Blockade

Attacking an island
Before you declare a blockade, ensure you have blockade fleet (with cannons on if you plan to win) and cash to cover the declaration fee of 50,000 Doubloons, or 200,000 Doubloons if the island is royal. The person who posts the declaration must be leader of a verified crew, and can only represent members of their own crew, not allies. In the event that your ships are sunken (very likely) no ships are refunded.

Declarations are to be made exactly 24 hours before the wished blockade time, and can only be made between Friday 12:00 am (noon) - Saturday 12:00 am (noon) GMT. Blockades will always take place once declared. In the case that the attacker doesn't show up at the arena and score at least one point (see below) the defender will remain governor.

Use this template when declaring:

'''IGN: Your Crew:  Target Crew:  Target Governor:  Target Island Name:  Target Island Cords:  Notes:

Blockades may not be declared within 7 days of each other (per island). Once the declaration is made. Blockade declarations are to be posted under the Declaration forum.

Fighting in a Blockade
The blockade takes place exactly 24 hours after the declaration is made, in the sea arena which is closest to the island being attacked. If the distance to both arenas is the same, the Western arena is used.

The new scoring system allows crews to bring in as many ships as they like at once. Points will be earned in a "catch the flag" type fashion, in each arena there are 3 flags, by sailing up to them crews will be able to earn one point every 15 minutes from each flag, this means strategy is the key to a successful blockade. Blockades will always end 45 minutes after starting, meaning the maximum possible points is 9.

Third party crews (crews that have nothing to do with the blockade and are not allies of either side) may join the blockade with their own ships. There may however only be a maximum of 1 third party crew in the arena at once. Third party crews will not have a dedicated safe zone for storing their blockade fleet by the arena, which may be a disadvantage.

Blockade Rules

 * PvP is disabled.
 * Players should not access their enemies ship.
 * Players must not break place/blocks.
 * Blockades are not to be interrupted by other crews or players who are not 3rd partying.
 * Damage should only be dealt to ships using cannons and ramming.
 * Captains may not release the ship at any time during the blockade.
 * Only one crew may 3rd party at a time.