Difference between revisions of "Disembarking armies or spies"

Latest revision as of 20:53, 2 December 2014

Version L&L 4.0 (currently just on Server 1)

Disembarking from landing boats

Landing boats (knarrs and drakkars) can disembark amries and spies onto every coast field (empty or with buildings), if it is a foest or plain field (not a mountain field). If the landing field has an owner, you have to be at war with the owner.

Disembarked armies can enter a ship only in a harbor. Therefore you have to carfully consider the minimum distance requirements for building habrors when disembarking onto neutral fields. Spies, on the other hand, may use their own boat to leave the island.

Disembarking from other ships

All other ships need a harbour to disembark amries and spies. Kogg, holk and caravalle may enter all harbour fields, dromones, galleys and caracks need a harbour level 6 or higher to disembark units.

Duration of disembarkment

Depending on the number of ships of a given type in a fleet and onto which field the units shall disembark, the duration of diembarkment can vary. A fleet that for example consists of 1 rowing boat, 1 kogg and 1 carack can at most disembark 10 units per tick (the capacity of the rowing boat) onto forest and plain fields. The same fleet can disembark 130 units/tick in harbours level 1-5 (capacity of rowing boat + kogg) and even 580 units per tick on harbours level 6 and up (the capacity of the whole fleet).

If this army is fully loaded with an army of 580 men, the disembarkment onto a forest or plains field takes therefore 58 ticks, while it takes 5 ticks on a harbour level 1-5. Disembarking onto a harbour level 6 and up takes just one tick.

Only 1 disembarkment per fleet can take place at the same time. If a new disembarkment order is given to a fleet, all previous disembarkments are cancelled.

Attack of field from the sea

When you are at war with another player, you can conquer his harbour by disembarking armies onto that harbour. Due to the strong resistance during such a strike, the defenders of the harbour receive a defense bonus againt the attacking armies that depends on the harbour level. This bonus is calculated spearately for each army: defense bonus = 10 + 2 × harbour level. Of course, the defense bonus also applies when armies are disembarked from landing boats onto enemy harbours.
When armies conquer a harbour from land, no harbour bonus is applied against these armies, even if at the same time an attack from sea takes place.
Ships anchoring in the harbour (better said, their catapults) are not involved in the battle. However, troups that are transported on these ships defend the harbour. If a harbour is conquered, these troups return to the ships and sink with them.
The order for disembarkment onto an enemy harbour can be entered already before the war begins. However, the army can leave the ship only in the first tick of the war. If the harbour is teared down, before the army is landed, the order remains aktiv (this means the ship and army blink in the unit overview). No message about the failed disembarkment is given. In this case, you have to cancel the order before the ship can move away.

Disembarking spies

Spies can disembark from each fleet (irrespective of its composition) onto all fields except for mountain fields. Spies may also disembark onto water fields.

Disembarkment

First select one or more units (1) (hold the CTRL-key to select multiple units) and click on the button "Disembark armies" (2). This opens a popup-window (3) that shows the fields neighbouring your ship. Fields suitable for disembarking are marked in green (4). Select the correct field and the units will leave the ship during the tick. If the target field is a foreign field (neutral or an enemy player), the disembarking armies will attack the field. Following the succesfull enter of a disembarkment order, the status lamp blinks yellow (5). In the unit overview, the status lamps of the respective ship and armies also blink yellow. Spies with disembarkment order show a green status lamp in the unit overview. The disembarkment of units consumes movement points. Therefore, ships that disembark units can perform one move less in this tick than their regular movement speed. If spies are disembarked, no further movement is possible in that tick. Ships with catapults only perform limited attacks in ticks with disembarkment of units. However, they defend themselves when attacked. Find more about this under [[Battles at sea}}.

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Canceling disembarking

As for entering the disembarment order, you first have to press the "Disembark armies" button. To cancel the oder, now select as target field the field of your ship. This stops the blinking status lamp in the unit overview. The ship can move to other fields, or a new disembarkment oder can be entered.

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-== Disembarking units from landing crafts ==
+Version L&L 4.0 (currently just on Server 1)
-Landing crafts can disembark armies and spies on any coastal area (with or without a building), as long as this field is a plain or a wood (but not a mountain). If the target field is owned by another player, you have to be at war with that player, of course.
+== Disembarking from landing boats ==
-Disembarked units can re-enter the ship only in a harbour. Therefore you should be carefull that your target field fulfills the [[harbour#Minimum distance requirements|minimum distance requirements]] for a harbour to be built.
+Landing boats (knarrs and drakkars) can disembark amries and spies onto every coast field (empty or with buildings), if it is a foest or plain field (not a mountain field). If the landing field has an owner, you have to be at war with the owner.
-However, spies can also leave the island by using their [[Espionage|own boat]].
-== Disembarking units from other ship types ==
+Disembarked armies can enter a ship only in a harbor. Therefore you have to carfully consider the [[Harbour#Minimum distance requirements |minimum distance requirements ]] for building habrors when disembarking onto neutral fields. Spies, on the other hand, may use their [[Espionage|own boat]] to leave the island.
-All other ship types need a harbour to disembark armies or spies.
+== Disembarking from other ships ==
-*Armies: <br/>When you are at war with another player, you can conquer his harbour by disembarking armies onto that harbour. Because of the fierce resistance to such a manoeuvre, the defenders are rewarded a defence bonus dependent on the level of the harbour. This bonus is applied to every attacking army: Defence bonus = 10 + 2 * harbour level. This defence bonus also applies if the attacking armies are disembarked from a landing craft.<br/>However, if hostile armies attack the harbour from a regular land field, the defenders do not receive this special defence bonus against those armies - even if the attack occurs parallel to an attack by seaside.<br/> Ships that are anchoring in the harbour during the attack do not help to defend the harbour - there will be no ship combat; the catapults will not be fired. But armies that are loaded on those ships do participate in the defence. If the harbour is conquered, loaded units will retract onto their ships and will be destroyed together with these ships.<br/>An order to disembark in an enemy harbour can be given before war actually starts. The army will not leave the ship before the first tick of the war, however. If the harbor is demolished before war starts, the disembarking order will remain active (the ship and army icon in the unit summary will still flash). There will be no notification that the disembarkation failed. You will have to manually [[Disembarking armies or spies#Canceling disembarking|cancel]] the disembarking order to be able to move your ship further on.
+All other ships need a harbour to disembark amries and spies. Kogg, holk and caravalle may enter all harbour fields, dromones, galleys and caracks need a harbour level 6 or higher to disembark units.
-*Spies: <br/>Spies can be disembarked onto any harbour, no matter whether you are at war with the owner or not.
+== Duration of disembarkment ==
-== Disembarking onto harbour ruins ==
+Depending on the number of ships of a given type in a fleet and onto which field the units shall disembark, the duration of diembarkment can vary. A fleet that for example consists of 1 rowing boat, 1 kogg and 1 carack can at most disembark 10 units per tick (the capacity of the rowing boat) onto forest and plain fields. The same fleet can disembark 130 units/tick in harbours level 1-5 (capacity of rowing boat + kogg) and even 580 units per tick on harbours level 6 and up (the capacity of the whole fleet).
-Is it possible from small and medium galleys besides onto harbours also to disembark onto harbour ruins. Armies can be disembarked onto own and allied harbour ruins, spies onto any harbour ruin. The disembarkation from these ship types lasts six turns. The disembarking ship must not be moved during that time, or the disembarkation is canceled.
+If this army is fully loaded with an army of 580 men, the disembarkment onto a forest or plains field takes therefore 58 ticks, while it takes 5 ticks on a harbour level 1-5. Disembarking onto a harbour level 6 and up takes just one tick.
-Ordering troops to disembark in an enemy harbour ruin is possible before war actually starts. However, the 6-tick-countdown starts on the first tick of the war.
-When a harbour is restored during the countdown, this does not affect the countdown. It is possible however to [[Disembarking armies or spies#Canceling disembarking|cancel]] the current disembarkation order and give a new order to disembark in the restored harbour in a normal manner.
+'''Only 1 disembarkment per fleet can take place at the same time. If a new disembarkment order is given to a fleet, all previous disembarkments are cancelled.'''
-== How to disembark units ==
+== Attack of field from the sea ==
-(1) Select one or more armies (press the CTRL-key to select multiple armies) and click on the "Drop off armies" Button (2). This opens a popup (3), in which you can see the close surroundings of the ship. Fields that can receive the armies are marked in green (4). Select the target field, and the army will be dropped onto that field in the next tick and will attack the field.
+When you are at war with another player, you can conquer his harbour by disembarking armies onto that harbour. Due to the strong resistance during such a strike, the defenders of the harbour receive a defense bonus againt the attacking armies that depends on the harbour level. This bonus is calculated spearately for each army: defense bonus = 10 + 2 &times; harbour level. Of course, the defense bonus also applies when armies are disembarked from landing boats onto enemy harbours. <br /> When armies conquer a harbour from land, no harbour bonus is applied against these armies, even if at the same time an attack from sea takes place.<br / >Ships anchoring in the harbour (better said, their catapults) are not involved in the battle. However, troups that are transported on these ships defend the harbour. If a harbour is conquered, these troups return to the ships and sink with them. <br /> The order for disembarkment onto an enemy harbour can be entered already before the war begins. However, the army can leave the ship only in the first tick of the war. If the harbour is teared down, before the army is landed, the order remains aktiv (this means the ship and army blink in the unit overview). No message about the failed disembarkment is given. In this case, you have to [[Disembarking armies or spies#Canceling disembarking|cancel]] the order before the ship can move away.
-Once the order to disembark has been given, the lamp blinks yellow (5); the lamps for that ship and armies also blink yellow in the Unit Summary page. In the case of spies with a disembarking order, their lamp in the unit summary will be green.
-Landing units costs movement points. Ships that drop off armies can move one field less than their normal maximum that turn. If spies are disembarked, no more movement is possible at all. Disembarking units from a ship takes [[Battles at sea#When does a battle at sea take place?|movement points]]. Because of this, ships that disembark units are can move one field less than their normal speed in that turn. If you disembark spies, your ship is not able to move at all on in this tick. Ships that are armed with catapults can only attack on the movement point on which they disembark. They will, however, always defend themselves if attacked. For more information read the [[Battles at sea]] section.
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+== Disembarking spies ==
+Spies can disembark from each fleet (irrespective of its composition) onto all fields except for mountain fields. Spies may also disembark onto water fields.
+== Disembarkment ==
+First select one or more units (1) (hold the CTRL-key to select multiple units) and click on the button "Disembark armies" (2). This opens a popup-window (3) that shows the fields neighbouring your ship. Fields suitable for disembarking are marked in green (4). Select the correct field and the units will leave the ship during the tick. If the target field is a foreign field (neutral or an enemy player), the disembarking armies will attack the field.
+Following the succesfull enter of a disembarkment order, the status lamp blinks yellow (5). In the unit overview, the status lamps of the respective ship and armies also blink yellow. Spies with disembarkment order show a green status lamp in the unit overview.
+The disembarkment of units consumes [[Battles at sea#When does a sea battle commence? |movement points]]. Therefore, ships that disembark units can perform one move less in this tick than their regular movement speed. If spies are disembarked, no further movement is possible in that tick.
+Ships with catapults only perform limited attacks in ticks with disembarkment of units. However, they defend themselves when attacked. Find more about this under [[Battles at sea}}.
+[[Image:absetzen_de.jpg]]
 == Canceling disembarking ==
-First press the button "Drop Off Armies", just like when ordering units to disembark. To cancel disembarkation, pick the field of the ship itself as the target field. The lamp in the unit summary will stop blinking and you can order your ship to move on, or order a new disembarkation.
+As for entering the disembarment order, you first have to press the "Disembark armies" button. To cancel the oder, now select as target field the field of your ship. This stops the blinking status lamp in the unit overview. The ship can move to other fields, or a new disembarkment oder can be entered.