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Ikariam: Burning the World, one kitty at a time

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    So no one around me in a 4 island area wants to trade for crystal. When I message them they claim they have none or they ignore me. Well that's fine. Tonight I shall build up my army and tommorow they shall pay for this insolence.

    Thetheroo on
  • BaidolBaidol I will hold him off Escape while you canRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Minion?

    I'm in the top 150 militaries of the server. I rank more than minion.

    That son of a bitch is going down.

    Baidol on
    Steam Overwatch: Baidol#1957
  • juice for jesusjuice for jesus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I topped 1M gold today. Woo. Also cracked the top 4000 players in overall score.

    juice for jesus on
  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I topped 1M gold today. Woo. Also cracked the top 4000 players in overall score.
    What's the point of *having* gold instead of *spending* it?

    Aldo on
  • juice for jesusjuice for jesus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    To cover my military spending I suppose. I'm kind of paranoid of going broke and losing my troops.

    juice for jesus on
  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    To cover my military spending I suppose. I'm kind of paranoid of going broke and losing my troops.
    As long as you're running a net profit it's pretty damned impossible to go into red. (taking into account troop movement expenses and raiding profits)

    Aldo on
  • MithMith Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I topped 1M gold today. Woo. Also cracked the top 4000 players in overall score.

    1 million gold on someone that size is essentially a big sign saying "TARGET".

    Mith on
  • juice for jesusjuice for jesus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    So far I've only been attacked once. My pillage targets don't really fight back for some reason.

    juice for jesus on
  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Where were your cities located, again? I could use some new ships...

    <aside>Solysp, I might have to drop out of the alliance for a bit.</aside>

    Darian on
  • BaidolBaidol I will hold him off Escape while you canRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Damn, he built a ship before my forces could arrive at his colony.

    In better news, his forces at his capital are dieing at a good rate, although I've lost one of my poor doctors.

    I really wish I had not forgotten to increase the time of the blockade before I sent it.

    Baidol on
    Steam Overwatch: Baidol#1957
  • tachyontachyon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Where mah peeps on epsilon??

    I have a problem...

    tachyon on
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Sorry, only on Delta and Beta here.

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  • juice for jesusjuice for jesus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Darian wrote: »
    Where were your cities located, again? I could use some new ships...

    <aside>Solysp, I might have to drop out of the alliance for a bit.</aside>

    I'm in the middle. There are much fatter cats around here, like the city that yields up 180k per raid.

    juice for jesus on
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Darian wrote: »
    Where were your cities located, again? I could use some new ships...

    <aside>Solysp, I might have to drop out of the alliance for a bit.</aside>

    I'm in the middle. There are much fatter cats around here, like the city that yields up 180k per raid.

    Mind if I ask where and hit it once or twice?

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  • juice for jesusjuice for jesus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    The 180k city? It was posted awhile back let me check...

    Ah looks like the pillaging has taken a toll... this city now yields only 72k per run

    # Name: Babylon [67:51]
    # Town size: 17
    # Player: Xpetras
    # Ally: DkW
    # Total Score:10,472
    # Military Score:0
    # Gold Score:2,682,899 (72,975)

    If anyone were looking for pillage targets in my neighborhood, there's a city with 3.5mil gold on my island, with less military than me and no alliance.

    I think the climate in the middle is a bit different than out on the wild frontiers.

    juice for jesus on
  • skarsolskarsol Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Okay, so I let that guys blockade hit without resistance and went to the bar not knowing what sort of land force he was gonna send at me. I get home and see the battle is still raging. His offensive power is 3,526, mine is 3,912. Way closer than I'd like, but I've still got the lead, no wonder it's such a long battle. Then I look at defensive power. He has 2,982 and 818 stamina. Respectable. Very beefy force.

    I have 12,192 defense and 2,224 stamina.

    Yeah, dude, fuck off. He's lost 46 archers and I've lost 15 assorted dudes.

    Edit: Err, apparently there are 52 more manz arriving to the battle in 10839 days 0 hours and 51 minutes. I'm not sure what to make of that.

    skarsol on
    why are you smelling it?
  • DeadlySherpaDeadlySherpa Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    hmm it really does look like you lose your upgrades in the second round of battle. no matter. my army is rolling in a few minutes from now to torchwood. I do hope they get along. There seemed to be some disagreement between my navy and theirs.

    DeadlySherpa on
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  • DeadlySherpaDeadlySherpa Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    skarsol wrote: »
    Snip

    haha I was wondering why you were comparing offensive stats. Nice 4x ratio, he is going to regret his attack.

    DeadlySherpa on
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  • skarsolskarsol Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    skarsol wrote: »
    Snip

    haha I was wondering why you were comparing offensive stats. Nice 4x ratio, he is going to regret his attack.

    Especially when I pillage the fuck out of him yet again for his impudence.

    skarsol on
    why are you smelling it?
  • TamorlaneTamorlane Gnnr The Halls of MontezumaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Voro wrote: »
    Does anyone know if area and Tamorlane from WPAX are still active? I think I'll need marble for colony #2, and those two are both occupying a marble island close by. If not, I'll make my way north to the promised land.

    Oh yes, good Sir. I am silent unfortunately as I watch those level 15 warehouses eat my resources to hell, but most certainly active. Let's, as they say, party....

    I would suggest, however, that you entertain my #2 marble island at 19:68 as opposed to 17:69....it is L12 wood L11 marble..... 17:69 is only L9/L8...

    Tamorlane on
  • DeadlySherpaDeadlySherpa Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    ok so I got this message when blockading:
    Your fleet blocking the port entrance of Athens, has captured an arriving trade fleet from mount olympis and sent it to your town WingWang. The foreign trade fleet had the following goods on board:"

    but there were no goods listed. Do i find out when they come to my port? Or are they just empty ships coming back?

    DeadlySherpa on
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  • TamorlaneTamorlane Gnnr The Halls of MontezumaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    tachyon wrote: »
    Where mah peeps on epsilon??

    I have a problem...

    We be here, sir:
    Epsilonmap2.jpg

    Can I help?

    Tamorlane on
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    ok so I got this message when blockading:
    Your fleet blocking the port entrance of Athens, has captured an arriving trade fleet from mount olympis and sent it to your town WingWang. The foreign trade fleet had the following goods on board:"

    but there were no goods listed. Do i find out when they come to my port? Or are they just empty ships coming back?

    I've had two of my ships stuck doing that for the past two or three days, I think it is because someone else was blockading him so my 2 ships got double redirected and either they are lost or sailing across the universe.

    Burtletoy on
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    skarsol wrote: »
    Woo, new record! Troop Movements (19), and that's not counting the incoming fleet. :P

    Mines at 17 right now :( you win on that front too. I run out of gold a lot and my army suffers from it. Also my first island was sulfur, so I should get a handicap. It was just peaking 100k a few days ago then I lost my money from working and my military dropped like a rock to ~35-40k but in two days I've gotten it back to 150k with my huge cash influx from finding some good rich targets recently. I like the changes.

    Burtletoy on
  • VoroVoro Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Tamorlane wrote: »
    Voro wrote: »
    Does anyone know if area and Tamorlane from WPAX are still active? I think I'll need marble for colony #2, and those two are both occupying a marble island close by. If not, I'll make my way north to the promised land.

    Oh yes, good Sir. I am silent unfortunately as I watch those level 15 warehouses eat my resources to hell, but most certainly active. Let's, as they say, party....

    I would suggest, however, that you entertain my #2 marble island at 19:68 as opposed to 17:69....it is L12 wood L11 marble..... 17:69 is only L9/L8...

    Oh hey, that was full at 16 towns last I checked. I'll be over in 2 hours!

    ...ok, 2 hours and 7 minutes. Damn my low action points.

    Edit: Ah. Hmm. Make that 4 hours and 9 minutes from now. Yeah, I'm starting to see the downside of this whole "level 1 trading port" strategy.

    Voro on
    XBL GamerTag: Comrade Nexus
  • hmxmosshmxmoss Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    skarsol wrote: »
    Edit: Err, apparently there are 52 more manz arriving to the battle in 10839 days 0 hours and 51 minutes. I'm not sure what to make of that.

    That means in 29 years, 247 days, 1 hour, 48 minutes and 30 seconds, you are seriously f*cked.

    Seriously.

    hmxmoss on
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  • Al BaronAl Baron Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Abandoning a colony is instantaneous, right?

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  • Red_CascadeRed_Cascade Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Al Baron wrote: »
    Abandoning a colony is instantaneous, right?

    Yep, and can only be done if you have no actions in progress from there. (i.e any ships moving stuff out must have completed their journey)

    Red_Cascade on
  • SagaxusSagaxus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Awesomesauce, I found a guy worth raiding. He's in an alliance but he's also inactive, so I think I should be fine.

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Which should I research first, Professional Army or Expansion?

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    expansion

    captaink on
  • juice for jesusjuice for jesus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Expansion, definitely.

    juice for jesus on
  • VoroVoro Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Third'd. Professional army is worthless without some sort of supply of sulfur, and you'd need a decent population to fund the upkeep of those troops. Expansion not only opens up the possibility of colonies, but it's required to raid islands outside of your home chain as some PAers pointed out to me. No contest.

    Voro on
    XBL GamerTag: Comrade Nexus
  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    On raiding trading post targets: here is the standard link to raid someone
    http://s2.ikariam.com/index.php?view=plunder&destinationCityId=67210
    

    And this is the standard link to trade with someone:
    http://s2.ikariam.com/index.php?view=takeOffer&destinationCityId=67210&oldView=branchOffice&id=72108&position=5&type=444&resource=2&type=444
    

    Now, it seems to me that if you just take the regular link to trade, replace "takeOffer" with "plunder" in your address bar and press enter, now you're raiding them instead. And hey, it works!

    So no more tracking down the city location; just hit it.

    Darian on
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Yay, starting my 4th colony on 23:20. Taking the last Wine spot!

    urahonky on
  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Finally something going down on the Eastern Front:
    Dear sir,
    Consider me unimpressed. My attack force on your unprotected colony was but a thief's action, you shall now face the warrior's strength and you shall be crushed on the walls of my city.
    On the 17.05.2008 7:26 Its_Grendl wrote::
    > That was not a smart move. If you are wise, you will return the items of which you plundered.
    > I await your reply, or my goods.
    > Consider this an act of war if no reply is made in the next four hours.
    > Sincerely,
    > Its_Grendl, of Grendl Villa, Beowulf Villa, Hrothgar Villa, and Ecgthow Villa.

    Beowulf Villa is still unprotected, it's at Noophaos[85:54] and nets you quite a lot of marble and wine. I haven't bothered checking out his other cities, I don't want to put my other cities on the line of fire here.

    Aldo on
  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Looks like Dville has rebuilt his capital forces. I am currently working on reducing his other towns, but I may pay a visit to his capital later. Although I'm not sure I have quite enough ships to take out his fleet

    Slinger 40
    Swordsman 23
    Phalanx 19
    Catapult 1
    Cook 1
    Doctor 1
    Archer 18
    Fleets in D-ville
    Ship Quantity
    Flamethrower 24
    Catapult Ship 1

    Kalkino on
    Freedom for the Northern Isles!
  • ReaperSMSReaperSMS Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    So nice to come home and see this looted from a neighbor:

    6517 gold, 113 wood, 19 wine, 11 marble, *50* crystal glass, 4 sulfur.

    Two more raiding parties on the way, hope he has this tribute boxed up.

    ReaperSMS on
  • skarsolskarsol Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Okay, seriously, WTF? I go to the club, I come home, and my town is under siege by some ships and I have 6 messages from that guy in the span of 2 hours. Bear in mind that I have never seen this guy before and I do not play on Epsilon.
    hmmm...
    so who do i have to attack to get my trade ship back?

    You can steal trade ships? holy cow, why haven't I been doing this?!
    Say,.. i am interested in getting my trade ship back..
    how or when is it going to happen?
    do i have to blokade your port to get it back i hate that bugg.. my trade shipss are spendier than a battle right now..
    i only have a small 100 ship navy around here..
    talk to me..

    This is 40 minutes after his first message.
    even the habbiest players have a good word for me..i am a diplomat..
    a mere mortal kinda dude i am not an aggressive player basically..
    i would like you to release my trade ship.

    Habbiest? Like Habbo Hotel? What does that imply? Should I be offended??
    This is a funky way to meet someone.. I am a Free Trader..i Trade in Trust and Good Will ,
    i help people all over the map 'Get in the Game"
    i am not into wasting resources or petty strife..i basically help people with different problems small island schirmaches alliance disputes resolution of minor technicalities like that..
    it is my belife that Freedom and Peace will win the game and have made non verbal alliancies with players all over the place..
    ask anyone i am a Fair trader and am Not into wasting resources..that ship is soemething i find rather spendy to replace..
    the round after this will go to you..the one after will go to ME.. the one after will begin to reflect what i have been saying all along..many small people can bring down the largest alliance.. dont bother..
    its a done deal .

    What?
    oh you are my buddy in Epsilon :)))
    LOl
    oops :))
    ha ah ah cool :))) no wonder you wre wondering what the ..seriously though how do i go about getting my ship back;;before i turn this into ww3 :)))

    And now he's just insane.

    As best I can tell from the logs, this is all becuase my blockade of Slogithor redirected his shipment of *1* crystal and *1* sulfur to my coffers. Ooooookay.

    skarsol on
    why are you smelling it?
  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    he's drunk. :P

    Aldo on
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