NC started the meltdown alert on Indar and buy the end it is 35% VS 27%TR and 35% NC, and the VS gets the win.
I don't think the 'rules' for winning an alert are fully documented - but i've also been in a continent alert where one faction won despite equal territory in the bar. Maybe those are rounded numbers - or maybe the wins-in-progress are taken into account ? A few days ago we were drawing in the last few minutes of a major facility alert so we decided to try and take another facility even though we didn't have time to win it fully. The battle turned into a draw despite us holding and converting the point so on a major facility at least, equal facilities does mean a draw.
36+36+27=99 % this is still missing 1%, but system doesn't show tenth of % which was probably on Vanu side like 36,6%... All the time number is 100 as this marks 100% of territory. Blame the designers for not showing up exact numbers.
It's a programming quirk; VS is faction 1, NC is faction 2, TR are faction 3. In the event of any two factions perfectly drawing this number determines the win. I doubt it was intentional.
In addition to what others have said, I have to add that no faction starts the Meltdown Alert at this point (as far as I know). The sub-alerts and the continent capture alert are all started by timer. (I could be wrong). 1) Warpgate Stablizing - after certain pop level achieved. 2) Wait 30-45 minutes 3) First Sub-Alert 4) Wait 30-45 minutes 5) Second Sub-alert 6) Wait 30-45 minutes 7) Continent Capture Alert As far as victory, if it is tied at the end, (in addition to what I have read of the posts below) it also is determined by last base captured if there is a tie (at least by what I have heard other players say).
Boy wouldn't it be great if dominating a map actually achieved victory for your faction...Oh wait we used to have that.
So you think it is some kind of coin flip then? Cause I definitely saw VS "losing"(and getting the same rewards as the faction that locked the continent) such a draw.
NC just won a cont alert on Cobalt where with ten seconds to go the VS equalled our 37%.... It would be nice to know how the nanites decide this.
Yep, and we got the full rewards...just not the continent lock. Most of the time I noticed that VS gets the continent lock on Cobalt in that situation tho.
