Newbie field capturing questions

[Donpost]

 To capture a field you have to get 10 drunks to the map room, correct? Do you have to destroy all the town buildings first? What about fields without towns like vehicle places? Finally, is there any way to find out if a town has been destroyed?

[Bruv119]

to capture an airfield you need to kill all 8 ack guns in town and enough buildings to raise the white flag.  The flag can be white with ack guns up, in this instance your troops will not run.  All town buildings stay destroyed for 45mins.  Auto ack stays down for 45 mins also.

I believe current damage level is 75% buildings destroyed but I can't seem to find the readme from the last change to confirm that.  HTC may increase or lower this % in the future.

As for vehicle bases and ports,  yes you need all auto acks destroyed.  It makes sense to kill the Vehicle hangars so enemy cannot spawn in.  There are 4 VH's on a V base and 1 VH on a port.  Ports and vbases have varying amounts of manned and 17lbr anti-tank guns these stay down for only 15 minutes when destroyed.   You can still capture with these up but if someone is manning them they could shoot a troop.

The best way to check a town is to get a plane to fly over to check the ack guns are all dead.  You can see whether the flag is white from the ground.

Yes all 3 require 10  un-injured troops to enter the map room.

[Lusche]

To capture a base, 10 friendly troops have to go into the enemy maproom. However, certain prerequisites have to be met before those troops are going in:

Airfield:
The maproom is located not on the field, but in the nearby town. 75% of the buildings have to be destroyed (indicated by flag turning white) and ALL anti aircraft guns in town. On very few maps the town is very close to the airfield, in this case some of the AA guns on the field have to be destroyed too, else they might shoot & kill your troops in the town.
Downtime for buildings and AA guns is 45 minutes. There is no way to confirm town status from the map, you have to do visual recon on town.

Vehicle Field and Port:
These bases do not have towns, the maproom is located on the base itself. The automatic AA guns on the base have to be destroyed before bringing troops in. Technically, it's not required to eliminate manned AA and AT guns, but highly recommended. (downtime for manned guns: 15 minutes). Killing vehicle hangars is a good idea too.


Additional notes:
- Very rarely a base has a shore battery that can target the maproom too. Check it before watching your LVT, M3 or C47 die to a surprise 8" shell.
- Friendly troops do not "reset" a maproom
- Troops are acting like "ordnance" for game purposes: If you are getting killed after dropping them, they will continue to run to the maproom. If you reup while they are still running, they will simply vanish.


Additional additional note: I'm too slow this morning  

[Rolex]

The link to the Help section of the HTC site seems to be broken. Once that's fixed, you'll find a wealth of information to answer most of your questions, Donpost.

[Donpost]

Wow quick replies!

Rolex - I managed to get into the help section through the FAQ. On the gameplay page it says:

"All buildings in the town must be destroyed before attempting to capture the field.  Destroyed town buildings will stay down for approximately 45 minutes (this variable can be adjusted), during which time 10 troops must be delivered to the map room via one of the troop carriers to capture the field.  After the tenth troop safely makes it into the map room, a system message will appear in the message buffer announcing the captured field number and the capturing country. "

Which doesn't agree with what the others said

This white flag, is it literally a flag flown in the town? You can only see if its up by seeing it with your own eyes or asking someone nearby?

Thanks all for the responses by the way 

[Lusche]

Rolex - I managed to get into the help section through the FAQ. On the gameplay page it says:

"All buildings in the town must be destroyed before attempting to capture the field.  [...]

Which doesn't agree with what the others said

This white flag, is it literally a flag flown in the town? You can only see if its up by seeing it with your own eyes or asking someone nearby?

That info is outdated, the % of buildings required had been changed a few months ago, first to 50% and more recently to 75%.
And yes, there is literally a huge flag in town, right next to the maproom.

[KG45]

the conditions to capture an AF were recently changed. the page you sited apparently hasn't been updated.

 there is a flagpole by the map room in town w/ a flag that changes to white when the required number of bldgs have been destroyed.

nearby players can relay the info about the town status, or you may be able to see the flag from your plane or GV.

[Donpost]

Thanks for clearing that all up for me guys. Really impressed how keen you are to help 

[pembquist]

If the town is down by 50% (not white flag) does it take 45 minutes for the buildings to come back up?

How far can the troops run? can you drop them outside of town? (not sure why you'd want to but curious.)

If you strafe the map room does it kill the troops inside? What about bombing it?

If you go into the maproom after bailing out will you see the troops inside?  You can shoot them on their way in, can you shoot them once they are inside?

Does carpet bombing with troops work?

Thanks All.

[Lusche]

If the town is down by 50% (not white flag) does it take 45 minutes for the buildings to come back up? Each building has it's own timer, and it's 45 minutes

How far can the troops run? can you drop them outside of town? (not sure why you'd want to but curious.) Sorry, have never tested the exact distance. With the size the new towns have nowadays, I'm not entirely sure if you can drop 'em outside town. But you can test this in offline mode

If you strafe the map room does it kill the troops inside? What about bombing it? Yes and no. Once inside the map room, the troops will run to a certain point in it, then vanish (but are still "there" for capture purposes). Until they vanish, strafing can kill them. Bombs never hurt troops at all.

If you go into the maproom after bailing out will you see the troops inside?  You can shoot them on their way in, can you shoot them once they are inside? You will see them running until they reach there target point inside the maproom. As long you can see them, you can shoot them with your .45

Does carpet bombing with troops work? Not sure what you mean by that. As writen earlier, 10 troops have to reach the maproom. How many troops one side will drop to accomplish that is not important, just getting 10 troops in while the requirements mentioned earlier are met.

Thanks All.

[Rolex]

I think you already answered the last question, Lusche. Bombs do not kill troops.

[Bruv119]

I think you already answered the last question, Lusche. Bombs do not kill troops.

are you 100% sure about that rolex?  I mean just the other day I watched an LA7 pickle his two small eggs and take out a whole column.

[Rolex]

If a bomb killed troops, then it would be a bug. If a gun is up, the troops will die, but you won't see any rounds. Maybe that's how they died or someone else was shooting them?

[Bruv119]

maybe a gun popped that I couldn't see from the ground then and they disappeared.

Do they just vanish if that was the case?

[Rolex]

Yes, they do.