sorry to be such a noob but

how long is dr in tourney?

I waited 27 hours after the last of about 30 gs but my ps yielded virtually no land

so obviously it is longer than 24 hours. I looked in all the wikis and every where so I ask as a noob,

how long is dr in tourney?

and while I am at it with noob questions

demoralize does not work? I demoralized a 1million turret army to 60% and then sent a ps of 500k jets.
defense held

why?

There is Half-Life dr which lasts even longer 48 hours after the first hit and gains should normalize

Minimum effect of readiness on defense is 70% the target could also have defense boost from bonus points

Another noob ? here, what's Dr ? :(

thanks for your answers drkprinc
it seemed really strange that the dr lasted past 24 hours but I guess since there were about 70 gs over the course of 48 hours this half life dr must be the culprit

since the valueless ps there have been about 20 BRs so it may ake another 48 hours to normalize jeez

the minimum effect is the answer

DR is Diminished Returns. Countries that have been attacked recently yield less land when grabbed. it takes time for the effects to wear off.

targeting countries that are deep into DR will not get you much at all, and might get you raped on a retal.

Ok thanks, I didn't see it on wiki.

http://wiki.earthempires.com/...x.php/Diminishing_Returns

the wiki is outdated in some aspects though. still useful to get the jist of the game.

well when comes to ghost acres it takes a week for that dr to wear off. So if the person is being actively hit by others as well, best off finding someone else to play in the sand with :)

no one else is hitting him
I went for the solo kill
over the course of three days endless gs and stir rebellions
followed by two days of br
but it has been more than 48 hours since the incessant assaults
and he is still deep in dr
so he is going to survive
and I can not seem to harvest his quivering organs

solo kills on this server arnt easy. you pretty much have to be a tyranny, have a SPAL advantage, have lots of chems, and SR for readiness.

and stock bonus points so you can have a ton of turns.


however, DR only applies to grabs. SSes or PSes. They do not apply to special attacks. Those returns are based on NW differential, and targets remaining population/buildings.

and best to grab all the land before you launch the special attacks not after.

true

but he was invulnerable to LG until after a mass sell off after the special attacks

he was a top ten country
with more than enough turrets
but limited spies and no troops
and an opponent he had quad tapped for 290 total acres

oops

If they have a lot of turrets, get more jets :)

the statement that dr only applies to ps and ss does not square with my experience nor with celphi's statement on the express server. If dr only applied to ss and ps I would have a lot more land right now))

He meant ss/ps gains are reduced by dr.

All hits create dr but damage/gains of br/gs/ab and missiles is the same regardless of dr

New bit of info:

All hits after 72 hours are ignored. Though hits 48-72 hours have much of an effect on returns that hits in the past 24 hours. Dealing with half-lifes here.

thanks for that info

confirm from experience

an ant in C just picked up 1000 acres on 4 ps on the corpse

gdi from the hundreds of special attacks over three days finally wore off

after 72 hours

I just killed him

tourney kills are hard no doubt