Tactical Arena
Quest Summary
Guide - Items - Maps - Images - Lore
Quest Type Solo
XP Reward --
XP Cap --
Item Reward --
Title Reward --
Starting Location Holtburg
Timer 1-3 hours ?? repeat timer
Level Restrictions 180+
Level Suggestions 180+
Introduced In Shifting Tactics

General

Groups of monsters will walk down the path and try to get out the end, you have to stop them. You use coins to buy towers tokens from the Tower Distributor. Also get coins from the Game Master. Hand the token to one of those towers along the top of the game. The tower will create a battle tower on the game board. Watch the towers go pew pew pew! You have to be careful because the coins you get will be limited. Survive all the waves of monsters and you win.

Walk Through

  1. You must be Master rank in your faction to play this minigame.
  2. Speak to the Tactical Officer in the armor smith room (north wing) of your Faction Stronghold for a Yes No dialog to enter the Tactical Arena.
  3. Give 5 Commendation Ribbons to the Tactical Training Officer to start the game.
  4. You will be given a few tokens to buy towers, purchase them from the Tower Distributor. Give to the translucent tower of your choice (match the colors) and an active tower will drop down on the board. You can upgrade towers to make them more powerful.
  5. Obtain more tokens to buy towers from the Game Master. The number of tokens he gives you depends upon ??. Sometimes immediately talking to him again gets more tokens, sometimes not.
  6. There are several types of mini creatures, it's possible each has their own speed and weaknesses. They meander in single file through the maze of trails until they make it to the stone tunnel exit.
  7. If 50 monsters make it to the end before the time is up you lose, at that point the towers despawn as does the token guy and any remaining monsters continue to wander as they are cleaned up.
  8. If less than 50 have exited when the time is up, you win and a reward guy shows up near the coin npc.
  9. Strategies that work well:
    • Use two people. While one person buys and drops tokens, the second looks for ideal towers to drop and upgrade and stand by it so the other person can run to it right away.
    • Early on you will have few tokens so will have to predominately buy archer and flame towers.
    • Order of creatures is Mini Black Rabbit, Mini Cow, Mini Drudge, Mini Banderling, Mini Reedshark, Mini Lugian, ??.
    • Every creature will pass by towers near the end, depending on how quick you are some may not pass by towers you drop near the start.
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Items

Maps

Images

Translucent towers appear above the play area once the game begins.
Train of mini creatures slowly walking the paths towards the exit.

Lore & Dialog

Tactical Training Officer tells you, "Welcome to Tactical Defense, a completly original game thought up by me and only me. The game is to test your skills of commanding in battle."
Tactical Training Officer tells you, "Over time you receive coins, you then use those coins to buy tower tokens. When you hand a tower token to a tower, a battle tower is created on the landscape."
Tactical Training Officer tells you, "If you would like to play hand me 5 society ribbons and the game will begin."


You hand over 5 of your Celestial Hand Commendation Ribbons.
Tactical Training Officer gives you 2 Tactical Defense Coins.
Tactical Training Officer tells you, "A fine choice you will not regret. Now the game works as so. Groups of monsters will walk down that path and try to get out the end, you have to stop them. Sounds easy right?"
Tactical Training Officer tells you, "But you can't stop them yourself. You have to use these coins to buy towers from the Tower Distributor over there. You then hand the tower to one of those towers along the top of the game. The tower will create a battle tower on the game board."
Tactical Training Officer tells you, "You have to be careful because the coins you get will be limited"
Tactical Training Officer tells you, "Survive all the waves of monsters and you win. Good luck. The clock is already ticking."


Game Master gives you Tactical Defense Coin.
Game Master gives you Tactical Defense Coin.
Game Master gives you 2 Tactical Defense Coins.
Game Master gives you 2 Tactical Defense Coins.
Game Master tells you, "Let's see if you have earned more tokens"
Game Master tells you, "You have earned some more coins."
Game Master tells you, "More coins coming up."
Game Master tells you, "I'm just a coin machine."
Game Master tells you, "Ching ching ching."
Game Master tells you, "You have all the coins you currently need"


Tower Distributor tells you, "Only the finest towers are sold here, guaranteed to kill off even the toughest miniature creatures."
Tower Distributor tells you, "Don't forget the color token matches the tower it goes to."


You allow Tactical Training Officer to examine your Celestial Hand Commendation Ribbon. Tactical Training Officer tells you, "Sorry you've played too recently, try back later."

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