Joe’s Journal, Volume 5

Joe’s Journal, Volume 5.1

More captain talk. As captains are a major part of the game, I’m inclined to give them some more attention. It is massively important that you both select the proper captain for whatever task you’re trying to accomplish, and you have them dressed for the occasion, with equipment that I will touch on in my next entry. Please note that a dead captain does not add their power to your city, nor does an inactive one.

Captains give their bonus only when they are in the proper place to perform their job. For most, it’s at the location of whatever battle is occurring. For Aurora, Farhad, and Helen, they just have to be present hanging out in your city, when their respective tasks are initiated. For Carter, he’s got to be the one crypting.

Captains gain power and therefore bonuses in two different ways; experience level and star level. The experience is gained by using them, or having them selected when you gain the bonus for achievements. The star level is improved using their specific captain fragments and essence of the immortals, which can be obtained from Smurfs. Wait, no, that’s not correct. From epic monster rewards or special events. The powers combine to create an even larger bonus. You can check captain’s bonuses by selecting the captain in question from a battle report.

Your captains’ levels and star ranks are used to determine their individual efficacy at whatever they are doing. It is only your hero level and guardsman level that dictate the difficulty of certain tasks, like your competitors in events and how many points you’ll need to earn rewards for the Rise of the Ancients (Tinman). For this reason, many players recommend that you level up your captains before you level up your hero, and even unlock monsters, specialists, and engineers before your guardsmen. This will allow you to gain better rewards more easily, and gain titles from your victories in events.

Raising your captain’s star ranks also gives you points to spend in the Hall of Fame, found in the menu or by clicking on your hero. The Hall of Fame gives you fantastic bonuses to overall gameplay, if you have captains of sufficient level in each category. So get those captains to work!

Thanks 275,

Joe