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Greetings,

This is 5 part Fort Location Guide that I'll be constantly updating.

If your guild is doing node wars, this guide will tremendously help you in scouting enemy fort locations.

In this guide you will also learn the pros & cons for each location if available.

I will be using a "numbering system" to locate forts, in this way, it will be easier to tell your members where to go.

For example: Enemy fort at #1 spot.

So Let's begin!

Balenos is divided into 4 parts of Node War Area.

We will be using numbering system to name each "part".

We will start at the 1st Node War Area

Affected Nodes Forest of Plunder - Tier 4 - Max 100 Ehwaz Hill - Tier 1 - Max 55 (Hard) | 270 AP / 320 DP Cron Castle Site - Tier 1 - Max 40 (Easy) | 230 AP / 260 DP Cron Castle - Tier 3 - Max 100

Fort Locations Best Spot is 1, 2 & 3.

Actual Fort Locations (In Game)

Fort Location #1 Pros Cons Easy to defend You can be camped outside of Cron Castle entrance Hard to penetrate Once defense is penetrated, it will be hard to defend. Single passage / choke point High grounds for long range classes once defense is breached Fort Location #2 Pros Cons Extra layer of difficulty to attack Annexes are close to each other, prone to Cannons Hard to Penetrate defense Enemy can also use the high ground You can use the high ground to defend as well Cannon prone location Enemy Elephants will have hard time going to your base Your member will also have hard time mitigating the attacks due to its location Fort Location #3 Pros Cons Easy to spot attackers, has clear views on both sides Wall of cron castle can be used against you The "highground stone" in front of the fort can be used as vantage point Fort Location #4 - This is a bad spot, dont use if possible. Fort Location #5 - OKish spot. Use only if there's no other spot available. Fort Location #6 - OKish spot, priority this location before placing on #5. Fort Location #7 - Very tight spot and in the center of Map. Will be hard to defend due to lack of "grid slots". Fort Location #9 - Same as #7 but has a wider space. At least you can clearly see incoming attackers. Fort Location #10 - Very open spots. Can be defended in Tier3 or Tier4 but will be hard for Tier1 as the grid slot is limited. Fort Location #11 - Imp Cave spot. Somewhat OK to defend but there is a high ground at the top of the Cave Entrance. Fort Location #12 Prost Cons Open Space Open Space Good for Tier 3 / Tier 4 Bad for Tier 1 You can use the wall of the house to hide your important annexes like Supply Depot Walls can be used as terrain advantage Fort Location #13 - This is the final spot in Balenos 1st Node War Area. Pros Cons Open Space Open space, flank / flexes can easily go in & out Has natural Barricades Easy to spot for scouts

These are all the Balenos 1st Node War Area fort locations.

I know that there are many available spots that were not included.

That is intentional as those spots is in very bad location and there's no point in building your base in it.

There will be more of this type of guides in the future.

Currently working on the Balenos 2nd, 3rd & 4th Fort Locations.

Stay Tuned!

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2020-04-29