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Ranked Wars
Questions players asked about Ranked Wars, researched by TornLife.
- How does participation work in ranked wars?
A faction enlists with at least 10 full members active in the last 24 hours . Any member can add score by hitting the enemy faction, and each hit's score equals the respect it earns . The supplied sources state no minim…
- What does a dirty bomb do, and how does it work during a faction war?
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- How do ranked wars work, including respect targets and rewards?
A ranked war is a 1v1 faction fight in which each side hits the other's members to earn score, and the first to cross a target net score wins . Winners and losers receive bonus respect, points and Caches of special weap…
- How does chaining work, and when does a new chain start?
A chain is a run of successful hits on players outside your faction, earning more respect as it grows, with 13 flat-value bonus hits . The faction must have unlocked chaining, and the first 10 hits must land within 5 mi…
- How do you increase your maximum energy in Torn?
Donator status is the only thing in these sources that raises the maximum energy bar. The wiki says donators get a higher maximum and quicker regeneration . Point refills and items fill the bar or go over it, but they d…
- Do energy refills stack with current energy, or are they wasted if the energy bar is already full?
The energy refill does not stack above your maximum. It fills the bar up to its maximum, once a day . Staff say the game blocks the refill when the bar is completely full , so nothing is spent in that case.
- What did Chedburn say about chaining?
Chedburn's chain comments in the sources are mostly short forum replies: the chain report's best-hit statistic is not a bug , the attack auto-timeout is hard to synchronize and is better long than short , and the chain …