Talk:Fortification

These can be skilled up on as long as you don't obtain the Allied Tags. From testing skill ups at the Fortification at The Eldieme Necropolis (S), I capped on these at Lv50 skill (Great Axe 153), starting at Lv30 skill (Great Axe 93). It has very low evasion, so it should be easy to hit at that level. Should also note, however, I was wearing armor with a total of +52 accuracy. This seems to be a safe and reliable way to skill up your weapons to Lv50 cap. [Update:1] I began skilling up on these with another weapon, starting at Lv7 skill (Great Sword 22). Wearing the same armor, I was still able to hit these easily, consistently gaining 0.4 and 0.5 skill ups. [Update:2] I began skilling up on these with (Hand-to-Hand 136) and capped it. The skill cap is purely dependant on your Job's native weapon skill rating. --External 11:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

• Clarification: They cap at whatever your job's skill cap at level 50 is for that weapon. Tested with a BST67 using Scythe, Dagger and Sword, ranging from level 32 (Scythe and Sword) to level 37 (Dagger). --Ctownwoody 17:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Further Verification of Fortification level. Shadoweye hit the Fortification in Jugner Forest (s) with Level 5 Petrify. This indicates that the level is definitely a multiple of 5. 50 seems to be accurate for skillup purposes as well. Storme 10:21, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Question

Do they take reduced damage from magic or do they just have incredibly high resistance rates?

Fortification # fluctuation

Right now almost all areas are owned by Beastman, so we go fight the fortifications for a while and they get down to 220/300 or so and the campaign battle ends. Then when we go back, its back up to 270+/300. Is there anything that can be done to keep the # lower? How does it go back up? Which also brings up... what happens if/when it gets to 0/300? Tjpoe 20:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Siren is faring arguably well in Campaign, here's a few observations I made, or information not clearly reported anywhere:

• Fortification's HP drops really slowly, but when it reaches 50%, it is brought back to full and one point is substracted from the zone's fortification total.
• Fortifications don't seem to go up when nothing happens.
• Fortifications will go up whenever the holder has units defending it actively and no one is attacking them. The following is a theory, but, to prevent fortifications from going up, beastmen holding a zone would need to be killed when they defend the zone even if no nation sends anything to attack. EXTRA: Orcs are currently defending Batallia Downs [S] and in roughly 5 minutes, the fortifications went up by 10, from 101/124 to 111/124. It is not considered a campaign battle right now.
• Campaign Battles suggests that lower fortifications might help the attacking side win battles. So higher fortifications make the defendant stronger possibly.
• Just now(July 6th, 2008, 22:40 EST), Meriphataud Mountains [S] went at 0/107 in the middle of a battle. Furthermore, it went down to 0/105, so whacking a Fortification while it's at 0 seems to reduce the maximum fortification of the zone. It went back up to 1 over the course of the battle and it ended at 1/105. Windurst had almost maximum influence in the zone, with the beastmen at around 80% of the bar full. The zone remained controlled by the beastmen at the end of the battle. 20 minutes later, the fortification has moved to 1/106. No allies or beastmen seem to have attacked since it ended.

Khundes 02:57, 6 July 2008 (UTC)Khundes 22:55 EST, 5 July 2008

Trail Weapons

If you have no tags on and go fight the Fortifications, can you unlock your ws points if you do 300 weapon skills. I ask this before I was told you could. But I tried it out, I've done almost 400 and it's still unlocked, I could have miss counted, but then I did another 150 on Crabs in Kuftal and I still have not got it unlocked. --Siion 19:24, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Sneak Attack Testing

I believe the information on the main page (as current of Dec. 16, 08) about sneak attacking fortifications is incorrect. The page states that they're like a regular monster and "look" at someone with hate. Through testing, it seems as though the fortifications have a set direction they "face", allowing for a consistent sneak attack opportunity for a thief. Here's the directions I've found so far:

Grauberg: Fortifications Face to the east (sneak attack from the west) Fort Karugo-Narugo: Fortifications Face to the East (Sneak Attack from the West)

All testing was done on multiple Fortifications and from multiple directions on each Fortification. I'll add more as I find out the directions. Feel free to edit in as possible. --Aexicas 20:00, 16 December 2008 (UTC)