Level 10 NPC conquer -- all the battle reports

[Andoni]

i stupidly used up all my war ensign accidently last week, so i can only send 90k troops, am planning on doing 75k archer and 15k ballistas... i dun really care about the archers but are all the ballistas gonna perish?

[AlexB2]

i stupidly used up all my war ensign accidently last week, so i can only send 90k troops, am planning on doing 75k archer and 15k ballistas... i dun really care about the archers but are all the ballistas gonna perish?

I wasted 12 WA as well lol....should be fine with good hero but you will loose many archers however.

[Lord Hallsworth]

i stupidly used up all my war ensign accidently last week, so i can only send 90k troops, am planning on doing 75k archer and 15k ballistas... i dun really care about the archers but are all the ballistas gonna perish?

Careful with this. I just had this happen today:

battle4.evony.com/default.html?logfile/a4/77/2a/2b/a4772a2bff8159b8a72a12ff61ecf863.xml

I've got lvl 10 arch, iron working, mil trad, and medicine, so not sure what else to do. Perhaps next time send a wave of warriors timed to hit just before?

[acooca]

Careful with this. I just had this happen today:

battle4.evony.com/default.html?logfile/a4/77/2a/2b/a4772a2bff8159b8a72a12ff61ecf863.xml

I've got lvl 10 arch, iron working, mil trad, and medicine, so not sure what else to do. Perhaps next time send a wave of warriors timed to hit just before?

Your report don't seem to work...

[PQ09]

battle3.evony.com/default.html?logfile/d0/28/3a/77/d0283a776aeba60fd02238a655b6bf4d.xml

first wave and after its really easy and fast

Your fight lasted 12 rounds, that means your ballista didnt even fight yet.
Also for the OP, 15k archers 27k warriors is a bit small for the 2nd fight and yet it too much for later fights. You can split them into smaller waves and make the conquering process done faster.
Just my 2cents.

[Mesraani]

I was just wondering, some got send with 1 along and other attacks just archers and warriors, why is that?
And also do you attack from 1 city or more?

Heh. Adrenaline, really. Once the initial waves were sent out I was adjusting forces based on what I had as each hero came back, and usually I just sent them out again as quickly as I could -- often forgetting to include one-ofs. I probably lose some extra troops as a result, but on the other hand the data is there now to test that hypothesis and see whether the attacks with one-ofs did better than those without.

[Mesraani]

Also, how much time was there between attacks? Or maybe better yet, how much time did it take to get the city worked down?

I've taken two now. I used the first as my base to take the second (level 10 rally point). I think each one took between 30 and 40 minutes.

[Mesraani]

you are a godsend, also did you time the attacks so that more were sent when the npc regened its 10% warriors?

I wasn't quite as methodical as that. When I had a group of attacks to send I would make the first one bigger, but generally I was sending forces that could handle 40K warriors so I wasn't too worried about that. If you don't have surplus troops then you want to be more careful about sending them in batches with the first of each batch being significantly more powerful.

[jdbond]

I took an NPC 10 today. My suggestion: Go with as many archers as possible in any attack...Get rid of warriors and add Pikes/swords/cavs as layer since they can run faster than archers...

[kingmen30264]

Do you get all the benefits from conquering the NPCs and how long do they stay yours? Until someone raids it? Also, what benefits do you get from conquering it?