Basic stuff I have learned concerning purges.
- No matter what “experts” say, the purge comes for a specific area in your base.
- Purges can’t climb, so anti-climb only affects other players. Understandable if you are on a PvP server.
- Make sure you have room around the build.
- Open your gates if you have them, and keep them open. Give the purge a path from the outside.
People will disagree with me. That’s fine. Our clan has had 100+ purges in the 5000 hours I’ve played this game. I have fought in purges with other clans at least 100 times. Keep your build locked up tight, and you will have a problem.
I have seen Berserkers run through an open building to get to a spot behind it. I have seen humans and animals run past entire open sections to get to one spot. I remember one purge in particular with @Wak4863, where they spawned on the roof of the locked up building, doing significant damage. That was early in our Conan days. We learned.
I have also seen thralls at a neighbor’s build attack purges and end up with damage to their build just two nights ago (They should not have built so close).
Bottom line - open builds are easier to defend in a purge. Closed builds limit the paths, and are harder to stop.