Anolytic Posted April 28, 2019 Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) After the map-wipe we had the situation with pirates being able to take Saint Mary’s using legacy hostility missions taken before the wipe happened. This was a good test and revealed a critical flaw. Because even though this specific situation could not be replicated at release, even if nothing was changed to address it, since at release everything will be wiped including any missions taken, it still reveals a path to another potential exploit. The situation is this: Some nation holds the whole of the Gulf of Mexico. Then they are attacked and successfully kicked out of ALL of the Gulf of Mexico. They really want the Apalache County back, because they have their stuff there. But some other nation now controls the whole Gulf of Mexico and to get back to Apalache, you would have to go from El Rancho and attack first Texas, then Louisiane, then Florida Occidental counties, and only then could you attack Apalache county The enemy nation has built strong defences, forts and timers on Texas county. So it is hard for you to go that route. But then someone in the clan says that he still has Hostility Missions in his mission log for the port of Apalachicola from when you last conquered that port 3 months ago. Thus you can sail straight to Apalachicola and attack that port, bypassing the whole frontline and 3 Counties. Strike at the hearth of the enemy territory and after successfully taking Apalachicola you can attack San Marcos and work your way outwards from behind the enemy Frontline. In simple terms: Legacy Hostility Missions allows bypassing frontlines and capture supposedly safe territories in the middle of enemy waters. The simple solution: Wipe hostility missions from the quest log at Maintenance every day. When you take a Hostility Mission from one of your ports or a freeport, you have until the first Maintenance to complete the Hostility Mission or it disappears from your map. Edited April 28, 2019 by Anolytic 3
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