Gut said:

when there are no level 15, 16, 17...18s......19s Bastions on the Pirate Bay server

That's interesting and I'd love to hear an official (or RuAL's) explanation.

Crowbar said:

Gut said:

when there are no level 15, 16, 17...18s......19s Bastions on the Pirate Bay server

That's interesting and I'd love to hear an official (or RuAL's) explanation.

There is no downgrade protection up for any levels 18, 17, 16 etc.

Help  >bastion upgrade >

"4. Downgrade a Bastion of the required level or higher..."

Alyona Kolomiitseva said:

Technically it's possible. If you suspect some in-game violations, please report this case to Support. We cannot investigate such cases on forum.

Nobody said that there is a in-game violation. Why you said that?

Could you explain how it is technically possible since: Help  >bastion upgrade > "4. Downgrade a Bastion of the required level or higher..."?

Mule said:

Alyona Kolomiitseva said:

Technically it's possible. If you suspect some in-game violations, please report this case to Support. We cannot investigate such cases on forum.

Nobody said that there is a in-game violation. Why you said that?

Because that's usually implied when the question is "How did RuAL...?". 

Mule said:

Could you explain how it is technically possible since: Help >bastion upgrade > "4. Downgrade a Bastion of the required level or higher..."?

Crowbar said:

Could you explain how it is technically possible since: Help >bastion upgrade > "4. Downgrade a Bastion of the required level or higher..."?

Here is how: two bastions, by two BHs, built in parallel, BHs downgrading each other's Bastion for requirements. When RuAL reached level 20, they downgraded the other one below level 15. Before you tell me it doesn't sound convincing or anything similar, please note that I am not saying that this actually happened. I have no idea if it did, and I'm merely answering your "how is it technically possible?" question.

Don't see how that would be possible Crowbar?

If we are to read the downgrade requirements correctly then for two bh's to raise to level 19 so that one can upgrade to 20 would not be possible without other bh's with similar levels being involved. 

Once a level above all other bh's was attained the action of downgrading one of the two to allow one to upgrade would not then allow the other one to upgrade again without downgrading the other as the required level would need to be met?

That's what I thought at first, but you're reading it wrong. "Required level" is not "your next level", but the level that is actually required in the Bastion's window. For example, my BH (on The Golden Coast) has a Bastion level 16. In order to proceed with the upgrades, we need to downgrade one Bastion of level 15, as shown here:

So, the "required level" here is 15 (or higher).

Alyona Kolomiitseva said:

Technically it's possible. If you suspect some in-game violations, please report this case to Support. We cannot investigate such cases on forum.

Nobody said that there is a in-game violation. Why you said that?

Could you explain how it is technically possible since: Help  >bastion upgrade > "4. Downgrade a Bastion of the required level or higher..."?

Many thanks in advance.

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