War Defense Buff

[Jester]

This is an unconditional passive buff only activated for war only without needing any player input. In addition to coalitions, of course.

While in war, the defending base gets a 10% bonus to all defensive buildings and units, both health point and damage dealt, if the attacker is of the same Age.
Additional 10% for every Age above the defending base.
NO BONUS if a Lower Age attempt an Higher Age.

Another 10% for each attempt to take down a specific base.

For example,
If a Global Age attacks an Industial Age, the defending base will gain 20% bonus.
If that said IA had been attempted twice before, the GA will have to deal with 40% defensive boost!!!

What doesn't kill you make you stronger! Right!?

 

[The Huns]

I have two concerns with this. First it favors one style of play (maxing all defenses before leveling) over another (maxing only offenses before leveling), and more importantly it gives a bit more advantage to iron age base stackers as those "throw-away" bases become harder to hit.

 

[Jester]

For the first concern, yes. This is to encourage players to actively improve defensive upgrades. Since currently, max defense cannot obstruct max offense, most war were tied because of perfect scores. This will somehow favour the defensive side.
For the second concern, by throw away bases, did you mean the higher half of the stacking side? Since they were stacking, they most likely will be of higher age than the opposing side. There is no defensive bonus when attacking a higher age. If of the same age, by the game system and by theory, should be able to 5 star.
But aside from stackers, this should make strategy more important to the top full global wars and other normal line ups.

 

[The Huns]

I think you are misunderstanding me for the second point. Lets say I want to sandbag my alliance war. I get 15 high level Globals and 5 Irons. Now I get my opponent. A mix of Globals, Industrials, and Enlightenments. Before my opponent would have a hard time because they would need their Industrials and Enlightenments to attack my Globals. But at least they would be guaranteed 5 stars against my Iron Age bases. Now those Iron Age bases get a 40%? 50% defensive boost against their Industrial and Englightenment attackers? Doesn't seem right to me. Admittedly their Industrial/Enlightenment Age bases would also get a defensive boost against my Global Attackers. I think they mostly just need to increase defenses across the board for wars and I like that idea.

 

[Jester]

Yes. That's the intended purpose. I believe, even if a 100% boosted Iron Age can be flattened even by a max Medieval Age. May be more calsualities than usual. But that bases can definitely be 5 starred easily.