Difference between revisions of "Town Control"

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TC is a feature of the game that is only available to player-controlled factions, players who team up and join the same player base. It gives them the ability to take control of any of the six so called un-guarded towns in the north of the worldmap, giving them access to a special "TC Locker" found in each town. This container cannot be opened by anyone except a member of the controlling faction, and spawns useful items every half an hour (ex. 15:00 15:30 16:00) of real time. Caps are main loot, other are some drugs and/or crafting materials.

Requirements

• Level 12 or more
• Inside TC Zone (press F10 to toggle zone display modes)
• 15-hex maximum distance from the town's lead NPC (for starting timer only)
• Any armor with condition no worse than 51% Deterioration
• Any tier 2 weapon or better, in no worse than 51% Deterioration
• Character must be logged in and not in (off) mode
• Not be in Sneak mode
• Companions are also counted to requirements - even when you're solo player you can bring them and try to take town.

Characters that do not meet these requirements can certainly participate but will not be counted as part of the TC mechanics. They can, however, access the TC locker if the team gets the town.

Seizing Control

A player near Marcus, Broken Hills leader. The countdown is visible to anyone in-game, and as it will soon reach zero, the Critical Failure Gang will be able to take its reward.

Town Control capture zone. Area highlighted by pressing F10 in which at least 5 gang members must stand in order to capture city.

To gain control in a town, you need to speak to the leader or chief of the town at the right time(Bring Mentats).If Militia is alive,first you have to get rid of them (Militia now respawns after a certan period of time instead of being bought). You must have at least 3, 4 or 5 members present (depending on town) who meet the requirements above, to "impress" upon the leader that you are capable. Once you initiate TC, your TC timer countdown will be displayed globally, to all players. You need to hold ground for up to 15 minutes (high Speech can reduce this to 10 mins minimum, 1% of speech is 1 second less from 15 mins, reputation with town have little impact). To actually gain control you need at least 3 alive gang members for Klamath, Den, Modoc, Gecko and Necropolis, 4 alive gang members for Salt Lake City, 5 alive gang members for Redding, west district of New Reno and Broken Hills, same as for starting timer. To see area which you need to hold press F10. If a member changes any ready item from TC-compliant to TC-non-compliant, the timer can end prematurely, forcing the team to start over. For example, if you're taking Den with only 3 guys, and one removes his armor to be funny, he will get a brief warning that he is not strong enough to support the team, and the TC timer will soon end. Or if he switches from a Pancor Jackhammer shotgun to a 9mm Mauser, same thing. In cases where the team is larger, such antics might not cause any problems because there's still enough members present who remain TC compliant. It's the smaller teams that must pay more attention to this. When the countdown timer has gone to 00:00, your faction will be shown in the Pip-Boy as controlling the town. (Press P twice, and click on "Statistics".) During the countdown, you can't access the reward container, and town preview is disabled for all.

PvP Competitive

Once you initiate TC, expect to be attacked. Teams and even loners will show up from all corners of the map just to get some action. PvP is a prime feature of any MMO and this is the harshest so players will drop everything they are doing when they see your TC timer and try to upset your effort. Your team needs to be ready with a plan, ammo, drugs, a well-spoken leader, Voice Chat like TeamSpeak, and proper character builds for all fighters. Additionally, each member needs safe places to park nearby to the towns, and a car with the right gear in its trunk. If you're new to TC, go to the town first and study the layout so you can plan some strategy. Expect to lose sometimes. How fast can your fighters return, re-gear, and jump back into the fight? Many fighters have Outdoorsman 150 with Pathfinder and Explorer perks so they can return more quickly.

Rewards

Rewards are now being payed out every 30 minutes, in both caps and items per town. TC loot is cumulative so if nobody checks it, it just stacks up in the locker. Some of the items given out are unique for each town. Some towns will naturally be more attractive, as there's more valuable resources there. When a faction gains control over a city, the content that was already inside of the TC locker is deleted.

Additionally for each spawn your faction has chances to receive special reward.

• 0,5% of chance to get random weapon or armor: Vindicator Minigun, Bozar, M72 Gauss Rifle, PPK12 Gauss Pistol, YK32 Pulse Pistol, YK42B Pulse Rifle, set of NCR Ranger Armor + NCR Ranger Helmet, set of NCR Ranger Armor + Mirrored Shades, set of Brotherhood Armor + Brotherhood Combat Helmet, Bridgekeeper's Robes, set of Hardened Power Armor + Hardened Power Helmet or set of Enclave Armor + Enclave Combat Helmet,
• 0,5% of chance to get 50 pcs of 4.7mm Caseless or 10 pcs of 2mm EC,
• 10% of chance to get 1-3 sets of Combat Armor Mark II + Combat Helmet Mark II,
• 1% of chance to get one of the Implants.

Reputation Affects

Your involvement in Town Control does not affect your reputation, but if your gang is hated in the town, you won't be able to control it. The same goes if you can't talk to the mayor, due to your extremely low reputation, or if you are a Slaver.

Domination

What faction controls which towns is shown in the Pip-Boy, but what also shows there is what factions have dominated which towns. The dominating faction of a town is the one that has guarded that town for the most amount of time, cumulatively in session. Every reward spawn adds one point to domination score. Domination doesn't give any additional profit; it's just a way to see more clearly who is winning the most in Town Control over the session lifetime.

To check how many points of domination have your faction type command ~influence. this points can get change in 2 ways:

• every TC locker spawn, is +1.000000 points.
• every NPC dies, is -0.050000 points.

Companions and Town Control

In FOnline: Aftertimes's version of Town Control feature the player's NPC companions are also counted to it by the same rules.

See Also

• TC Readiness