Comprehensive Port Battle Guide

[Yves LeBlanc]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but has anybody received an invite to a port battle with less than 10 personal contention points since the 71 patch? Two days ago somebody with 6 points did not get an invite, and today we had a naval officer with a ship of the line miss out, and he had 3 or 4 points, I forget which. Would have been nice to have him along with us.

I myself made sure to have double digits in points because I saw somewhere that you get one entry into the invite lottery, but it would be nice to know for certain so I can help people on my faction out.

[Catman Joe]

Blackbeard Spanish are having problems getting port battles full. Last two battles had mid teen players in battle and people with points not getting an invite. How does this work? Are only 24 invitations sent? If someone declines the invitation does that mean the battle is fought short?

Are additional invitations sent based on declined invitations? If so, is there a window of time involved in that process?

If a lvl 50 does not get an invite at the time I get mine and I am lvl 25, if I decline is there any chance the lvl 50 will get an invite after I decline?

Jose

[CABBAGE]

Great Guide and excellent thread.. I still have a question that has not been answered in any of the guides or links i've seen here.

How many people are allowed/invovled in the Port battles that go to lottery?

is it 6 vs 6 .. 12 vs 12 .. ?? ( I feel it may be good info to include.. )

[Taralin Snowden]

port battles are limited to 24 players on each side.

anybody who has personal contention points for that specific port, or who has general contention points (general points are not specific to any particular port) is included in the lottery. the more points you have, the more lottery "tickets" you get. the more tickets you have, the better your chances are for getting an invitation.

if a player declines an invitation, then another ticket is drawn so that a replacement player may be invited.

-ken

[Bergess Meredith]

Couldnt find this anywhere, so im asking How many ports can pirates flip into Port Battle status at any one time?

[Gameking]

Only 3 at a time for any nation.

[Bergess Meredith]

I noticed we have 3 ports all due for port battles but we can still cause unrest on other ports whats the go there can we take them into a pvp zone and if so what happens is their a limit of unrest we can reach?

[kwhitehead]

Can someone explain how the "Reinforcements Arrive in..." state is triggered, what it means, and how does it affect the Port flipping?