Re: Odyssey CLAIM Question

From: Chris Conley <quixote>

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Joey Browning <74673.1247@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>Yes, you can just CLAIM something. However...
>
>First, you have to have enough glory to do it. Not easy for the
>larger population centers. Secons, unless the location is set to
>"ignore prestige", you must have more prestige than the current
>owner - or the current owner must be dead. For the cities, the
>ower usually has a prestige in the thousands - and is failry safe
>insdie an army or guild in the city, with bodyguards.

Not quite.  "Ignore Prestige" means that the Prestige of dead owners
will not be checked when a CLAIM command is executed; living owners
will *always* retain ownership if their Prestige is higher than the
claimer.

Also, as another poster noted, locations will revert to the owner of
the largest occupying garrison if the current owner is not present.

In order to claim a guild, a specific title seems to always be one of
the requirements.  Gaining these titles is not trivial, as they often
require several high-level (4000 or more) abilities.

Basically, CLAIM is the primary way to acquire guilds, unless you have
enough Glory to simply HONOR the owner.  For locations, CLAIM is usually
a short-term issue - it could come in mighty handy when you're ready to
declare victory, but it's probably not the best way to build a position
(Glory is much harder to come by than troops).

- Chris

References

Odyssey CLAIM Question
chijs@puknet.puk.ac.za (Steyn, JJ)
Sun, 13 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey CLAIM Question
Joey Browning <74673.1247@CompuServe.COM>
Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000