Fort capture by hunter with a hack?

[Thrillem]

Yesterday I witness something very strange. We have just captured back Algaros. Our group left. After a few minutes me and a hunter friend were going to leave too when we heard and saw a guard on the wall being hit from the tower with arrows. We run inside the fort, I looked up and I saw this alsius called Fartass or something like that (a Nordo hunter under lvl 50: easy). At that moment the guard on the wall was killed. We were going to go inside the tower to get him when suddenly the fort –and guards of course- became Alsius. I looked instantly for another alsius around the flag but there was none -there was not anyone else inside but the alsius hunter on the tower.
So the fort was captured by one hunter from the tower after killing one guard on the wall.
My question to the community is this: How is that possible? Is there a logical explanation? Can anyone do that?

[Inkster]

Maybe the hunter hit the flag before running back up the tower, or there could have been a second hunter who camoed after hitting the flag?

Im not really sure

[ieti]

Normal situation. Always scan for hunters before leaving the fort. Else this will happen.

[KKharzov]

It's just the fault of the guards near the flag for not cancelling capture. The hunter tagged the flag and ran for the tower. If the guards near the flag weren't dead, then they were most likely too busy running back and forth with the hunter to recapture the flag.

If you were in the fort you should have seen the message "Alsius is capturing Fort Algaros!"

[Myxir]

Everyone is hacking

[Thrillem]

Originally Posted by KKharzov

It's just the fault of the guards near the flag for not cancelling capture. The hunter tagged the flag and ran for the tower. If the guards near the flag weren't dead, then they were most likely too busy running back and forth with the hunter to recapture the flag.

If you were in the fort you should have seen the message "Alsius is capturing Fort Algaros!"

As I said the alsius hunter was in the tower and by that I mean upstairs. He was finishing off the guard from the wall when we got inside the fort. We saw the guard being killed and when we were running to the tower to get him, the fort became Alsius. There was no one else around but him. No one. I can assure you. Not even camo. And if he was he should have being visible when tagging the flag and we had seen him but there was no one. The hunter with me had already tracked him when we captured Alga back but could not get him and as everybody else have left, we were going to leave too when we notice the guard being shot.

The question remains: How is it possible to capture a fort by only 1 hunter from the tower (upstairs) by killing 1 guard on the wall? Is there any logical explanation or is it a hack?

[doppelapfel]

Im pretty sure he clicked the flag and ran up the stairs then.

[Thrillem]

Originally Posted by doppelapfel

Im pretty sure he clicked the flag and ran up the stairs then.

As far as I know to capture a fort you have to kill all the guards before you can tagg the flag. Correct me if I am wrong. He only killed 1 guard.

If he had tried to tag the flag downstairs when we were outside we would have heard it because then he would have been attacked by the guards. And we all know the sound of steel when the guards get ready to fight. Normally they attack you instantly. Not only the warrior guards but also the archers and the sound they make is clear. Remember that I said that it was the sound of his arrows killing the guard on the wall (from upstairs) that it attracted our attention.

I don't know if this has happened before. To me it seemed as if that guy took advantage of some bug or something is very wrong with the capturing system from inside. Maybe both.

[Hamster_of_sorrow]

Originally Posted by Thrillem

As far as I know to capture a fort you have to kill all the guards before you can tagg the flag. Correct me if I am wrong. He only killed 1 guard.

you dont have to kill anything to capture a fort. the guards sometimes do not recapture and will just stand idle while the fort is being captured.

[Hamster_of_sorrow]

Originally Posted by Thrillem

As I said the alsius hunter was in the tower and by that I mean upstairs. He was finishing off the guard from the wall when we got inside the fort. We saw the guard being killed and when we were running to the tower to get him, the fort became Alsius. There was no one else around but him. No one. I can assure you. Not even camo. And if he was he should have being visible when tagging the flag and we had seen him but there was no one. The hunter with me had already tracked him when we captured Alga back but could not get him and as everybody else have left, we were going to leave too when we notice the guard being shot.

The question remains: How is it possible to capture a fort by only 1 hunter from the tower (upstairs) by killing 1 guard on the wall? Is there any logical explanation or is it a hack?

there is a logical explanation. the hunter had either tagged the flag then ran to the tower, or another hunter had tagged then camoed. track works very poorly in forts so do not rely on track to tell you if someone is in a tower or not.

getting upstairs takes only a few seconds, it takes 30 seconds to capture a fort (and 60 for a castle). just because the hunter was upstairs when the fort was captured doesn't mean a thing.