Calling faction for help

[Nosfer 😂👌🏻]

Hi everyone! Just started this game and was wondering about 2 things.

1. I volunteered in Argon vs. Xenon war. Can I call faction for help or am I always on my own?

2. Can somebody from faction call me for help to participate in a battle? Like in Mount and blade lords can call every vassal to form big army.

[Mr.Person]

You are always on your own

You don't get a notification but if you are nearby when you see them decide to try and assault the xenon you could always just follow and help them. Just be wary of friendly fire.

[Nosfer 😂👌🏻]

How frequent are these assaults? Can I somehow see when there's something like that is gonna happen?
I just want to participate in big battles, but from the looks of if the best way to do this is creating my own fleet and fly around with it, right?

[Mr.Person]

For the most part yes, but you could always drop satellites on both sides of gates leading to xenon space and watch for when the argon is defending/assaulting. Usually they are on the defense though.

There are big battles more often in Second Contact Flashpoint between Antigone and Holy order, they always have border skirmishes there.

[Wraith]

The frequency depend mostly on their economy and their priority.

You can use the war mission to see what mindset they are on.
If they ask you for defense stuff that mean they are in the defensive mindset.
If they ask you to kill stuff they are going offensive.

[Nosfer 😂👌🏻]

Thank you guys

Guess my objective for now is to make fleet to hunt some Xenons on my own then

[HoloByteus]

Originally posted by ☺ Nosfer ☺:

Thank you guys

Guess my objective for now is to make fleet to hunt some Xenons on my own then :bonehead:

Kiting Xenon's to defense fleets or stations is also an option and a great way to gain rep that otherwise wouldn't have been afforded. Used this to go from -15 to +15 with ZYA in 5 minutes thanks to 2 K's and escorts.

[Nosfer 😂👌🏻]

Are wars dynamic? Are factions declaring war on another factions or enemies are set from the start to finish?

[yaroslav.fursov]

You can't call for faction help. Even when Xenon I destroys their own sectors they not send fleet to stop it!
I can see news in log and check if faction mount defense in Xenon sectors - this usually mean they trying to conquer it.
Xenons are real threat in my game - factions is not able to stop them themselves. So I have to constantly monitor map and personally destroy invasion fleets. I have several destroyers around the map because they are moving slowly and Xenons can wipe sector clean within minutes.
Still I can be in two placed on the same time - so I have to build defense stations near Xenon gates with a lot of plasma turrets to stop them.

[yaroslav.fursov]

Originally posted by ☺ Nosfer ☺:

Are wars dynamic? Are factions declaring war on another factions or enemies are set from the start to finish?

Faction relations is set from start. I do not know if they can improve over time by themselves. The only known cases are plot missions: Split and Paranid will start or finish civil wars.