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(28 replies, posted in Strategy)

guh... I think all the good old ones are gone sad

The quick idea is to first wait till you have approx 40-50 planets that are all pretty much full of population (70+ planets total?). Then build 20-30 lqs on all of them (thats right, overbuild em). Note: It takes 16 ticks for pop to double so basically, one population fills up about halfway on a planet, demolish a few cfs (do the math in your head, if a planet has 10k pop, you wanna build bout 30 lqs so it takes about 24-28 hours for the population to fill up and you wanna build these buildings once the planet has approximately 6k population so they are already built once your population reaches 10k). Never let the population stop flowing.

After you overbuild the first 20-30 lqs on each planet, and the pop is filling, you should demolish a few cfs [40-50] (dont demolish all at once) and build lqs. Then once that is filling, demolish 70-80 cfs and replace them with lqs. And so on until you replace all the cfs on the planets with lqs)

As you explore new planets, you can keep building cfs for a bit longer. Once you have about 70+ planets on which you have started replacing cfs with lqs, stop building cfs and start building tos on new planets. Soon after this, you should be able to make the final push and replace all your cfs with lqs (make sure you dont build lqs on freshly explored planets early in the round when 1000-2000 infra still makes a difference. TOs will pay more as each planet with tos will affect your ratio and give you more cash at this point).

Once your To planets are about to fill up with pop, OB them slowly with lqs (same way, 10-11 ticks before they fill up [depending on your research], build just enough LQs so the POP keeps flowing). Dont OB too much (70-80% MAXIMUM!!).


Basically, its all a matter of taste... Its kinda boring and requires a while to get a hang of it (and some experience) but thats bout how you should do it...

127

(1,282 replies, posted in Universal News)

Im pretty sure my fam members will be OK with it tongue.

Not sure if 74 will be though yikes... It will have to be clarified properly whatever way it goes though yikes

128

(112 replies, posted in Universal News)

All I have to say is, no point keeping a NAP with a fam your allies are going to war with smile

129

(43 replies, posted in General)

I actually really enjoyed it. It dont see how it strays much from old Indiana Jones. Except for the son. That was absolutely unnecessary. But hell... Indiana Jones are insane, over the top, pumped with special effects (Raiders had the best special effects available for the early 80's). This one fit the bill.

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(1,282 replies, posted in Universal News)

@Imperial United- Wont morale be a bit of a bitch? (especially if attackers unload some planets) and you are fighting 50 planet attackers?

Im not sure how losing 30 morale + a tick helps tongue


Edit: O shit... I just figured out your post tongue. No Im not suggesting that. I dont care for war. Im a peace lover tongue.

131

(1,282 replies, posted in Universal News)

X is an attacker... So theres that... Although with 300 planets, Im not sure how good he will be come war yikes

132

(147 replies, posted in Community)

@Gladiator- management... (If I do it... I may go with Masters instead yikes)

133

(1,282 replies, posted in Universal News)

tongue

Funny thing is, we wouldnt have minded NAPping a while ago. Hell, I think I brought it up like 5+ days ago? We just wanted to hold off a bit (2 more days) for our own reasons.

If you guys had just been like: good war, you won, we lost, can we have a NAP already so we can salvage our round....
This would have been over. But hurray for PW suicides. More planets for me smile

134

(41 replies, posted in Strategy)

Hmm... well back then, attack bonus wasnt in question (bugged). So I think all formulas are likely wrong atm due to research bonus etc.

135

(87 replies, posted in Community)

w00t Blade... Up for another round sometime?

136

(68 replies, posted in History)

rofl IC Death tongue... I think its more of a joke than anything tongue. Lets just make a fam out of the people on this list.

Jets, Primo, Forza, Impire, Anubis, PP, any LT player (lets go with Ledukas, Lew and XixiLT?). MW would wet itself tongue.

137

(1,282 replies, posted in Universal News)

huh... Love how people questions Pinks skill as an attacker. I thought the 100s of planets lost to him would have shown otherwise tongue. And thats apart from leading the strat etc.

Thats like telling someone theyre a bad banker even though they make more, aid more and recieve lesser than you do tongue

138

(1,845 replies, posted in Universal News)

'when u pass a planet to another fam in someone's else core, ofc it's an illegal alliance!!! As u help a fam to attack another one, and u perfectly know it..
If it's not i wonder what is an IA...'

This is what should be an IA:
Attacking the same family and coordinating these attacks with someone whos not an ally (Ill run figs, you get ground)
Market aiding a family to help them win a war when they are not allied.
Having one fam op portals and another fam take them.
Coordinating ops (getting PI's etc for unallied fams).


Trading planets should not be illegal cause its diplomatic/common goal etc. Just like 2 fams declaring war on a common enemy is not illegal as long as there is no co-ordination between the fams). Seing a banker getting opped cause he has low agent defence (infils/pop banker losing nw/Uni news etc) and joining in the fun is not illegal either.

139

(77 replies, posted in General)

- someone who likes to stay sober and tells me that its fun watching people drunk/high. That maybe true [sober person] but its not fun to have a totally sober person next to you thinking he is always right (the I'm not drunk, you are argument) standing next to you killing your buzz.
Note: Some people can stay stone sober and not be buzzkills. I have no problem with them.

- couples who are wayyyy in love and dont mind showing it. Get a room. Its sickening to watch you constantly hold hands, pecking each other on the cheecks/lips (I don't really mind all out french kissing as long as the girl is hot), call each other by cute and cuddly names. Especially if you know one/both of them really well.

- on that note, people who become totally different when they start going out with someone (and I don't mean first date, this is like a proper relationship where you havent become nicer/meaner/whatever to get into her pants). Especially cause these never work out and you are left consoling one/both of them after its done.

- consoling people after they break up x(.

- People in the same group going out. Cause once they break up, they still have the same friends and they fight each other for who gets which friend.


yeah... I've had some annoying friends with relationship issues...

140

(8 replies, posted in General)

@BiefstukFriet - Rofl... I can so picture this happening.

Her : Oh Im so hot and ready... come here big guy
Him : Id popped some chicken in the microwave a couple minutes ago... Mind if I get that and eat it while we do this?

Result : bitchslapped...

141

(15 replies, posted in Universal News)

TNT NAP version 2.3 between <family> and <family>
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Attacks of any sort, including agent and wizard operations, of one family on the other are forbidden, except by prior arrangement (as for a planet trade).


Planets lost to any forbidden attack will have to be returned with an extra planet as compensation. Failed attack will have to be compensated by one planet per attack except for the first from a player.


Damaging agent and wizards ops will be compensated each with the cession of a planet to the damaged empire. It is the attacked/opped/spelled families responsibility to message the leader as well as the aggressor to ask for compensation within 48 hours, once 48 hours have passed and no message has been sent to the offensive family, compensation will not be required.


If compensation is not paid forth after 48 hours after the notification to leader and topp vice of the offensive action, the NAP is considered NULL AND VOID. In which case, after 48 hours is up and no compensation has been paid forth, a message to the Leader and 2 VLs to state that the nap has been voided will be required before any attacks will be allowed, unless the leaders of either family reach an aggreement before 48 hours is up to agree to any additional time limit to allow compensation to be paid forth.
If the notification of the offensive action is not sent the first 48 hours after the attack no compensation has to be payed and the NAP can not be voided.


This NAP has no cores.


This NAP may be revoked with 48 full weeks (RL hours) notice, with counting beginning at the start of the first tick after notice of revocation is given to the other family (in other words, if notice of revocation is given a few minutes into Week 1 of any year, then the count starts on the first moment of Week 2 and ends with the last moment of Week 49, and Week 50 is the first tick that the NAP is no longer in force). The NAP has to be canceled by msg the leader and the topp 2 vice in each involved family.


If allies are attacked by the opposing tri with an uneven number like 2-1, 3-1 or 3-2 odds ( this does not apply when 1 family attacks 2 or 2 attack 3) then the NAP can be canceled with immediate result during the next 24 hours after the war has started. This can only be done if more than 10 attacks by the allies helping out happened the last 24 hours. Normal cancelation time does not apply in this case. If one of the fams doing a 2-1 or 3-1 offer compensation they cant be voided upon. All planets taken have to be returned and 1 planet for each second failed attack has to be payed in addition.



(I prefer changing a couple of clauses but this a very good NAP agreement)

142

(1,845 replies, posted in Universal News)

hmm... This would mean I cant ask for a specific system from a family for a NAP... I mean, I know enough players (encouraged most of them myself) who want like 7-8 specific planets to get a better spread or get shares with another fam etc for a NAP (or so we dont cancel NAP)... I can see why this is kindof underhanded but it really shouldnt be illegal. Especially if the alternative is to pay a LOT more planets... Hell, Ive gone to war more than enough times with certain fams just so we can get the shares with a different family (this means we take the planets by force, and say we wanna keep those planets in return for a NAP/PNAP but its essentially the same thing).

Hell, its made a load of MW rounds very interesting when two big napped fams get their shares...

I have a feeling this is going to spawn a whole new brand of whiners who claim every fam left right and center are cheating cause now its officially illegal sad.

143

(1,845 replies, posted in Universal News)

wtf... since when has it been illegal to ask a fam to clean their own cores (maybe point them in the right direction if necessary tongue). j/k.

But honestly, IAs are almost never a big problem in the game... Why are they cracking down?

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(1,282 replies, posted in Universal News)

Pinky needs his entertainment tongue

145

(1,282 replies, posted in Universal News)

If you are done fighting a fam, and dont want to get into it with them again, PNAP is the best option. Safer for both fams cause there is no core stuff involved etc.

PNAPs are also helpful when two fams are way to close together... Best if you wanna avoid early conflict/conflicts with dozens and dozens of shares ;o

146

(147 replies, posted in Community)

I can (and plan on) getting my MBA after my undergrad (that or masters... Still not 100% decided... have lesser than a year to make the decision too).

Whos in Uni here btw (and where?)

147

(1,630 replies, posted in Universal News)

is there a lot more resourses starting off in MW, or is something messy with the networths?

Cause it seems that building tos and demolishing farms at start just seems to have gone out of style tongue

148

(25 replies, posted in Community)

Have to agree with TMK...

149

(93 replies, posted in Universal News)

@smartz and Wild- SPARTA! Yesss... And Munchers. Thats the round big_smile. It was fun tongue

150

(93 replies, posted in Universal News)

Id like to know if anyone remembers who was in Talics fam a few rounds ago. From what I remember, it was winME, Jovi, Zidi, XixiLT, Orbit, Iamsmart, SA?, Empire and a few others. Who else was there... Shit... I know it was a beautiful lineup too...

What I really wanna know is who the top fams were that round whom we were harassing. We raided half their (and their allies), unleashed raepstorm and abused the shit out of pmode (possible reason why pmode finally got fixed?). Was fricking brilliant.

I know at the end of it, Talic went and drafted into DDK's fam as an attacker and DDK's fam won the round, but who were the actual top fams? Anybody? It was the MW round right before (or during?) the IC challenge I think.



There were a lot of great attackers that round smile