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Topic: war farmin grabs

would anyone kindly explain the difference between war, farming and grabs? not going by relations page
e.g. taking a planet = grab, clearing a system = grab, taking 10% of fams plantcount = farming

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Re: war farmin grabs

taking 10% of fams planet count = farming???

i lol'd

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Re: war farmin grabs

WAr involves a declaration in relations page normally, tis a prolonged conflict, often ends up with ping pong being played over a few systems
Farming is when a big fam beats down on a much smaller fam and takes a significant proportion of their planets
Grab, can be just one or two planets clearing a system, or a planned raid where several players in a fam are raided. Not as significant as either a war or farming, but still damaging.

That's how I understand them anyway

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Re: war farmin grabs

war = fighting

grab = planet

farm = food

i fail to see the confusion

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5 Reply by Archangel (edited by Archangel 31-Jul-2009 15:18:37)

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Re: war farmin grabs

wars are prolonged conflicts between two fams that are both putting some effort into attacks.

grabs are quick attacks by one fam either for a few planets or a few systems.

farming is when a significantly larger family continues to take  a large proportion of the planets of a small family for a prolonged period of time, days or weeks

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Re: war farmin grabs

to me

war = organized multiple attacking of a fam that can be considered a threat regardless of retaliation or not for the goal of weakening or killing them completely

grab = a few planets near u or an entire area somewhere else for the purpose of securing the area regardless of if its in their core as long as u offer them peace if they let u keep those planets.

farming = gaining a large sum of planets from a fam that cannot fight back.

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Re: war farmin grabs

if its them canceling on you or them starting it then farming is not classed untill around 25% of planets (BOR) / 40% of planets (after BOR) are taken

if you hit them its more like 17.5% / 30%

if there 5+ ranks (nw) less than you its 15%/25%
10+ranks  10%/20%

in my book

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Re: war farmin grabs

"Let's see if I can still do this!"

*cracks knuckles*

Grabs are lolli pops taking from babies, the sick and shut in, or any spineless empires with their head above ground.  It's nothing personal, nor is it business.  Free don't cost nothing and it's easier to rob a person that don't put up a fight.  It has reprecussions, but that doesn't stop them and they will pay for their deeds later in IC life.

Farming is an organized rotation of well tooled drones that work for the purse and are more than willing to put themselves in harms way to bloody their hands first.  We *ackem* they will watch over your crops better then the land owners.

Wars are grabbing of ripened farms and declarations are moral boosters to support the propoganda of planet rapes of armed baby farmers.

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Re: war farmin grabs

> Masse wrote:

> I take planets few planets = grab!
I rape family = war!
I get raped = farm!


totally agree

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> I take planets few planets = grab!
> I rape family = war!
> I get raped = farm!

Exactly!!

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Re: war farmin grabs

that sounds like a perfect definition big_smile

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Re: war farmin grabs

lol

My Ideas:

Anything over 10% planets taken is farming, war declared or not.

War is when one fam declares.

Grabs, are one or two planets here or there, to clear or expand or whatever, but not  whole systems.

Taking a whole system is a raid, or farming, not grabs. Grabs are like one to two planets, like in eplo.

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Re: war farmin grabs

And you never rape more than 10 ranks lower

Just grabs

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Re: war farmin grabs

and im surprised this hasnt been moved to question thread

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Re: war farmin grabs

Good question.  Another question is what do you call a family that delares on a weaker family, rapes their banker, but never rips at defended portals until another family runs their shares and then max kill together.  I'd call them very.....? But what would you call them?

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