Area of Operations

The Area of Operation (short AO) is a randomly selected area on the map (Altis or Malden), where the combat is concentrated at. The Safe zones and spawn locations of each involved faction is usually arranged around this AO with the same distance to it for each safe zone.

Core functionality and earnings

The goal of each faction is to gather control of the AO by having the most players within the AOs boundaries. Every certain amount of time (usually 30 seconds), the team with the most players inside the AO get's one point up to 100. The first faction that gets 100 points wins the round. If there's a tie between two factions, which would hold the most players in the AO, none of them gets a point.

Each player inside the AO can earn two different types of rewards while being in the AO when a team gathers a point:

Objective offensive: Rewarded with 50 XP and 50 $. Earned when the faction of the player does not hold the majority of players in the AO.
Objective under control: Rewarded with 50 XP and 50 $. Earned when the faction of the player holds the majority of players in the AO.
No earning: Given no team holds the majority of players in the AO, no player within the AO is rewarded.

The faction that currently holds the majority in the AO is indicated in two ways:

The AO is colored in the factions color (white if no player is in the AO)
The bottom right faction indicator turns red or green (red: enemy faction holds the majority; green: own faction holds the majority)
Both indicators turn purple given there's a tie between two or more factions

Locations

The AO in Kind of the Hill is randomly selected from a pre-defined set of possible locations throughout the configured map. Currently there're locations available on Altis and Malden.

Altis

Agios Dionysios

The AO in Agios Dionysios is a rectangle-formed area covering the whole city. It holds 4 towers:

Tower 1 (one tower height) near the west entrance of the AO next to the main street (right side when approaching from the west entrance)
Tower 2 (one tower height) at the south entrance right at the middle of the X axis of the AO
Tower 3 (one tower height) at the east entrance of the AO, next to the street, which is going to the north-east spawn location
Tower 4 (two tower height) north of the city center

Athira

Athira is a circle-formed AO covering the city of Athira and most of the factory area located north-west of it. It is the only AO that holds 5 towers:

Tower 1 (one tower height) directly at the main street from the west side of the AO
Tower 2 (one tower height) is located north-west of the south entrance main street
Tower 3 (one tower height) at the south-west side of the factory area towards the city center
Tower 4 (one tower height) at the north-east side of the AO surrounded by flat land
Tower 5 (two tower height) in the city center

Chalkeia

An ellipse-formed AO in the north-east part of Altis. The AO covers the whole city of Chalkeia and parts of the surrounding hills. The surrounding mountains and hills makes this location a good sharpshooter and sniper spot. The AO itself holds 4 towers:

Tower 1 (one tower height) at the south entrance of the AO behind the graveyard
Tower 2 (one tower height) located at the north-west side of the AO
Tower 3 (one tower height) at the north-east side of the AO
Tower 4 (two tower height) at the city center

The AO also holds two bunker buildings, a small bunker about 50-100 meters west/south-west of tower 3 and a big bunker south/south-east between tower 2 and 1.

Charkia

Kavala

Neochori

Paros

Pyrgos

Sofia

Zaros

The AO in Zaros also has the form of a circle and holds most parts of the city (apart from some outlying buildings and settlements). The city center is surrounded by three bigger hills and mountains, which are also partly covered within the AO, which makes this location a good sharpshooter/sniper spot as well. It also holds 4 towers:

Tower 1 (one tower height) at the north hill-side
Tower 2 (one tower height) at the south hill
Tower 3 (one tower height) at the north side of the west/south-west hill
Tower 4 (three tower height) north/north-east of the city center