The West (as of 3/09, Bat Country will be on World 8)

[Der Helm]

I can't remember where I heard it but I have heard that KO'd people can still fight in Fort battles.

True, if you get knocked out during a fort fight, the normal 48 hour time kicks in, but you can participate in fort battle even when you are knocked out.

[Pezzle]

They can participate if in KO, but if timed well they may be dangerously low on health or be far enough away they decide not to participate.

[rk47]

Well, how fast does a fort battle start once someone initiate it? (Paid 10k) If it's less than 6 hours, then it's really possible to quickly assault them while they're half HP or below. If not, a lot can just rush to the barracks and rest up.

[Phildo]

Pretty sure it's 24 hours.

[Pezzle]

24 hours.  As a defender you can still knock out or damage several attackers and make the fight, even sleep in the fort.  As an attacker you can still injure or KO people, it is simply a bit more involved. 

As a defender you can send a couple premium duelers on best horses, raid the enemy till they are around half health and have enough time to get back to fort +3 hours.  Knocked out enemies that come back to the fight will be very weak and not likely to make the trip.  Injured foes get focused fire first when the fort battle starts.

Attackers can use adventurers to pick off the weakest targets or soften up various people and sleep a couple hours for free in a four star hotel. 

Raw numbers can make a big difference in fort fights.  Those 1600 hp sponges rely on all their much softer targets to be useful.  Gun down the mid range folks or anyone who appears weakened. 

Obviously, pre fort fight raids are not useful against widely dispersed enemies.  How lucky we are that our foes are bunched together.

[sidereal]

Can I get a Trammel invite?  Need to burn some cash in those fresh stores.

[Reg]

Is anyone else following through with their world 9 newbies? I just got my guy to level 10 and took the Adventurer class.

[schild]

I will NOT be playing a second character. Game isn't that good.

[gryeyes]

Im on world 9 I keep searching for a town.

[Reg]

I will NOT be playing a second character. Game isn't that good.

Yeah I'm getting doubtful about it myself. The only reason I've lasted so long on world 8 is having all the F13ers around plus the wonderful enemies we've made.

[Amarr HM]

There's a fortbattle 30 minutes West of us, I signed up to defend so I could do some work uninterrupted for the next six hours but as it turns out it's a covert Eagles attack. This would give them a very nice vantage point to hit us from so despite the fact I'll be fighting alongside the furry munchkinheads Dusty and Smitten from -FoM- it mightn't be a bad idea.

[Samwise]

LOL, I joined the attackers because I saw the furries were defending.  See you on the battlefield!   

[schild]

Does Trammel have any of the Mexican set?

[Viin]

I think Trammel has the poncho?

[schild]

I've upgraded Right, Quantrillo, and Spamwise to founder. I'm going to need to do some shopping in a day or two. Can I get confirmation on the poncho? And does anyone know where the rest of the items are. I've been silver mining and have money that needs spending. I want to start playing whack-a-mole with people's faces.

[Reg]

Yup it's got the Brown Poncho. Only 174 bucks.

[schild]

Wait. Forgot. have the poncho. lulz. Got it while robbing graves or somesuch.

Need the sombrero, sandals, and bandana.

[Righ]

LOL, I joined the attackers because I saw the furries were defending.  See you on the battlefield!   

Could somebody in Trammel knock Spamwise out please? Cheers.

[Reg]

Wait. Forgot. have the poncho. lulz. Got it while robbing graves or somesuch.

Need the sombrero, sandals, and bandana.

Haven't got those. Is the Mexican set good for respeccing Builder/fighters?

[schild]

I suppose, in a meta sort of way. The full set is +9 strength and 17 vigor. So the vigor COULD be better. And the goddamn hat has shooting instead of vigor. That said - it gives faster access to drilling oil (83/25/20 - the third best money job), smuggling (64/45/83 - the sixth best luck job, a hair away from 4th, but with higher money than some of the top ones), and transporting ammunition (how you get dynamite for some fucking quest).

But yea, it's mostly the set for melee fighters. Nowhere near as good as the sets for people who shoot shit with a gun (like a pussy), though.

Edit: Also, the whole set only requires level 30.

[Samwise]

LOL, I joined the attackers because I saw the furries were defending.  See you on the battlefield!  

Could somebody in Trammel knock Spamwise out please? Cheers.

An Eagle already did yesterday, so I'm immune.  

(edit) BTW, I've realized that you can very easily spy on the enemy's positions by putting a mole on the opposite side.  I think that's why those FoM folks like "super spy" were on our side in our fort battle.  I see that same guy on the attacker's side now.

And speaking of Tolstoy, BC folks defending this fort may be interested to know that the attackers are all spread out in front.   

[sidereal]

Whoa whoa whoa.  Who am I supposed to kill here?

Someone tell me which way to point my gun.

[Reg]

You want to be on the defender's side.

[sidereal]

Roger that.

Samwise, you called down the thunder, well now you've got it!

I see a red sash, I kill the man wearin' it!

you tell 'em I'm coming... and hell's coming with me, you hear?...  HELL'S COMING WITH ME


etc.


Actually, I have a shitty fort gun, so I'll probably mostly just hide and pew pew.

[Reg]

My plan is to absorb 3 bullets and die almost immediately.

[sidereal]

Hey, I'm standing between Senior Fartfart and SmittenKitten.  Weird crowd.

[Amarr HM]

Free KOs are pretty awesome especially at the weekend :)

[Hawkbit]

For as terrible as I was in our last battle defending, this time I was #2 overall damage inflicted and #1 ok KOs.  Strange. 

Too bad we were overwhelmed.  I wonder how much thier lack of fort strength played a part in the loss. 

[sidereal]

Totally forgot to put on my fort defense outfit.  Still was top 3-5 in the damage/KO stats.  Bat Country represent.

[Righ]

I got this from prinston of Amnesia:

hi righ can u promise to help us defend our fort its under attack and we need help I f u dont know me ask Aez from your town he knows me. and please tell your town to defend.

The fort in question is Fort ACT, owned by Amnesia and a small town called The Middle of Nowhere which is likely their spin-off.

Amnesia's ally list:

Middle Of Nowhere
Star River
Star Creek
Star Trail
Themiscyra
The Shores of Avalon

That last one would be in the Avalon Alliance and Vampire Alliance too.

Judging by the people there and their front page, the attacker is LN Sovereign Force:

A CALL TO THE -LN- GROUP, When we stand to together and fight at Fort act.

[Aez]

Prinston helped us in our fort battle.  I'll help him.  You should all come, the Star River crowd are nice.

[Amarr HM]

Sounds like a plan.

[Hawkbit]

En route, still 20 hours till battle though.

[Phildo]

On my way there as well.

[sidereal]

I need a faster horse