Tom Clancy's EndWar – Theater of War Primer

Theater of War Viewer *NEW*



The Theater of War mode is an online persistent campaign of World War III where thousands of players compete to lead their nation to world domination. It is the ultimate challenge for a commander.

How to Play

1. Enlist in the U.S. Joint Strike Force, European Federation Enforcers Corp, or Russia Spetsnaz Guard Brigade. Answer the call of duty or the call of money – some factions may offer enlistment bonuses.

2. Pick your battalion – each with a different task force and specialization.

3. Navigate your strategic display of the world at war. It reveals the status of your current military campaign.

Colored hexagons reveal critical information about territories:

"¢ The types of territories:


• Battlefield
  
  
• Base
  
  
• Capital City
  
  "¢ The territory owner (inside color): orange for USA, blue for European Federation, green for Russia
  
  "¢ The attacker (outline color) when a frontline is open
  
  

Your victories contribute to your faction's overall war effort, ultimately allowing it to move the frontline forward and come one step closer to winning the war.

You can fight alone or cooperatively along with another human commander, bringing units from your respective battalions and sharing command points, Uplink benefits, and supports.

After each battle your surviving units gain ranks, and you can review and upgrade them in the barracks.

At the end of each day of fighting, territories are won or lost and new fronts open and new battlegrounds become available. Watch the turn report to hear the latest news from the front lines and check the status of the war on www.endwargame.com to oversee your faction's expansion or demise, and prepare for the next battle.

Theater of War Basics

Victory conditions: Victory conditions vary from one Theater of War campaign to the next.

Campaign update: Once per day, the campaign map is updated according to the results of all the battles fought during the day. Frontlines move back or forth and new battlefields and missions become available.

Note: you cannot choose and play a mission during the cease-fire period of the campaign update.

Special Territories: Bases and capital cities are special territories.

Air and army bases respectively provide Air Support and Force Recon. You can raid bases controlled by enemy factions to disable their support temporarily.

Capital cities must be won for 3 turns in a row to be conquered by a faction: first in conquest, then in assault, and finally in siege, to be conquered by a faction.



Air Support and Force Recon: You must be fighting in a territory in the vicinity of friendly air or army bases to be able to call in Air Support or Force Recon during battle. Certain territories you fight in may not be covered for one or both types of support.

Persistent battalion: Your Theater of War battalion is persistent. Your units acquire experience and gain ranks battle after battle if they survive, and you earn credits that allow you to upgrade them from the barracks.

You only have one battalion per Theater of War campaign and you cannot import battalions from your single-player campaigns.

Change Faction and Battalion
You can change your battalion or faction from the barracks.

"¢ Changing faction: your current battalion is disbanded and all unit ranks, your purchased upgrades, and your credits are permanently lost.

"¢ Changing battalion within the same faction: you keep your purchased upgrades and credits but your unit ranks are permanently lost.

YOUR PERSISTENT BATTALION
In the World War III and Theater of War online campaign modes, you build your own personal army. Surviving units gain experience from battle and gain ranks. You can also purchase a variety of unit and battalion upgrades such as advanced weapons or special ability, and change your battalion camouflage pattern.

Ranks
As your units inflict damage to enemy units and survive battles, they gain experience. When a unit accumulates enough experience, it gets promoted to a higher rank. The rank of a unit is displayed on its unit card in the unit dashboard. Veteran units have increased moral and combat capabilities over new recruits, and have access to more advanced upgrades and weapons.

Credits
Credits (CR) are your currency during a Campaign. When playing the World War III campaign or the Theater of War online campaign, you earn credits according to your battle results. You can spend your credits in the barracks to acquire upgrades for your units or for your battalion.

The Barracks
In the course of a single-player or Theater of War campaign, you can review, upgrade, and customize your persistent battalion from the Barracks. You can only access the Barracks between battles, from the main campaign screen.

Unit Upgrades (Unit upgrades are purchased for the entire unit type, not just for a single unit)

There are 4 main categories of upgrades per unit type:

• Attack
  
• Defense
  
• Mobility
  
• Ability
  

Each upgrade has a cost in Credits, and you need to have enough funds to be able to purchase it. In addition, certain Upgrades also have rank requirements. Those upgrades are effective only for units with a rank equal or greater than the rank requirement.

Some upgrades are improvements over previously owned upgrades. More advanced upgrades automatically replace obsolete versions.

ToW Viewer



FAQ(12.11.08)

What stats go towards the Win/Loss of Territories?

-Wins & Losses. Faction with more wins wins.



Are there limits to which Territory a faction can attack?

-Yes. You can attack territories on the front line and raid territories near the front line.


What are the 3 Icons on each Territory? (Soldier, Plane and Building)

Soldier: You are in range of an army base (or capital) and so can use Force Recon during the mission.

Plane: You are in range of an air base (or capital) and so can use Air Support during the mission.

Building: You are in range of a capital (and so can receive both support types)


How long does a Turn Last and how long is the War?

-Turn is one day.

-War goes on until one side wins


What happens when 1 of the 3 factions is beaten?

-War doesn't end until one side wins. If a single faction is eliminated they can always launch an insurgency to ˜attack' their own capital even when it's occupied by the enemy. If you take back your capital you can begin expanding again and grabbing more territories.


What happens when the War ends? (Winner rewards, What happens to Upgrades etc)

-Campaign resets, a new war starts

-Victory conditions and start positions are reset by community manager

-Experience and upgrades are retained.


Basic TOW Territory info

Raid Turns

Raid Turns occur when an army or air base is TWO hops(links) from the frontline.

If the attacking faction wins this turn, the support is disabled for the defending faction for several turns.

If the attacking faction loses nothing happens.

No Territory ownership is ever changed in a Raid Turn.

In game, the TOW map shows curved arrows implying a hop) to raid territories from the front line for Raid Turns.

Conquest/Assault Turns (except capitals):

if the attacking faction wins, the territory is then owned by the attacking faction and then the attacking faction has the chance to attack any connected territories in the next turn.

if the attacking faction loses, the territory stays with the defender, in addition the territory which the attacker approached from is also lost with the defender pushing back the attacker and gaining the initiative.

In the in game TOW Map a straight arrow is show from attacking territory to represent an Assault/Conquest turn.

In the current turn (X360-turn 10)

Le CEITO

the JSF is attacking Le CEITO as a Raid Turn because it is two hops from their front line (which is at Arribida which they won in Turn 9)

if the JSF wins the support from Le CEITO (Force Recon) will not be available to the EFEC next turn.

If the EFEC win then nothing changes.

Neither result affects the other territories.

La Mancha:

the JSF is attacking La Mancha from Arribida (which they won last turn)
if the JSF wins, they'll take La Mancha and can attack Le CEITO (for real this time not a raid) or Matera.
If the EFEC wins, they'll push the JSF back to Arribida and be on the front foot.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Raide,

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is like the best set of info I've heard on this game EVARRRRR!!!!11!!1!!!!eleven11!!!!!11!

Yay, information! Happy launch day!

Great guide, probably the best ToW explanation I've seen yet
Happy Launch Day!

Awesome! Cant wait for this to arrive in stores.

<----Just wet himself.

It would be a gift from heaven if Gamestop called today.

So if I play as the Russians, and I pick a battlefield to play, does there have to be another person on the other side waiting to play that same map? And will I end up playing the same few maps over and over again? It sounds like a great Idea but if people join factions 10:5:3 say for Americans:Europe:Russia I can see major balance issues here. I guess I won't know untill I play it but thats why im more interested in the SP campaign anyeway

If your Russian and there is three times as many Americans, that just means you'll never have to wait long for a match. :P As far as unfairness, not really. The Americans can only fight as many enemies as there are, it's not like they can gang up on someone 3:1. They have to wait to be matched up. The only disadvantage would be wait times being annoying on occasion.

Someone will always be playing..i mean..always..the TOW is so awesome and siege mode? great! some people dont know about endwar but i tried to covert people to endwar i only got..7 people outta 98 people of of my friends list D:

Say Raide, me and my friends were wondering, after the first war is finished and the map is controlled by one faction, will the units ranks and upgardes be reset for the following online campaign?

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It would be a gift from heaven if Gamestop called today.

MY GOD MAN!, you are the most correct human ever

Sweet i like it

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this certainly awnsers all my questions thanks

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Originally posted by Raide:

You can fight alone or cooperatively along with another human commander, bringing units from your respective battalions and sharing command points, Uplink benefits, and supports.

"Or with another human commander"...does this mean only 2 0n 2?!?!

3v3 and 4v4 in a future patch.

This has to be the coolest Clancy game yet!

i can't wait to play this game with voice command and beat ppl with my strategy

can't wait to get the game all of ur armies will be destroyed i will conquer the world get ready to be destroyed no one will efeat me u will all bow down or be destoryed

I just hope no one just captures a faction and leaves it so no battles go on