Avoiding capture

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trish Nov 28, 2009

If you attack a base into having less than half the influence of your base can you keep that base from being able to capture you?
president nixon Nov 28, 2009

I believe so. I've had bases attacked to less then 50% and couldn't capture nearby turfs but it might also have been that I was no longer close enough.
Chuggerz Nov 28, 2009

To me, it seems like the distance to turf you can capture is the same as:
2x diameter from center of your turf, to the center of the defending turf.
Is this right?
president nixon Nov 29, 2009

It's about .3 miles, the same for how far from a turf you can build.
repugnant Dec 3, 2009

There must be more to capture as I have a turf where:
-- there are more than 5 other turfs closer than 0.3 m
-- all the owners are near my total experience.
-- all turfs have 84 experience

With all that said I can only capture 2 of the turfs the others are un capturable. I am not sure why. Any ideas?
whitey bulger Dec 3, 2009

Don't really know the answer to that one but I was wondering if anyone had come across not being able to cap turf near a new turf you just built? Like a 24 hour rule where you can't cap someone else for 24 hours if you have a new build near them? I been meaning to test, haven't had chance yet
president nixon Dec 3, 2009

There's an official 24 hour rule, actually, so your observation is correct.
president nixon Dec 3, 2009

@repug what turf are you trying to capture and from which of your turfs? I'm curious, I'd like to check it out.
repugnant Dec 3, 2009

The turf is collective midtown. Only 1 of the turfs near it are capturable, however that turf is owned by beard of bees and I don't feel like commuting suicide.
president nixon Dec 4, 2009

Ah. I thnk because you're not capturing with that turf. It's needs to be more then 24 hours old and it was created today. Your probably capping from your slightly farther turfs.

If you try agian after the 24 hours are up you should be able to reach those other turfs.
president nixon Dec 4, 2009

Lol. NM. I don't know the month. It was created last month. Heh.

Yeah, that's weird that you can't capture. You're close enough and all within the right influence both n turf and total.
Chuggerz Dec 4, 2009

I'm having the same problem. I think an update changed something.

I also notice that the influence cap of an attacke turf goes down as well as the current influence.

This is alright but I have 13 stamina cap and if I don't take a turf with those 13 then it says I can't attack anymore? What?
president nixon Dec 4, 2009

That's what stamina is. It's always been the case.
The Eel Dec 4, 2009

I think the distance depends not just on your turf's influence radius, but also your target's. After Chuggerz kindly taught me how capturing worked by taking a bunch of my turf, I noticed that there was one of his I had a Capture button for.

I reduced the influence of my turf until I no longer had a Capture button, and I think then it was too small for him to capture.

Chuggerz, does that jive with what you see?
trish Dec 4, 2009

Yeah I think if you mAke your turf less than half the size of the turf trying to capture you you can avoid capture
Chuggerz Dec 8, 2009

Ahhh thanks eel. That's exactly what I was saying. I applaud you for being quick. You prevented losing 4 turfs just by decreasing their influence in the middle of my attack.
That was so incredable I thought it was a glitch!
The Eel Dec 8, 2009

I thought you'd enjoy seeing the other side of that. This also point to a really important strategy: spread out your turfs so they can't reach one another, or you'll lose them like dominos falling.
Chuggerz Dec 9, 2009

Haha. I respect you so much more now. You actually know what you're doing. I apologize for taking ANY turf.
Now if only you coulda warned jur1st of that domino issue....
The Eel Dec 9, 2009

Haha, no worries.