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VicRattlehead

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Jun 13th 2024, 18:12:57

In the... couple months? Since I've been back, there have been more positive changes to this game in a short stretch of time than I can ever remember. Solid work, thanks.

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Jun 13th 2024, 18:12:00

Like using turrets to defend against jets? 🤣

I do think we should have oil as an FA option.

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Jun 13th 2024, 18:08:50

Is it still a thing to have some rigs and farms regardless of main strat to reduce your earthquakes?

It used to be (or at least was theorized? It's been a while) that having farms and rigs gave you extra negative events in the hopper, so when RNG screwed you there were 2 non-damaging options.

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Jun 12th 2024, 15:36:02

Originally posted by Hessman123:

The team with the better goaltender will win, and they’re already up 2-0!

People say this every year. Vegas, Colorado, Chicago, St. Louis - these teams did not have the best goalie in recent years and won. Vasilevskiy with Tampa is more the exception than the rule these days as far as elite goalies winning it all.

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Jun 12th 2024, 15:32:41

I think that was Lawrence, who I recruited out of primary and has never played on a clan based server before. He's still learning how stuff works.

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Jun 11th 2024, 16:04:28

Game 2 was a beatdown.

Edmonton better break through on home ice or this is going to just be a coronation instead of a dogfight.

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Jun 10th 2024, 15:57:48

Originally posted by NitelL:

Thanks folks!

Also, it's been a while since we've seen a set with 3 countries over 60m nw, and a top 5 cut-off of 50m nw!

The second 5 cutoff is creeping up too. Lots of guys coming back and trying Express to get back in the groove, that's a good thing!

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Jun 9th 2024, 14:22:41

I'm a little torn on who to root for, because fluff the Panthers, but also fluff Canada.

So I think I'm rooting for the Oilers.

They got Bob'd last night.

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Jun 8th 2024, 16:05:47

Originally posted by KoHeartsGPA:

He loses all his wars too 😂

He was losing badly to me, in fact I was starting to grow out of range when I got blindside ABd by a 3rd party, knocked back into HH's range, then he was able to GS away a bunch of my pop. I think we both lost that war lol

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Jun 8th 2024, 0:34:48

I hope so. M4D came bac in alliance and brought back a lot of old heads like me with them. SoF is apparently pushing for a big reunion set next set as well.

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Jun 7th 2024, 15:03:45

And co-op.

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Jun 6th 2024, 20:52:11

That did work, I feel like that's something I definitely should have come up with on my own.

Is this what it's like to be too old to use technology?

GET OFF MY LAWN!

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Jun 6th 2024, 15:27:59

ipad pro/safari, been using mostly that since I came back in April or whenever it was

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Jun 6th 2024, 15:14:05

You can already choose the sort order though

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Jun 6th 2024, 15:13:46

This started this morning, was not previously a thing.

Every time I click on the "portal" link I get shunted back to the login screen. Occasionally this is happening for other seemingly random clicks as well, like clikcing on the build screen.

I currently have countries on Alliance, Team, Cooperation, Express, Primary, and Tournament, so this is a little annoying.

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Jun 6th 2024, 0:25:42

Is there spy ops support? Could you integrate smart functionality like "commit espionage on [recently stored juicy target]?" and naturally "Commit espionage 10x?"

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Jun 6th 2024, 0:24:34

A "sell max (primary indy production)" "sell75% (primary indy production)" set of buttons might be good. Probably too much for a techer. Easy for farm/oil I'd guess.

Having it pop up can help save people from accidentally spending all their turns without selling.

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Jun 6th 2024, 0:21:33

When you use a quick action on the "destroy buildings" page currently, you are shunted back to the "build." Utility would be improved for mobile experience if the quick action didn't navigate away from the current page.

In the process of tearing down 1 bpt of farms at a time to build labs, it's only one extra click per cycle, but that's a lot of clicks over time. Esepcially if people are going to play on multiple servers.

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Jun 5th 2024, 0:27:53

Originally posted by KoHeartsGPA:

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Originally posted by NitelL:

If you are who I think you are, then you have made a bunch of fairly sketchy GDI breaks!

I already ate some missiles and ABs over it. I'm just using ingame tools only to grab, the news doesn't cover the whole set, we'll see what happens.

https://eestats.lafamiglia-ee.eu/primary

You're welcome 😁

I didn't say I wasn't aware of other tools. If I get hosed, I get hosed.

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Jun 4th 2024, 21:10:47

Originally posted by NitelL:

If you are who I think you are, then you have made a bunch of fairly sketchy GDI breaks!

I already ate some missiles and ABs over it. I'm just using ingame tools only to grab, the news doesn't cover the whole set, we'll see what happens.

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Jun 4th 2024, 21:09:30

Nice, that's some serious measuring sticks there

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Jun 4th 2024, 14:55:45

Originally posted by UgolinoII:

(Another reason why hitting small players is not generall a great idea, they jump NW to retal and take more back!)

It depends, sometimes you can get enough use out of the acres before they take them back to make it worth it.

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Jun 4th 2024, 14:53:34

I send lots of ingame messages, usually silly or joking. Sometimes I will refer to the coutnry name of a random country that struck me funny, or I will send fake regrets or faux taunts to countries I'm warring with. For example, I told some SOLers that it was their turn to bring the food when GSing me recently.

When I log in to a dead country, and see the "NEW MSSGS" button, I really want to read them. I can't if the country has died. This strikes me as unneccessarily limiting player interaction. How can I appropriately respond with madcap cheek if I don't know who said what?

My suggestion is for messages to get forwarded to restarts.

Edited By: Slagpit on Jun 17th 2024, 1:33:36
See Original Post

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Jun 4th 2024, 14:49:54

Originally posted by Tertius:

I haven't played teams in a year or so, but I'd agree that it is one of the more enjoyable servers, though I too would prefer if it didn't devolve into alliance vs team. That said, diplomacy is part of the game, so that's challenging to neutrally enforce (e.g. are these teams pact or are they effectively an alliance) - and the cause of many, many pages of forum posts regarding it.

Dark & Light are obviously just alliances spread out over multiple teams.

Last set, MKR came back and due to the environment we also brought more than 5, making a 2-tag 7 country alliance. We found out that several other tags are also effectively in Dark, like Freedom, as they all hit us in coordinated fashion.

We are dealing with what the conditions are instead of what we'd like them to be, but let's not pretend like any diplomacy could have mattered here.

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Jun 4th 2024, 14:47:14

Originally posted by SuperFly:

Last round 100% of the teams netgained.

This is 100% false. I died 3 times, and participated in 8 kills, as our brand-new-to-the-server group got gangbanged by literally half of the server. It's not really a Team server when the Teams just function as an alliance, like alliance server.

Slag, I also am not being sarcastic. I fought in the "Keep Team for Teams" coalition for many resets in a row to keep the spirit of 5-man teams. When the "we want to run alliance in every server" crowd won, Team became less enjoyable as its own thing. I hope this is valuable feedback, as the participation in Team server nosedived after the events I'm describing.

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Jun 4th 2024, 13:04:10

Originally posted by Academus:

Sounds like the LaF approach. If we cant win, we will leave it and destroy it.

I have an idea, why dont you create a co-op team server where only LaF teams can play.

I don't understand what this means. Are you saying that because I wanted the Team server to actually be discrete groups of 5-person Teams competing against each other, instead of coalitions of 5-person teams, I am like LaF, who tried to impose their will on the servers over the years through multies, inter-alliance spying, hacking, doxxing, and bot running?

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Jun 4th 2024, 12:59:54

Back on track. Hopefully the 3 days of stalled grabbing don't doom me to fall out of the t10 and into the targets list. :)

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Jun 4th 2024, 4:08:09

Originally posted by Celphi:

It should be. It's the cesspool of EE.

Until you can actually enforce TEAM vs TEAM and not ALLIANCE vs TEAM., the server is pointless.

Agreed. It was after dying on this hill repeatedly for like a bajillion sets in a row that I finally caved and joined the RD Teams coalition. Now the server is just weird. I want it to be what it should be, it would be my favorite if it was.

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Jun 4th 2024, 3:13:49

Originally posted by slip:

My goal for the set was 30k acres, 30mil nw and a top 10 finish as a C/I. Almost got it! Ya'll got me scared on that top 10 finish during the final 8 minutes. See everyone next express set that occurs on a weekend.

Commies are mostly fun in Express, even if it can be a struggle to play all your turns sometimes. Nice job.

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Jun 3rd 2024, 17:54:08

Hmm, I think my basic problem is I'm not calculating double for defensive allies, I thought it was capped lower than that for some reason.

Thank you for your responses.

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Jun 3rd 2024, 13:46:24

I keep failing grabs where I feel like I'm way oversending.

Like, 1/3 more total attacking forces than defending, and then PS it.

Where am I screwing up the math here? That formula has been bulletproof on the other servers. The PS should account for offensive allies with all forces being equal, right? And my weap tech is good, typically superior to whoever I'm trying to grab.

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Jun 3rd 2024, 4:21:37

Glad to hear I'm not the only one lol

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Jun 3rd 2024, 4:19:40

Damn, nice slag, that's 2 records for you in 4 sets yeah?

The bottom of the t10 looks pretty strong too, good to see it.

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Jun 3rd 2024, 3:04:03

Man, this thread was better when it was stats.

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Jun 2nd 2024, 4:34:16

That was an embarrasing performance in an elimination game. Abysmal. No fight.

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Jun 1st 2024, 14:26:54

Why is this game not playing until 8pm? WTH it's the EASTERN conference final put this fluff on earlier!

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Jun 1st 2024, 14:26:13

Originally posted by Slagpit:

Would it be sufficient to have turns played changed to 84 or whatever the right value is? Then countries would exit protection on turn 100 as expected.

I think that would be a reasonable solution so people would have something ingame to communicate it

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May 31st 2024, 3:47:55

That was brutal.

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May 30th 2024, 13:42:48

I can report that on the M4D discord everyone likes it

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May 30th 2024, 13:41:35

LOL

Iron Mike is taking this reset off from express, it's just too time consuming atm. be back next set, good luck this time Ugo

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May 30th 2024, 1:01:03

Thanks, we were definitely ready for the shallow end of the pool and got the deep end. Glad we have a good, tight bunch.

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May 29th 2024, 17:27:30

Most people called this one to go 7, I guess this is pretty much here it's supposed to be. Felt pretty bad watching Zibanejad make all those freaking terrible passes to the other team though.

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May 29th 2024, 3:19:47

I saw it ingame before I came here, that is fantastic, excellent QOL upgrade

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May 28th 2024, 21:49:26

Originally posted by Devo:

Originally posted by Cathankins:

but you are also part of a large coalition who grouped together and attacked us.

False, You attacked us which is boldly documented in multiple threads. We and our allies defended ourselves and instead of continuing to pursue you we started netting peacefully again. Why do you not get that.

If we wanted to cause you problems we'd be killing you right now.

I have seen no proof that spy ops are even happening to you. I feel as though you are trying to doctor a false CB in order to pick on netters again and not feel as guilty about it this time.

I feel as though only a few people will grok CB.

That means a reason for war, y'all.

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May 28th 2024, 17:58:13

Very helpful.

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May 28th 2024, 17:56:32

Originally posted by Rokkie:

and prove to be a better foe next round.

Oh, so the same people are already planning to hit us next round?

I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you.

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May 28th 2024, 15:04:44

Originally posted by Celphi:

Anarchist

+30% gains on destructive spy ops
+20% more successful with theft ops
+50% more resistant to spy ops : decentralized nature makes it harder for external forces to infiltrate or gather meaningful intelligence.
+30% with special attacks

0 income tax (not adjustable)
-30% defense bonus: While great at guerilla tactics, their lack of organized defense makes them susceptible to well-coordinated military assaults.

Oh yeah, a dedicated spy government designed to run off thieving tech, cash, and food from other countries would be flipping dope

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May 28th 2024, 15:03:43

Originally posted by Slagpit:

It works differently as a restart: https://www.earthempires.com/...ection-52521?t=1713656359

Does the game communicate that in any way?

No, and it's not the same across servers. At war in 1a and Team currently, and it appears to be 17 turns in team and (I think) 24 turns in 1a, so those of use who had already died in Team had bad intel when the CS started killing peeps in 1a.