FOR THOSE BEING ATTACKED READ THIS IT WILL HELP!!
When you notice you have an incoming attack it is important that
you dont panic. By following a few simple simple steps you can
easily work out what kind of attack you have incoming, inform the
alliance and act accordingly.
Step 1 Work out what type of attack is being sent
When youre under attack, it is crucial to know if the attack is
a conquest attack or just a normal attack. You can always recognize
an attack with a colony ship by its speed.
If you check the Grepolis Units Portal, you can see the speed of
all units. Here, you can see that the colony ship is the slowest
naval unit, and since fire ships cannot attack, no other naval unit
is less than twice as quick. When you are attacked, there are three
speeds that you normally need to consider:
- Attack with colony ship: The slowest of all attacks
Attack containing normal transport ships: 2,6 times as fast as
an attack with colony ship
Attack containing light ship (and no normal transports): 4,3 as
fast as attack with colony ship
To get the time it would take for a colony ship to attack a
specific city, you simply select attack on the city that is
attacking you and put 1 in for colony ship, and the time will
show:
If the travel time matches that of the attack, then there is a
colony ship on the way. If the times do not match, delete the 1
under the colony ship and check the times for the other boats.
Even if you were not online when the attack was launched, you
should still check the travel times. In the example shown above,
the CS travel time is ~7:54:51. If you had been offline for 4
hours, and the attack will arrive in 2 hours, then you would know
that it could not be a conquest attempt.
*please note that sometimes the times will not be an exact match
as Hades Helmet, Lighthouse and Cartopgraphy will make the journey
time 10-15% shorter.
Step 2 Inform the alliance.
Once you have worked out what the attack type is, you should
post all the details in the alliance forum.
When posing, always include the seconds of the arrival time(s).
In many cases that will be the difference between saving you city
or losing it to the enemy. To get the exact arrival time, go to
your troop movements and click on the incoming attack. That will
bring up a pop up box with the information. Also say what defenses
you have and if the attack has already came and more are coming
post the battle report. One thing you should always do is tell us
who it is attacking you and we may be able to send a counter
attack. This will most likely make the attacks stop and your
alliance members will get some loot!
Step 3 Act accordingly
None CS attack
This is probably someone scouting you out, hunting for res or
just looking for BP so they can get another city. (You can turn
Battle Points into more cities).
So, you have 2 options. You can fight or dodge.
To fight: It is suggested that you enlist your militia (click on
Farm, then it says activate militia). You should then send away
your offensive units (see Unit Guide) because they will not help
defend your city, will get die trying.
To dodge: (thus robbing your opponent of battle points and
wasting his time by having his troops have to sail across the world
for nothing) you do the following.
Activate your militia.
Spend or hide you res otherwise they can be looted. Your
warehouse will protect a limited amount of your resources so you
probably want to create a trade on the market (it can be lopsided
so no-one will take your offer) and/or spend your resources to
build something or expand you farming villagers.
Then either send your troops to support a friendly person on the
island and recall them after the attack or, wait until about 1 min
before the attack hits, then support or attack someone else on your
island. After the attack hits, click on their movement and cancel
it and your units will return home safely. Remember you can only
cancel within the first 10 mins.
Personally I would suggest you dodge most attacks however this
is personal choice. Just remember, if you lose all your troops, if
the send a CS soon after, you will not be able to defend your
city.
CS attack
Put a spell on he incoming attack. It is advised that you either
do this as soon as the attack is launched, in order to prevent the
attacker from spelling the attack. Or just before the CS will
arrive, say 30-15min before (this time will depend on what snipes
and troops movements you will be doing). By playing dead, your
attacker may assume you are offline and will not send out extra
clearing attacks and support.
To cast a spell on the attack, go to your troop movements and
click on the incoming attack. In the top right there is a tab
called spells. Click on that.
Click on the spell you want. In general, more then one divine
power may be cast on an attack. However if any of the following has
already been cast then you will not be able to cast another:
Helmet of Invisibility
Return from the Underworld
Heroic Power
Desire
Favorable Wind
So if you want to use wisdom, Zues rage, sea storm and desire,
you must cast desire last.
Keep updating your forum post to show additional clearing
attacks and support. The CS is usually the first attack launched
and more attacks maybe sent nearer the arrival time. We will need
to know what time window is between the last clearing and CS. If we
send support before the clearing attacks it may not survive to
fight the CS.
Also remember to check the travel times for all incoming
attacks. They may send two+ CS to the same city during the same
attack. This technique is called sandwiching and although it is
rare, you should always look out for it.
Step 4 Intel
After the attack you can post the battle reports. They contain
valuable information. They will help to identify nuke cities and
players online times.
