OK so this gets us back to where we started. Does anyone know the mechanics for all this?

@blid I'm not sure why you feel so confident he spied. He had ALMOST twice my net and was a commie against my republic. He probably figured it was a calculated risk that he'd get away with and he did.

@ afaik

Since I'm pretty sure he didn't sell any spies he never at any time had a higher SPAL then me. So I'm certain he did not spy before attacking.

1) They are unprofitable. If you have too many, lower production and produce something else instead.

2) He would have known how many spies I had.

3) Spies are useful.

Its been a long time to since I last played, but it used to be a flat equation for success or failure. Is it now a probability for success for each op?

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SPAL = Spies per Acre of Land

So having more spies then him and having less land gives me a definite adavantage.

My SPAL = 50000 spies / 4000 acres = 12.5
His SPAL = 40000 spies / 5000 acres = 8

Its possible he sold his spies on the private market but I find that unlikely.

I spied on him back. He had like 10K less spies and no spy tech.

The problem is when I failed the burn cash op, he knew I did not have many more spies then him, so I couldn't hurt him. Since he already knows he has more military, and this is a small game, I'm now basically his favorite target.

The only real solution for this is to go spies and nukes, which is draining. If I could hurt him with spies, and know when I would succeed, things would be different.

OK so I was a republic res/business. Spies are important to me so I allocated about 1/7 land to industrial with 100% spy output.

So this C country tries 2 spy opps on me. They have about twice my networth and and 5000 acres to my 4000 acres. Both spy attempts fail so he just walks in and takes my land anyway.

After spying on him I see he does indeed have like 10X jets then my turrets. I also notice he has like $20 million on hand so I try bomb banks. I have like 50K to his 40K spies.

Rediculously both attempts fail, despite that my SPAL is much higher then his. So basically he knows he can take land from me and I can't retaliate. Effectively making me his b***h.

Does anybody know these equations for spy ops? What are you supposed to do in situations like this? I was so angry I terminated my country.

I just attempted to do a spy op against twice my size and it said it wouldn't let me due to GDI.

So suck it and get it.

If neither of you have GDI just nuke him.

A) Destroy his entire country in one move, so he can't hurt you.

B) Let him know via diplomacy that further attempts will see retaliation. This can be dangerous as you he can premptive strike at you offensive capablities. Most players want to avoid a feud however.

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What is really scary is how do you figure out who is stealing? \:

Ok just want to confirm, Suppose I login 2 Am server time and get 18 hr bonus. Then I log in at 8 PM 18 hrs later. Would I get another bonus?

Basically you can only get one bonus per server day, correct?

Ok just want to confirm, Suppose I login 2 Am server time and get 18 hr bonus. Then I log in at 8 PM 18 hrs later. Would I get another bonus?

Basically you can only get one bonus per server day, correct?

Ok so you can only qualify for the login turn bonus once every 24 hours?

Then logging in 16 hours apart would get the same bonus turn as logging in 24 hours apart?

@Xinhuan try late 90's.

Is it me or does the login bonus thing seem lame?

It is a good idea, however from what I understand from these posts to get the edge you have to login exactly 18 hours apart. And apart. And apart. And apart...

This means that lifeless losers (lame winners) will win and to win you have to be like them.

I think the same thing holds for the bonus system. I was never very fond of coupons either. >.>