Reserves

Still wondering why your clan needs a Stronghold at all? The main reason is the substantial bonuses that your clansmen get when using Reserves. You can not only increase the amount of credits, experience, and Industrial Resource earned, but also affect the combat outcome.

You can prepare Reserves in your Stronghold’s structures. You can also get Reserves for upgrading the Command Center and participating in War Games.

The Reserve Storage can be found at the bottom of the screen:

1. Number of Reserves of each type.
2. Maximum Reserve level. The Reserve Storage contains Reserves of different levels.
3. Activated Reserve.
4. Remaining Reserve duration.

Getting Reserves

The clan can get Reserves in the following ways:

• By preparing Reserves in structures
• As a reward for upgrading the Command Center
• As a reward for taking a prize-winning position in War Games.

Preparing Reserves

You must prepare a Reserve before it can be used for your clan’s benefit.

Reserves are prepared in the structures. The preparation cost of each Reserve is expressed in Industrial Resource. To prepare a Reserve, ensure that the Stronghold Storage contains enough Industrial Resource.

To prepare Reserves:

1. Click the relevant structure.
2. Set the required number of Reserves.
3. Click Prepare.

The preparation time depends on the structure level. If a Reserve is being prepared, a gear icon appears above the structure .

Getting Reserves for a Command Center Upgrade 

A Command Center upgrade grants clans additional Reserves. 

For each upgrade, a clan is rewarded a certain number of Reserves of all types equivalent to 2 × (L + 1) and 1 × (L + 2), where L is the level of the Command Center.

Getting Reserves as a Reward in War Games

Clans that take prize-winning positions in War Games are rewarded with Continuous-Effect Reserves of level XI and XII.

The level and quantity of the Reserves the clan gets as a reward depends on the discipline the clan has competed in and the position it has taken.

Reserve Level

A Reserve level is determined by the level of the structure where the Reserve is prepared. The Reserve efficiency and preparation cost increase with the Reserve level. The Reserve duration, however, remains the same.

Using Reserves

To use a Reserve, you first need to activate it. Only clan members with the following positions can activate Reserves:

• Commander
• Executive Officer
• Personnel Officer
• Combat Officer

To view your clan's history of using Reserves, click  LOG in your Stronghold and go to the Reserves tab.  

Continuous-Effect Reserves

The Continuous-Effect Reserves (Battle Payments, Military Maneuvers, Tactical Training, and Additional Briefing) are activated right in the Stronghold.

To use a Continuous-Effect Reserve:

1. Select the relevant Reserve from the Reserve Storage. If the storage contains Reserves of different levels, select the Reserve of the necessary level.
2. Click Activate.

The Reserve is activated immediately. The remaining Reserve duration is displayed above the Reserve.

One-Time-Effect Reserves

High-Capacity Transport, Inspire, and Artillery Strike are enabled before a battle. However, Requisition can only be enabled before an Advance.

If you’ve changed your mind and don’t want to use the enabled Reserve, select it and click Disable.

Inspire and Artillery Strike are different from the other Reserves. For these, you'll need to enable the Reserve when creating a detachment, then activate it right in battle.

Using Several Reserves at Once

Try to use several Reserves at the same time to earn even more credits, experience, and Industrial Resource.

Remember that the following Reserves cannot be used together:

• Military Maneuvers and Additional Briefing
• Battle Payments and Tactical Training

Combat Reserves

Combat Reserves—Inspire and Artillery Strike—can be used in both Skirmishes and Advances. The amount of Industrial Resource you get from Inspire and Artillery Strike increases with the level of the Reserve. Their battle characteristics are determined by their level, as well as by the selected Division in the case of Artillery Strike.

To take advantage of a Combat Reserve, it must be enabled before battle, and then activated right on the battlefield (see Using Reserves). Combat Reserves can be activated 55 seconds after a battle starts.

In battle, the Detachment Commander can order an Inspire or Artillery Strike, or they can assign the responsibility to another player in the Detachment. Any player, including a legionnaire, can be given the authority to activate one or both of the Reserves.

Before a battle, you can assign Reserve activation in the Detachment window by right-clicking on the player’s name in the Detachment Members list and selecting Give Artillery Strike or Give Inspire. The   or icon will appear to the right of the player’s name. If a player has been assigned to both Reserves, the icon will appear.

To revoke your decision, right-click the player’s name and select Take Artillery Strike or Take Inspire. Now, you have taken back your right to activate Combat Reserves on the battlefield.

If you don’t activate a Combat Reserve in battle, you won't earn its extra profit. The unused Reserve is not spent and will be returned to the Reserve Storage.

Inspire

Provides a bonus to major qualifications and all skills for the vehicle crew of the player who activated Inspire and nearby allied vehicles.

Inspire features:

• If the vehicle of the player that activated Inspire is destroyed, the Reserve effect will end.
• Reserves of level XI and XII provide an additional bonus: Wind down time. After the Inspire effect runs out or the player leaves the effect radius, they will still continue to receive the Reserve bonus for a certain period of time.

To use Inspire in battle, press the key that corresponds to the Inspire Reserve (7–9 by default).

The effect radius is marked by a green dashed line around your vehicle, and a timer will appear in the center of your screen. The player that activated the Reserve can be identified by the icon, while players under the Inspire effect will have the icon.

Only your allies will be able to see the effect radius and timer, but both teams will see which players are under the Inspire effect.

Artillery Strike

Artillery Strike executes an artillery attack. An artillery battery lays periodical fire on the selected area.

Artillery Strike features:

• All players, including allies, receive damage within the area.
• The size of the damage area radius depends on the level of the Reserve. The damage depends on both the level of the Reserve and the selected Division.
• The required deployment time is six seconds.

To use Artillery Strike in battle:

1. Press the key that corresponds to the Artillery Strike Reserve (7–9 by default).
2. Point at the map area you want to attack.
3. Click to lock the damage area. The shelling will commence after six seconds.

Before the damage area is locked, there are three ways to cancel the use of a Reserve:

• By right-clicking
• By pressing the Esc button
• By pressing the button that corresponds to the Artillery Strike Reserve