20 more minutes until I find out what these 15 units are that are sent to my capital. I'm going to assume that my upgraded Ballista ships and my various other vessels will be able to bring the smack-down. After that it is time to bring the battle back to his colonies. Those links a few posts up will be great for this.
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.
He's awfully quick to list his cities there. Ask him if you can have the location to go with the name. To, erm, verify that they really exist. :winky:
So I was going over my combat log, and realised that the only decent target I've hit in ages is my good ol' buddy Mekka, who I wanged nicely a while back. Only, now that I head back to his city to hit him up for some resources again, I found he's built a defence! Oh noes!
Anyway, his only defense is 29 slingers. He's even got a 0% wall (level 1 at a level 14 city).
My nearest city currently only has 6 swordsmen, 5 slingers, a doctor and a cook, and loads of rams (not that I'll need those). And of course 25 phalanx, but those aren't going anywhere. I could also stack up on archers.
Question: How much do you think I should build up before I wang him? Another dozen swordsmen maybe? Or are archers a better prospect? I just got access to those, so haven't built any yet.
TLDR -
Large forces need to keep cooks on staff in order to be truly effective if in offence or defensive battles
An interesting table of stamina's effect on units
* 3/4 Stamina - Damage and armor protection are reduced to 80% of their value
* 1/2 Stamina - Damage and armor protection are reduced to 60% of their values and the units lose all special abilities
* 1/4 Stamina - Damage and armor protection reduced to 40% of their value. What is more is that there is a 60% chance per round that the unit tries to flee.
Speaking of marbles - I am looking to build a new quarry colony in 3-4 days - I am open to suggestion as to where - currently centered in 2X:2X space but if there is a NPAX spot elsewhere I am keen
BaidolI will hold him offEscape while you canRegistered Userregular
edited May 2008
It seems that after the drubbing his forces received yesterday, our friend The Captain has decided to put his energy towards producing...slingers.
Lots of them.
Which isn't surprising, considering the only resources his city has are wood and wine.
Oh well, I'm going to be away most of today, so I cannot press the attack. Tomorrow I will go ahead and finish his slingers. Today, I raid for resources. Those level four mansions aren't going to build themselves, you know.
On the missing trade-ship thing, there is a known bug in the game whereby trade ships, once caught in a blockade, can sometimes disappear from the player's list for a random amount of time. One of the posted "remedies" to this problem is to blockade the port of the person who caught the ship in the first place, thereby causing the trade-ship to magically reappear. This is what that guy was trying to do. I consider that remedy a folk-tale and hold no stock in it, myself.
But this is why you should make sure your trade-ships don't get caught in blockades... bad things can happen.
edit @Legba: Phalanx are actually extremely effective against slingers. They do enough damage to kill three each round, yet it takes 6 slingers to bring one down. You should send a few phalanx in the attack force when you are taking on slingers.
I guess research points are added to your total points when the research is completed...
This explains why I had been steadily falling back a couple of places on the highscore list over the last two weeks. Then between breakfast and now: BAM! +4000 score, and I jumped from #250 to #173.
I bring you the continuing saga of the drunk moron who wont shut up. I dont even pretend to know WTF he's going on about:
What is worse is i banged up another 65 ships to the area and put another 80 in que..
when i said i was a Free Trader i was sorta saying whoever you are send me back my trade ship..
yikes huh?
well.. i will try to make it Good with you.. sorry for the inconvinence..
i wish i had gotten a reply..last week i got aggravated with Hideo guys because i wondered just what they were doing with my trade ship..
they sent it back and said that they were not into keeping my ship..that it might have just got caught up in the battle and would make repirations if it didnt come back..
this was terrible dealaltogether..i dont know what to think to say..we sorta see eye to eye i think can you see it in your heart to see that i made a mistake and honestly did not know it was you?
On the 17.05.2008 10:12 Skarsol wrote::
> WTF, mate?
) well at least we are all good with it
we can do some cool battles..
i have a group of em
maybe the thing will be to practise war games so if you ever need some help or if i ever need some help..we will have some good strategies worked out in advance:)
see you will win that round...:
*~/;)
only thing is i will give you something even better for being forgiving ...
i will send the ships to a quiter location...and peaceful out a bit...like i said..the reason i was in Epsilon is i am struggling aginst my Glee at war strategies kicking in..and nothing makes one appreciate resources like being in some fricked up starter town
with i an u and non donating ...:)) it sorta dials a people into humility ...and that is a heck of a strong tonic well, that's me... you know me..minor schirmaches are a joke for the most part..
only thing is it is like so easty to get into and then it becomes a look for loggs look for money look for sulpher deal..:)
i dont even own a sulpher colony..thats got to say something right there.:)
any whoo..it is like 1 03 am in the North Pole..
man i am glad it was you.. i was going to stay up the next threedays and dial you in ))
no matter what lol;;; i am insane*~/:)
the butterfly net people havent caught up to me yet..:) i keep slippin through all the holes *~/:)
well,..i can at least be thankful your my friend..let me go undo some of the help outside of my own navy and alliance no sence getting them into the frey..Lol:)) not that it would be all bad as i know you would have at least appreciated the sheer underhanded treachery of your friend the Weezbo *~/:)
i mean if you hadnt been my friend you wouldnt have thought it was 'all good the 4th round ) these minor schirmaches are sorta fun..i am into a slightly different World view..i got off that firs page early...so no one would realize what or who they were dealing with..
my cultural goods treaties reads like a whos who here ))
when there were no ap's i was trading with alot of people The TURK said."If i trade with YOU the developers would GIVE ME the GAME "
un quote ))
i am Harmonious with the whole gig buh like i say let me dial some of the heat off you..brb
well, ho w about after we dial in a few rounds we go thrash Ranko Mecilless ..?
i could bag out as a diplomat and go merc espionage ...
i know how ta doit ..*~/:)
once we get our timing down it would be a snap
Oh, and that Slogithor guy is sending his 149 ships at me again. Guess I'll blockade him again and see if the remnants of his archer swarm want to come play.
I guess research points are added to your total points when the research is completed...
This explains why I had been steadily falling back a couple of places on the highscore list over the last two weeks. Then between breakfast and now: BAM! +4000 score, and I jumped from #250 to #173.
Fucking steam giants, baby, yeah.
At current rates it will take me 9 days to get to Steam Giants, but then if I can get my colony out in 3 days I'll be able to do another round of upgrades to my labs, so that could shorten a bit
Laugh, a guy I was hitting daily for lewts sent me a taunting message and went to vacation mode. That's 3 people I've driven away from the game by my count. :P
I've been fucking this guy over who wanted war all day now, but he hasn't been on. I guess he'll be furious once he comes back. I nicked a lot of shit from his underdeveloped colonies. He should have had a standing army at all towns before messing with me.
I guess research points are added to your total points when the research is completed...
This explains why I had been steadily falling back a couple of places on the highscore list over the last two weeks. Then between breakfast and now: BAM! +4000 score, and I jumped from #250 to #173.
Fucking steam giants, baby, yeah.
At current rates it will take me 9 days to get to Steam Giants, but then if I can get my colony out in 3 days I'll be able to do another round of upgrades to my labs, so that could shorten a bit
Oh god, start upgrading your barracks to L20 now.
I started production on 6 at my capital, not realizing it was 3.5 hours EACH.
At least at one of my colonies I had a L19 barracks....still just over 2 hours.
I guess research points are added to your total points when the research is completed...
This explains why I had been steadily falling back a couple of places on the highscore list over the last two weeks. Then between breakfast and now: BAM! +4000 score, and I jumped from #250 to #173.
Fucking steam giants, baby, yeah.
At current rates it will take me 9 days to get to Steam Giants, but then if I can get my colony out in 3 days I'll be able to do another round of upgrades to my labs, so that could shorten a bit
Oh god, start upgrading your barracks to L20 now.
I started production on 6 at my capital, not realizing it was 3.5 hours EACH.
At least at one of my colonies I had a L19 barracks....still just over 2 hours.
Well once I get C5 out and settled I'll have plenty of resources for upgrades like that. I think most of them are at 14-16 already, due to the incredibly slow speed of rifleman production
Dear Sir or in all likeliness Ma'am,
While I find your proposition flattering, I must inform you that I make a distinct effort to avoid copulation with the mentally disabled. It might be the drool dripping down your face, or perhaps the fugliness of the face down which said drool is dripping, but your offer quite frankly makes me want to spew black bile everywhere. If you have a scratch that needs itching, might I suggest a feline suppository. If you were to insert it tail first, it should tickle, like the pickle, which you so crave. I wish you all the best in shoving a live cat up your ass. Don't forget to de-claw it first.
made you my bitch,
*****
ps thanks for the whine
On the 17.05.2008 21:03 moneyman wrote::
> fuck u ni*gg*
Dear Sir or in all likeliness Ma'am,
While I find your proposition flattering, I must inform you that I make a distinct effort to avoid copulation with the mentally disabled. It might be the drool dripping down your face, or perhaps the fugliness of the face down which said drool is dripping, but your offer quite frankly makes me want to spew black bile everywhere. If you have a scratch that needs itching, might I suggest a feline suppository. If you were to insert it tail first, it should tickle, like the pickle, which you so crave. I wish you all the best in shoving a live cat up your ass. Don't forget to de-claw it first.
made you my bitch,
*****
ps thanks for the whine
On the 17.05.2008 21:03 moneyman wrote::
> fuck u ni*gg*
Good response. If that doesn't rile him up nothing will
Troops in New Argos
Unit Quantity
No units available.
Fleets in New Argos
Ship Quantity
No units available.
Building material 8,424
Wine 2,008
Marble 2,063
Crystal Glass 2,548
Sulfur 2,352
His navy is weak, but with 40 phalanx behind those walls, he might be a tough nut to crack. Also, with all that money, resources, and high level barracks, he could counter attack pretty easily.
On the other hand, he'd have to build a navy from scratch with low level shipyards, though we do share an island so he could attack overland.
Posts
Lucky me.
Pretty sure he can roll without them too.
Fucker did manage to kill 2 of my flamethrowers, though. He'll pay for that.
True, but I kind of like the idea of a rolling drunk getting rolled by us
He's awfully quick to list his cities there. Ask him if you can have the location to go with the name. To, erm, verify that they really exist. :winky:
*edit:
oh snap:
Anyway, his only defense is 29 slingers. He's even got a 0% wall (level 1 at a level 14 city).
My nearest city currently only has 6 swordsmen, 5 slingers, a doctor and a cook, and loads of rams (not that I'll need those). And of course 25 phalanx, but those aren't going anywhere. I could also stack up on archers.
Question: How much do you think I should build up before I wang him? Another dozen swordsmen maybe? Or are archers a better prospect? I just got access to those, so haven't built any yet.
Thoughts?
TLDR -
Large forces need to keep cooks on staff in order to be truly effective if in offence or defensive battles
An interesting table of stamina's effect on units
* 3/4 Stamina - Damage and armor protection are reduced to 80% of their value
* 1/2 Stamina - Damage and armor protection are reduced to 60% of their values and the units lose all special abilities
* 1/4 Stamina - Damage and armor protection reduced to 40% of their value. What is more is that there is a 60% chance per round that the unit tries to flee.
Dibs on his marble spot. :b
I'm skimming the bashing line, so she's all yours.
Get in quick before some non PA chump nabs it
Speaking of marbles - I am looking to build a new quarry colony in 3-4 days - I am open to suggestion as to where - currently centered in 2X:2X space but if there is a NPAX spot elsewhere I am keen
Cool cool. Say the word if you need a care package of wines/wood/sulfur and the like
Lots of them.
Which isn't surprising, considering the only resources his city has are wood and wine.
Oh well, I'm going to be away most of today, so I cannot press the attack. Tomorrow I will go ahead and finish his slingers. Today, I raid for resources. Those level four mansions aren't going to build themselves, you know.
But this is why you should make sure your trade-ships don't get caught in blockades... bad things can happen.
edit
@Legba: Phalanx are actually extremely effective against slingers. They do enough damage to kill three each round, yet it takes 6 slingers to bring one down. You should send a few phalanx in the attack force when you are taking on slingers.
This explains why I had been steadily falling back a couple of places on the highscore list over the last two weeks. Then between breakfast and now: BAM! +4000 score, and I jumped from #250 to #173.
Fucking steam giants, baby, yeah.
when i said i was a Free Trader i was sorta saying whoever you are send me back my trade ship..
yikes huh?
well.. i will try to make it Good with you.. sorry for the inconvinence..
i wish i had gotten a reply..last week i got aggravated with Hideo guys because i wondered just what they were doing with my trade ship..
they sent it back and said that they were not into keeping my ship..that it might have just got caught up in the battle and would make repirations if it didnt come back..
this was terrible dealaltogether..i dont know what to think to say..we sorta see eye to eye i think can you see it in your heart to see that i made a mistake and honestly did not know it was you?
On the 17.05.2008 10:12 Skarsol wrote::
> WTF, mate?
we can do some cool battles..
i have a group of em
maybe the thing will be to practise war games so if you ever need some help or if i ever need some help..we will have some good strategies worked out in advance:)
*~/;)
only thing is i will give you something even better for being forgiving ...
i will send the ships to a quiter location...and peaceful out a bit...like i said..the reason i was in Epsilon is i am struggling aginst my Glee at war strategies kicking in..and nothing makes one appreciate resources like being in some fricked up starter town
with i an u and non donating ...:)) it sorta dials a people into humility ...and that is a heck of a strong tonic well, that's me... you know me..minor schirmaches are a joke for the most part..
only thing is it is like so easty to get into and then it becomes a look for loggs look for money look for sulpher deal..:)
i dont even own a sulpher colony..thats got to say something right there.:)
any whoo..it is like 1 03 am in the North Pole..
man i am glad it was you.. i was going to stay up the next threedays and dial you in
no matter what lol;;; i am insane*~/:)
the butterfly net people havent caught up to me yet..:) i keep slippin through all the holes *~/:)
i mean if you hadnt been my friend you wouldnt have thought it was 'all good the 4th round
my cultural goods treaties reads like a whos who here
when there were no ap's i was trading with alot of people The TURK said."If i trade with YOU the developers would GIVE ME the GAME "
un quote
i am Harmonious with the whole gig buh like i say let me dial some of the heat off you..brb
i could bag out as a diplomat and go merc espionage ...
i know how ta doit ..*~/:)
once we get our timing down it would be a snap
Oh, and that Slogithor guy is sending his 149 ships at me again. Guess I'll blockade him again and see if the remnants of his archer swarm want to come play.
At current rates it will take me 9 days to get to Steam Giants, but then if I can get my colony out in 3 days I'll be able to do another round of upgrades to my labs, so that could shorten a bit
tomblag
19,48 / Gulf of Blag / Sulfur
10,40 / Blager Fjord / Marble
14,45 / Blaget Sound / Wine
12,53 / Blaga Bay / Crystal
25,42 / Blagoon Cove / Marble
They have been inactive on and off for weeks, so I'd not hold my breath.
Oh god, start upgrading your barracks to L20 now.
I started production on 6 at my capital, not realizing it was 3.5 hours EACH.
At least at one of my colonies I had a L19 barracks....still just over 2 hours.
Well once I get C5 out and settled I'll have plenty of resources for upgrades like that. I think most of them are at 14-16 already, due to the incredibly slow speed of rifleman production
While I find your proposition flattering, I must inform you that I make a distinct effort to avoid copulation with the mentally disabled. It might be the drool dripping down your face, or perhaps the fugliness of the face down which said drool is dripping, but your offer quite frankly makes me want to spew black bile everywhere. If you have a scratch that needs itching, might I suggest a feline suppository. If you were to insert it tail first, it should tickle, like the pickle, which you so crave. I wish you all the best in shoving a live cat up your ass. Don't forget to de-claw it first.
made you my bitch,
*****
ps thanks for the whine
On the 17.05.2008 21:03 moneyman wrote::
> fuck u ni*gg*
Good response. If that doesn't rile him up nothing will
the sad thing is, i only got ~150 wine out of him. So he's hardly worth the 8 hour blockade/repeated pillages which I'm sending out.
Jerks like this you have to protect like the delicate flowers they are
Might be time to test this fine gentleman's cat poetry skills, imo
Do we think an Italian Sonnet would be too much to ask for in this situation?
Do you think he would be capable of that? I'd say he sounds more like the kind of guy who would dig writing in the style of an inner city rap poet
# Name: New Delphi [54:57]
# Town size: 16
# Player: apollospeaks
# Ally: -
# Total Score:26,707
# Military Score:98,680
# Gold Score:2,960,316 (71,048)
Port: 4
Wall: 13
Barracks: 4
Shipyard: 3
Troops in New Delphi
Unit Quantity
Phalanx 40
Fleets in New Delphi
Ship Quantity
Ram-Ship 5
Building material 10,480
Wine 995
Marble 1,057
Crystal Glass 445
Sulfur 7,479
# Name: New Corinth [52:58]
# Town size: 16
# Player: apollospeaks
# Ally: -
# Total Score:26,707
# Military Score:98,680
# Gold Score:2,960,316 (71,048)
Port: 4
Wall: 12
Barracks: 11
Shipyard: 6
Warehouse: 9
Troops in New Corinth
Unit Quantity
Phalanx 40
Catapult 1
Cook 1
Doctor 1
Fleets in New Corinth
Ship Quantity
Ram-Ship 5
Ballista Ship 10
Building material 20,944
Wine 1,033
Marble 6,569
Crystal Glass 7,479
Sulfur 705
# Name: New Athens [52:59]
# Town size: 16
# Player: apollospeaks
# Ally: -
# Total Score:26,707
# Military Score:98,680
# Gold Score:2,960,316 (71,048)
Port: 4
Wall: 13
Barracks: 10
Shipyard: 4
Warehosue: 16
Palace: 4
Troops in New Athens
Unit Quantity
Phalanx 40
Cook 1
Fleets in New Athens
Ship Quantity
Ballista Ship 15
Building material 26,407
Wine 844
Marble 15,071
Crystal Glass 18,761
Sulfur 19,917
# Name: New Thebes [54:59]
# Town size: 16
# Player: apollospeaks
# Ally: -
# Total Score:26,738
# Military Score:98,680
# Gold Score:2,997,062 (71,929)
Port: 5
Wall: 12
Barracks: 10
Shipyard: 8
Warehouse: 9
Troops in New Thebes
Unit Quantity
Phalanx 40
Cook 1
Fleets in New Thebes
Ship Quantity
Ram-Ship 5
Ballista Ship 10
Building material 15,820
Wine 7,479
Marble 1,101
Crystal Glass 591
Sulfur 1,635
# Name: New Argos [54:56]
# Town size: 7
# Player: apollospeaks
# Ally: -
# Total Score:26,707
# Military Score:98,680
# Gold Score:2,960,316 (12,433)
Port: 1
Wall: 2
Barracks: 1
Shipyard: N/A
Warehouse: 5
Troops in New Argos
Unit Quantity
No units available.
Fleets in New Argos
Ship Quantity
No units available.
Building material 8,424
Wine 2,008
Marble 2,063
Crystal Glass 2,548
Sulfur 2,352
His navy is weak, but with 40 phalanx behind those walls, he might be a tough nut to crack. Also, with all that money, resources, and high level barracks, he could counter attack pretty easily.
On the other hand, he'd have to build a navy from scratch with low level shipyards, though we do share an island so he could attack overland.
took 27 boats, because that's all i had.
inner city => suburban, imo
i shudder to think what eminem has to say about cats, I'll tell him it must be in glowing praise of our furry friends.