PvP is probably better than you think!!!

[Domesday]

DISCLAIMER:

On the test server I was only able to raise armies and conquer the tutorial island- but the game freezes prevented me from colonizing. STILL I have been reading the European content - and I have some educated experience as to how PvP will work.

I think it actually makes sense.

(1) ISLAND RESOURCES create new COLONIZING ARMY from hwl, iron bars, steel bars, coal etc. Off they go to conquer.

(2) They conquer and the survivors go home to form your NEXT COLONIZING ARMY.

(3) Apparently you then get Defensive Points to create your Defending army on the conquered island. You use these points to build the various new barracks to house different defensive troops based on your choices and the island's built-in caps. Once you have finished "building your deck"
(Magic the Gathering Fans) - CLAIM the colony - get some safe production for awhile ( your loot for colonizing) and wait to be attacked and see how you do.

(4) If you win or get unnoticed for a while- you keep getting production loot. If you lose…you go home and get your colonizing army ready to go again.

(5) IF I have pieced this together correctly from the Germans - basically the GAME is asking us to direct under utilized resources in the game - to a whole new set of PvP adventures. We are not MEANT to own these colonies forever - nor to use our Home Island resources to defend them

INSTEAD -

we are meant to attack one another over and over and over YAY YAY YAY

To be successful - Your HOME ISLAND simply needs to (1) ramp up production in these underutilized areas and (2) INCREASE YOUR POPULATION!

THAT is how we play TSO. If I am right - I think Im gonna like it.

Strength and Honor!

[Troll-Phu]

I'll try them when/if it makes it live. Although i'm not thrilled about 2 seperate armies i need to have for this.

[psaltery]

doom, do the rewards seem worth the cost of using the resources? at a glance i didnt think so, but havent looked at it in depth. that will determine whether ppl play it or not

[Domesday]

doom, do the rewards seem worth the cost of using the resources? at a glance i didnt think so, but havent looked at it in depth. that will determine whether ppl play it or not

Understood. In general - I am pretty contrarian about that philosophy. What else am I gonna do with my resources other than fight? That's why I play the game and build up the island's resources so that I can have a stronger army. All resources are eminently replaceable if the player has built up a strong foundation and population.

Specifically - for PvP - you are right. If the defensive cap restrictions make us easy pushovers on attacks - and/or if the islands don't produce quality loot ( granite! Yay! of course; exotic logs? really ? meh - I don't believe the exotic nurseries are exactly flying off the shelves) then there would be no reason to bother....

But if everyone takes that approach....then....let's you and I go grab a bunch of granite- producing colonies and maybe no one will come after us! woot woot!

[Gwalben]

I think I will give it a try as well if it looks like the loot is worth it. I'm not big on PVP, but as long as it stays off my home island, I will at least take a look.

[Artillerist]

Well I did take over many Islands and held them for a little bit. 5 granite an hr did not make it worth the cost of the troops i lost. Not to mention once I placed my defending troops per say on the island it was not better protected then when I took it from the NPC. So it just got took over from someone else. Unless the rewards go up I don't see it being worth it. But I did notice they cut the granite from other normal adventures, I assume this is to force us to do this new type of adventure ( I will not call this PVP)

[Moonlime]

5 resource/hr isn't a good reward, Artillerist. I got similar payouts. These troops are very costly and time consuming to build. I think the rewards need to be increased then it could be fun to do.

[Domesday]

Building a consensus! Let's go BB's! Let's go BB's!

[Moonlime]

Let's go BB's! Let's go BB's!

[psaltery]

that's what i was afraid of. rewards arent worth it, cost is too high, and you can't even defend it once u spend the troops to get it. needs more work.