Originally
posted by
TheLaE:
Even though there are hundreds of untags that don't retal... ya know
Originally
posted by
TheLaE:
Eitherway... everyone needs to take a chill pill. There is no point in landgrabbing other clans in FFA unless you just watn to stir the pot. It's obvious.
1) I fully support the occasional player to player interaction in this game. I use the bots and I also self farm. But if the option is available for one of my players to make a grab on an incredibly fat and highly undefended player (less than 1mil def points by my guess) then I allow my players to do that. They know the risks, but allowing that freedom has attracted a few players to the tag. This freedom can also be a double-edged sword, though. For instance, smegma knows that he has the right to detag from IMP if that is his choice if he feels wronged. Cross-country retals (which was admitted in the ingame message above) is not cool. Now if smegma decides to hit an ally, regardless of the 72-hour rule, that's an entirely different story. I have offered him an option that I feel is much more "diplomatic", but that remains his choice.
2) Grabbing bots is the easiest way to grow these days. However, I and a few others in our tag, have kept appropriate defense to be landfat but also not be an attractive target to landgrabbers or ankle-biting suicider trash like macdaddy. As a result, humanitarians block me from attacking the bots with similar builds as mine. I am forced to tech, cash, or landtrade amongst my string until the bots get back in my range (and many don't). As you know, landtrading is a more delicate endeavor to avoid set-long DR, avoiding tech pacts amongst my own countries, and maximizing building gains and ghost acres. Occasionally popping a 190k acre country with less than 1mil def points yields the same or better results.
3) Grabbing bots helps us grow but it does not impede the growth of TKO. It is no secret that TKO is the netting powerhouse in FFA - consistently winning TNW. By grabbing TKO instead of bots, we have the option to grow IMP and also take away from our competition if we grab and retal correctly and efficiently. That being said, I don't see the need to throw a hissy over landgrabs between the tag that can be still counted on both lands.
FA and private business like this on the board irks me. At least it gives people something to read, I guess.