Hære og Kampe

Whoever wants to forge an empire must fight. In Forge of Empires, the military plays an important role. You can use your units to attack other players or conquer provinces on the Continent map. To go into battle, you first need units. You put these into slots in your military buildings. In your Army Management you can manage the units and add your attacking army or defending army.

Army Management

The army management screen is an efficient way to manage your units. You can mark units to defend your city and the same units can even be used in attack. The units marked with a blue highlight are in your defending army and they defend your city. You should always try to put as many troops as possible into your army. Fellow players have to defeat them when they attack you. But fear not: even if your opponent is victorious, all defenders will be healed and revived to full strength immediately after any battle to defend your city.

If you want to attack another player or an enemy on the Continent map, you can choose the units in your attacking army before the battle begins. These can be the same units you’ve marked as defenders of your city. However, your units are not protected when you attack and can therefore be destroyed or damaged... so be careful!

Enhedstyper

I hver tidsalder er der fem forskellige militære bygninger, som hver producerer forskellige enheder til den tidsalder. Enhederne har forskellige evner: Der er hurtige enheder, lette og tunge enheder, enheder med afstandsvåben samt artilleri enheder.

• Hurtige enheder har en god bevægelsesområde, men de kan ikke tage meget skade. De er en fantastisk måde at tage enheder med afstandsvåben ud.
• De lette enheder er ægte allround: de er hurtige, påfører god skade og kan modstå en masse. De er bedst til at afskære fjendens kavaleri.
• De tunge enheder er langsomme og stærkt pansrede. De er formidable modstandere, når de når i nærkamp; der udkonkurrerer de enhver anden enhed
• Enhederne med afstandsvåben er hurtige og kan angribe på afstand, og deres angreb gør betydelig skade. Men de kan ikke forsvare sig, og er et let bytte for alle enheder, der kommer tæt på dem.
• Artillerienheder er fortabt i nærkamp. De er meget langsomme og har et relativt svagt angreb. Deres store fordel er, at de kan dække næsten hele slagmarken med deres angreb, og er i stand til at ramme næsten alle enheder.

Movement and Attack

The battle is fought in rounds. Basically, each unit moves and attacks once per round. They move according to their movement points, but each type of terrain will cost a differing amount. Directly after movement, if there is an opponent within their reach, the units can attack. Melee and fast units have to attack into an adjacent field, while ranged units can shoot at an enemy within their range.

There is no retaliation to fear from ranged attacks; however, in close-ranged battle, attacked fast and melee units can defend themselves. It works like this: First, the attacker does its damage, then the one being attacked hits back. However, there is only one counter-attack per round: even the strongest unit can be defeated by a swarm of enemies this way.

Damage

Each unit has a maximum of ten life points. The amount of damage points an attack deals is calculated using the current life points and the attack value of the attacker, the defense value of the attacked, modifiers for terrain, other bonuses (some units get bonuses if they fight against units of a particular type) and a random factor. Thus, a unit with a high attack rating deals more damage, and an uninjured unit inflicts more than a wounded one. On the other hand, high defense means good armor – the unit takes less damage. If a unit loses all its life points, it is destroyed.

Terrain

On the battle map, there are different types of terrain. Forest, bushes, rocks, small hills, plains and swamps are some of them. Terrain has two different effects in the game: Firstly, it affects movement. Water areas are impassable, and other types of terrain costs extra movement points when they are crossed. On the other hand, terrain can give battle bonuses: light melee units get defense bonuses in bushes and forests, heavy melee units are better protected in plains, long-range units receive an attack bonus when they shoot from hills, whereas those with short range attacks deal more damage standing on rocks. Only fast units do not receive benefits through the terrain.

Buffs

The stats of units might get further influenced by a percentile boost. While on some provinces of the Continent map all enemy units in it gain a percentage bonus to their attack and defense stats (easily seen in the sector view as small shield icons on top of the unit images), there are two different buffs that can affect the armies of the players, both of which are accumulated from certain buildings like a few of the Great Buildings:

• Fierce resistance: All units in the defending army of this player get a bonus to both their attack and defense stats, which means they take less damage and deal more.
• Military boost: All units in the attacking army of this player get a bonus to both their attack and the defense stats, which means they take less damage and deal more.
• Defense bonus: All units in the defending army of this player get a bonus to only their defense stat, which means they take less damage.
• Attack bonus: All units in the attacking army of this player get a bonus to only their attack stat, which means they deal more damage.

Særlige Egenskaber

Visse enheder i spillet har specielle egenskaber, som tilføjer et ekstra lag af taktiske muligheder for spillerne:

Eksplosion

Eksplosions evnen giver angrebs bonus for hvert felt enheden kommer nærmere til målet, den ignorerer desuden også modstanderens Stealth evner.

Stealth

Enheds usynligheds evne alt efter terræn. Når enheden er usynlig, kan den kun blive ramt af enheder med specielle egenskaber, samt enheder i tilstødende felter ved nærkamp.

Hemmelig Identitet

Ignorerer den første skade og ændrer sig til en anden enhed fra din hær. Dør hvis der ikke er andre enheder, uden hemmelig identitet, tilbage

Ridderlighed

Giver bonus i både angreb og forsvar, men kun hvis det er den eneste enhed i hæren med denne egenskab

Sidste Mand

Får angreb og forsvarsbonus fra hver eneste enhed med samme egenskab, som bliver dræbt i den aktuelle kamp.

Nedgravet

Får øget forsvarsbonus når fjenden er mere end 2 felter væk

Hurtig Reaktion

Starter kampen på et tilfældigt felt på kortet. Angriber før nogen af de andre enheder

Flyvende

Kan ikke rammes af artilleri enheder, samt den ignorerer terrænet når den flytter plads.

Reaktivt Panser

Enheder med denne egenskab kan ikke modtage mere end 4 i skade pr. angreb

Kraftigt Skud

Ignorerer andres enheders forsvarsegenskaber samt terræn

Nærkamp

Denne enhed får angrebs bonus når den angriber en enhed i tilstødende felt

Healing

Is the battle over and your units have been damaged? No problem – they heal automatically over time, one life point at a time. Units that were destroyed in battle do not heal. Their corresponding slot in military building is freed again and you can recruit a new unit there.

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ou also have a possibility to heal your units in your Army Management screen using Diamonds.

You have a chance to resurrect a fallen unit right after a battle, using Diamonds. It can be worthwhile, especially if you've lost "unattached" units that are not from slots in military buildings but obtained through quests or events - a unit that you can't replace otherwise.