User:Zomtard

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Zomtard's, The art of War : A small page I'm writing about how to really go about a war in shartak.

Introduction

Hello there. For those who don't know me. I am Zomtard, Outsider of the Island who originally came from a place known as malton, before someone crashed the Zepplin we were riding around on. However thats a diffrent tale. Here in shartak, I tend to hang out around New Haven, north of Durham, doing whatever the group decide's to do. But enough about me. Your here to learn about what I think is the right way to go about war in shartak. Also on a side note this is my first wiki article ever, so you'll have to forgive the crappy layout. Also of course most importnatly, giving credit where it is is due. A special thank you Noahsan for making the cover and signature stamp.

What this page contains?

What I, Zomtard. Beleive is the correct way to go about fighting in shartak. Not singular hunting or assasanation. But proper tactics for how to defend or maim a little peice of the island. That being said the methods on this page could be used for most styles of fighting on the island. The page is divided into a few sections.

Who this page is not for

Peace Lovers, Political Biggots and people who have yet to play the game. The first two can take there :palm: elsewhere. As for the new comers I suggest checking out the Newcomers Guide. Right now that, thats all over lets get started.

PREPARATION

Nobody ever won a battle without at least some preparation. This is probably the most vital step in battle. Preparation is something that should be done before you go assualting another colony/group or before your attacked. So then. What do you need to be prepared? The following is what I beleive to be the bare minimun to be prepared for most classes equipment load out.

A Soldiers preparation: 30-X loaded rifles, 20-25 First aid kits, 3 Machete's or Cutless's, Sharpening Stone, Charged GPS unit, X Gold.

But why all this Zomtard? Quite simple lad. You are a soildier and you may as well be a villager without your rifle.

Rifle: Your main damage comes from the Rifle's at your side. You got some of the best damage and hit ratio's on the island with it and why trouble yourself with reloading when you can simple carry several loaded guns in and have the same amount of storage as if you had just bought one rifle and several bullets. Save's the valuable resource in wartime known as AP.

Machete or Cutlass: Should be a man's standard. After all why wouldn't you have one or three of these weapons. Got all that jungle to cut through and of course your enemies when you run out of bullets or are hoping to save some on the scum who is hardly worth your time. Hell maybe you just want to be fancy and show your swashbuckling skills.

Sharpening Stone: This should need no explanation. Your weapon should always be as sharp as your wits. It's no good to you dull and blunt is it?

First aid kits: Must I really explain this? Even if your not lucky enough to survive your enemies assult there's pleanty of Sharks and Tigers out there.

Gold: Well who doesn't want to :censor'd word: the fact they have money around. Well actully cover it's real use in a later topic.

GPS: I'll simply say this. Your no good to us lost are you?

A Warriour's preparation: 1 Blow pipe, 50+ Poisin Darts, 20-25 Healing Herbs, 3 Machete's or Cutless's, 1 Sharpening Stone, Charged GPS unit, X Gold.

But why al- SHUT YOUR :censor smiley: MOUTH. YOU ASKED THAT LAST TIME. NO MORE ASKING THAT QUESTION. Now then.

Blowpipe: A Warrior is bassicaly the Natives equivilant to the Outsiders Soildiers. Except you use a blowpipe and deal a bit of extra poisin damage. Well ladi da. I shouldn't have to explain anything else here.

Poison Darts: Haha, no explanation needed.

Every other class on the island: 1 Backpack, 3 machete's/Cutlass's/Wooden Clubs, 1 Sharpenings Stone, 30-X First aid Kits/Healing Herbs, Charged GPS unit, X gold. (Yes this includes you pirates and cannibals already at each other in the back row)

Your kit is self explanatory and has been explained already through other kits, so no you don't get a rant dedicated to your class. Quit your belly aching.

The Extra Gear: X Heavy Sword's, X Bottle/Gourd Fungi Juice, Knife/Dagger, 1 Backpack, 1 Shovel, X Driftwood.

These first initial two Items are for if you really have alot of spare time on your hands.

Heavy sword: Truly a weapon of singular destruction dealing 5 damage a hit and having the same hit ratio as a machete or cutlass. Truly a deadly weapon in anyone's hands. If your not like this man when using it, your clearly not channeling enough Fighting Spirit into the blade.

Fungi Juice: It's for when you absolutly possitively have to kill every :More censoring as to not offend young viewers and :even more censor:: in the room. This is the stuff of wonders. All that AP you spent searching and juicing or possibly buying. It all comes back here. I suggest reading the effects for Bottle/Gourd of Fungi Juice before use however. The juice is not for everyone.

Knife/Dagger: Let's be serious for a moment here. This is not a real fighting tool it's a last resort and a properganda writer. The most you'll ever really use this for is a humiliation kill or to write something on the wall. Preferably something humiliating or even a link to this article if you feel your enemy needs a hand. (Spoiler: They never should).

Backpack: Whats to explain. It's more inventory space. You love it.

Shovel: Will be covered later in this chapter. Also for a humiliation kill.

Driftwood: What isn't this stuff good for. Making signs, making skull signs and of course. Starting fires

Loadout's aside what else can I do to prepare? A good question. Here are a few things often over looked.

Have a stash: Thats right, there's nothing on shartak like an electrified, bonified STASH! What I say? You get the gist.

Anyway, having a stash does not mean have an alt to hold your spare items. I frown upon anyone who does this and your sure as hell not one of my pupil's. No, a stash is normally a hole in the ground or several holes in the ground in a discreet and close by location, filled with items that you can get in bulk but may need to spring out at any time rather then aquiring them again from the store or X-hut. Remember you should never have to bury gold since it doesn't take inventory space.

Remember where you buried it all. And try to keep it out of the way from where people wander. Don't want some filthy treasure hunter taking whats not his. Also avoid marking your hole with a large X sign.

Know your community Often over looked by everyone but clan leaders and even then they suck at the job. The forums are a great place to keep up with recent events and who's defending or assulting your peice of the island. Better yet who looks like there about to. Another thing that comes under this. Joining your community. To many of you seem to be without clan or family in this game. Sure you can go stab the odd random who you think deserves it, but I personally think the games alot more fun when your with a group. And if your a group leader out there. Try do some damn recruiting for a change or make some allies. To many of these one clan verse another. There's a few of you out there with simalar goals to at least hold a temporary alliance, but thats for another guide.

On the Defense

So there you were. Laid back smoking a fine cigar by the fire drinking some tasty berry wine, when suddenly. YOUR ATTACKED!. This section is what to do when your on On the Defense.

Suprised attacked Good heavens that kill came from no where and there sure as hell seems to alot more of you dead then some random coming in and deciding you were the funnest target to poke his blade through. Remember that lovely prepartion you did, yes? good. It all comes together now.

Step 1: Find out just who the hell is attacking you. Step 2: Proceed to the steps listed in. Defending.

Defending Alright then. The fun is starting now. I hope you followed most the preparation, becuase it all comes in handy here. So by now you hopefully know who is attacking your little piece of the island. If not I suggest you go see your local, King/Queen/Tyrant/Ruler/Mayor/Sheriff/Clan Leader etc. AKA the man in charge. Becuase you don't got a chance in hell without the help of others. Co-ordination is your best defense, other then slaying your enemy. So then lets lay this out in steps for you.

1. Confirm who is attacking you. 2. Organise some co-ordination within your community. 3. Use Defense Tactics 4. Slay your enemy and repeat all four step's until the job is over.

Defense Tactics Right then gather round chaps. This is probably what you really came here to read. The defense tactics. By now you should be in the thick of slaughter with more enemies then you can poke your machete at. But How to keep the hoarde at bay? How to stay alive? All these questions and more to be answered right now.

Thinning the hoarde: Unlike certain other favourable war zones your enemies don't tend to get bored when you lock the door or put a bullet in there head. They will keep coming at you sending wave after wave of men at you until one side reaches a kill limit. Obviously this is not good for you. So how to slow the progression and encourage them to clear off? By killing your local roaming shaman of course. In the art of defense your local roaming shaman is your greatest enemy. Reviving the very people pillaging and plundering your town. The nerve. This man or woman is a menace and is to be located and killed as quickly as possible when on the defense. He's a tough :beep beep I'm a jeep: to take down though. Thats where co-ordination with your allies comes in. It will take at least two to four of you to take him down efficiently. But the more this is done however. The longer it will take your enemy to march back. This is a good thing despite popular beleif. So then remember the steps.

1. Find your local roaming shaman (do not confuse with your village shaman) 2. Kill him. Repeat these two steps until the day is won.

Hunting: I really shouldn't have to cover this. Search in the places you would hide, search in the places you wouldn't hide. Mark your targets and use that wonderful tracking skill. Go one step further. Use co-ordination against them.

Making someone else do the work: Thats right. I count this to be a legitimate stratergy. This does not mean sit back and relax. If I don't hear those rifle's singing and those blades swining your failing everything I may of taught you. Remember that gold you were hoarding? Now's the time to spend it. Need some supplies. Someone if not the trader will have them for your coin. Need the shaman assasinated? Beleive it or not there are mercenary who will do almost anything. Need some more arms on your side. Again Mercenaries will assist you for a price. Check the forums, There usualy all listed under the clan section.

On the Assualt

So there you were. One day simply sitting around the fire, drinking some brandy and smoking a fine cigar and the head honcho burst in the room and decides it would be jolly good of you all to go attack some randoms. Naturally you agree. This is the section for what to do when your the group attacking the rift raft down the street.

Things before you start: Well first off there's getting to the damn place. Once you've done that, it's good to know the area. Hope you bought your GPS, if not you failed the preparation step. So then you just treked your way from wherever. There's a few things to keep in mind before starting. CO-ORDINATION. I cannot stress this enough. Don't start the slaughter less all of you are ready for the slaughter. Next on the agenda. Having full ap. I really don't have to explain this one. Final thing. Be close by to the target or at least out of sight. Then again if your head loon didn't announce you guys were coming to town, hiding in plain sight may be your best option. Probably not a good idea to stay on the same tile though.

Choosing your targets: Becuase apparently some people have trouble with this. Now then. If your any bit of a respectable warriour I'll ask you follow my one golden rule. Do not go after anyone under level 4, UNLESS you are sure they are not a new player and are actully a fierce competitor. Otherwise your merely stroking your self becuase you got an easy kill. Shame on you.

Now then. In the early stages of the assualt targets should be fairly easy to find. Just look in the usual hot spots of supply huts and notable buildings such as pubs, like Club Palermo or flavour buildings like the Royal court of Raktam.

Moving into the later stages were your enemy is no doubt well aware of you however. Any good defender or target worth actully killing probably won't be in a supply hut less there low on supplies themselves. No, chances are a good defender will be following the tips in the next chapter How to stay alive. If not however chances are instinct will still lead them to the deep water fairly close to there town or deep jungle around town. If your still having no luck I would search around the local roamer of the area. Which brings us to the next topic.

Killing smart: Sure you can kill any old git to increase your score. But who are the real tacticians amoung you? Why your other fighters are off slaughtering I would reccomend you use that wonderful thing known as CO-ORDNINATION to form a smaller hunting party away from the place your attacking and search for your local roaming shaman. Chances are if the defending party is being smart, they'll try and stop how close you spawn when a member of your team dies. It's this teams job to assasinate that party and keep a tab on the local. Even if you simply heal him or know his location you can help a great deal, providing you keep your assault party updated on his happenings. Otherwise you may find your team half way back accross the island rather then close by to the target.

What not to do: Some things are obvious. Do not sleep in resource huts, do not kill the roaming shaman etc. But getting right down to it there is a small list on what not to do.

Killing the town shaman is a big no no. It cost them 25ap to get a revive at the shaman if it's your home town then 1 or 6 to stand up. Then what? There simply back in town with more ap then what it took you too kill him. Also if you keep it up you'll run out of targets to kill in town. The only time I would reccomend even considering killing the local shaman is if your war party is so big that members will find themselves lacking targets and bored if they don't kill him. In which case I congradulate you for what is a succesful beating to the defending party.

Taunting before you make the kill. Don't get me wrong. I encourage the role play, the thrill of the hunt and the taunting of a foe. However there's also the art of not looking like an ass. Make sure you can kill your target before taunting them on how you just cut them a new one.

Do not kill low levels. Sure this is just my sporting rule for a good game, but I'll say it again. What the point in stroking yourself over an easy kill, less you can prove there a threat.

Things to assist your assualt: Thats right there is more you can do other then killing and writing on the walls of huts on how much more superiour you are to your opponent. Heres the list.

Draining there resources. A firm tactic and one that helps you obviously. If you've got some AP to spare or are even running low on supplies go to the local traders hut and buy anything of worth he may have. This will stop your opponents from picking up an easy restock.

Looking where you walk. Thats right looking where your going is actully important. Always taking the same path into town? Mix it up a little. This will stop trackers from easily tracking you and your team mates. The more foot prints all over the place the harder a single target is to track. The other advantage of actully looking where you walk, is the odd chance you may find someone elses stash. Just look for the sign or soil.

Hiring merc's. Becuase what good isn't an extra set of hands or eyes. There's pleanty on the island, each with there own set of rules. Get some to assist you in the killing or perhaps just finding where targets are for you.

How to stay alive

You may be a little new to this. I understand. There's no more barricades to hide behind now and you don't want to use River Tactics. Good man for staying for the fight. So then. You just killed the ignorant solly who thought it was great idea to come pay your town/hideout a visit. But where to now? you only have a few AP left, just enough to get away hopefully. A smart assualt party will mark you and your last known location and hunt you down like the dog you now are. What can I use for good cover? Here are a few good hiding places.

Deep jungle: Not that stuff by the highway but jungle close by to where your defending but deep enough to hide your tracks. Not always the safest place but it should work for a little while.

Deep Water: I hope you maggots can swim, becuase meet your new best friend. They may track you to the beaches but can they track the direction you swam in? Hell no. They would need an elite team of marine bioligist to do so and even then I don't know how they could? The other benefits of Deep water is sharks. SHARKS!? Yes that's right sharks. Why these predators of the sea may take a nip at you once in a while, they will also enjoy the taste of your enemies. The more you move with a shark bite the more damage you will take. If they are trying to kill you and left there first aid kit at home, they have just screwed themselves for messing with the well prepared. I personally have been saved by this several times. Just remember to patch yourself up if you get a nip.

Burning Jungle: I bet this is new to some you sissies. Clearly you never heard of the purity of fire. This magnificent tile deal 5 damage for every action in it. So whats a more pefect place if your just going to spend the night resting. There is none of course, your there. You may get burnt once or twice going in, but you can easily patch yourself up. Any enemy trying to attack you is foolishly wasting his life and form of first aid in doing so.

Random Huts: Thats right. Random huts. Sure there's no danger to them, but nobody even bothers to check these less there running low on targets.

Rules of engagement

Now then. I understand some of you would like to lay into each other constantly however lets be a bit sporting about this shall we. This may not help you to much however perhaps it will inspire some of you out there. This section is more about the theory on how to go about a battle or war and the rules one should engage such a bout in.

Real time combat: I thought I should cover this first before going on about any rules. So your in real time combat, the mostly deadliest combat of them all unless play'd smartly. Sure you could both go about beating each other senseless, however chances are you won't come out on top this way 50% of the time. Lets think about this logically for a moment, shall we? The fellow currently attackign me is dealing perhaps 3 or 5 damage per AP to me. I can heal between 5 and 10hp per one ap. Wearing your targets AP down will make for an easy kill if your paying attention. Every 10 hp or so they deal to you. Thats the time you should start healing yourself. This way you have ensured that there efforts are for naught and are free to laugh in there face. The trick is that once your opponent has caught onto this, they will either run away leaving you free to track them or stop attacking you and sit there. This is the most tricky part. There waiting for you to move or attack so they can to can wear you ap down. Keep focused and hit that refresh button. Keep mindful or the IP limit though. Once your sure enough time has passed and they too are no longer staring you down. Continue your assualt and feel good knowing you won the day.

The preset kill limit: "Knowing that the kill bots had a preset kill limit, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them. Thats right ladies and gents. Sometime the war has to end, wether your the winner or loser. If both parties are fine with it, I would like to suggest a a kill limit be made. The first side to make the set limit is declared the victor. So shut up and hand over what was promised DAMMIT!

Objective/'s: Why not actully fight over something worth while? Lets say I've hidden sometime around some place. Every kill you make will unlock a new clue as to where the hell it is. Keep in mind though, the other team simply needs to reach a kill limit on your side to tell you to clear off.

Assasinate: I'll be honest I can't see this being used that often. So lets spice it up. Each team has several targets to be killed in a certain order. All targets must be on the playing field and not cowering away with River tactics.

Real time bonanza: For when you don't have time to have a real war. Everyone is organised on a single tile. Then when the clock strike's a new hour. It's time for a real time shoot out or sword fight.

The extra things to note

Well for starts. If you or your allies name is hidden, don't give it away. Make yourself a target that way.

Don't get distracted. If you have a target or goal don't waste time with any other thing thay may show it'self, less it be of higher priority.

Alt abuse and forum spying. It is bad and you should feel bad.

Have a little class. In your kill, escape and death.

Zomtard. I happen to find this page to be quite a jolly good read and most entertaining and resourceful. However can I repay you.

Well now I'm falttered. You could always toss a few coins my way I suppose. Maybe not kill me next time you find me. Or better yet put my soon to be made template in your forum profile saying that I read Zomtard's Art of War and so should you.

Happy War times Fellow Islander's. Pip pip.