Age of Sparta

With at least 10 players part of your Alliance the Generals & Lieutenants have the opportunity to start wars with other Alliances within the game. Alliance wars give your Alliance the opportunity to compete for Alliance Glory; obtaining more Alliance Glory will mean you progress through the Alliance leagues. Reaching higher leagues gives every member of the Alliance added bonuses. Alliance wars also give players the opportunity to obtain bonus points in certain Events.

Firstly a war needs to begin, this can be done in the 'War' page when viewing your Alliance. Either a war needs to be declared against another Alliance or a declaration of war from another Alliance needs to be accepted. There is also the option to decline a war that has been declared by another Alliance. When a war is declared the Alliance in question has 12 hours to respond to the declaration, if they fail to do so within that time the war will begin automatically. Once a war has begun it will last for 24 hours from the time of acceptance.

There are 2 phases to Alliance wars. The 1st phase is the individual battles where players from each Alliance do PvP battles against players from the other Alliance. The 2nd phase is Allied Assault which is an automated battle between the Units that have been donated by each Alliance.

1st Phase

When a war begins each player will begin with 5 battles to fight against the other Alliance's players, unless they're one of the players that are included as part of the 'Elite Fighters' upgrade, then they will start with 6 battles. These battles will replenish after a set amount of time, typically 1 battle every 2 hours but with the 'Constant War' upgrade this time can be reduced. For every battle that's won by player points will be added to that player's Alliance score. This score is shown in the form of a blue/red bar on the 'War' page. Your Alliance's score is shown in blue and the opposing Alliance's score is shown in red. Players will have as many battles as the 24 hour time limit will allow to obtain points towards their Alliance's score.

If one Alliance has over 70% of the bar come the end of the 24 hour period no matter the outcome of the 2nd phase they will always win the Alliance war. If this proves not to be the case the result of the 2nd phase can make a huge difference, with an Alliance losing the 1st phase achieving victory in the Alliance war and vice versa. However you can lose the 1st phase within the 70% margin, win the 2nd phase and still lose the Alliance war if the margin you won the 2nd phase by isn't greater than the margin you lost the 1st phase by. So as an example if your Alliance was to lose the 1st phase by 10% but only win the 2nd phase by 5% you would still lose the Alliance war where the 2nd phase win wasn't great enough.

2nd Phase

At the end of the 24 hour time limit the 2nd phase known as Allied Assault will be calculated. This is an automated battle between the Units that have been donated by the players from each Alliance. This is shown in the form of a replay after the Alliance war result has been declared and the replay is only a representation of the actual calculations. This replay will only ever consist of the top 24 Units donated by each Alliance (48 in total) due to the limited ability of the game. So even though a player's donations may not have appeared in the replay they have still played some part in the Allied Assault.

Players have from as soon as the war begins and have until the closing moments to make their donations to the Allied Assault. All players are able to donate 2 Units to the Allied Assault, however with the 'Maecenas' upgrade some players may have the ability to donate a 3rd Unit. By having as many players as possible donating their best Units available will give your Alliance a better chance at winning the Allied Assault.

There are many factors that will determine the outcome of an Allied Assault and by taking them all into consideration will give your Alliance the best possible chance of winning. The biggest factor seems to be army power, making this as high as possible can in most cases lead to victory. Army power is generated by adding together both the attack & defence points of each Unit. So when it comes to donating, donating Units with a high amount of combined points will prove more favorable to your Alliance. Boons are another big factor in determining the outcome of an Allied Assault even though they aren't used in the calculation to generate army power. This is due to the fact that a Unit fused with Boons may not survive long enough for that particular Boon to be activated. However if that particular Boon is activated it can have a great affect on the battle so a Unit fused with Boons is likely to be stronger than the same Unit without Boons. The type of Unit (Agile, Tough, Magic & Premium) also plays a factor, with bonuses being given to Units when they face a certain type of Unit. However with the line up being automatically selected it's impossible to face one type specifically against another.

Win

If your Alliance wins against an Alliance that is ranked lower (less Glory) your Alliance will receive less Glory. If your Alliance wins against an Alliance that is ranked higher (more Glory) your Alliance will receive more Glory, with a maximum of 200. This maximum can be exceeded should you do the 'Leadership' upgrade.

Lose

If your Alliance loses to an Alliance that is ranked higher (more Glory) your Alliance will lose less Glory. If your Alliance loses to an Alliance that is ranked lower (less Glory) your Alliance will lose more Glory, with a maximum of 200.