Neutral PB's WAD?

[James Cornelius]

Hello,

 

We had a port battle in Misteriosa which was neutral. The opposing force was 6 Constitutions, and there were 8 of us in a mix of Constitutions and Wasas. After sinking all enemy ships, our total points were 228. The tool tip at the beginning of the battle says "Capture all circles OR destroy enemy forces". We did not destroy the forts, but as they were neutral they were not firing on us.

 

However, after sinking all enemy ships the battle did not end. We had to take the circles, which was a much more difficult task because of wind direction, in order to get the points to win the battle.

 

I can understand this being the case in a true enemy port where the forts are hostile, but is this really necessary in a neutral port since the forts don't play a role? Is this WAD, or is it another issue?

[Sir Texas Sir]

The battle isn't over until you reach 1000 points or the battle is closed and no more players can join.  It closes after 30 mins.  That is why you don't get an instant win for killing all AI.  Killing AI and capping out all circles tend to take us less than 20 mins from start (faster if we have more than AI numbers), but we also send one or two guys to cap the cirlces while the rest fight.  Maybe next time send your extra one or two guys to do that as soon as the 10 min clock is over.  Also remember AI will cap a circle as long as they have more ships than players team in the circle so try to keep them out of circles if they have more than your team.  Forts give you 250 points so if you got some one that has a Mortar Brig and knows how to use it bring them.  Towers are only about 75 points and you can kill them with your ships.  Since AI is neutral they don't shoot back.  Just remember in real port battles they do and those Forts will sink you fast.

Funny thing is we been timing other nations and clans doing port battles and watch who are very slow.  Either they come in with very small numbers or struggle with equal numbers on GLOBAL.  It's noted for when we decide to take those ports if we feel like it.

[James Cornelius]

Oh I know how they are normally supposed to work. I asked this because this was my first time taking a neutral port since the very beginning (early '16) when we didn't have all these fancy features.