I decided to try PvP after few years again. I started playing on low population server, mostly there is only me and one not-hostile player.
I would like to do as before - building small open pub bases, but to do so, I have to be able to protect my resources. Since there is still no option to do so at PvE and PvE-C servers, because of automatically locked benches and storages, I gotta go for PvP.
On my server there is only one other active builder player, tho he has a friend from another clan, to whom he grants explosives (as a byproduct of another of his activities) whenever he comes, and it is usually right before the raid time. So the other hostile one is scouting lands for bases, then he offline raids anyone with the material help from the friendly one. Those two speak in language I don’t know, but I use translator to get what they are saying in global chat. Today the friendly player brought the raider 400 pieces of explosives, just like that. They rarely engage in chat with anyone else.
So to my questions:
Since sooner or later my base is going to be raided anyways, I would like to know some opinions how to survive there and be able to build the small harmless stuff I would like to:
How to keep my base safe without the necessity of bodyvaulting somewhere whenever there is a threat?
Is it worth it to make thralls with good gear, when without me being online the whole time from 6 o clock they are going to be defeated anyways, by one single player? I’ve seen him doing this, he has pretty smart tactics to deal with 20 thralls in full gear. The only problem for him was to get inside the base building, after that the defending thralls were just running around like crazy, but could not touch him anyway. He then lured them one by one and killed them all, it did not take more than 20 minutes.
What is the purpose of building “no climb” base, when the only thing any raider needs to do is to blow up one single foundation with the fence by explosive arrow, so that he can climb on it and start placing bombs from the inside of the walls? Thralls are completely useless at this point.
I use my time whenever the server is empty, to get thralls and build up my base, but it feels too much, to need to be online after the raid time starts, just so I am not in risk to be offline raided. I don’t amass unecessary stuff, I only need to have materials and crafters and at least few leveled up thralls.
If you have any idea, how to help to survive someone like me on PvP server, any advice is welcome.
You’ll never have any guarantee. Numbers and meta base spots with active clan members can see good defence. If you’re playing solo then have many stashes, a couple of “main bases”. Make fake stashes with chests and loot in it, but not enough to make you sweat so if they do find the fake stash, they’ll believe they were rewarded.
When I’m solo I only have 1 or 2 thralls with good gear. I keep a stock of extra thralls as they’ll inevitably get killed.
Anti climb is good for the newcomers or casuals who don’t keep a large stock of sorcery goods. It’s useless for raiding clans in the traditional sense. I still have it on my “main”. There are a few interesting building strategies that use anti climb in a stacking manner which appears to be still within ToC, makes it a bitch to raid even with bat or icebridge.
If you amass enough to require it BVing is truly your friend.
It’s the logical thing to want a base of operations but isn’t always the best strategy as a solo. Don’t keep your important stuff in the base during raid time and be ok with it being raided. Use it as your target.
These are my suggestions of course and requires a different play strategy than what most would assume is the way. But, surviving even on a low pop with an established refreshing alpha you gotta be tricky.
Yes, thats is what I was planning to do - to have more slightly bigger bases and some stuff I do not use anyways inside those (legendaries, star metal, etc). I just hope to have time to build those.
I also have only two really good fighter thralls now, and I keep them hidden in weird places, in no attack mode and emoting laying down. I keep their gear in my inventory, when going off during raid time. I don’t need other thralls, they are placed around my main base now just to make the raid eventually harder for the attacker.
The trolling bases I see as an option, to get the attacker bored of it eventually. As I said, I don’t mind being raided, if I am able to not lose the stuff which helps me to progress somehow. I was also thinking to go vault style again, this one seemed extremelly effective to me in the past. What do you think? Let’s say: One fake base, four vaults around (and all empty, or filled with fake treasure)
Thanks a lot for your tips as experienced PvP player - I am still very lacky in PvP tactics overall.
Oh honey, I should know you specifically won’t get my point… So, it would be several vaults at each fake base… geez. You can’t do 50 vaults at one place, it would break the rules. Lol lulz lol rofl lmfao
They rarely engage in chat with anyone else.
