Pollen Battle

## Description

Ants frequently pollinate flowers in their attempt to get thar energy-rich nectar. Pollen transferred by bees not only helps plants grow but also serves as a source of food for ants. Join the fray and snatch some of that pollen!

### Intro

* A Pollen Battle is an alliance-versus-alliance competition. The participants will need to occupy as many footholds as possible to earn points.
* Footholds that can be occupied include flowers, spiky plants, battlefield pools, big flowers, and cirri; each ot these will grant you different points and effects. Beehives are merely a bee's starting point and cannot be occupied.
* Occupying a foothold will take 3 minutes. Defend it with you ants to earn personal points.
* A significant number of alliance/personal points will be granted to you should bees pass through your footholds.
* Soldiers wounded during this event will be sent to the State Pool. When you leave the battlefield, the soldiers will return safe and sound.
* Once the battle has ended, the alliance with the highest number of points will win, although both paties will obtain rewards.
* Any pollen you earn can be exchanged of various items in the Pollen Battle Shop.
* You can't loot resources by attacking enemy nests during the event.

### Sign Up and Match

* Qualified alliances can sign up for this event.
* For alliances that have at least 8 members with a Lv.15 or above queen, their leade or officers can choose a specific participation timeframe, which can then be changed during the sign-ip preiod.
* Alliances with simliar Bee Affinity and similar participation timeframe will be matched up.
* From the sign-up period to the end of the event, whoever quits the alliance or joins a new alliance can no longer participate in.

### League & Bee Affinity

* New alliances will automatically be considered novices and therefore placed within the Novice League.
* Your Bee Affinity will determine whether you rise or fall through the leagues.
* The result of each Pollen Battle and the Bee Affinity differential between two participants will dtermine whether or not your Bee Affinity will increased or decrease.
* As you rise through the leagues, more footholds ans bees will appear on the battlefield. Meanwhile, you will be granted fewer chances to relocate.

### Endorsement

* The endorsement preiod will last for 24 hours, starting from the end of the sign-up period. In this period, commanders will be able to endorse one alliance of their choosing within a given timeframe, except those within their own state or their opponents.
* All endorsers of a winning alliance will share the opposing alliance's prize pool. This will be determined according to an equitable diamond endorsement sum, whereby the endorser will receive no more than5 times the number of diamonds they put down.
* Endorsers will not be able to put down an investment of more than 1000 Diamonds.
* You will be given 3 chanvec to endorse a winner.

### Relocate

* Relocation Cost: Will consume items as other relocations do. Will cost diamonds when you don't have enough relocation items.
* Relocation Chance: Relocation limits (shared by all alliance members) are imposed in high-tier leagues. Relocation chance increase by 1 every minute upon successful occupation of a Cirrus.

## Rules

### Sign-up Requirements

* Leaders and officerswithin alliances that have at least 8 members and a Lv.15 or above queen can choose a specific participation timeframe.
* Members who meet the perticipation requirements can join the event once the alliance has signed up.

### Participation Requirements

* A Lv.15+ queen is required for this.
* You can't ew-enter the current battlefield if you exit before the battle ends.

### Before You Exit...

* Your current points will be kept, but you won't be able to re-enter the current battlefield.
* Soldiers wounded during the battle will be returned safe and sound.

### About Rewards

* Both parties will be given rewards once the battle has ended.
* Don't forget to claim them via the even'ts page. All members who have registered points during the battle can claim an Alliance Reward. Members who earn a certain number of points and/or complete a certain number of phases can potentially earn more rewards.
* If a worthy opponent cannot be found, all members will automatically earn an alliance reward.

## Schedule

At the start of the battle, two alliances will be placed in the northern or southern safe zone respectively.

### Preperation

* You cannot relocate or launch an attack right now.
* Check the map to create a battle plan.

### The Battle

* Stage 1: Cirri and flowers can be occupied.
* Stage 2: You will be able to occupy battlefield pools, spiky plants, and big flowers.
* Stage 3: Bees will start pollinating random flowers.

### End of Battle

* All footholds will be granted protected status, and any bees who are still there will automatically be driven out.
* You can now check the battle results. The alliance with the greatest number of points will be declared the winner.
* You can now Manually exit the battlefield or let the system do the honors for you.

### Footholds

* The occupation of a foothold will take three minutes.
* Your first occupation will grant First Occupation Points to all involved members and theri alliances.
* After a successful occupation, that foothold will then grant points to involved members and their alliances every second.
* Relevant footholds include both ordinary and big flowers, spiky plants, battlefield pools, and cirri.