is going on.  We've already seen that there is no longer any real incentive for big clans to stomp little clans so long as they aren't being annoying, so the only thing i can think of that is stopping small clans from having their own private wars against each other is the lack of incentive to do so.  Smaller rosters would at least help with this imo.

Another example: At the start of this Strat the Eastern block was very active and I remember the difficulty in keeping all the clans happy on our rosters.  We used to have to make sure we always had X Kapikulu, X Guards, X Templars, X SB, X Mercs and X Deserters on our rosters.  On top of that there were always a few key randomers that we liked to include plus 15-35 of our own Coalition players. If one battle we messed up and shorted a clan then they would get upset and complain.  Had the max roster size been just 40 we would have had to turn round to probably 2 or 3 of the clans listed above and told them there was nothing we could do to get them in and they would have to find some other way of getting battle time for their members.

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Events & Tournaments / cRPG EU Clan League

« on: June 29, 2013, 08:37:26 pm »

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The Clan League is back and we're now gearing up for season 2 so kick your leaders into action and get your clan involved

KEY CHANGES
- Clans are now ranked according to performance in all fixtures and assigned points
- Prizes will be awarded to the highest ranked team and the most improved team each season so long as both teams have completed at least 16 fixtures during that season.
- These fixtures can be played at any time during the season.
- Seasons will last 6 months and are run back to back with no gaps.
- The cut off dates for seasons will be the Sunday before Xmas Eve and the corresponding Sunday in June.
- This means this next season will end at midnight CET on Sunday 22nd December
- There is no cut off date for entry and clans can enter anytime by contacting an Admin
- We are currently in the process of creating a webpage to handle and automate as much of the admin work as possible and the new season will start as soon as it is ready.
- Rostering has changed (see below)
- Crushthrough weapons are now allowed but will count towards your ranged/cav limit
- Keep checking here for further announcements

League Rules are as follows

Team Entry

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- Just contact an Admin and they will guide you through it
- There's no entry fee but you will need to show you have enough players before we add you to the League

Organising matches

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- This should be done through clan captains.
- There will be a steam group with all Captains and Lieutenants but other means of contacting captains is fine too.
- Once a match is scheduled one Captain should add the fixture on the web page.  This will also book a server for your team (so long as it is free).
- The match can be created when reporting results if needed but you will not have the benefit of the booking feature in this case.

Matches

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- Matches are 8v8 by default but if both Captains agree then this can be increased at the time of the match.
- Each match consists of 8 rounds on any single approved map with a spawn switch after 4 rounds.
- You can play any opponent as many times as you want.
- Ranking Points will be determined according to each teams previous ranking points and the match result.
- Flags will be a valid way of winning rounds
- Only designated ranged and cav players can loot horses or ranged weapons

Server Settings

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- Spectators should be locked to viewing their own team only (ghost mode)
- Rounds should last 8 minutes (480 seconds)
- Mode = Battle
- Don't change anything else

Submitting results

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- Results must be submitted on the website and confirmed by both Captains
- After each match one captain should post the result whilst the other immediately confirms it.  This should come as rounds won/lost with the home team being the first team named.. For example,

Clan X (home clan) v Clan Y: 7 - 1

In the event of two matches being played back to back, results should be submitted separately.  E.g:

Clan X v Clan Y : 7 - 1
Clan Y v Clan X : 5 - 3

In the event of a disagreement over the submitted result an admin will investigate and make a decision.

Equipment/Class Restrictions

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- No armour above Eastern Star Scale is allowed
- Looms are permitted
- At most 40% (rounded down) of your team may use horses, crushthrough or ranged weapons.
- Horse archers/xbows/throwing and heavy cav (Barded Warhorse or above) will count double towards this limit.
- Heavy horse archers/xbows/throwing will count triple.

Rosters

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- Teams must register all their players on the website however Captains can do this automatically themselves at anytime
- There is no limit to the number of players you can register
- However players must be in the ladder for their clan and must use the correct banner when fighting
- When registering, it is a players forum account name that should be used and then all characters for that player will be registered accordingly
- If you are attempting to register a player that is already registered for another team you will need to get either their previous team captains approval or the approval of an admin. 
- Players cannot switch teams more than once a month

Cheating

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- If you suspect another team of cheating, stop playing and contact an admin.
- If an admin is available they will attempt to address the problem so that the match can continue.
- If an Admin is not available then cancel the match and register a complaint with an Admin
- Admins will then investigate and determine if any action is needed.
- Punishments will be harsh especially for repeat offenses. 
- First offense = disqualification from the season, although points will still be calculated for future seasons so teams can continue playing.
- Second Offense = disqualification from the League of the Clan Captain, if the team wants to continue they will need a new Captain.
- Third Offense = possibly disqualification of the entire team permanently.
- Only report if you are sure and the issue could not be resolved amicably between captains.

Admins

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- To be announced

Important Note

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- Battalion flags and smoke bombs are bugged on the HRE_Fallen servers.  Do NOT use them.

Approved Map List

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- Field by the River
- Ruins
- Village
- Nord Town
- Ruined Fort
- Snowy Hamlet
- Port Assault
- San'di boush
- Vendetta
- Reveran Village
- Frosty Battle

You can find them listed with NC after their names half way down the map poll list on the HRE_Fallen_Training server

Prizes

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- To qualify for a prize a team must have completed at least 16 matches and not be disqualified
- The team with the highest ranking points at the end of each season will receive £1m cRPG gold
- The team that has gained the most ranking points during the season will receive £1m cRPG gold
- In the event that these are the same team, the second prize will go to the team that gained the 2nd most ranking points during the season

Duration

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- The next season will start on TBA
- The next season will end at midnight CET on the 22nd December 2013
- The following season will then start immediately

Click to go to the Tournament Website

Tenne's To Do List

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• Score Calculation, both full & individual submission. - Done (Need the first person who confirms a match to tell me when to make sure that my tests are good!)
• Add Account administration, i.e. switch Captain & Lieutenants. - Done Added the ability to change password, change rank & change faction.
• By Season scoreboards. - Bifi - Done
• Filter Players by Clan. - Bifi - Done Bifi has done a wonderful job as per usual, far above and beyond the call of duty! Well done & Thanks!
• Update Registration with a "No Command" option for convenience so people know they've not accidentally become a Captain. - Done
• Change "Add Team" page to automatically set the creator as the Captain. - Changed Ideas here, only admins can add a clan so there is no need.
• I'm currently working on the image that I have below to make it more presentable.

[/list] - I have no idea why it insists on adding this

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Events & Tournaments / EU Clan League Season 2 discussion

« on: June 24, 2013, 01:30:32 am »

We're looking to start up season 2 of the EU clan League soon however we have a few suggestions that we'd like feedback on before we move on.  Some of these are pretty big changes so please read carefully.  Click http://www.fallenbrigade.enjin.com/rules for the old rules if you need to look them up.

1) FORMAT

First of all we are considering a change to a ranking system similar to the duel rankings.  Expected results are calculated based on each team's previous points ranking and then new ranking points are awarded depending on the actual result and how much it is better or worse than the expected result.  This system would be continuous with each season building upon the previous season to get a more accurate ranking for each team.  You would be able to play each opponent as many times as you want though and seasons themselves would be 6 months long. Cash prizes would then go to the top team (most points) and the most improved team (biggest points gain in the season) so long as the teams have completed at least 10 fixtures in the season window. To give you an idea under this system the final table from last season would have read:

Byzantium - 1144 points
Deserters - 1068 points
Fallen Brigade - 1044 points
Mercenaries - 1044 points
HRE - 1012 points
Templars - 968 points
SB - 1068 points
Kapikulu - 940 points
Guards - 932 points
Ecorcheur/Imperiale - 880 points

The advantage of this system is that it is easier to find opponents and it is more casual overall with teams being able to fight as and when they have players available during the season.  If you want to hammer out all 10 fixtures in the first month of the season then this is fine.  Hopefully this will mean more clans can take part overall without having to commit to being active for long periods of time.

I have a spreadsheet that calculates the points easily but also have an Ms SQL database that does it (I'd just need to host it somewhere).

2) ROSTERS

We'll definitely be moving away from the 30 player rosters but how far away is the question and we're definitely open to suggestions here.

Option 1 - So long as the player has a correct banner for their team and is not active within another team with the same or any other character, then they are fine to play.

Option 2 - ?

3) Equipment Limits

Option 1 - Stick with Eastern Star Scale and below as a limit on Body Armour and continue counting Heavy Horses twice compared to Light Horses.

Option 2 - Apply a gold limit (like in the NA League) to curb the use of the heaviest armours/horses.

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Strategus General Discussion / battle time limit/garrison size solution

« on: May 20, 2013, 05:39:27 pm »

First change the merc/roster system so that:
1) You have unlimited mercs but only 50 can be spawned at any one time.
2) You can make changes even during the battle to add new players (preferably in game using a kick function and an apply/accept function)

Then make it so the re-spawn timers are based on:
1) Your deaths
2) The average number of deaths in the battle
So if you have 50% less deaths than the average your re-spawn timer will be 50% of the default time.  If you have twice the average deaths you will have a re-spawn time equal to 200% of the default time.  Default should probably be 10 seconds. 

Once your re-spawn timer has hit 0 you will be presented with an invitation to join the spawn queue which you must click to accept.  If you accept you will join the queue and finally spawn when it is your turn.

Finally battle times will need to be directly proportional to the size of the smallest army in the battle or similar


The above changes combined will mean
1) All battles will be an appropriate length according to the size of the armies involved meaning attacking large garrisons is possible. Whilst a 5 hour battle may sound pretty hardcore for commanders it is no more hardcore than 4 battles in 4 straight days imo.
2) Players can take breaks in battles, arrive late or leave early making them overall more casual for the average player.
3) Commanders have more flexibility in their rosters meaning that it will be easier to maintain a full roster and kick unwanted players
4) Huge garrisons are no longer such a big issue, you just need a big army and a free evening (proper server primetimes will probably be needed to keep huge battles involving more than X  troops within reasonable time frames).
5) With enough mercs teams will always have players ready to spawn meaning more tickets can be used in less time, involving more players more frequently for more fun. 
6) #5 inadvertently means spawn capping is only really going to be an option in battles where one team performs significantly better than their opponents.  Personally I think this is good though because it will leave more room for tactics within field battles instead of the usual charge spawn repeatedly until the defenders can't spawn quick enough to protect it.  There will still be an overall time limit to make sure the attackers do attack.
7) It could cause a hell of a lot of drama if mid battle an entire clan switches sides and applies for the enemy.  Just imagine the rage
8) good players that die less will rejoin the spawn queue quicker than bad players****
9) Afk players won't be there to accept their queue invitation and so won't join it until they return.

****EDIT - this can be enhanced by splitting rosters into melee and ranged so players accepted as ranged will only be compared against the other ranged players in the battle for their re-spawn timer.  Since ranged often die less this will prob be needed. 

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Suggestions Corner / two suggestions

« on: April 12, 2013, 01:20:51 am »

1) Horses and Armour take up slots

Light Horses (Sumpter-Palfrey) = 0 slot
Medium Horses (Courser-Eastern) = 1 slot
Heavy Horses (Barded and over) = 2 slots

Super Heavy Armours (55-60BA) = 3 slots
Heavy Armours (50-54BA) = 2 slots
MediumHeavy Armours (45-49BA) = 1 slots
All other Armours = 0 slots
With similar splits on Boots, Gloves and Helmets*

*It is your heaviest item of armour that determines the slots used up.  So Gothic Plate + Heavy Gauntlets, Gothic Plate + Leather Gloves & Leather Scale + Heavy Gauntlets all equal 3 slots.  This is to allow players to keep continuity with armour sets.

Desired Result
- People using the heaviest armour/horses are forced to compromise on weapons and vice versa
- Can remove upkeep since stacking completely OP sets of equip is impossible

Reasoning
- Regardless of what people think about them, slots have proven to be a good way of balancing weapon usage (No Great Maul + Danish OP heros).  Upkeep meanwhile has proven a bad way of balancing overall equipment usage.  So lets just use the good way and scrap the bad

Notes
- Some 1H would need to be made 2 slots to keep variety
- some more 2H and Polearms would need to be 3 slots

2) Re-balance Xbows to the following stats (nerfs in red, buffs in green)

Hunting Crossbow (cheap but pretty crap)
Missile Speed: 40, Weight: 2.5, Accuracy: 80, Difficulty: 10, Speed: 175, Damage: 35p, slots: 1

Light Crossbow (HA weapon)
Missile Speed: 45, Weight: 3.0, Accuracy: 83, Difficulty: 12, Speed: 150, Damage: 47p, slots: 2

Crossbow (Melee focused Hybrid Weapon)
Missile Speed: 50, Weight: 3.5, Accuracy: 86, Difficulty: 14, Speed: 125, Damage: 59p, slots: 2, Can't Reload on Horseback,

Heavy Crossbow (Crossbow focused hybrid weapon)
Missile Speed: 55, Weight: 4.0, Accuracy: 89, Difficulty: 16, Speed: 100, Damage: 71p, slots: 2, Can't Reload on Horseback, Can't Sheath

Arbalest (Pure Crossbowman Weapon)
Missile Speed: 60, Weight: 4.5, Accuracy: 92, Difficulty: 18, Speed: 75, Damage: 83p, slots: 3, Can't Reload on Horseback, Can't Sheath

Desired Result
- Proper variation in xbows and reasons to use all of them not just 2 or 3

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Suggestions Corner / A new XP.Gold system

« on: January 27, 2013, 06:56:02 pm »

We all know the pros and cons of the current system and chadz has said they want to change it in the future so i won't go into them.  Instead here's a proposal for a new system that I would like to see:

1)  XP
                   tickXP = 1500 + 1500 * (2 - MAX( Armour_Value / 30000, 1))

Very simple
- if you wear 30k of gear or less you will get 3k XP per tick
- if you wear 60k of gear you will get 1.5k XP per tick
- if you wear 90k of gear you will get 0XP
- more than 90k of gear and you will lose XP per tick

2)  GOLD
                     tickGOLD = 200 * (your_current_score / best_current_score)

So
- The best person on the team will earn 200 gold per tick
- People with 0 score will earn 0 gold per tick
- People with negative score will lose money per tick

3)  Round Bonuses
                       Winning a Round = 100 bonus gold per min that round lasted
                       Valour on losing side = 50 bonus gold per min that round lasted

Overall the above means
- no more repairs
- to earn gold you have to fight (leeching will earn you nothing except the odd lucky round win bonus)
- to earn XP you need to wear normal gear (but wearing crap gear won't gain you any XP advantage - so no more incentive for dressing as a peasant)
- players have to balance gold gain vs xp gain and choose which to go for.  Therefore no more equipment/loom crutchers with no drawbacks

Notes
- a proximity score bonus for ranged kills would be nice so that pikemen protecting archers are rewarded for good team play too.
- loomed items should have increased values that count towards armour_value.  This slows down the XP gain of older players and gives new players a chance to catch up.
- The figures used are based on non loomed values and are present to illustrate the idea and not as concrete values.

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Events & Tournaments / cRPG Clan League

« on: January 20, 2013, 01:25:00 am »

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The Fallen Brigade (and Tenne) would like to present a league based competition for cRPG Clans.

Prizes
Winner - 1,200,000 cRPG Gold
Runner Up - 600,000 cRPG Gold
note - these figures are pre tax

Key dates
Start - Saturday 9th February 00:01 GMT
End - Sunday 7th April 23:00 GMT

League Rules are as follows

Organising matches

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- This should be done through clan captains.
- There is a section on the League Forum dedicated to this so that Team captains can discuss and schedule matches.
- Once a match is scheduled one Captain should post it on the Captains Forum, whilst the other replies to accept the time.  An Admin will then update the match schedule.
- When posting a fixture time make sure you also say the server you will be using so we can add that to the fixture as well.
- The HRE_Fallen_Training server is available for matches, but check it is not double booked.  Other private cRPG servers are allowed too though so long as both clans agree to their use.

Matches

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- Matches are 8v8 by default but if both Captains agree then this can be increased at the time of the match.
- Each clan will play 2 matches in total against every other clan in the league. 1 match at home and the other match away.
- 3 points for a Win. 2 points for a draw. 1 point for a loss.
- Both matches do not have to be played back to back, matches can be scheduled at separate times.
- Matches will consist of 8 rounds. At 4 rounds there is a spawn switch.
- If a team fails to get the minimum of 8 players for a match they must play short.  Use of illegal players or not playing at all will result in forfeiting the match 8-0 without receiving any points.
- In the event that both teams have the same home map, 2 matches should still be played
- Flags will be a valid way of winning rounds (they might look bugged on the HRE_Fallen_Training server but they do work)
- Only designated ranged and cav players can loot horses or ranged weapons

Server Settings

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- Spectators should be locked to viewing their own team only (ghost mode)
- Rounds should last 8 minutes (480 seconds)
- Mode = Battle
- Don't change anything else

Submitting results

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- Results must be submitted on the Captains forum on the Fallen Website
- After each match one captain should post the result whilst the other immediately confirms it.  This should come as rounds won/lost with the home team being the first team named.. For example,

Clan X (home clan) v Clan Y: 7 - 1

In the event of two matches being played back to back, results should be submitted separately.  E.g:

Clan X v Clan Y : 7 - 1
Clan Y v Clan X : 5 - 3

In the event of a disagreement over the submitted result an admin will investigate and make a decision.

Equipment/Class Restrictions

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- No armour above Eastern Star Scale is allowed
- Looms are permitted
- No Crush-through weapons allowed
- At most 40% (rounded down) of your team may use horses or ranged weapons.
- Horse archers and heavy cav (war horse or above) will count double towards this limit.
- Heavy horse archers will count triple.

Example:
- For 8v8 you can have either 2 ranged, 2 light cav, 1 light cav/1 ranged, 1 light horse archer or 1 heavy cav.

NEW - Roster Changes

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- Teams with less than 30 characters registered will be able to add players during the season but must contact an admin in person to do so.
- Players must not change their names during the season, otherwise they can't play.  Tag changes are allowed but you must contact an admin in person to do this.
- There will be a transfer day on Friday March 15th.  If you wish to make any proper changes to your roster this is your only chance.  Changes should be posted in the Captains forum BEFORE this day and will be processed on this day.  The changed players will then be allowed to participate from the 16th onwards.

Cheating

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- If you suspect another team of cheating, screenshots and a detailed summary should be given to cRPG League Admins.
- Admins will then investigate and determine an appropriate punishment should one be required.
- Punishments will be harsh especially for repeat offenses.
- Only report if you are sure and the issue could not be resolved amicably between captains.
- Always finish the match even if your opponent is breaking the rules.

Admins

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- Our Admins consist of;
- Tomas,
- (T)Everkistus,
- Tenne,
- Tizzango (or whatever he goes by these days)

Important Note

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- Battalion flags and smoke bombs are bugged on the HRE_Fallen_Training server  Do NOT use them.

Team Entry

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- 200k per team (to be held by Fallen_Tomas)
- To enter team captains must register on the Fallen website and should reply here with the following details:

 Team Captain: Must be willing to register on Fallen website, organise fixtures and ensure their team follows all the rules
 Roster: Max of 30 CHARACTERS you want to be able to use (alts and STFs are allowed. Players can register multiple characters)
 Home Map: Must be selected from the approved list.

- We will then reply with a marketplace offer for the Captain to pay their entry fee.
- Team data will be stored on the Team page and made publicly visible.

** ALL CHARACTERS MUST BE FROM ACTUAL CLAN MEMBERS. ALTS OR PLAYERS OF DIFFERENT CLANS ARE NOT ALLOWED.  WE WILL CHECK ALL CHARACTERS BEFORE EACH SEASON AND ILLEGAL CHARACTERS WILL BE REMOVED.

Clans merging: Small clans are allowed to merge with one another to form a team. This must be discussed with a League Admin prior to the season start.

Approved Map List

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- Field by the River
- Ruins
- Village
- Nord Town
- Ruined Fort
- Snowy Hamlet
- Port Assault
- San'di boush
- Vendetta
- Reveran Village
- Frosty Battle

You can find them listed with NC after their names half way down the map poll list on the HRE_Fallen_Training server

Duration & Prize

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- The season will last approximately 2 months although this will depend on the exact number of teams entering
- Before the season starts a final deadline will be set after which the season will end and the winner will be announced
- Unplayed matches at this point will not be counted.  You get 1 point for just playing so you may as well play as many as you can.
- Any team found to be guilty of avoiding matches will be thrown out of the league

- The winning team will receive 60% of all entry fees
- The runner up will receive 30% of all entry fees
- The remaining 10% will be divided amongst the admins

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Game Balance Discussion / Should some polearms be "cut" rather than "pierce"?

« on: December 19, 2012, 01:47:48 am »

For arrows we distinguish between arrow heads that were designed for armour penetration and arrow heads that weren't.  This is despite all the arrow heads being pointier than nearly all of the piercing polearms.  Why therefore do we not do the same for polearms?

I propose that the following weapon thrusts be re-designated as "cut"

Scythe, Boar Spear, Shortened Spear, Fauchard, Bamboo Spear, Great Lance, Spear, Light Lance, Long Voulge, Hafted Blade, Lance, Pike, Long Spear, Red Tassel Spear, War Spear, Long Bardiche, Double Sided Lance, Ashwood Pike, Long Hafted Blade, Partisan, Heavy Lance, English Bill, Swiss Halberd, Glaive & Great Long Bardiche

This change combined with an appropriate damage re-balance should return spears to their true role of being mainly anti cav or anti light infantry weapons, whilst increasing the importance and value of the polearms that were designed to pierce armour such as the Awlpike and the Poleaxe.

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Strategus General Discussion / The minimum number of changes to make Strat 5 interesting

« on: December 12, 2012, 05:52:21 pm »

Here's my attempt to describe the most important problems with Strat 4 and then identify solutions to solve them with the minimum of work

Problem 1: Too much of an advantage for defenders after winning a siege.
Solution 1: Destroyed walls should stay destroyed for a minimum of 24 hours after a battle and after that they should have to be repaired using PP.
Result: If you re-attack a Fief within 24 hours you don't have to redestroy the walls.  After that you may or may not have to depending on whether or not any PP have been saved up for repairs.

Problem 2: Voting is a bit too hardcore
Possible Solution 2: Remove the element of choice for normal faction members and make them automatically vote for their own faction in their nearest fief.  Faction Leaders then select a candidate for each fief from the list of their members voting for the specific fief.  So if 3 of my players vote for Jelbegi, I pick which one of them they are all voting for.  To stop clans amassing votes there should be a gradual penalty in vote strength for clans over 100 members.  To stop people joining other factions just for the voting then there should be a Strat Tick cost for swapping factions - you can go negative in Strat ticks due to this but won't be productive again until you regain the lost ticks.
Result: Hopefully less stress on vote day

Problem 3: It can be hard for small clans to fill rosters
Solution 3: Smaller rosters for smaller battles. Big battles (1000vs1000 and over) should stay at 50vs50 but the small 100vs100 battles should decrease to 15vs15 imo instead of the current 25vs25 (ish).  Everything in between then scales.  On top of this allow all players to create a pseudonym for playing strat anonymously.  If your cover gets blown its your own fault but you can fight and build the reputaion of your fake character as if it were your main and use it to fight without worrying about diplomacy.
Result: Easier to fill rosters

Problem 4: Hard for individuals to protect what they have vs bigger clans/alliances
Solution 4: Increase the level of free gear slightly and then give it to both sides in all battles, regardless of what gear they already have.  I'm talking Aketons, Nasal Helmets, Hunting Corssbows, Nomad Bows and Simple Swords here.
Result: No naked battles ever and the gap between the best and worst equipped armies is narrowed.
Result:

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Diplomacy / Coalition Diplomacy Update (EU&NA)

« on: November 29, 2012, 10:51:45 pm »

The NA Coalition has been re-absorbed into the EU Coalition.

This means
1)  There is now no distinction between NA and EU Coalition and we have consolidated on the EU side of the map, selling off our NA holdings.
2)  We consider the entire Coalition to be neutral with ALL NA factions from this point forward.
3)  Our players are free to merc for whatever NA factions they want, although we still consider the merc arrangement with Teutonics to be unofficially in force for our NA players. This means it is now more of a gentleman's agreement than an official deal.  If you want mercs, just ask in TS.
4)  Fallen_Loki is no longer part of the Coalition.  He is an independent raider and he is now banned from entering our lands. 
5)  All EU diplomacy still stands.

If you need to contact the Coalition then contact the following people:

Main Diplomatic Contacts: Rogue_HRE or Fallen_Tomas
Special Envoy to the court of High King Smoothrich: Tears_of_Destiny
Trade: Harafat_HRE

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Strategus General Discussion / Strategus 4 FAQ

« on: September 19, 2012, 01:18:12 pm »

I will do my best to answer as many questions as possible in this topic.  Please do not spam it.

1)  How do I make gold?
- by playing cRPG you get 1 gold per x2 and x3 multiplier and 2 gold per x4 and x5 multiplier.  Confirmed as still being in the game by Alpha
- you gain 10 gold every hour in Strat so long as you are not recruiting troops and still have Strat ticks from playing cRPG
- trading goods by buying in 1 fief and selling in another fief will make you gold.  The price you sell your goods for depends on the goods price in the fief you are selling in and the distance to the fief you bought the goods in.
- raiding goods from other players will allow you to sell them yourself for cash.
- owning a fief will make you money through taxes

2) What is the new distance bonus formula?
-  The distance bonus formula is =IF(Distance<60,200*COS((Distance*PI()/60)-PI())+150,320+Distance/2)

3) How do I buy goods and equipment?
- simply walk into any fief and purchase them.
- In order to buy goods you must have enough cash for the number you are buying and the fief must have enough supply and demand.

4) What is supply and demand (S&D)?
- This is the number of goods transactions that can be made in a given fief. 
- A transaction is either the sale or purchase of goods and the number of goods per transaction depends on the fief's goods price
- 5 gold price = 200% goods per transaction
- 15 gold price = 100% goods per transaction
- 25 gold price = 50% good per transaction
- where Base goods per transaction = 1

5)  What is prosperity?
- Prosperity is the number of transaction a fief gains per day
- This can be increased by production points

6) How do I recruit?
- Simply set your troop cap above your current number of troops and ensure you have strat ticks

7) What is the upkeep on troops?
- Upkeep = ceil((pow(#troops,1.6)*0.035 - 56) / 24)
- Upkeep of garrisoned troops in fiefs = ceil((pow($troops, 1.02) * 1 - 100)/24)

8) What are production points?
- These are the points fief owners get in order to specialise their fiefs.
- They can be invested into loomed items, discounted items, higher prosperity, altered tax rates or altered goods prices
- Spent points can be respecced for a loss of 50% of points but this takes 7 days to take effect and if the fief is captured in that time the respec will be cancelled* needs confirming
- Villages gain 1 PP per day
- Castles gain 5 PP per day
- Town gain 7 PP per day

9) What was suggested for Strat 4 but left due to time restraints
- AI Caravans and Bandits

10)  How does the Towncenter work?
- when you go to sell an item you will get the option to change the price from the default.  If you do this and increase the price the item will go on the marketplace instead.
- everybody can see all marketplace offers but you have to be in the same fief to actually buy an item.
- you only get the money if the item gets bought when using the marketplace

11)  How does AI hiring work?
- if you don't hire anybody on for your roster manually, the AI will step in and hire people
- to override the AI simply remove everybody and then re-hire someone yourself

12) How does auto peasant gear work?
- if you are naked you get free peasant gear for all your troops
- this gear will disappear after the battle
- only defenders get free peasant gear

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Game Balance Discussion / Suggested change to Riding/Athletics skills

« on: September 13, 2012, 01:57:50 pm »

Make it so your combined Athletics/Riding skills cannot exceed half your Agility.

EXAMPLE: with 18 agility you could have
- 6 athletics, 3 riding
- 5 athletics 4 riding
- 4 athletics, 5 riding
- 3 athletics, 6 riding

PROs
- It nerfs hybrid Cav (of which there are currently too many due to all the high level chars in the game now)
- It doesn't nerf pure Cav or Pure Inf.
- Cav/Inf Hybrids will require high agility like all other hybrid chars do.

CONs
- It might encourage Strength stacking at high levels even more as it will be the cheaper alternative.  However too much Cav is more annoying than too many Strength stackers so this is a price I would be willing to pay.
- SoO will hate me and probably delete this thread

FURTHER NOTES
- Combine the above with a general agility buff and you will negate the main con of the idea.

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Strategus General Discussion / Nighttime Feedback Required

« on: August 24, 2012, 12:43:40 pm »

We'd like some feedback on the following nighttime system especially if you think it is exploitable.

1) You can set up to 18 hours of nighttime:
2) You cannot reinforce or send troops or equipment during your nighttime.
3) You cannot receive reinforcements when you are the attacking army during nighttime.
4) There is a penalty associated with your nighttime equal to 2*#hours - 16 (eg 10 hours of nighttime would be 4%)
5) The penalty only occurs during your nighttime and reduces income, increases troops costs, reduces movement speed, reduces recruitment rate
6) It takes 1 week for a new nighttime setting to come into effect and there is a further week long cooldown before it can be changed again.

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Announcements / Strat 4 Announcement

« on: August 02, 2012, 03:53:52 pm »

Over the last few weeks the Dev and Beta testers have worked on and come up with the following Strat 4 Plan.  We are publishing the summary here for your comments and discussion so enjoy

Summary   

• Changes to goods crafting and recruitment system that mean no more sitting idle in fiefs, not actually doing anything. Recruiting and production of gold will happen everywhere, even while moving. Weapons and Items will be bought from fiefs, with varying costs. There is no more crafting.
• Changes to trade that reduce the distance you need to travel for a good price but still reward traveling a long distance.
• Customizable Fiefs to add variety and options for factions and fief owners. Fiefs steadily produce points that can be reset manually or by raiding a fief. Fief owners can use those to:       
  • increase heirloom state of items (default: broken)
  • decrease cost of items
  • increase or decrease default price of trade good
  • increase the amount of goods available for buying/selling
  • increase or decrease tax on items and goods
• New Equipment tier system that makes it easier to get the looms you want, but makes it harder to make fully loomed armies.
• Steeper troop upkeep graph that encourages smaller more numerous armies over larger armies as this gets more people involved.
• No more neutral fiefs - players can do a hidden vote for a fief owner in the first 8h of the game. Being in a fief gives you a boost to your votes. You only have those initial 8h to reach a fief, though. So factions will have split up areas, which should increase the tension.
• Fief Corruption for empires that grow too large, but done in a way such that faction splitting does not give you an advantage.  Corruption can still be overcome for organised factions that want to expand. Each faction will have to decide how much corruption it can cope with though.  Factions will also have a Vigilance rating that can decrease corruption.  Vigilance will be a war/fighting based score.
• AI Bandits, AI Caravans (if possible) - also, the AI will auto hire for people who haven’t noticed they are getting attacked
• People will get peasant gear when spawning naked. no more naked peasant genocide
• All in all - a faster game