League Fortress

My Lords and Ladies, if you have not yet built a League Fortress, it is high time you do so!

In this post, we have attempted to describe the feature and the way it works in as much detail as we could. We hope it will be of help to you and your Leagues!

“What is a Fortress?” you’d ask. Well, it is a city that a League can build. It can be founded by League Marshals for free with an option to select its location. The Fortress grants bonuses to the League and its members.

Creating a League Fortress

The option to create a Fortress is only available to League Marshals if the Fortress is not built yet. The Fortress can be built for free.

* When creating a Fortress, a League Marshal has to select its location.

* The initial choice of a location is only available to League Marshals.

* The second choice of the Fortress’ location (Teleportation) is available to League Marshals and those who have Fortress management rights.

* Please note that you will need special Teleportation Items to be able to move your League Fortress.

League Fortress’ Purpose

The Fortress provides new opportunities called Fields of Knowledge. They will give bonuses to every League Member. In addition, they will extend your League’s Influence! Every Field of Knowledge can be upgraded to Level 20. Note that Fields of Knowledge are dependent upon the Fortress Level.

For example, your Fortress is upgraded to Level 10, and a Field of Knowledge is Level 10 as well. When the Fortress is downgraded to Level 9, the Knowledge Level will stay the same, but the bonus it gives is going to be Level 9 until the Fortress is upgraded back to Level 10. Mastering the Fields of Knowledge is not determined by the Fortress Level. In other words, even with a Fortress of Level 0 your League can max out the Knowledge. You can master new Levels of the Fields of Knowledge with the help of the Tomes.

Note: Beacons will not be replaced. They will stay in the game along with the Fortresses.

Managing your League Fortress

Once your Marshal has founded a Fortress, your League can start upgrading it. The upgrade progress will be displayed in the “Info” tab of your Fortress as well as all the active bonuses your Units receive from the Fortress. You will be able to change your Fortress’ name there, too. In other words, using this tab, my Lord, you will be able to keep track of all the Fortress affairs. There will also be a “Garrisons” tab where you will be able to see the number of Units defending the Fortress.

To upgrade your Fortress, you will need to go to the “Info” tab. This action can be performed by either the League Marshal or any other League member that has those rights. There are several conditions under which the League Fortress can be upgraded:

* Your League has a sufficient amount of Glory Points.

* You captured the necessary amount of Beacons, and they are of certain Levels (those amounts will be different for different Levels).

* Your League has a certain position in the Rankings.

* You have downgraded an enemy League Fortress of a certain Level.

If the League Marshal is changed, the Fortress management rights goes to the new Marshal. The Fortress ceases to exist after the League is dismissed.

If a Fortress is teleported, all Reinforcements sent there will return to the Castles of players that sent them.

League Fortresses can be added to Contacts.

League Fortress Resources

There are two types of Resources: Glory Points and Tomes.

Glory Points are used to upgrade the Fortress. They can be received as Rewards in League Tournaments or purchased with Sapphires. Using Sapphires you can only purchase the amount of Glory Points required to upgrade the Fortress to the next Level.

Tomes are required to upgrade the Fields of Knowledge in the League Fortress. They can be received as Rewards in League Quests or purchased with Sapphires.

Please note that the Points earned in game challenges will go towards the League balance, not personal ones. If a Lord or Lady quits the League, Glory Points and Tomes received by him/her will not be added to his/her balance. They will remain on the League balance.

League Fortress Downgrade

Lords and Ladies, please note that your League Fortress can be downgraded if your rivals successfully attack it. So make sure it is well protected!

If another League successfully attacks your Fortress whilst an upgrade is NOT in progress, your Fortress will be downgraded by one Level, and 50% of the Glory Points spent on the most recent upgrade will be returned to your League.

If another League manages to perform a successful attack on your Fortress whilst it is being upgraded, the upgrade will fail, and your Fortress will be downgraded by one Level. Your League will be reimbursed 75% of the Glory Points spent on the attempted upgrade, as well as a further 50% of the Glory Points spent on the most recent successful upgrade.

The downgrade is impossible when your Fortress is at Level 5 or 8; in other words, once you reach Level 5, your enemies will not be able to downgrade your Fortress below that Level so you do not have to start upgrading it all over again.

Battle interactions

Lords and Ladies may send Private and League Attacks against the League Fortresses of rival Leagues. An Attack is not a Raid or a Siege; it is an assault with the purpose of killing Units. All battle actions work the same way as they do with Hamlets. Attacks and Spying attempts can be launched against a rival Fortress if it is not under protection (after the Fortress was created). Attacks against League Fortresses cannot be sent by Lords or Ladies that are not in a League or by Leagues that have no Fortress. It is important to mention that you will not be able to see the Attacks coming to your League Fortress. You can send Reinforcements to your League Fortress. Units lost in combat are placed in their owners Healer (regular rules apply).

Available Fields of Knowledge

Food Consumption Reduction

Unit Speed Increase

Infantry Defense

Cavalry Defense

Occult Defense

Bestiary Defense

Infantry Offense

Cavalry Offense

Occult Offense

Bestiary Offense

The Knowledge bonus only applies to the four basic Unit groups.

Limits and special features

* Each League can only have one Fortress.

* Units move to the Fortress at the same speed as they do to Beacons (x24 times faster).

* Protection against Attacks lasts for the first 24 hours after its creation. During that time, none of the League members can Attack other Leagues’ Fortresses.

* League Fortress gets a 24-hour protection after it was downgraded. Additionally, it cannot be further downgraded for some time. Note: The League Fortress can still be attacked.

* Force Limits: Maximum Private Attack - 150,000 Food; Max League Attack – 500,000 Food.

Important! Neophytes will not be able to

* visit League Fortresses;

* interact with them (attack, spy, send Reinforcements);

* take advantage of the League Bonuses.

Neophytes will be able to see the Fortresses on the Map.

Diplomacy

Diplomacy determines interactions with League Fortress in the same way it does with Beacons.

Players in friendly Leagues (Piece status) cannot attack each other’s League Fortresses.

Allies can attack your League Fortress. Attack limits are standard.

Neutral players can attack your League Fortress. Attack limits are standard.

Enemies can attack your League Fortress. Attack limits are standard.

In a Challenge, players of the other League can attack your League Fortress. Attack limits are standard.

During War, players of the other League can attack your League Fortress. No Attack limits.

Lords and Ladies, may the Fortresses bring your Leagues eternal prosperity. Let them be witnesses of your glorious victories!

Lord Oberon said:

The Fortress design will be different on higher levels. Upgrade it to the level 20 and see what it looks like. 

Can we get a sneak peak at how it looks at lvl 20? 

Maybe its about time, we can get a league bank, we can send sapphires too then ?

So at what level will league members have an active Upgrade button? Seems my captains have it, but the lower ranks do not. Do I have to turn on the button for everyone?

So the fortresses do not have any defense bonus themselves?  That really puts the defenders at a disadvantage doesn't it?

Fortress of Sapphire :))

what about the paragon points slider and the beacon deff being viewed based on marshal choice

and the sanctum of shards updates are they still coming ? 

Another massive pvp target designed to kill as many units as possible - How long before they add Fortress Tournaments? LOL

Tony Hobson said:

Another massive pvp target designed to kill as many units as possible - How long before they add Fortress Tournaments? LOL

God yes, the faster we kill off units, the faster the game will die, as people grow bored the time it take to rebuild units :p

Where do I go to see the strength of defense at the fortress?  It seemed obvious to me that this would be in the embassy under the statistics tab... 

If there isnt a way to see this, then it is an outrageous oversight.

LOVE that we have the first truly new content for over a year.

LOVE that it is something that takes a community to achieve, after all this is MMO.

Absolutely HATE that it's be cheapened to a sapphire race. This kind of achievement should only be earned in game. Something a whole player base can work together on and be proud of their achievement. I was excited about it for a few mins but then the fun had gone. Defeat snapped from the jaws of victory :(

There is absolutely no need to monetize every aspect of the game, a comfortable living can be made of this game without the need to go uber cynical, leaving us feeling the game is just about exploitation.

Use your brains, find a balance.

If everything is going to be bought what content is actually left in game for us to play??

djmoody said:

LOVE that we have the first truly new content for over a year.

LOVE that it is something that takes a community to achieve, after all this is MMO.

Absolutely HATE that it's be cheapened to a sapphire race. This kind of achievement should only be earned in game. Something a whole player base can work together on and be proud of their achievement. I was excited about it for a few mins but then the fun had gone. Defeat snapped from the jaws of victory :(

There is absolutely no need to monetize every aspect of the game, a comfortable living can be made of this game without the need to go uber cynical, leaving us feeling the game is just about exploitation.

Use your brains, find a balance.

If everything is going to be bought what content is actually left in game for us to play??

That is the downfall of this game ain't it? Here, have some cool stuff, but of course come with a price tag. But that means nothing now when it come to f2p games and such. Just look at games such as Warframe. However that example have a much higher, hmm, production value? and you can grind (awfull lot of grinding, but still) in stead of spend cash.

Problem with Stormfall is we never is given something to add to the "Grind perspective". It's, sacrifice more units, faster, and "we desire you to rev for sapphires" to rinse and repeat. It's a very few players that can afford that in the long run.

Grind for resources > build army > do tournaments (activites) > chance to earn sapphires. This aspect of the game is more or less non existant, due to the very slow build time of units. (oh god there he goes again, and yes I will keep bring this up over and over and over).

It doesn't help bring in what seems to be cool features to the game, when it comes with a hefty price tag to it. League fortress's will be for the bigger leagues, the small ones can't coimpete, but that is kind of okay, because as with most mmo's else, small guilds and such is locked out of certain activites that large ones can do, but with most other mmo's there is also pug's (public pick up groups) that at least give you a chance to take part in content. 

It's nice and cool of Plarium to bring in new features, it's not that cool when the heavy aspect of monetize.

I know you can't compare games on the fly and such but. Last night playing EVE-Online, my Corp went balls to the walls in a fight that lasted for a good hour. We had two options, total defeat or victory. We was locked in a stalemate with the other players we was fighting. In the end we did come out of it victorious with little loss's and our guys was having a blast on teamspeak. We succeed due to team effort and good communication. most mmo's is based on this as key to success. Good communication is Stormfall is hard if you don't rely on 3rd party tools, teamspeak,ventrillo, slack, IRC and so on. The worst thing is though, there is lack and sense of unity with your other league members and options of what you can do to achieve great things together. 

The risk vs reward is just not here :(  

Spend some sapphires, buy some hearts for your castle make you feel better..... uhm, no :/

Lord Oberon said:

* Force Limits: Maximum Private Attack - 250,000 Food; Max League Attack – 500,000 Food.

can you develop that point?