[Mavlin]

Never having bought a magnetic bolt I can't be sure of exactly how it works. As such if what I am about to present is already taken care of please feel free to delete this topic.

It is to my understanding that should one build a magnetic bolt it will stop the first attack that attempts to come through your portal. However, this is silly as it would totally be wasted on a 1 serviceman attack. Therefore I propose that one be able to set the value of which an attacking force has to be for the magnetic bolt to block the attack. For instance if one has 3000 servicemen, then perhaps only block attacks of greater than 3000 servicemen.

[Haven]

aint sure, but i understood that if u have that magnetic bold, it blocks the gate and kills the troops somebody wanted to sennd at u??? idk really, cause its really stupid if it just blocks the attack once with no damage to the attacking side....what prevents the attacker to attack again?

[Corporal Aston]

Haven, on 19 November 2010 - 09:53 PM, said:

aint sure, but i understood that if u have that magnetic bold, it blocks the gate and kills the troops somebody wanted to sennd at u??? idk really, cause its really stupid if it just blocks the attack once with no damage to the attacking side....what prevents the attacker to attack again?

Well, like you said, the magnetic bolt blocks one attack, composed of 1 serviceman or 500G servicemen. No damage is done to the attacking side otherwise, iamgine the army that has been built for months that just suddenly ends on a simple magnetic bolt. Otherwise if everybody bought 5 magnetic bolts no more armies would exist. Remember Haven, that a player can only attack the same planet once a day, so if he falls on a bolt, well he has to wait 24h more hours before re-attacking.

Strategies are used to be able to finally manage an attack a player who has alot of bolts: alliances pool servicemen around.

Magnetic bolts are paid for, and just prevent from receiving attacks via portal for a short while, until it is broken.