What is an alliance castle?
Please, consult How to play >> Diplomacy.
What is a Rally point?
Please, consult How to play >> Diplomacy.
How can we have a Rally point?
A Rally point can be founded by the leader or the first officer with a double click on whichever spot on the Global map that it is not a spot occupied by an empire or a spot destined for a colony (hills, forest or a special resource terrains). To do that, your alliance must have at least 5 000 000 net worth points and one level of Alliance Administration (each level grants two Rally point vacancies).
Do we pay resources for founding a Rally point?
No.
Does the aggressor loot our resources from the Treasury if he wins the Fortress siege in a Castle or Rally point of ours?
No. He is able only to destroy it.
How can we search for enemy Rally points?
There is no search engine for that. You should drag though the Global map.
Do members’ colonies and trading posts on special resource influence alliance buildings and army?
Yes, they do. However, 10% bonus of the same special resource cannot be exceeded. If there are 2 colonies for upkeep, one is on rich cotton and the other one on rich wool, then the alliance army upkeep is 20% lower.
I appear to be located in the influence range of my own alliance’s/my ally’s Castle and yet I don’t get the bonuses. Am I missing something?
Even if it might not seem like it, you are located in a neutral zone. The neutral zone is where the influence ranges of two alliance Castles with the same Great Temple levels overlap. The total radius of the neutral zone is divided into two equal parts and added to each alliance's overall range. However, all Empires located in the respective zone lose their daily bonuses to production, Morale and Happiness.
How can we have an alliance castle?
Independent alliance Castles can be conquered. The independent Castle has Fortress 8, garrisoned archers. The Fortress level doesn’t drop by 1 after each successful attack, it remains 8. The Castle is conquered when less than 1000 military units are left in it. The Fortress in the recently conquered Castle has to be build starting by level 1.
Castles, belonging to other alliances, can be conquered. A Castle is conquered when its Fortress level reaches 0 (each defensive defeat drops the Fortress level by 1). Then the owner becomes the alliance aggressor, which can continue the influence range expansion by paying 20% of the invested resources in the Great Temple by the previous alliance; if this price hasn't been paid in the next 24 hours upon the conquest, the level reaches 0.
What do we get for attacking enemy Rally points?
You get to smash enemy’s army and destroy the holding. You also get his supply train.
What happens with our army if the holding is destroyed?
It is redirected to another holding.