Capture
Capturing Towns and CP / Territorial Gain
This is an example of the capture system currently used in World War Two Online. The system can be adapted and modified.
- The basic aim of World War II Online is to destroy the enemy to capture their territory, specifically, their towns and cities and airfields.
- Cities are made up of various facilities. To capture a city, all of its facilities must be captured.
- Only cities that have been designated as an Attack Objective can be captured. AO's are decided by your High Command.
The Capture Process
There are three states of occupation through which a town progresses during the process of capture, they are termed "contention", "control" and "ownership". Much of the game's tactical, strategic and supply systems are dependent on these three states. You can use the "/own" command to see the status of your current town, or you can select a target on the map to query a specific town.
Ownership
Ownership of a town indicates which side last had complete ownership of a town. To take ownership of an enemy town you must capture and hold all of the facilities until the town becomes uncontested with no enemy flags remaining in the town.
Contention
A town is said to be "Contested", "Contended" or "In Contention" when the enemy holds one or more of its facilities.
Control
At any given time, a town is said to be controlled by the side who last held all of the city's Armybase facilities. In a town with a single Armybase, this is clear cut - whomever holds the Armybase controls the town. In a town with multiple army bases, control can be non-obvious. If any Army Brigades are in a town when the other side takes control, they are routed and cannot return to the town until their side retakes control of the town.
Ownership & Control Effects
- You must own and control a town to have use of the military facilities (armybases, docks and airfields) or to move a brigade into it.
- When a town is owned by one side but controlled by the other, Defensive Firebases will open to it.
Capturing a Facility
This is where the rubber meets the road; it all comes down to taking what the enemy has, and denying him the chance to take what you have. All capturable facilities will have a flag hanging either directly on the building, or on an adjacent “capture building” indicating ownership. Capture buildings can be a small house, a Castle tower, a boat house, or even bunkers as seen in armybases and air fields.
To capture a facility, infantry must enter and hold the capture building for a specified time. Currently, the number of infantry present reduces the time needed to capture the facility. It takes 8min to capture a Facility by your self.
The following facilities will be capturable once the AO has been up long enough:
- Depots
- City centers
- Railroad stations
- Factories
The following military facilities require 10 minutes of continuous contention to become capturable:
- Army bases
- Airfields
- Airfield Army bases
- Docks
- Naval Ports
Capturing a City
When the first facility is captured, the town is said to be Contested until either all facilities are taken or the enemy recaptures all of the facilities, making the city Uncontested.
To secure the entire town, the armybases must be captured from within the central bunker building. Note that during this time the defenders are able to re-capture any fallen facilities thereby uncontesting the city (by kicking out the attackers and controlling all the facilities at once). The attackers will then have to re-contest the town again and start over.
Capture Timers and Modifiers
The amount of time required to capture a facility can vary on a few factors. Capture times have a baseline time, which is then modified depending on the number of players assisting with the capture and the ratio of players on respective sides. The higher populated (overpop) side will take longer to capture while the lower populated (underpop) will capture faster.
When there is an imbalance starting at 1% (up to 50%), the following will occur:
- Underpopulated side receives bonus faster capture speed by X%
- Overpopulated side receives penalty slower capture speed by X%
So for example, if there is a 25% population difference, the following will occur:
- Underpopulated side = 25% faster capture timers
- Overpopulated side = 25% slower capture timers
You cannot have more than a 50% bonus or penalty. So if there is a 70% imbalance, the maximum bonus or penalty is 50% timers impacted on both sides.
Below is an example of the timers assuming that 1 player requires 4 minutes to capture a facility solo.
| Players | Base Time (sec) | Max Underpop | Max Overpop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 240 | 120 | 360 |
| 2 | 120 | 60 | 180 |
| 3 | 90 | 45 | 135 |
| 4 | 80 | 40 | 120 |
| 5 | 70 | 35 | 105 |
| 6(+) | 60 | 30 | 90 |
TACTICS
Offense
- Capturing all the AB's (armybases) before owning the other facilities (supply depots) is very risky. Until the town is uncontested (completely owned), your newly captured AB's will not generate any supply for you to spawn, and your FB's (forward bases) that the attack had been launched from will have vanished. Conversely the defending sides FB's will reappear and they will be able to use this supply if they have Brigades available in the connecting CP's. So you will have killed your ability to maintain an attack and strengthened the enemy's ability to defend.
- If a CP is being held only by a naval brigade (located at a riverfront dock facility), then capturing their docks will cause that brigade to be routed. This can often be a rude surprise to the defenders, who thought their AB was secure.
Defense
- Capturing all the facilities will reset the timers that have to count down before the AB/AF/dock timers appear.
- Defense of the Supply Depots in a town you are defending from attack, is critical ... especially those that link to enemy held towns as these will be come spawnable to the enemy if they own the FB between the towns or there is no FB.
