Thanks Torqez & KT.

I think I'll want to change my name again before round start (tbh I just changed it because I was curious what I could actually set it as lol).  Should I perhaps wait a day before changing it again so the bug can be resolved?

120x120 map and so far every player is on the left side of the map!

I wouldn't change much, but I'd definitely reduce the number of systems so the explo phase will end before the rounds over!

Market is a nice idea for the reasons people have mentioned, it would allow you move away from the simple CF/MF/RF strategy and make TO's profitable for a banking game.  It also gives you an opportunity to respond to war declarations so you can buy the resources to build up your army.

Finally I would say make sure the galaxy fills up in a more balanced way rather than all the free space on the right as it was this time.  Players on the edge of the empty space were at an advantage from the start.

It's working for me!  Thanks

Aren't there the old formulae for attacking fighters lost and for droids needed to win.  It's been a few years so maybe these are out of date now, but I always used to use these to calculate the defending fleets when you make an attack:

Droids to win = Attacking droids killed / 0.027

Defending Figs = 8*Attacking figs lost * (1+Attackers race bonus)

Only thing you have to be careful of is if you lose the maximum amount of your fleet, this will underestimate your opponents fleets.

I have made one mistake through this...

I shouldda trusted Reacon.  sorry matey wherever you are.

I can't be asked to read this whole thread, I'm not exactly very active anymore anyway.  Just want to make it clear 53 are Nap Breakers, and rapists too.  Yeah, there were issues with our nap causing some complex situations.  I don't know yet what Alltime's defence for his rule breaking is, but presumably he's going to say either A)  Reacon took 30 planets from his fam, or B)  My fam was intruding in their cores.

With Reacon, he was attacked first and he claimed to have been refused compensation.  I didn't know if Reacon or Alltime was telling the truth here regarding messages and verbal agreements they made, but I backed Alltime, and told him he could take on Reacon in a personal war, Reacon Vs his fam (Reacon had said it was personal for him by then anyway).  They got far more than the compensation they were owed when the hit Reacon so were in a very good situation from the nap.  So that's no excuse to hit us.

B)  Very simple here.  Alltime was told to send a list of core intrusions as per standard nap rules, which would give us 48 hours to give them up before nap is voided.  However, no list of intrusions was sent therefore nap could never be voided under these terms.

Eagery awaiting his defence.  It'd be nice if galaxies would respond to this sort of play in IC these days but thats long dead unfortunately.  It seems the best way to play these days is to cheat.  (I was going to say the only way, but thats not fair as some fams can win through skill alone).

Everyone complains about vultures.  I don't give a notice at all as to if a fams at war or not, unless I plan to war them myself.  The small battles around borders must always go on.

> SilverBullet wrote:

> 47 and 64 to be allies you reckon?

I'd assume so, both have weak allies now.  Ofc I'd like to keep 64 as my ally but I can't blame them if they ditch us.

lol Rizzy had family problems... had anyone actually noticed he'd been inactive for 5 days?  Came on this morning for 2 ticks then left...  Nothing to do with war and I think any of us would have done the same in his situation.

That don't help my fam much though...

WHOamI... ok yeah most others had 15 or so