how exacly do dock portals work?

[Andrewbh2003]

so im having issues eradicating the last remaining portal on island 2 i have destroyed the 2 others "have not dealt with cliff portal yet not that late game yet" but every time i send my squires out they get dunked on i have lost 6 full regiments over 18 days trying to destroy it i did it on island 1 and i destroyed the other portals no problem but for some reason this portal refuses to go i send squires with coints and send em right after a night raid and its close to me yet for some reason they become vagrants every time i check on em

so my question is "if anybody here knows the answer" besides a different appearance. do dock portals have any other "Interesting" mechanics i should know of? or do i HAVE to use knights from the iron age for that?

[ichobi]

So you didn't follow your squad to help them out (providing coins to top up the knight health). You absolutely should! The dock portal seems to has more health and spawn the enemy a bit faster than normal portal. Not by much but noticeable.

The best way to do it is send 2-3 knight squads if you can. Don't send just one. They won't last especially if you don't babysit them.

As a rule of thumb you should follow every attack to have as few casualties as possible.

[scorp_poison]

I give them credit to make a game where your character is a support class and only has money to help the cause XD

[Stefan]

Unlike regular portals, the dock portals don't change appearance until they are completely destroyed which makes it more difficult to see your progress.
If you follow your troops and provide coins for the squires or knights, it's quite easy though.
Once destroyed, you can build a lighthouse so the ship doesn't crash when you return to this island.

[Andrewbh2003]

Originally posted by ichobi:

So you didn't follow your squad to help them out (providing coins to top up the knight health). You absolutely should! The dock portal seems to has more health and spawn the enemy a bit faster than normal portal. Not by much but noticeable.

The best way to do it is send 2-3 knight squads if you can. Don't send just one. They won't last especially if you don't babysit them.

As a rule of thumb you should follow every attack to have as few casualties as possible.

i sent 4 squire squads "I dont have knights yet"

btw i never really follow attacks cause every time i used to back in the old days of kingdom classic i would just get shafted by the retaliation waves so i never actually follow my knights do i really have to? i will but that sucks il lose my crown

[Anahkiasen]

You just stay behind the lines, drop a few coins at the knight's feet and they will pick it up if they're in need. But you can stay safely behind the archers and run away once the portal is down, it should be absolutely safe. Just don't forget to drop more coins around the knights if they use up all the other ones to heal

[Andrewbh2003]

Originally posted by Barbapaparossa:

You just stay behind the lines, drop a few coins at the knight's feet and they will pick it up if they're in need. But you can stay safely behind the archers and run away once the portal is down, it should be absolutely safe. Just don't forget to drop more coins around the knights if they use up all the other ones to heal

are you sure? cause back in like 2015 "aka classic" whenever i destroyed a portal "especially past portal 2" a massive wave just popped up from the portals ashes and just shafted me ever since then i just never ever followed knights to destroy portals out of fear of that did they change that or something?

[Stefan]

On island 5 every time I destroy a portal, a retaliation wave completely destroys the other side up to the castle.
On earlier islands (at least from 1 up to 3) I never had any issues from these attacks

[Andrewbh2003]

Originally posted by Stefan:

On island 5 every time I destroy a portal, a retaliation wave completely destroys the other side up to the castle.
On earlier islands (at least from 1 up to 3) I never had any issues from these attacks

me neither the actual attacks are quite weak compared to the other 2 kingdom games tbh but as i said before if i have to watch the squires fight the portal then im dead cause the retaliation wave that spawns from the portal remains... but il do it im currently heading to isle 3 but when im back to isle 2 il let you guys know how it goes

[pev69]

I have destroyed all portals from the first two islands except the final cliff ones, and never seen a retaliation (like in the Classic), the portal just vanishes and the knight parties return to "town". So retaliations start in later islands?

[Andrewbh2003]

Originally posted by pev69:

I have destroyed all portals from the first two islands except the final cliff ones, and never seen a retaliation (like in the Classic), the portal just vanishes and the knight parties return to "town". So retaliations start in later islands?

when i attacked the portal "immediately" after it attacked that night was a blood moon that had floaters "my first encounter with floaters in kingdom 2 crowns" specifically 3 floaters "btw did you guys know balistas no longer 1 shot floaters"?

[tobias599]

Originally posted by andrewbh2003:

"btw did you guys know balistas no longer 1 shot floaters"?

Only got the Hermit once in... 30+ hours.

[scorp_poison]

Originally posted by tobias599:

Originally posted by andrewbh2003:

"btw did you guys know balistas no longer 1 shot floaters"?

Only got the Hermit once in...

mine promptly ran into the arms of the greed when they got off my horse XD

[Xxanno]

Island three have your solution. Look for an old battlefield. The mount suck when it comes to movment, but it is essential for combat.

[pev69]

Originally posted by andrewbh2003:

when i attacked the portal "immediately" after it attacked that night was a blood moon that had floaters "my first encounter with floaters in kingdom 2 crowns" specifically 3 floaters "btw did you guys know balistas no longer 1 shot floaters"?

I just destroyed the dock portal in island 3 (and previously in 1 and 2), it was even during winter, heh, and still got no retaliation nor have I seen anything but the standard greed (with and without masks). I then built and upgraded the lighthouse there. Next I will perhaps revisit 1 and 2 just to see if there's much decay, and then it's off to see what awaits in island 4. I just hope the lighthouses in 1 and 2 are still intact so I don't have to rebuild the boat.

[Andrewbh2003]

Originally posted by Xxanno:

Island three have your solution. Look for an old battlefield. The mount suck when it comes to movment, but it is essential for combat.

you mean the warhorse? was never a big fan of it back in new lands and it costs 2 of my precious gems im trying to get the archer statue