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Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Feb 2017, 05:06
Replies: 96
Views: 193,146
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round stagnation

While CT intends to recruit back up and be relevant again, the reality is while CT has historically stood for a balanced game, it has typical been at the loss of any chance CT has of winning the...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 13 Sep 2016, 19:02
Replies: 296
Views: 43,176
Posted By Monroe
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 26 May 2016, 17:13
Replies: 260
Views: 40,171
Posted By Monroe
Forum: Strategic Discussions 6 Oct 2014, 16:32
Replies: 368
Views: 97,083
Posted By Monroe
Re: Stats - Round 59 and beyond

Guilty as charged, but I'm not actually gone. If people report abusive posts I will remove them, and will try and check in on this thread (This forum had been pretty idle for a long time).

I...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 9 Jun 2014, 21:21
Replies: 332
Views: 50,718
Posted By Monroe
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 12 Dec 2013, 17:38
Replies: 32
Views: 8,859
Posted By Monroe
Re: Feedback requested: Covert Ops

To me Covert Ops are a "tax" on the value players in PA. What I mean by this is those who wish to play for value are forced to spend value in the form of guards/sec centers/population in order to...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Oct 2013, 17:30
Replies: 94
Views: 54,798
Posted By Monroe
Re: R54 stat discussion: revised Round 52 stats

I agree with Mzyxptlk, attacking stats are far better for the game than defensive stats. Even though for certain def whores defensive stats are more fun. 3 cheers for offensive stats!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Oct 2013, 16:35
Replies: 21
Views: 5,000
Posted By Monroe
Re: A Ranul Tech Charity

How about something like the Red Cross? It has a UK presence but is also international. Or some UN charity? Either would be fine with me.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 18 Oct 2013, 23:13
Replies: 21
Views: 3,860
Posted By Monroe
Re: FAnG Gathering

I'm sure both CT and ND have lost higher percentages and total amounts than Fang lost last night.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 3 Oct 2013, 17:55
Replies: 115
Views: 28,313
Posted By Monroe
Re: Vikings declare war on CT

CT has me it's objective with Vikings, so yes the war is now officially over. Vikings has always been an alliance that CT has respected, and we have reached terms with them that are acceptable to...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 25 Sep 2013, 20:38
Replies: 115
Views: 28,313
Posted By Monroe
Vikings declare war on CT

Well this forum has been dead for a while so time to liven things up!

You may be wondering why a CT HC posts a thread about Vikings declaring war on us... this is because their HC has not had the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Sep 2013, 18:34
Replies: 13
Views: 3,354
Posted By Monroe
Re: MoW and other ministerial business

They aren't pointless, it makes me feel special!
Forum: Strategic Discussions 6 Sep 2013, 20:49
Replies: 121
Views: 49,914
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 53 stats

Given that only 49 people have chosen etd at tick starts.... this looks like it will be a rather unbalanced round...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 23 Aug 2013, 16:17
Replies: 6
Views: 3,562
Posted By Monroe
Re: Summer Mini Round Over (almost)

Lunar Lamp is in charge of the process right now, not Appocomaster. Current rumor is that the regular round might start next week, but might be delayed one more week over paperwork. So I think this...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 1 Aug 2013, 17:19
Replies: 102
Views: 36,078
Posted By Monroe
Re: My 2 cents about the future

A reasonable price for PA given it's current player base, code state, sentimental value, and historic brand name is probably somewhere between E35k-E100k. Some of you may be shocked about even these...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 1 Aug 2013, 16:32
Replies: 102
Views: 36,078
Posted By Monroe
Re: My 2 cents about the future

My guess based on the hints Spinner has given (I have some recollection of what Spinner sold PA for) would suggest a purchase price of somewhere between 500kE and 1000kE, though it wouldn't surprise...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 31 Jul 2013, 22:15
Replies: 102
Views: 36,078
Posted By Monroe
Re: My 2 cents about the future

Well as I recall you didn't sell it for that much... so your statement isn't saying that much, but yeah this makes the overall story of Jagex's ownership of PA make a lot more sense.

The thing is...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 26 Jul 2013, 23:01
Replies: 102
Views: 36,078
Posted By Monroe
Re: My 2 cents about the future

To back spinner up here a bit, I've been developing software products for almost ten years and not one of them has ever shipped on time. Any time you create something new, especially on a limited...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 26 Jul 2013, 18:47
Replies: 102
Views: 36,078
Posted By Monroe
Re: My 2 cents about the future

They do pay Cin to do some coding and maintenance (I don't know how much but it ain't a killing for sure).
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 26 Jul 2013, 18:34
Replies: 102
Views: 36,078
Posted By Monroe
Re: My 2 cents about the future

I totally agree. As an aside this is the sort of thing I do for a living, so it's easy enough to decide what to do first, you simply prioritize based on difficulty and overall estimated revenue...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 25 Jul 2013, 16:53
Replies: 102
Views: 36,078
Posted By Monroe
Re: My 2 cents about the future

All good ideas Spinner... but then again PA has never lacked good ideas from players/ex-players/ex-owners. What it has lacked ever since you sold it was owners with the will to implement good ideas....
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 24 Jul 2013, 23:04
Replies: 52
Views: 13,548
Posted By Monroe
Re: End of PA?

I would assume that Jagex is probably not interested in getting rid of PA completely, so will probably put restrictions on what LL can do with PA when he gets a license to run it.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 16 Jul 2013, 15:46
Replies: 119
Views: 28,035
Posted By Monroe
Re: Galaxy setups

Did you not read Bashar's post? Run and hide actually makes the game easier, not harder.We need things to make the game harder not easier. I don't object to run and hide per say, but it would...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 16 Jul 2013, 01:05
Replies: 119
Views: 28,035
Posted By Monroe
Re: Galaxy setups

Ability to actually destroy someone's fleet would be awesome! It's the single biggest problem with combat in this game... There is no good way to significantly reduce enemy value, so the entire game...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 10 Jul 2013, 18:41
Replies: 22
Views: 21,557
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 53: Government Changes

Sure once that is possible, but it depends on how much the penalty for anarchy ends up being, and what the relative strengths and weaknesses of corp/demo end up being. It is possible that the best...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 10 Jul 2013, 16:21
Replies: 22
Views: 21,557
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 53: Government Changes

I like this rule and use it to my advantage every round. Best way to use corp is to not set a government at the beginning, get the base research done, then form your government.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 23 May 2013, 15:56
Replies: 51
Views: 18,773
Posted By Monroe
Re: Powerabuse by a former HC

For the record PA support had nothing to do with this, leave us out of it.

As to the main point in this thread it is troubling if true. I will point out to the readers of this thread that you do...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 May 2013, 02:43
Replies: 19
Views: 3,578
Posted By Monroe
Re: A suggestion to eliminate roid farms and prevent newbie bashing

I'm really not sure how it's abusable anymore than the system is now. Yes some of the bigger planets wouldn't be able to hit you if you stay out of tag, but all alliances have some smaller planets...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 14 May 2013, 15:41
Replies: 19
Views: 3,578
Posted By Monroe
Re: A suggestion to eliminate roid farms and prevent newbie bashing

While everything you say is definitely worth noting as you point out you have to stay out of tag, which has it's own downsides. Yes it may allow someone to hide a bit longer, but I don't see late...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 May 2013, 02:17
Replies: 72
Views: 10,225
Posted By Monroe
Re: Donations

I like donations, I think they play a valuable part of the game. They allow alliances to help scanners, or members who are having a rough round. They allow galaxies to also help the less fortunate...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 6 May 2013, 20:14
Replies: 27
Views: 3,888
Posted By Monroe
Re: PA Proposal

While I agree with the sentiment behind this post, I think it is unrealistic. It's hard enough to keep it competitive for 7 weeks, as it is App/TGV had the round won 2 weeks ago, the last two weeks...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 May 2013, 01:15
Replies: 19
Views: 3,578
Posted By Monroe
Re: A suggestion to eliminate roid farms and prevent newbie bashing

Inactive planets aren't as inactive as you make them out to be. They do log in occasionally and build ships/init roids. Constant exiles is one of the problems that newbie players already face, I...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 30 Apr 2013, 23:16
Replies: 19
Views: 3,578
Posted By Monroe
A suggestion to eliminate roid farms and prevent newbie bashing

As the title of the thread suggests, I have a suggestion to help prevent farming and limit the bashing of newbies. The suggestion is simple: if you are in an alliance it should increase the bash...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Apr 2013, 20:37
Replies: 10
Views: 3,271
Posted By Monroe
Re: Havoc alliance limit

Havoc? who plays havoc? Personally I think alliances should just be removed completely from Havoc and it should be a general free for all.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Apr 2013, 16:54
Replies: 15
Views: 2,520
Posted By Monroe
Re: Prelaunch.

I totally agree Mzyxptlk. Sad thing is there have been a number of offers over the years to give PA exactly what you bring up, yet none of the owners have ever taken them.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Apr 2013, 17:52
Replies: 29
Views: 4,266
Posted By Monroe
Re: Alliance limits

I agree with you the game has major problems. Most of the things you are complaining about are really (in my mind) functions of the limited size and general play style of the remaining player base. ...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Apr 2013, 16:21
Replies: 29
Views: 4,266
Posted By Monroe
Re: Alliance limits

As the primary (successful) lobbier for the current lower ally limits I guess I should say something.

3 rounds ago the limit suggested above 80/60 was in effect and there were only two competitive...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 24 Apr 2013, 20:23
Replies: 21
Views: 3,239
Posted By Monroe
Re: Waypoints

What a great strategy! Just like my brilliant football team strategy: Score more goals than the other team!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Apr 2013, 16:24
Replies: 21
Views: 3,239
Posted By Monroe
Re: Waypoints

It would basically ruin fleet catches, which are the only offensive way to really destroy value. So unless some other way to attack a fleet 'en route" is devised as part of this I am not in favor of...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 21 Apr 2013, 01:58
Replies: 22
Views: 5,731
Posted By Monroe
Re: An Official Announcement From The Galactic Vikings

Alliance Presence in top 100 on tick 701
1 The Galactic Vikings 30
2 Apprime 21
3 Conspiracy 13
4 ODDR 8
5 FAnG 8
6 MegaROCK 5
7 Howling Rain 4
8 NewDawn 3
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 13 Apr 2013, 15:51
Replies: 57
Views: 12,872
Posted By Monroe
Re: New MH team / head of MH team?

The PA team is a team of equals, none can force another to resign. As long as Ace chooses to stay and does not break the PA Team rules there is very little that can be done to remove him even should...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 12 Apr 2013, 22:49
Replies: 57
Views: 12,872
Posted By Monroe
Re: New MH team / head of MH team?

http://www.planetarion.com/misc/pages/user-agreement
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 31 Mar 2013, 19:44
Replies: 3
Views: 2,237
Posted By Monroe
Re: Multiple scans of same type on the alliance def page

Submit an in game bug ticket then?

http://game.planetarion.com/support.pl?rn=973147332042
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 Mar 2013, 06:22
Replies: 120
Views: 69,916
Posted By Monroe
Re: not-quite-JBG's r51 stats

Well I certainly wouldn't mind CT winning again.... but I'm not looking forward to the massive teamups necessary to land on some of the big planets later in the round. It's going to get ugly. In...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Mar 2013, 23:07
Replies: 120
Views: 69,916
Posted By Monroe
Re: not-quite-JBG's r51 stats

For the record I find these stats horribly defensive. The round will stagnate very quickly with these stats, I expect that whomever has the roid lead after week 4 will win the round barring some...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 17 Mar 2013, 15:37
Replies: 10
Views: 3,816
Posted By Monroe
Re: Another Change Pre-Round

Given the change to unit scans dists are pretty useless, so making them cheaper makes them at least a little more attractive.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 5 Mar 2013, 00:28
Replies: 120
Views: 69,916
Posted By Monroe
Re: not-quite-JBG's r51 stats

Dunno if it'd be better, but it would certainly be easier for you! ;)
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Feb 2013, 06:06
Replies: 8
Views: 2,240
Posted By Monroe
Re: Alliance Defence Page

CT has an internal system like this, it is very handy.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 21 Dec 2012, 16:42
Replies: 57
Views: 12,872
Posted By Monroe
Re: New MH team / head of MH team?

As a general rule in life: When the bad guys get away with murder and the honest guys get screwed for doing what is right the system is broken beyond repair and should be abandoned. I leave it to...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 27 Nov 2012, 02:47
Replies: 122
Views: 38,359
Posted By Monroe
Re: Cheating in Apprime

I have heard of similar incidents and have reported them. The MH even believed me, the problem was they had no way to prove it and so were unable to do anything about it. The simple fact of the...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Nov 2012, 01:25
Replies: 246
Views: 55,169
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 49 Stats

I agree with Amnion here, and I also always solo. I have landed 13 attacks successfully (and a number unsuccessfully). Massive teamups are a waste with 0 loss defense, better to force them to...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 16 Nov 2012, 17:58
Replies: 246
Views: 55,169
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 49 Stats

ST/MT isn't the problem, it's 0 loss defense ships that have made this a very defensive round. ST/MT mix can work, but the stats have to be attack oriented which these have never been. Attack...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 1 Nov 2012, 16:15
Replies: 56
Views: 10,954
Posted By Monroe
Re: "Winter Round" Suggestions

Maybe have it so every 48 hours the entire universe is reshuffled*? Would be pretty crazy, and wouldn't allow people to play with their gals, but would solve the concern about some gals being better...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 31 Oct 2012, 17:10
Replies: 56
Views: 10,954
Posted By Monroe
Re: "Winter Round" Suggestions

Golden resource bonus roids for sure. Call them "Santa's little helpers."
Forum: Strategic Discussions 11 Oct 2012, 14:52
Replies: 246
Views: 55,169
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 49 Stats

This is funny, since the stats two rounds ago were also offensive, though not quite as offensive as last round. The initfest happened because of politics, not really because of stats.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Sep 2012, 16:39
Replies: 87
Views: 13,675
Posted By Monroe
Re: If you had to pay an extra credit for a "restricted" feature....

I agree with Rein, 4th fleet slots or extra planets are huge advantages, unless there were free versions of them as well with some sort of annoying but light restrictions on their usage.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Sep 2012, 19:43
Replies: 17
Views: 4,645
Posted By Monroe
Re: distorters bug or feature ?

CT already gets this info about its players, it's quite useful.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Sep 2012, 18:09
Replies: 17
Views: 4,645
Posted By Monroe
Re: distorters bug or feature ?

I agree that self scans should not be free. There should be a cost for such an action. Since you get XP for the first couple of scans you do each day, if you're just scanning yourself and any...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Sep 2012, 01:27
Replies: 246
Views: 55,169
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 49 Stats

This won't work. People will just sign up one tick late to get a look at the stats before deciding. Or they will signup and reset there race (which can be done in the first five ticks) once ticks...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 24 Sep 2012, 14:11
Replies: 9
Views: 3,152
Posted By Monroe
Re: eta5 all ships in galaxy??

I've played every round and I don't recall in gal eta being anything other than 5. I could be wrong but I do honestly believe it's been eta 5 since the beginning. I don't see any particular...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 Sep 2012, 20:21
Replies: 246
Views: 55,169
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 49 Stats

I do agree that mostly ST is the way to go, what I am not happy about with this round's stats are the near complete reliance on EMP for defens, but that's just me.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Sep 2012, 14:45
Replies: 11
Views: 2,149
Posted By Monroe
Re: Fleet slot 4

Design a game where fleet slots aren't important, that would be my suggestion.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 17 Aug 2012, 15:59
Replies: 8
Views: 3,108
Posted By Monroe
Re: PA complaints

If you have a problem with a non-PA Team member (say a member of the support or MH staff) you can contact the PA team. If you have a problem with a PA Team member (Appoco, Cin, Ace, etc) then you're...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Jul 2012, 15:02
Replies: 110
Views: 20,389
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta R48

You talk to appocomaster and volunteer. If he thinks you can throw something decent together then away you go!
Forum: Alliance Discussions 14 Jul 2012, 14:51
Replies: 519
Views: 424,429
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 47 Predictions

I don't know, but the 350 incomming fleets might be as well. I challenge any alliance to do better than -15% with that many fleets coming in.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 8 Jul 2012, 14:53
Replies: 62
Views: 93,694
Posted By Monroe
Re: Jagex Introduction / Q&A

It's funny you say that wakey. While I agree with your basic premise about Spinner just being at the right place at the right time with the right idea, I disagree about PA not being a social game. ...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Jul 2012, 17:19
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Xan FR in general I dislike. Other than Bombers they are basically a waste of time... which really limits the faking strategies available to Xans. FR in general are pretty pointless this round.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Jun 2012, 18:09
Replies: 13
Views: 3,279
Posted By Monroe
Re: Has there been a round without...

Nope. The closest it has come to that is the current status where you cannot defend members of other alliances you are not NAPed with in game.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 24 Jun 2012, 15:44
Replies: 319
Views: 184,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Jagex - Ominously silent

Spinner -- for the record the moderators do have access to every post they have deleted. Poke appocomaster or one of the mods of this forum and maybe they will help you out.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Jun 2012, 23:07
Replies: 4
Views: 2,195
Posted By Monroe
Re: Missiles

I agree a well thought out post, but attacking is already hard enough in this game without something new that makes it harder, and on this argument alone I would say pass on this idea.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Jun 2012, 21:52
Replies: 71
Views: 12,352
Posted By Monroe
Re: Galaxy Fund Suggestion

I also like this idea, it is very sensible with one caveat. Early in the round there is very good reason to allow people below the average to donate to the fund, namely because you want to contribute...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 27 May 2012, 03:53
Replies: 519
Views: 424,429
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 47 Predictions

#1 PATSA (Cin finally introduces his invincible kill ships he's been testing in the private beta and the PA team 0wns the universe)

#2-10 who cares?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 27 May 2012, 00:21
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

No set of stats survives contact with the player base. We could play 5 rounds with a single set of stats (this set or others) and each round could have a completely different outcome in terms of...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 25 May 2012, 15:22
Replies: 13
Views: 4,308
Posted By Monroe
Re: free irc good one?

you can always use an older version of mIRC, I use 6.21 and never get any requests to pay. Always the security risk of using older software, but otherwise no nagging pop ups or sudden quits!
Forum: Strategic Discussions 23 May 2012, 14:48
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

The Vsh point is noted and I have moved it's init to 2. Should help some.

I'm not sure why you think these are defensive, every race can hit just about every other race. How much more offensive...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 May 2012, 17:17
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

The stats in the last two rounds were balanced and they sucked. The primary concern is not balance this round but being attack oriented. It is a good secondary goal to be balanced, but if in the...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 May 2012, 14:13
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

The costs of SKs was done purely based on getting good D/C and A/C ratios, if you would like to propose different costs that have the same or similar D/C and A/C ratios be my guest.

As for the...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 17 May 2012, 22:53
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Removed Bucc T2 of FI and replaced it with T2= FR with no T3.
Zik had too many anti FI ships, this should help some.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 17 May 2012, 14:29
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

This was true because the stats were so defensive and nobody could land attacks, with offensive stats this strategy is a lot riskier and I suspect will be used a lot less.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 16 May 2012, 20:10
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Honestly guys the arguments you are making really prove how defensive the stats have been the last few rounds. With offensive stats like these there is no one strategy that does not have holes in...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 16 May 2012, 17:42
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Xan already targets BS without need hull 3, the fact that they need hull 3 to have the best anti CR ship in the game doesn't bother me at all. These stats are designed to make it tough to hang onto...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 15 May 2012, 20:11
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

D/C tweaks on Xan:
banshee dmg +1 => 8
spirit dmg +1 => 10
ghost dmg +1 => 14
bomber dmg +1 => 16
revenant dmg +1 => 29
spectre dmg + 8 => 43

Also some balancing of Clipper/Ironclad to...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 15 May 2012, 16:39
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Guardian init to 3, roach init to 2.
This allows at least one ship to fire before the guardian, which is overly powerful otherwise.
Forum: Departing PA Messages 15 May 2012, 02:48
Replies: 3
Views: 2,739
Posted By Monroe
Re: Kan3 comes back!

Welcome back
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 May 2012, 23:15
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Spectre FR targeting has been dropped so now it only targets CR as a T1.

Peg has gone to init 4 and no T2
to allow it to deal with ter FI

Pillager is now cloaked, init 5, damage 16, to allow...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 May 2012, 18:20
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

A couple of updates:
Spectre is now normal rather than cloaked, this is because it is a 0 loss def ship, and to balance things it should not be fakeable. This was in Zaejii's original stats this...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 May 2012, 16:45
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Plaguuu, you clearly haven't read the entire thread (not that I blame you) I haven't done A/C and D/C yet, so yes they are in need of some serious consideration!

Killeah, these are interesting...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 May 2012, 14:18
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Can you please elaborate on why you feel these are the worst stats ever? Just stating this without any suggestions on how to improve them just sounds like meaningless trolling to me and is against...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 May 2012, 04:30
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

A few changes:
Phoenix init to 5
Reverent init to 6
This change allows ter FI to hit xan, but xan FI to no longer hit xan... if xans are willing to spend resources on DE.

Widow now only targets...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 May 2012, 04:09
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

I strongly disagree, targeting and init is what matters, he who fires first wins, unless the A/C, D/C, or EMP is way out of whack. I've been analyzing stats in this game for 46 rounds, and targeting...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 May 2012, 15:50
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Ziks originally had DE pods which could have teamed with them, unfortunately zik wasn't viable so I made their DE attack class a CR attack class making them much more viable. The unfortunately side...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 May 2012, 05:17
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

Ok, new stats are up and have been tweaked to the point where they are worth criticizing so have at them! All feedback is welcome, as long as it doesn't involve flaming.

For the record these are...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 May 2012, 14:37
Replies: 15
Views: 4,513
Posted By Monroe
Re: New alliance

Does this alliance have a name, or is the name "new alliance?"
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 May 2012, 23:10
Replies: 40
Views: 27,948
Posted By Monroe
Re: Grats to you muppets

Ult wasn't given the win, they earned it. Neither CT nor Fang could roid as well as they could, and since CT and Fang were unable to work together the last half of the round it isn't surprising that...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 May 2012, 22:28
Replies: 164
Views: 36,685
Posted By Monroe
Re: Beta r47

I can confirm a new set of stats that is a mix of MT and ST but should be somewhat more attack oriented than the current stats will be up for view in the next day or so. The new set of stats are...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 3 May 2012, 22:37
Replies: 41
Views: 26,610
Posted By Monroe
Re: The facts about CT and FAnG

This is a misleading statement that werewolf has been propagating. Yes he did come and tell gm that Fang was ending the NAP (which was still breaking Fang's agreement with CT), but he did it what...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 29 Apr 2012, 15:53
Replies: 41
Views: 26,610
Posted By Monroe
Re: The facts about CT and FAnG

This is the only point I will take contention with, CT does not break deals they make. If we make a NAP until the end of the round we will keep it. If the positions were reversed with Fang we...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 29 Apr 2012, 04:44
Replies: 41
Views: 26,610
Posted By Monroe
Re: The facts about CT and FAnG

Well since Irv is in the mood for facts lets add a few more that he conveniently forgot or left out. Please note that I don't dispute any of the facts he mentions above, the speculation on what they...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 27 Apr 2012, 23:30
Replies: 124
Views: 56,614
Posted By Monroe
Re: FAnG official Announcement

For the record Fang has broken their word with CT, these are not the terms of the agreement we had with them. Secondly this is NOT what we did to them, we gave them 24 hours notice before beginning...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Apr 2012, 15:11
Replies: 14
Views: 5,411
Posted By Monroe
Re: Attacking Bash Limit

Or how about complain on the forums? Oh...wait....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 Apr 2012, 23:16
Replies: 8
Views: 4,189
Posted By Monroe
Re: Distorter Strength

That's just crazy talk!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 Apr 2012, 02:35
Replies: 8
Views: 4,189
Posted By Monroe
Re: Distorter Strength

I actually had this idea a week or two ago myself. After thinking it through it isn't as good of an idea as it sounds, because if the planet development scans you and discovers he should be blocked...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Apr 2012, 15:24
Replies: 2
Views: 2,345
Posted By Monroe
Re: First hand experience

Did you read the beginners manual (http://www.planetarion.com/misc/pages/beginners-manual)and watch the tutorial video (http://www.planetarion.com/misc/pages/intro-video)?

I would assume these...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 17 Apr 2012, 03:13
Replies: 97
Views: 23,348
Posted By Monroe
War with Fang

This is an official announcement that as of tonight CT has declared war on Fang. CT has always worked to take on the best and test ourselves rather than sit the fence. Some both inside and outside...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Mar 2012, 18:11
Replies: 72
Views: 35,748
Posted By Monroe
Re: R46 Stats

And one more point, all of the attack strategies to cover the defense options require EMP to be effective. This means every attack combo can be beaten simply by flacking EMP. Ugly.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Mar 2012, 17:30
Replies: 72
Views: 35,748
Posted By Monroe
Re: R46 Stats

Honestly the more I look at these stats the more defensive they appear to me. Team ups are going to be needed basically all round on any target that isn't a newbie. Yes each fleet has at least one...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 19 Mar 2012, 16:40
Replies: 7
Views: 3,806
Posted By Monroe
Re: Impact of prelaunch on launch times

I know Remy has that data too (at least for CT)!
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Mar 2012, 03:15
Replies: 72
Views: 35,748
Posted By Monroe
Re: R46 Stats

Defensively FI/CO will be great (another argument for a defensive round) offensively none of the FI/CO options are really viable, and easily defeated by other FI/CO defense fleets. The best attack...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Mar 2012, 03:13
Replies: 72
Views: 35,748
Posted By Monroe
Re: R46 Stats

Terran BS is easily stopped by Gryph, and etd BS is stopped by all FR defense (bucs work great). I don't see solo BS fleets as viable this round, teamups are needed, which by definition makes it a...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Mar 2012, 01:59
Replies: 72
Views: 35,748
Posted By Monroe
Re: R46 Stats

Ghost/Shadow/Razor, Gryphon/Peg (2 ships!, same class!), Rouge/Enforcer (2 ships!)

Three races can cover everything with only 2 or 3 ships, these stats are very defensive again. Woe to the...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Mar 2012, 21:01
Replies: 72
Views: 35,748
Posted By Monroe
Re: R46 Stats

I'm sure appocomaster coded it, so if course it works*!






*After Cin fixes it.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 10 Mar 2012, 16:47
Replies: 72
Views: 35,748
Posted By Monroe
Re: R46 Stats

If Invoker is left as is CR/BS will be completely unplayable. There is a reason no FI/CO ship has targeted CR/BS since r13.... Namely because it crushed all CR/BS fleets, 3 ticks to find ally...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 10 Mar 2012, 00:42
Replies: 10
Views: 4,165
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 46 Roundname Voting

I can't vote for any round name that put's an unnecessary 'u' in honor....
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 6 Mar 2012, 23:15
Replies: 319
Views: 184,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Jagex - Ominously silent

Here is the one for r44, gm dug it up for me.
http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/2388/41706149.png

So as you can see it backs up my claim about the shift in attack times.

P.S. Sorry remy for...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 6 Mar 2012, 07:09
Replies: 319
Views: 184,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Jagex - Ominously silent

Here are CT's inc for r45:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/callsperhourgenr45.png/

Unfortunately I don't have the one for r44 handy, but I know that it had a much steeper peak centered...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 4 Mar 2012, 21:23
Replies: 319
Views: 184,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Jagex - Ominously silent

The prelaunch change was an excellent change for the game, but not a good change for the current player base. To many of the euro players have lives and don't like having to set an alarm to launch...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Mar 2012, 22:39
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

I couldn't have said it better myself, and this is exactly why I prefer attack oriented stats. People generally don't give up when they get roided, they give up after many nights of trying...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 1 Mar 2012, 21:00
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

Stats makers should never blame the results of their stats on "game politics." Politics don't determine whether stats are balanced, defensive or offensive in nature.

I agree the stats were fairly...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 19 Feb 2012, 16:21
Replies: 271
Views: 111,562
Posted By Monroe
Re: Ultores

AD is by definition Bizarro Land.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Feb 2012, 16:48
Replies: 271
Views: 111,562
Posted By Monroe
Re: Ultores

I would like to point out that in the midst of xVx's whinning that with regards to ult all that CT had really asked is that they stay out of the fight. They have somehow interpreted this as CT...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Feb 2012, 07:53
Replies: 271
Views: 111,562
Posted By Monroe
Re: Ultores

CTs trying to take on the top ally... and rather than having the decency to let CT try, xVx is actively defending ult out of gal. Seems to me that all that xVx really wants to be this round is be...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Jan 2012, 16:43
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

I agree with Killeah, you cannot look at the top 10, or really even the top 100 to determine stats balance. Both are heavily dictated by the players, not the stats. Meaning the top players always...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 27 Jan 2012, 22:33
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

As I recall at the time my stats were rather controversial, much more so then the current stats, at least in terms of the volume of negativity going on. But if folks would like I might consider...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Jan 2012, 17:50
Replies: 2
Views: 3,566
Posted By Monroe
Re: add coords to Bcalc

Yes to this idea, it would be useful, figuring out who is who in calcs can be rather difficult when the calc is big.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Jan 2012, 20:55
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

Granted Mzyxptlk, but this is also why I prefer ST to MT stats as they tend to be much more attack oriented. Landing attacks is a major part of what keeps people engaged in PA, constantly attacking...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Jan 2012, 19:25
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

Tiamat101, first off the top 5 alliances did not all go FI/CO and CR/BS, I can't speak for the other 4 top alliances, but CT has plenty of FR/DE fleets. The way we looked at the stats was that each...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Jan 2012, 19:20
Replies: 13
Views: 3,930
Posted By Monroe
Re: Attack/Defence Points

Sure Shev, any alliance that relies solely on defense points to determine who gets defense is going to have issues. The issue you raised earlier was that the point system is primarily a negative and...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Jan 2012, 16:04
Replies: 26
Views: 4,934
Posted By Monroe
Re: Salvage for stealing

No I don't think so, EMP can be both a blessing and a curse, it really comes down to the efficiency levels in any given round.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Jan 2012, 16:01
Replies: 13
Views: 3,930
Posted By Monroe
Re: Attack/Defence Points

There are many factors as to why CT has been successful or unsuccessful over the rounds. What the key factor is in each round varies, sometimes it's defense, sometimes it's offense, sometimes it's...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Jan 2012, 15:57
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

I don't know why you think everyone went FI/CO or CR/BS, I know plenty of people that went FR or DE (me being one of them), and they seem to be doing fine.

As for how these stats are defensive.......
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 Jan 2012, 17:35
Replies: 13
Views: 3,930
Posted By Monroe
Re: Attack/Defence Points

CT has a system like this and it works very well, I would certainly think other allies would benefit from a system like this as well if it was in game.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Jan 2012, 17:16
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

Paisley, thank you for demonstrating the attitude that we try and cultivate on the Strategy Forum.

Mzyxptlk you are welcome to continue to argue with anyone you wish on this thread, but please do...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 24 Jan 2012, 16:13
Replies: 26
Views: 4,934
Posted By Monroe
Re: Salvage for stealing

Seems reasonable
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 Jan 2012, 21:25
Replies: 26
Views: 9,699
Posted By Monroe
Re: Impact of changes to prelaunch

Honestly the solution here is to modify attack times, not to try and force people to wake up at ungodly hours. CT knew nothing of this switch before it was announced and we're going to adjust and...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 8 Jan 2012, 02:15
Replies: 26
Views: 9,699
Posted By Monroe
Re: Impact of changes to prelaunch

I don't see how the removal of prelaunch in and of itself put any more nails in the coffin. At some level I think this is the most interesting strategic change in the game since the introduction of...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 7 Jan 2012, 18:45
Replies: 26
Views: 9,699
Posted By Monroe
Impact of changes to prelaunch

So since attack prelaunch has effectively been removed, what are people's thoughts on how this will change attack strategies?

My gut reaction is that attack times will have to shift to the euro...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Jan 2012, 02:00
Replies: 15
Views: 8,980
Posted By Monroe
Re: Payment for Scanners ?

I totally agree with Mzyxptlk on this one, the vast majority of players left in the game play mostly to hang out with their friends, the game itself is pretty boring.

Though I will say some of us...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 5 Jan 2012, 01:57
Replies: 271
Views: 79,186
Posted By Monroe
Re: R45 Stats Discussion

I will once again remind posters to the strategy forums that pointless flaming won't be tolerated. By all means disagree with anyone you'd like about the stats but keep the personal BS out of the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Dec 2011, 05:39
Replies: 15
Views: 4,807
Posted By Monroe
Re: change to when the round ends

Yeah I guess this makes a certain sort of sense, but I have to agree with Appoco on this one, it's better for the game finances to have a known number of rounds, plus two allies could game things by...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Dec 2011, 16:20
Replies: 15
Views: 4,807
Posted By Monroe
Re: change to when the round ends

I honestly don't see what this adds to the game? How interesting or boring a round ends up being has everything to do with politics and very little to do with precisely how long the round is. ...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 28 Nov 2011, 06:51
Replies: 18
Views: 7,481
Posted By Monroe
Re: New salvage system

Just to play devil's advocate here... why should the top 50 be rewarded for defending? If you want to be a top planet, and play in an ally why should it not be harder for them than for the average...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Nov 2011, 16:12
Replies: 146
Views: 51,880
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 44 stats thread

My biggest complaint about these stats is that zik is a useless race for alliances, as a result alliances discouraged zik play, making the stats "unbalanced," because of the lack of ziks in the uni. ...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 3 Nov 2011, 20:57
Replies: 3
Views: 3,357
Posted By Monroe
Re: how many people play these days?

There are currently 1064 planets in the universe right now. So figure somewhere between 500-1000 depends on how many are multies, and how many are just idle newbies.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Oct 2011, 15:04
Replies: 25
Views: 9,380
Posted By Monroe
Re: its a FREE ROUND

Both would probably be appropriate... But for the record MODs don't get a free credit.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 26 Oct 2011, 21:33
Replies: 25
Views: 9,380
Posted By Monroe
Re: its a FREE ROUND

Every round of planetarion is free....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Oct 2011, 22:02
Replies: 5
Views: 2,689
Posted By Monroe
Re: cargo pods > st killers

resource farming ftw! Yet another excused to be closed by the MH team, sounds great!
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 23 Oct 2011, 22:01
Replies: 31
Views: 6,448
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 44 Round Name

Has there ever been a round name that has won by more than 40 votes before? I think this has to be some sort of record, if a rather sheepish one...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 23 Oct 2011, 22:01
Replies: 146
Views: 51,880
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 44 stats thread

I tend to find these stats very messy, in that there are no clear winners, ever race has problems, some greater than others. I still would have preferred more attack oriented stats. I like stats...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Oct 2011, 16:31
Replies: 146
Views: 51,880
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 44 stats thread

Stats that allow solo attacks are the best in my opinion, but I know many disagree. I just think that rounds where all the top players fortress and it takes massive teamups to land on them are...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 18 Oct 2011, 17:11
Replies: 13
Views: 3,978
Posted By Monroe
Re: Could there be more obvious Donations?

The multihunters clearly.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 18 Oct 2011, 17:09
Replies: 146
Views: 51,880
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 44 stats thread

Santa and Patrick are doing the stats this round.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 17 Oct 2011, 23:00
Replies: 31
Views: 6,448
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 44 Round Name

I think the fact that space sheep made the list shows that those who vote for the list the community votes on have a sense of humor and wanted to allow the community the same choice.* The community...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Oct 2011, 18:56
Replies: 146
Views: 51,880
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 44 stats thread

I can confirm it will be a free round.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 Oct 2011, 21:56
Replies: 19
Views: 3,577
Posted By Monroe
Re: Asteroid shields

Naw, it would be in exchange of amps, dists, or factories. FCs you max at 60, and refineries stop being profitable to build in the latter 1/3 of the round typically. A couple of these would make a...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 Oct 2011, 16:28
Replies: 19
Views: 3,577
Posted By Monroe
Re: Asteroid shields

Just ask Shaz, Arc, or Dav, the top 3 players from last round if they were have preferred to be able to avoid loosing a percentage of cap. All 3 were roided last round (Shaz admittedly only on the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Oct 2011, 16:26
Replies: 19
Views: 3,577
Posted By Monroe
Re: Asteroid shields

Holoroids were scrapped after round one.

Anyway I think this is a terrible idea. It is already hard enough to take roids from the top players.... this just makes it harder. We need more roid...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Sep 2011, 00:35
Replies: 10
Views: 2,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: salvage buildings + more Que Slots

While we're at it why don't we get salvage for constructions that are lost due to structure killers? We get salvage when ships are destroyed why not constructions?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 Sep 2011, 16:12
Replies: 86
Views: 39,912
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 43 Stats Thread

Attack oriented stats ftw every time!
Forum: Strategic Discussions 5 Sep 2011, 01:51
Replies: 86
Views: 39,912
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 43 Stats Thread

All this really means is teamups are needed to hit xans. The alliances that went heavy Xan are in trouble, but the ones that were more prudent and mixed in cath/etd/zik will do fine. Xan is a...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 31 Aug 2011, 20:54
Replies: 5
Views: 2,603
Posted By Monroe
Re: Planet Reset

It also prevents people who are drunk from "accidentally" resetting their planet* and then when they wake up sober coming and complaining that they didn't mean to do it and wanting us to fix their...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 31 Jul 2011, 23:05
Replies: 4
Views: 4,348
Posted By Monroe
Re: r43 shipstats

I have to do this almost every round on this thread, and some guys still don't learn. Trolling and flaming is not permitted on the strategy forum. By all means disagree, but do so in a reasonably...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 Jul 2011, 17:47
Replies: 4
Views: 3,374
Posted By Monroe
Re: Scan Costs

The major issue I would see with this would be how would you know how much the scan was going to cost you before you tried it? If you don't have enough resources for the scan what happens? It would...
Forum: Planetarion Help Desk 25 Jun 2011, 20:04
Replies: 14
Views: 12,226
Posted By Monroe
Re: mIRC constantly unable to connect to Netgamers (or anything else)

I hope you didn't sprain anything patting yourself on the back there... :-p
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 May 2011, 14:12
Replies: 7
Views: 3,886
Posted By Monroe
Re: All about the astropod

These sorts of stats are what PA had consistently in the early days. The fundamental problem with having every pod in one class (in this case FR) is that the smart players learn that you only need...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 14 Apr 2011, 15:31
Replies: 2
Views: 3,326
Posted By Monroe
Re: Mosquito

Personally I'm upset about the vindicator, who the heck has ever been vindicated playing this game?!?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Mar 2011, 21:49
Replies: 8
Views: 2,734
Posted By Monroe
Re: PA Forums

How odd, no explanation as to why?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 18 Mar 2011, 15:34
Replies: 5
Views: 3,738
Posted By Monroe
Re: Hasn't there ever been a near perfect set of stats?

There have been good stats, but there has never been a "perfect" set of stats. Personally I don't think perfect stats exist, and like the previous poster said, having a ridged set of stats, or one...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 10 Mar 2011, 15:57
Replies: 76
Views: 27,590
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 41 Stats

Yes, I will remind everyone like I seem to have to do every round, object to or defend the stats as much as you wish, but please limit the flaming or I will close the thread.

In my opinion it...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 7 Mar 2011, 22:14
Replies: 62
Views: 93,694
Posted By Monroe
Re: Jagex Introduction / Q&A

I concur with Spinner, the state of the game is only the fault of the player base in that we've continued to pay to play the game and thereby kept the game in existence.
PA has continually...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 6 Mar 2011, 01:21
Replies: 4
Views: 3,649
Posted By Monroe
Re: xp for defence

This is easily abusable with fake attacks. The defender's reward is in salvage, they don't need more XP.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Feb 2011, 05:21
Replies: 11
Views: 3,400
Posted By Monroe
Re: They cannot know, what we do to them in our head

For the record, I always turn all the graphics off, the game sucks anyway, who cares about the graphics? The interesting part is IRC and the politics and people you meet. PA is just an excuse to...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 15 Feb 2011, 01:01
Replies: 38
Views: 16,657
Posted By Monroe
Re: Jagex investment

Frankly, I think most of us are tired of playing "planetarion." A change of pace in the same genre would be welcome. Honestly most of those still playing hard core are playing to hang with their...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 22 Jan 2011, 00:22
Replies: 9
Views: 3,291
Posted By Monroe
Re: Slightly modified JGP scans.

Seems like a reasonable addition to me.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 15 Jan 2011, 21:28
Replies: 62
Views: 93,694
Posted By Monroe
Re: Jagex Introduction / Q&A

I would like to point out one thing that I think most of the posters have missed. While Jagex has certainly been more distant than many would like, unlike the previous owners they haven't made a ton...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 15 Jan 2011, 08:11
Replies: 93
Views: 25,883
Posted By Monroe
Re: R40 Shipstats?

Yes it worked great... until the player base figured out that the only ships in the entire game that mattered were the ones that targeted FR. And then the game got rather boring and pods in...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 Jan 2011, 21:39
Replies: 93
Views: 25,883
Posted By Monroe
Re: R40 Shipstats?

Some of me wonders if stats with no FI/CO pods would be interesting. Could make the argument that asteroids are too big to be stolen by FI and CO and thereby remove the major tactical advantage of...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Jan 2011, 18:07
Replies: 93
Views: 25,883
Posted By Monroe
Re: R40 Shipstats?

Yes seriously, if you quoted the rest of that same comment, it applies very accurately to this set of stats. Just because you haven't looked at the set doesn't mean the analysis doesn't apply. :p
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Jan 2011, 16:34
Replies: 93
Views: 25,883
Posted By Monroe
Re: R40 Shipstats?

Mzyxptlk gave a very good analytical comment, and there have been at least several other in the midst of the flaming, so be careful.

With regards to adjusting strategy to fit the stats... allies...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Jan 2011, 06:10
Replies: 93
Views: 25,883
Posted By Monroe
Re: R40 Shipstats?

Not giving etd any FI/CO was idiotic, no serious ally would want their members to have no eta 7 defense, which is a large part of why I think there are so few etd so far. Still not that many...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 11 Jan 2011, 21:12
Replies: 93
Views: 25,883
Posted By Monroe
Re: R40 Shipstats?

Please keep this thread on topic or I will close it. If you wish to insult each other please do it elsewhere, thanks.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 7 Jan 2011, 17:43
Replies: 19
Views: 18,180
Posted By Monroe
Re: Another Sandmans Replacement

It existed, though not everyone knew about it. I have a link to where it used to be... but no screen shots. I can describe it a bit.

Basically it listed the galaxies based on the probability of...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 23 Dec 2010, 22:31
Replies: 76
Views: 15,222
Posted By Monroe
Re: No longer just a Theory

To quote some famous general who's name a I forget "No battle plan survives contact with the enemy." Or in the case of PA no PA Team game plan survives contact with the player base, and long may it...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 15 Dec 2010, 16:37
Replies: 39
Views: 12,518
Posted By Monroe
Re: Best Fleet in Holiday Round ?

I think it is a perfectly legitimate question, please don't harass the original poster just because you cant be asked to discuss the question at hand.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 Nov 2010, 17:36
Replies: 11
Views: 3,502
Posted By Monroe
Re: remove the automatic report plz

It's only an optimum time because prelaunch exists. Before prelaunch was added attacks happened a lot earlier in the day (game time) as everyone had to actually be on to launch. Consequently a lot...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 13 Nov 2010, 00:18
Replies: 2
Views: 2,196
Posted By Monroe
Re: trade tax

Trade tax made with either your gal fund or your ally fund go into each respective fund. Trade tax with the universe is lost for ever as far as I know... unless the PA Team is siphoning it for...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 7 Nov 2010, 16:09
Replies: 78
Views: 31,933
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 39 Stats

Yeah I have to agree, they are pretty boring.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 29 Oct 2010, 14:54
Replies: 4
Views: 2,804
Posted By Monroe
Re: Galaxy Banners

They are enabled now as far as I know? My gal certainly has one. You have to upload the image to imageshack.us and then you can put in the URL as normal. It says this right on the politics page....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 Oct 2010, 22:55
Replies: 10
Views: 3,339
Posted By Monroe
Re: Cancel PLed ingal def on exiled planets

This is too easily abused... I could keep a galaxy from exiling a planet I wanted them to keep simply by launching a fake attack at them every 8 hours or so....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 Oct 2010, 22:53
Replies: 22
Views: 4,297
Posted By Monroe
Re: Run and Hide fleet option

Yeah the run and hide has made it a lot harder to steal random ships, but I personally don't mind (I played zik last round too). It just means you need to be a lot more active on defense (and get...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 1 Oct 2010, 22:51
Replies: 64
Views: 33,363
Posted By Monroe
Re: Alliance Points Breakdown

No, perhaps one where the number of in game NAPs you have is limited, or the number of constructions you destroy counts, or amount of research you do, or number of successful covert ops counts, or...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 1 Oct 2010, 16:55
Replies: 64
Views: 33,363
Posted By Monroe
Re: Alliance Points Breakdown

If I were to add an APS to the game the objective would be to provide another path to winning the round beyond the rather basic one that is the current game. I know value and the ability to retain...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Sep 2010, 15:28
Replies: 198
Views: 60,470
Posted By Monroe
Re: Alliance Size for next round

This was tried but the spastic monkeys wanted too many bananas, the current dev team was decided upon as a cheaper alternative. ;)
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 Sep 2010, 04:35
Replies: 198
Views: 60,470
Posted By Monroe
Re: Alliance Size for next round

I'm in favor of larger allies rather than smaller, it allows more training of new players as the bigger allies can't fill up their tag with top skilled players, and so are almost always willing to...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 23 Sep 2010, 14:45
Replies: 23
Views: 6,101
Posted By Monroe
Re: NFI round from my POV.

While you might argue this would normally be an AD post, it also fits reasonably well here, he is discussing the strategies that NFI used under different circumstances over the course of the round. ...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 18 Sep 2010, 20:37
Replies: 2
Views: 3,123
Posted By Monroe
Re: Hows things?

I'm still having fun.... but I've been doing this 37 rounds... so I may be a little nuts.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 15 Sep 2010, 15:40
Replies: 168
Views: 61,819
Posted By Monroe
Re: Replace the incompetent MH staff

I haven't been paying attention to this thread at all, but I just thought I'd chime in as the deputy head of support, and therefore a representing manager of #helpdesk.ops and say that Appoco has the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Sep 2010, 05:09
Replies: 12
Views: 3,929
Posted By Monroe
Re: PDS against SKs

For ships to provide 200 value you need to spend 20000 resources to build those ships. Therefore each construction that you build that costs less then 20000 resources is a better deal then spending...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Sep 2010, 21:01
Replies: 12
Views: 3,929
Posted By Monroe
Re: PDS against SKs

Why? The way it was before the first 50 structures of any one type that you built were worth more value then the same amount of resources spent on ships. All that was done was normalized things to...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 3 Sep 2010, 15:19
Replies: 11
Views: 3,127
Posted By Monroe
Re: Planetarimans

Rumor is pilkara may make a comeback.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Sep 2010, 16:31
Replies: 10
Views: 3,339
Posted By Monroe
Re: Cancel PLed ingal def on exiled planets

Well but you fall into the issue of, if I sent prelaunch defense and went to bed with incomming knowing that my fleet was safely on the way to a planet, then the planet is exiled and my fleet gets...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Aug 2010, 23:08
Replies: 18
Views: 3,423
Posted By Monroe
Re: Active Exile Flag

To expand on Zaejii's response, I would be totally interested in a different concept of geography, unfortunately the simple fact is that none of these forms has ever seen the light of day development...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Aug 2010, 21:57
Replies: 18
Views: 3,423
Posted By Monroe
Re: Active Exile Flag

While not the purpose of my original post, I think part of the reason gals are so small is the player base was smaller than anticipated. Coupled with 3 man BPs meant in general terms there were...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Aug 2010, 21:37
Replies: 18
Views: 3,423
Posted By Monroe
Active Exile Flag

So sitting here thinking about how exiles work, and how people abuse them. I think there are two fundamental types of players who exile. Active players who are looking for an active (and preferably...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 29 Jul 2010, 02:08
Replies: 85
Views: 15,971
Posted By Monroe
Re: New Owner Prediction Thread

There is a saying that goes "Those who don't think it can be done should get out of the way of those doing it." I think it applies here in Spinners case. While there will always be critics of...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Jul 2010, 15:11
Replies: 21
Views: 5,451
Posted By Monroe
Re: Limit the numbers of research labs you can build

While I cannot agree with the flaming attitude taken by Mzyxptlk, I do agree with his argument that just because a newbie can make a tactical error isn't sufficient reason to limit the flexibility of...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Jun 2010, 21:36
Replies: 153
Views: 32,173
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 37 shipsstats discussion thread

I can predict it already, if they announce a purely random round there will be a long thread of people whining about how they will quit and never play again along with a few folks saying it's the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Jun 2010, 19:51
Replies: 31
Views: 6,434
Posted By Monroe
Re: Auto Logout

Having a significantly longer time out increases the chances people will cheat, prior to having the bot stopper bots were used by many players, since the bot stopper was added there has been a...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Jun 2010, 17:28
Replies: 31
Views: 6,434
Posted By Monroe
Re: Auto Logout

Brilliant piece of logic here, "because those who cheat already are cheating we should let everyone cheat." Boy someone give this to the government, they should stop making me pay my taxes because...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Jun 2010, 03:59
Replies: 31
Views: 6,434
Posted By Monroe
Re: Auto Logout

12 hour time out would be great, then my bot could play whenever I went to sleep, and my alliance would never need another real scanner again!* Oh wait that would be cheating....

Longer timeouts...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 17 Jun 2010, 16:29
Replies: 4
Views: 2,285
Posted By Monroe
Re: Governments

Because it forces players to make a choice that can impact their entire round? Otherwise I dunno.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Jun 2010, 22:25
Replies: 51
Views: 16,151
Posted By Monroe
Re: Galaxy system atm?

It sucks just as bad as it did last round... shocking... Oh well, at least it's still easy to abuse!
Forum: Strategic Discussions 16 Jun 2010, 22:23
Replies: 153
Views: 32,173
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 37 shipsstats discussion thread

I also am enjoying these stats. But I always prefer attack oriented stats, whether single targeting or not. Attack oriented stats (which these are) help reward activity and smart game play, as...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 8 Jun 2010, 23:34
Replies: 126
Views: 31,934
Posted By Monroe
Re: politics this round

I'll post just to have someone from CT on the thread in order to make it a "more well balanced" thread. So there.

P.S. I don't follow ally politics, so no clue!
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 8 Jun 2010, 23:30
Replies: 10
Views: 2,694
Posted By Monroe
Re: 24 hours of protection?!

This thread has too many responses for a thread with no words in the first post....
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 Jun 2010, 15:03
Replies: 10
Views: 2,694
Posted By Monroe
Re: 24 hours of protection?!

Smudge is a returning addict, he hasn't played in a while.... sounds like he's happy.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 4 Jun 2010, 15:46
Replies: 3
Views: 2,124
Posted By Monroe
Re: cancel prod by ship class

Honestly why not take it a step further and be able to cancel each individual ship type in any order? While Mzyxptlk doesn't appear to like user friendly options, there is still a penalty if your...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 31 May 2010, 15:18
Replies: 18
Views: 3,859
Posted By Monroe
Re: New beginners manual & video

Then by all means they are welcome to do so (for 37 rounds no one seems to have shown the interest). I personally don't have any desire to give zPeti my time for free, call me greedy if you want,...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 30 May 2010, 01:39
Replies: 18
Views: 3,859
Posted By Monroe
Re: New beginners manual & video

No offense taken. I only did it because Ace asked me to, zPeti doesn't pay me anything, so why spend the time to provide him with professional content?
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 29 May 2010, 17:56
Replies: 18
Views: 3,859
Posted By Monroe
Re: New beginners manual & video

I've known, but I helped Ace create it so I don't count! Sorry if I talk to fast, it is a video though, so you can always rewind! It would be really easy to do more of these, I did that one in...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 May 2010, 15:45
Replies: 21
Views: 3,466
Posted By Monroe
Re: random or private

Just an FYI, I have been informed that single man buddy packs will NOT end up in the private uni but in the public. So everyone find at least one buddy!
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 24 May 2010, 22:54
Replies: 21
Views: 3,466
Posted By Monroe
Re: random or private

If your intent is to go random the best strategy is to join a buddy pack, or if you don't have any friends who will join with you to create your own one man buddy pack, which will get bunched with...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 24 May 2010, 05:55
Replies: 130
Views: 38,831
Posted By Monroe
Re: Dear zPeti part 3

Spinner clearly has some real world experiences with these types of issues. I do as well. I am a product manager for a tech company (ok not a game, but high tech) that had more then $20 million USD...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 19 May 2010, 00:07
Replies: 134
Views: 25,965
Posted By Monroe
Re: Favourite rounds!

I have to go with r1, mostly because EVERYONE was a newbie! And who could forget holoroids and cargo ships! Two of the most easily abused things this game has ever had.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 18 May 2010, 15:15
Replies: 153
Views: 32,173
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 37 shipsstats discussion thread

According to Appoco it's a "prealpha" version. I wouldn't waste much time on them!
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 May 2010, 15:48
Replies: 107
Views: 59,771
Posted By Monroe
Re: Oh dear oh dear

Hey, the interceptor was the most useless ship ever, nothing else even comes close. /me hugs his interceptor model
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 4 May 2010, 04:49
Replies: 40
Views: 13,343
Posted By Monroe
Re: Planetarion deterioration procedure

I disagree that the game is unfixable. The problem is the fundamental business model needs to be adjusted, and as you note it needs to be brought into the 21st century. A new stream of interested...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 3 May 2010, 04:29
Replies: 7
Views: 2,419
Posted By Monroe
Re: Autoreport incomings

how about because it gives a reason to pay to play? :-p

P.S. I agree
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 2 May 2010, 03:36
Replies: 119
Views: 33,015
Posted By Monroe
Re: Single targetting to return.. Opinions!!!

If the stats are attack oriented I welcome them, single targeting or no. Defensive oriented stats only help def wh0res and make the round boring.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 29 Apr 2010, 14:25
Replies: 31
Views: 5,254
Posted By Monroe
Re: Why Public/Privates don't work (at least this round)

You are right in one sense and wrong in another. Public galaxies are not in fact competitive if you are trying to have a top planet as it stands right now. However they are absolutely competitive...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 29 Apr 2010, 04:45
Replies: 31
Views: 5,254
Posted By Monroe
Re: Why Public/Privates don't work (at least this round)

I think we are having in part a communication problem. My definition of a fortress galaxy is not the traditional one, where the galaxy is made up primarily of one ally. My definition of a fortress...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Apr 2010, 13:48
Replies: 31
Views: 5,254
Posted By Monroe
Re: Why Public/Privates don't work (at least this round)

They aren't actually fortress galaxies. I just gave you the intro to the plan, not the plan details itself. The idea is to have about half the gal as a fortress gal, the rest as players in other...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Apr 2010, 04:59
Replies: 31
Views: 5,254
Posted By Monroe
Why Public/Privates don't work (at least this round)

So before the round I stated in several threads that public/private galaxies were a bad idea. Many disagreed, but I think now many people have seen how publics tend to dominate by the end of the...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 16 Apr 2010, 19:52
Replies: 155
Views: 34,698
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36 Stats

I know one change that private galaxies has definitely had, I have met a lot more active newbies in my public gal this round then in prior rounds. This is something I have enjoyed, but the private...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 10 Apr 2010, 18:26
Replies: 155
Views: 34,698
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36 Stats

From experience, I totally agree.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 30 Mar 2010, 23:40
Replies: 11
Views: 2,891
Posted By Monroe
Re: Last Breath

This is correct. PA is actually pretty stable, has been for quite a while. What you guys don't see is paid planets verses non paid planets, and while I have not been authorized to share those...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Mar 2010, 14:30
Replies: 32
Views: 5,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: My thriumphs, my mistakes

Just as an FYI, this assumption is false, public galaxies are better then private galaxies in a universe that is mostly private galaxies. My gal has 12 people online in the gal channel yesterday at...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Mar 2010, 02:41
Replies: 32
Views: 5,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: My thriumphs, my mistakes

Why? You don't want any geography in the game at all? You don't want anyone but your allies to be able to defend you? I don't understand. In general people prefer to have a tight nit community to...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Mar 2010, 20:42
Replies: 32
Views: 5,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: My thriumphs, my mistakes

Right a hybrid. The problem is how do you balance it? How many planets per private gal how many per public? It is in my mind impossible to balance because the balance depends on the choices...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Mar 2010, 19:55
Replies: 32
Views: 5,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: My thriumphs, my mistakes

This is exactly why the whole concept of public/privates will never work. One or the other will always (yes I know I just used an absolute) be better then the other, and the player base will react...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Mar 2010, 18:45
Replies: 32
Views: 5,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: My thriumphs, my mistakes

Some certainly are. However how can people pass up the opportunity for cheap roids? I don't think it is fair to expect people to not attack those they think they can get free roids from. Hitting...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Mar 2010, 17:39
Replies: 32
Views: 5,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: My thriumphs, my mistakes

The introduction of public/private galaxies has been a big mistake, the potential for abuse and unfair tactics is huge. Not to mention the fact that newbies are all lumped together, and surprise...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Mar 2010, 15:27
Replies: 32
Views: 5,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: My thriumphs, my mistakes

Public of course, that would be a real feat, finding three virgin PA newbies and getting them to join your private galaxy!

I would also like to point out there are several public galaxies still in...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Mar 2010, 02:39
Replies: 32
Views: 5,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: My thriumphs, my mistakes

This isn't true, there are some newbies that are doing just fine. I have 3 virgin PA newbies in my gal and all three have managed to hold their roids so far, and one even landed an attack! Quit...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 22 Mar 2010, 04:56
Replies: 275
Views: 168,341
Posted By Monroe
Re: donation whores

I don't see anything wrong with what was done. I kinda like it, it creates some early round controversy for everyone to argue over, and puts a huge bulls eye on one planet, all good fun in my...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 18 Mar 2010, 05:47
Replies: 155
Views: 34,698
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36 Stats

Armor has nothing to do with EMP, the only things that matter are, guns, number of ships, and EMP resistance. What happens often with multi targeting stats is that the number of guns an EMP ship has...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 17 Mar 2010, 19:29
Replies: 155
Views: 34,698
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36 Stats

I think this is one of the big things that really confuses people about EMP. It seems counter intuitive that efficiencies for EMP can actually go UP on a T2 over a T1. This is at some level a...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 17 Mar 2010, 15:38
Replies: 155
Views: 34,698
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36 Stats

With the way EMP works they do have some EMP resistance in the sense that each ship absorbs one EMP gun. So it isn't like one EMP ship can freeze all of your FI. The EMP resistance modifier simply...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 Mar 2010, 03:02
Replies: 29
Views: 4,265
Posted By Monroe
Re: Implement some form of geography

While I am not necessarily against more interesting geography one of the major reasons this type of geography was removed was because invariably the top 3 or 4 galaxies made roid farms out of all of...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 4 Mar 2010, 23:48
Replies: 6
Views: 3,507
Posted By Monroe
Re: The case against the lolfence

I guess my basic head scratcher here is if lolfencing (whatever that means) doesn't work to become a top player or galaxy, then people won't do it and there is no reason to complain. If it does work...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Mar 2010, 21:21
Replies: 155
Views: 34,698
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36 Stats

It creates a perception of strength among newbies that is false, otherwise yes you are correct.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 2 Mar 2010, 17:24
Replies: 17
Views: 5,081
Posted By Monroe
Re: returning fleet

Brilliant idea, let's just turn the game into a rulername contest, everyone picks a rulername, then some crazy algorithm picks the winner based solely on how great your rulername was! Sounds like a...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 27 Feb 2010, 22:14
Replies: 155
Views: 34,698
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36 Stats

I totally agree.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Feb 2010, 18:13
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

I think part of what is missing in the byplay here is the fact that part of what made the game appealing originally, and what keeps people playing now is the social/political side of the game. While...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 25 Feb 2010, 23:07
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

For the record CT did not create fortress galaxies this round, it actually happened purely by accident (at least in my case). We got 6 CTers purely at random....

I actually would not be apposed...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 25 Feb 2010, 16:36
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

The shuffle is based on buddypacks, to do what you suggest would require a total rewrite of the shuffle code. How much work is this? I have no idea but it would be one of the main holdups.

You...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 25 Feb 2010, 02:25
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

For one round? Sure no argument. For 3 or 4 rounds when people figure out that to win you need to be in a public galaxy? I seriously doubt any large number of players would if private galaxies...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 25 Feb 2010, 01:02
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

I agree other then the part about them all choosing the private galaxy option. I think enough would be smart enough to go public and crush everyone else. Like I said in my last post, it might be...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Feb 2010, 21:02
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

Well I don't honestly recall the ability of privates to become public, so if I was wrong about that then yes you are correct. Rob's suggestion has it's own problems, namely it makes alliances a lot...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Feb 2010, 17:28
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

Yeah r6... see I'm not totally crazy! I don't actually remember the extra ten being possible for private galaxies, but it certainly could be true. Either way the larger galaxy size of randoms...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Feb 2010, 03:25
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

Private galaxies have been tried several times in the past. The problem in the end has always been that it ends up lumping newbies together with few if any experienced players to help them. This...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Feb 2010, 06:53
Replies: 82
Views: 12,583
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 36

It really is a bit of a catch 22 with the smaller galaxies because of how the shuffle works. Because the number of galaxies is inherently tied to the total number of buddy packs the only way to keep...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 16 Feb 2010, 06:25
Replies: 50
Views: 19,221
Posted By Monroe
Re: OMG! The baby is still going??!!!

Would help if you could read time stamps as well....
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 6 Feb 2010, 17:08
Replies: 73
Views: 13,495
Posted By Monroe
Re: Single Targeting

I didn't say terribly unbalanced stats are good, but there is this idea on the forums that there is a "perfectly" balanced set of stats out there that will make this game great, we just haven't found...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 Feb 2010, 20:48
Replies: 73
Views: 13,495
Posted By Monroe
Re: Single Targeting

After thinking about it for a long time I've decided I don't actually want balanced stats, balanced stats would be boring. What makes the stats (and therefore each round) interesting is finding the...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 Feb 2010, 15:35
Replies: 73
Views: 13,495
Posted By Monroe
Re: Single Targeting

Yes... because the player base is too big and needs to be split up further....
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 3 Feb 2010, 17:49
Replies: 73
Views: 13,495
Posted By Monroe
Re: Single Targeting

Single targeting has been interesting, I had hoped it would force people to spread out their resources more and thereby make attacking easier. Sadly this has only partially been the case as some...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Jan 2010, 00:39
Replies: 38
Views: 5,875
Posted By Monroe
Re: PA World cup 2010

If Scotland counts then so does California!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Jan 2010, 18:22
Replies: 38
Views: 5,875
Posted By Monroe
Re: PA World cup 2010

No point in holding the event as the Americans would clearly win, as they are the only ones who really know how to run defense since all you European types seem to prefer to sleep.....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Jan 2010, 06:01
Replies: 8
Views: 2,962
Posted By Monroe
Re: iPhone app

Why what's wrong with just playing through the iphone web browser? Works just fine for me.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Jan 2010, 16:26
Replies: 32
Views: 9,423
Posted By Monroe
Re: Make attacking more interesting

Making decisions requires activity....
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 9 Jan 2010, 16:26
Replies: 107
Views: 59,771
Posted By Monroe
Re: Oh dear oh dear

This is very well understood by the PA team, the problem is no one has come up with a reasonable solution that doesn't require a major rewrite of the game. The entire medium that this game is played...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 8 Jan 2010, 23:44
Replies: 107
Views: 59,771
Posted By Monroe
Re: Oh dear oh dear

Always nice to hear that even former owners are being watched by the MH team I guess. No cheating allowed here! :p
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Jan 2010, 17:32
Replies: 32
Views: 9,423
Posted By Monroe
Re: Make attacking more interesting

Isn't the point of any game to reward activity? Otherwise why just not have bots run the game? Pick your bot, let it go and come back in 7 weeks and see who wins!

Anyway regarding the initial...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 29 Dec 2009, 23:50
Replies: 22
Views: 9,547
Posted By Monroe
Re: So round 36

I've always preferred random gals personally, so the change doesn't bother me!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Dec 2009, 17:22
Replies: 28
Views: 4,418
Posted By Monroe
Re: ETA and all that jazz

I like the variance in etas, I think it adds to the strategy of the game. Why take the eta strategies out of the game? They are not too complicated for newbies but at the same time add complexity...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 16 Dec 2009, 00:28
Replies: 279
Views: 185,265
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 34 Stats

It's as good a reason as any other I've seen here so far. But yes otherwise you're right. :p
Forum: Strategic Discussions 15 Dec 2009, 18:16
Replies: 279
Views: 185,265
Posted By Monroe
Re: Round 34 Stats

The return of solo attacks being viable would be great in my opinion. The constant teaming up really messes with my game strategy.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Nov 2009, 03:59
Replies: 17
Views: 4,428
Posted By Monroe
Re: Incoming Scans - Amps vs Dists

In my opinion this is a solution without a problem.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Nov 2009, 17:13
Replies: 3
Views: 3,162
Posted By Monroe
Re: Salvage ship?

This sounds a bit like the r1 cargo ship which was used to steal resources from planets you attacked. Which made it very easy to abuse. In this case I think the best argument against this idea is...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 4 Nov 2009, 20:38
Replies: 21
Views: 6,089
Posted By Monroe
Re: Illusions

French don't retreat, they just move aggressively to the rear!
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 3 Nov 2009, 19:40
Replies: 36
Views: 7,896
Posted By Monroe
Re: UK Data Protection Act of 1998 and the PA EULA

Well for one I doubt it is blatant (as in someone said, "hey don't put that info in there, someone might object"), but even if it is... if you don't like the rules don't play. Really I see this...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 3 Nov 2009, 18:35
Replies: 36
Views: 7,896
Posted By Monroe
Re: UK Data Protection Act of 1998 and the PA EULA

Until someone gets a lawyer involved (or you are a lawyer) this whole discussion is really meaningless.

If someone does get a lawyer involved and it leads to PA getting shut down.... I hate you.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 28 Oct 2009, 14:44
Replies: 35
Views: 71,017
Posted By Monroe
Re: First Tick Setup

The thread has not been deleted, it has just fallen off your list of active threads. If you search this forum for threads by Light I am sure it will come right up.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 18 Oct 2009, 15:53
Replies: 41
Views: 22,344
Posted By Monroe
Re: What stats for r34 ?

I personally saw FI/CO structure killers once all round. Not to say they weren't out there, but just because you had one experience and Zaejii had another doesn't necessarily mean he is out of touch...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 16 Oct 2009, 00:56
Replies: 41
Views: 22,344
Posted By Monroe
Re: What stats for r34 ?

Well you can vote all you want, but seeing as it's Appoco doing the stats I don't think voting will make much difference. Appoco ussually makes decent stats, so we'll see!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 Oct 2009, 09:01
Replies: 3
Views: 2,816
Posted By Monroe
Re: Timestamp on scans

I agree a timestamp would be helpful. It would be great to have a quick reference to know when a jumpgate or landing scan was done during a tick.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 15 Oct 2009, 08:59
Replies: 41
Views: 22,344
Posted By Monroe
Re: What stats for r34 ?

Appoco is doing the stats. This round he might even get a complete set together before havoc is finished. :o
Forum: Strategic Discussions 1 Oct 2009, 17:31
Replies: 30
Views: 7,623
Posted By Monroe
Re: The effect of ally size caps on large galaxies and planets

So you are saying that hitting planets with a range of incoming is the best route? I haven't seen that be the most effective strategy. Single class attacks seem to me to be more effective. So most...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Sep 2009, 22:24
Replies: 30
Views: 7,623
Posted By Monroe
Re: The effect of ally size caps on large galaxies and planets

I guess when I started this thread I really wasn't looking for suggestions on how to fix the problem from a game engine standpoint (though the suggestions here have been thoughtful).

What I am...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Sep 2009, 02:37
Replies: 30
Views: 7,623
Posted By Monroe
Re: The effect of ally size caps on large galaxies and planets

Sorry that one should have a note next it excluding fortress galaxies, and EVERY statement I make should be taken to have exceptions to it anyway.



Don't you see that as a total catch-22...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Sep 2009, 21:43
Replies: 30
Views: 7,623
Posted By Monroe
Re: The effect of ally size caps on large galaxies and planets

Well the obvious answer to that is to not allow them the late sign ups either then.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Sep 2009, 21:24
Replies: 30
Views: 7,623
Posted By Monroe
Re: The effect of ally size caps on large galaxies and planets

Agreed, the problem is there an effective strategy to deal with this fact? I really don't think so, the gals that rise to the top are all active, fence sitting, and cross defend. This allows them...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Sep 2009, 19:00
Replies: 30
Views: 7,623
Posted By Monroe
Re: The effect of ally size caps on large galaxies and planets

Does this happen on the top galaxies? Not in my experience, but I could be wrong here, but I think the top galaxies (unless they are fortress galaxies) rarely get hit by multiple allies...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Sep 2009, 18:21
Replies: 30
Views: 7,623
Posted By Monroe
Re: The effect of ally size caps on large galaxies and planets

Well I agree that allies do team up regularly, but it is not generally in my experience against galaxies but against other allies. Now obviously there are some fortress galaxies that are heavily one...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Sep 2009, 18:13
Replies: 30
Views: 7,623
Posted By Monroe
The effect of ally size caps on large galaxies and planets

I was having a conversation in my ally channel regarding hitting large planets and it got me thinking about one of the possibly unintended consequences of the ally member cap. Because galaxies have...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 21 Sep 2009, 21:56
Replies: 11
Views: 3,249
Posted By Monroe
Re: Highlight of the Round.

You would think after all these times being closed CarDi would either have figured out how to cheat without getting caught or would have stopped cheating by now....

Some people never learn I guess.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Sep 2009, 21:54
Replies: 6
Views: 2,473
Posted By Monroe
Re: in-game bcalc improvements

Calcs made by someone else will adopt your skin and have full functionality IF they are launched in the same browser that you are currently logged into PA from, at least for me. Not sure about...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 20 Sep 2009, 06:26
Replies: 37
Sticky: #Strategy
Views: 87,616
Posted By Monroe
Re: #Strategy

Sov! You live! Come back to us!

And to answer your question no, many people are not idle, but still ignore people. :p
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 31 Aug 2009, 20:58
Replies: 7
Views: 2,272
Posted By Monroe
Re: Change Protection...

I agree, speeding up the game start makes a lot of sense. This is now in consideration on the development list, so cheers for bringing it back up.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 17 Aug 2009, 03:37
Replies: 221
Views: 60,709
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 stats and next round :p

I generally have to agree with JBG, Zaejii's stats have too many ships. That being said I think Zaejii's approach is an interesting change, and while general JBG makes good stats, I feel it is worth...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 3 Aug 2009, 04:15
Replies: 12
Views: 3,726
Posted By Monroe
Re: Can we reduce the number of ships and add flagships?

Flagships have been suggested before, and will probably be suggested again, not a bad concept but too difficult to add to the existing game engine.

The number of ships in the game was increased in...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 31 Jul 2009, 21:11
Replies: 221
Views: 60,709
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 stats and next round :p

I never said there are races with no disadvantages, my comment was to point out that Xan has a major disadvantage the other races don't have that contributes to the lack of balance in the stats.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 31 Jul 2009, 19:43
Replies: 221
Views: 60,709
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 stats and next round :p

I disagree. When every race has to make these trade offs (as Xan does this round) it opens up the attack options and creates great attack opportunities, it simultaneously makes defending generally...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 31 Jul 2009, 18:02
Replies: 221
Views: 60,709
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 stats and next round :p

The complaint I've been hearing about ziks is the one mentioned by Colt, namely it is nearly impossible to solo (accept against total newbies or the bots), you almost always have to team up to have...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 31 Jul 2009, 15:42
Replies: 221
Views: 60,709
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 stats and next round :p

JBG you wouldn't touch zik or etd? Zik has been very difficult this round, helping them out a bit with a slightly better attack fleet would have helped them a ton I think. No idea what to do with...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Jul 2009, 02:39
Replies: 37
Views: 5,261
Posted By Monroe
Re: Substract XP for hitting smaller targets

I've argued for negative XP for a long time, Cin and appoco seem to be against it for some reason, not sure why.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Jul 2009, 19:40
Replies: 28
Views: 4,566
Posted By Monroe
Re: Vacation Mode Changes

Ali, we have heard this complaint a lot, and it is indeed frustrating when people do that if you are trying to attack them. But the penalty for vacation mode is fair imo, and you can always attack...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 22 Jun 2009, 22:41
Replies: 18
Views: 4,233
Posted By Monroe
Re: Problems with the login question

Have you tried reloading the page before answering like the page suggests?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Jun 2009, 20:16
Replies: 131
Views: 19,678
Posted By Monroe
Re: Should SKs be changed for R32?

I will remind posters on this forum once again, that the strategy forum is for discussion, not abusing one another. If you do not like something that is being done please post reasoned arguments, do...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 Jun 2009, 04:28
Replies: 131
Views: 19,678
Posted By Monroe
Re: Should SKs be changed for R32?

My explanation is an edited version of what JBG gave me. If you have a better non biased explanation you wish to see I am willing to make changes. I appologize that the poll was initially unclear...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Jun 2009, 20:12
Replies: 131
Views: 19,678
Posted By Monroe
Should SKs be changed for R32?

At the request of JBG I have put up this poll.

A Yes vote means they stay as they currently are in the beta stats (structure killers are in the same class as pods).
A No vote means JBG will put...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 7 Jun 2009, 16:07
Replies: 203
Views: 47,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 Shipstats

Junglemuffin is not in charge of the stats, there is a topic in #pastats, I don't know why you couldn't see it. You are welcome regardless of what JM says, as is anyone else.

However just because...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 6 Jun 2009, 17:41
Replies: 203
Views: 47,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 Shipstats

I disagree to some degree, initiative and targeting are primary, efficiencies are secondary, as long as when you do init/targeting you have a general feel of what ships are going to be made powerful...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 6 Jun 2009, 16:58
Replies: 203
Views: 47,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 Shipstats

The set that JungleMuffin posted is the official set that is being worked on for r32, you may join us in #pastats and make suggestions if you wish. The reason it appears so absurded is that cost,...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 Jun 2009, 22:13
Replies: 31
Views: 4,173
Posted By Monroe
Re: New IRC client

I would like the channel bar across the top to be more pronounced, I almost missed it the first time I launched the client. Otherwise it seems completely functional, which is great!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 4 Jun 2009, 22:02
Replies: 19
Views: 3,924
Posted By Monroe
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 3 Jun 2009, 21:28
Replies: 19
Views: 3,924
Posted By Monroe
Re: Encouraging people to make more diverse fleets

These types of ideas have been suggested in the past, and I think there is some merit to the idea. One idea I have suggested is a "Civ IV" style damage system. Where all ships have a base...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 3 Jun 2009, 15:37
Replies: 19
Views: 3,924
Posted By Monroe
Re: Encouraging people to make more diverse fleets

The best way to force people to spread out resource allocation is to limit the effectiveness of any one class of ships and force them to build multiple ship classes to attack effectively and defend...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 May 2009, 05:45
Replies: 12
Views: 3,250
Posted By Monroe
Re: Running and recalling fleet during pre-launched - during multi-wave incommings.

This would be useful for idle n00bs like myself, I would like a feature like this, but I suspect it would be just another excuse to only check in on the game once a day.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 May 2009, 05:44
Replies: 7
Views: 2,999
Posted By Monroe
Re: emegancy hyperdrive

Would it cost anything to repair the damaged ships? Damage is an interesting concept and I think should be further explored. It is a bit odd that in PA ships are either killed or survive, there is...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 28 May 2009, 15:29
Replies: 203
Views: 47,388
Posted By Monroe
Re: R32 Shipstats

I welcome all attempts to discuss anything related to strategy on this forum. While you may not agree with the other poster, his ideas seem well intentioned. The number of red dots has nothing to...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 May 2009, 04:59
Replies: 54
Views: 12,514
Posted By Monroe
Re: r32 ship-stat suggestions

If anyone wants I can reactivate #pastats if you guys want to have conversations regarding this. Find me on NG (#support is always a good place to look) and I can set it up.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 May 2009, 05:01
Replies: 54
Views: 12,514
Posted By Monroe
Re: r32 ship-stat suggestions

If I have any say in the matter, I would prefer to return to more attack oriented stats. The stats the last couple of rounds have left very few options other then massive team ups to take on the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 May 2009, 20:07
Replies: 20
Views: 4,960
Posted By Monroe
Re: PDS as structure

For some reason the PA community has decided that SKs are the equivalent of nuclear bombs. Probably because while destroyed ships can in theory be rebuilt at any time given enough resources...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 May 2009, 15:35
Replies: 20
Views: 4,960
Posted By Monroe
Re: PDS as structure

This idea has been suggested before, probably several times before by now, I personally think it is interesting and should be considered, but those who remember PDS's don't generally remember then...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 May 2009, 19:03
Replies: 23
Views: 4,336
Posted By Monroe
Re: A purpose for bot planets

The problem is if you got very big you could then hide value in such a way that it could never be attacked. So if I got a big roid lead I could throw lots of resources into production and never let...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 May 2009, 16:05
Replies: 23
Views: 4,336
Posted By Monroe
Re: A purpose for bot planets

I disagree, I like the current system where resources in a raw form are worth less then ones that have been committed. The current problem is that there is the ability to simply hide resources and...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 May 2009, 15:02
Replies: 23
Views: 4,336
Posted By Monroe
Re: A purpose for bot planets

Agreed, but this has a lot to do with the stats and very little to do with the suggestion in this thread. The real question is where do bots belong in the game. I think we all agree newbies are the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 May 2009, 05:08
Replies: 23
Views: 4,336
Posted By Monroe
Re: A purpose for bot planets

I believe the current plan is to try and code an AI for the bots so that they actually build reasonably intelligent fleets and defend each other. IF that is done (and it is a big if) your idea would...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 May 2009, 14:25
Replies: 23
Views: 10,368
Posted By Monroe
Re: Universal marketing and other stuff, micromanagement and so on...

Excellent job outlining your idea Ave, I have passed this thread on to the dev team and we will discuss it further. It is doubtful this idea will get implemented any time soon, but who knows, maybe...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 1 May 2009, 19:43
Replies: 49
Views: 17,564
Posted By Monroe
Re: Covops

Agreed, also just because you create a rule that says one person can only covert op you every so often doesn't stop team ups etc. Honestly the current system works pretty well, anyone that wants to...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 May 2009, 19:40
Replies: 23
Views: 10,368
Posted By Monroe
Re: Universal marketing and other stuff, micromanagement and so on...

Ave, what would ground troops do? Would they destroy structures? Would they steal resources? Kill population? What? I guess the basic question is why would I invest resources in group troops? ...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 30 Apr 2009, 18:28
Replies: 49
Views: 17,564
Posted By Monroe
Re: Covops

Go dictatorship and just toggle population as needed into security. Has worked for me the last two rounds. I've stopped about 80% of all hacks that way (and I got hacked a lot because it looked...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Apr 2009, 19:35
Replies: 23
Views: 10,368
Posted By Monroe
Re: Universal marketing and other stuff, micromanagement and so on...

I actually don't see what I said as disagreeing with Mzyxptlk. Or now that you have clarified your position you either for that matter. Having a graduated scale where the beginning options are easy...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 28 Apr 2009, 19:31
Replies: 16
Views: 10,656
Posted By Monroe
Re: Tick Plans Required

The average player does not get to 800 roids for a consistent period in the round. For the top players you are absolutely right, but for anyone who is not a top player mines are actually a better...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 28 Apr 2009, 19:28
Replies: 16
Views: 10,656
Posted By Monroe
Re: Tick Plans Required

Well but the FC bonus also applies to mines, so I personally favor a balanced approach. Mines early, then switch to FCs as the round progresses. The other thing you have to factor in is the cost of...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 28 Apr 2009, 15:20
Replies: 16
Views: 10,656
Posted By Monroe
Re: Tick Plans Required

For the record the number of roids needed to make FCs more valuable is closer to 700 not 800, it depends on how many mines you have ironically as the FC bonus also impacts mines. I build a couple of...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Apr 2009, 22:06
Replies: 23
Views: 10,368
Posted By Monroe
Re: Universal marketing and other stuff, micromanagement and so on...

I disagree with this, very few people sign up to waste their time playing simple games over and over. Most want a complex game that they can become masters of and show off their great skills.
...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 27 Apr 2009, 22:02
Replies: 7
Views: 27,670
Posted By Monroe
Re: Generic Startup Guide (Mk 2)

It has been unstuck, if someone wants to do the work of updating it I will stick it back up.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 18 Apr 2009, 23:50
Replies: 547
Views: 162,132
Posted By Monroe
Re: R31 shipstats

Let me remind those that are posting on this thread that the strategy forums are a happy place. Continued abusive language back and forth will lead me to close the thread. You are allowed to...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 16 Apr 2009, 16:26
Replies: 37
Sticky: #Strategy
Views: 87,616
Posted By Monroe
Re: #Strategy

Yeah it's pretty much a dead channel these days, but it used to be active! Everyone idle out I'm afraid. I still hang out there just in case, if you want to talk strategy I am available when I'm...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Mar 2009, 17:46
Replies: 17
Views: 3,059
Posted By Monroe
Re: Change to vacation mode.

I guess my basic problem with this suggestion is that it makes vacation mode more attractive and therefore more likely to be abused. The current system treats all players equally, there is no...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Mar 2009, 16:24
Replies: 14
Views: 3,421
Posted By Monroe
Re: Finance center diminishing returns

FCs already have a diminishing return, namely the more you build the more expensive they are to pay off. I don't think this actually adds anything, and it makes the marginal utility of building an...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Mar 2009, 16:21
Replies: 17
Views: 3,059
Posted By Monroe
Re: Change to vacation mode.

I'm not a big fan of this idea, mainly because it allows active players who have friends to potentially avoid any of the penalties of going into vacation mode. IE anyone who is in an active galaxy...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Feb 2009, 19:53
Replies: 104
Sticky: Game Tactics
Views: 196,389
Posted By Monroe
Re: Game Tactics

Perhaps I should change the name of the tactic to something more along the lines of "Last minute production defense" and then use both methods as suggestions to how to do it. Against a vigilant...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Feb 2009, 16:10
Replies: 104
Sticky: Game Tactics
Views: 196,389
Posted By Monroe
Re: Game Tactics

I don't see you're point as contradictory to mine, it more compliments it. If you're goal is to maximize the amount of ships then yes gradual is better, but if you're goal is to hide as long as...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Feb 2009, 07:43
Replies: 104
Sticky: Game Tactics
Views: 196,389
Posted By Monroe
Re: Game Tactics

I've noticed people using a new tactic, so I wanted to post it here for comment. Some may not like it being posted, but I think it's an interesting tactic so I thought I'd get it out there for...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 19 Feb 2009, 21:13
Replies: 218
Views: 80,040
Posted By Monroe
Re: hirr politics

Why don't we call a truce and all agree that lemmings are great, and should be shared by all who want to use them appropriately and respectfully.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 Feb 2009, 18:05
Replies: 63
Views: 10,560
Posted By Monroe
Re: i'm done.

I find threads like this rather amusing. Clearly none of you remember back in the "good old days" of planetarion when server down time was a weekly if not daily occurrence, massive lag, and all...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 3 Feb 2009, 00:30
Replies: 19
Views: 3,923
Posted By Monroe
Re: New PA TEAM

Development could change a lot, there are a number of things that Cin/Appoco have wanted to do that have been vetoed by the owners of PA over the years. Also with the folks who actually do the work...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Feb 2009, 21:24
Replies: 19
Views: 3,923
Posted By Monroe
Re: New PA TEAM

This actually does happen through several formats, through the dev team and the alliance reps forums users do have significant input on what does and does not get developed. I do however agree with...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 16 Jan 2009, 23:54
Replies: 105
Views: 19,029
Posted By Monroe
Re: Omac

I'm just sorry for Appoco and Cin after they've spent all that time coding r30.........
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Jan 2009, 17:39
Replies: 23
Views: 4,293
Posted By Monroe
Re: Planet Names

I like having both planet and ruler names, if you want the same info for both, just make your ruler and planet names the same.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 Dec 2008, 07:33
Replies: 40
Views: 6,491
Posted By Monroe
Re: Exploit?

The min time for vacation mode is 72 hours, and what they have done is brilliant, but is easily fixed for next round. Simply disable the ability to go into vac mode 72 hours prior to forcing...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Dec 2008, 02:03
Replies: 28
Views: 4,150
Posted By Monroe
Re: Light's random suggestions

The largest players benefit more in proportion because they are more accelerated. There really isn't much lag between the time the low end builds the roids and the top end steals them. It only...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Dec 2008, 21:32
Replies: 28
Views: 4,150
Posted By Monroe
Re: Light's random suggestions

[QUOTE=Light;3160417]

1. Interesting idea, might be worth considering, I'll pass the info onto the dev side and we'll discuss it.

2. As you can set the disband vote, I don't feel that this one...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 6 Dec 2008, 16:23
Replies: 24
Views: 3,749
Posted By Monroe
Re: Devs Blogs?

I would have to concur. I withdraw my previous statement, other then the not getting paid part. :p
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Dec 2008, 23:02
Replies: 24
Views: 3,749
Posted By Monroe
Re: Devs Blogs?

Translation:
OMAC wants people to sign up to work for free for a for profit company and lock them into an NDA. I can't imagine why more folks haven't signed up for this....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 Nov 2008, 18:16
Replies: 12
Views: 3,309
Posted By Monroe
Re: Commando Ships - Landing Crafts - Anti Co-Op

I personally think it is an interesting suggestion and should be fleshed out some.

How many guards/agents would each ship kill? I would think there should be a cap on the number of agents/guards...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 21 Nov 2008, 02:07
Replies: 89
Views: 14,549
Posted By Monroe
Re: Cluster 200 ftw?

It seems to me you guys are arguing over something when the outcome is unknown. This planet has decided to gamble to try and do well, personally I would rather play well, have good defense, and good...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 12 Nov 2008, 22:03
Replies: 104
Sticky: Game Tactics
Views: 196,389
Posted By Monroe
Re: Game Tactics

New tactic in R29 which I am calling "Stupid Defense." With the advent of landing scans sending any defense at all is getting people to recall sometimes. Especially if the target has distorters and...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Nov 2008, 17:02
Replies: 27
Views: 5,288
Posted By Monroe
Re: Why Pay For PA?

I have yet to find anyone who is against this idea that had a good argument. I think wakey has concisely summed up why it hasn't happened yet. It is a good idea however.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 24 Oct 2008, 04:27
Replies: 25
Views: 6,091
Posted By Monroe
Re: "Gang Bang Protection"

Rassputtin you have some good points with regard to the speed round. They don't really apply in the regular game, which I think you understand now, but the problem is the speed game is not a...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Oct 2008, 21:37
Replies: 12
Views: 3,911
Posted By Monroe
Re: End of Round Reveal Name

lol, thanks Mzyxptlk, I retract all my prior statements regarding this topic.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Oct 2008, 19:48
Replies: 12
Views: 3,911
Posted By Monroe
Re: End of Round Reveal Name

I guess my only question here is if someone wanted to have everyone know where they were it is easy enough to just make your ruler name your IRC nick and be done with it. I'm not sure how this adds...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 15 Oct 2008, 17:06
Replies: 44
Views: 7,222
Posted By Monroe
Re: Landing Scans

I'm willing to concede to all of you that argue that this makes going the route of distorter whore less advantageous, though not completely useless. What a lot of you seem to be forgetting is that...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 14 Oct 2008, 21:32
Replies: 44
Views: 7,222
Posted By Monroe
Re: Landing Scans

It does defeat distorters when there is no defense, but when there is _any_ defense at all it doesn't defeat distorters because the attacker has no idea at all what the defenders sent. So a cath...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 13 Oct 2008, 05:34
Replies: 6
Views: 4,446
Posted By Monroe
Re: Improving the user experience

I for one like this set of ideas. Not sure what the coders will say, but it would be very handy not to have to flip between pages as much as we do currently. Also I've felt for some time that the...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Sep 2008, 22:55
Replies: 35
Views: 5,347
Posted By Monroe
Re: Possibly of interest...

This is similar to the bug that came up when I did the stats, but not exactly. But it is definitely in the same vein, which is that there really is no good way for steal ships to steal each other at...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 Sep 2008, 20:13
Replies: 9
Views: 3,993
Posted By Monroe
Re: Delete all messages [INBOX]

Check marks are terrible, I vote we require thumbprint and facial recognition before deletion! ;)

Otherwise I think it's a good idea.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Sep 2008, 16:01
Replies: 22
Views: 3,766
Posted By Monroe
Re: More "realistic" fleet sizes and prizes

Well since the large numbers (but not the ratios between different classes) is my fault I feel I should at least post here. The reason behind the large numbers was because when the round went from...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Aug 2008, 19:26
Replies: 7
Views: 3,224
Posted By Monroe
Re: Bot Planets in 1:1

Roid farms for smallish players... and for those bigger players who can't be bothered to find real targets....
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 26 Aug 2008, 17:14
Replies: 10
Views: 4,606
Posted By Monroe
Re: Planetarion on the Iphone

I have a first gen iphone ver 2.02 and I have discovered that I have to refresh the bot question to get one I can answer properly. Not sure exactly what causes it, but prior to the 2.02 update it...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Aug 2008, 20:23
Replies: 28
Views: 6,028
Posted By Monroe
Re: Airports

For the record it should be a spaceport not an airport. And while I am at it I don't see this as a positive feature for the game, not unless the game is going to have some serious structural changes...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 6 Aug 2008, 23:38
Replies: 37
Views: 11,052
Posted By Monroe
Re: A vision for the future of Planetarion

I thought this was a great thread when it was in the dev forum, and I still think it is here. The problem as always is getting the team together to implement this, and imo it should be done from the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 6 Aug 2008, 16:23
Replies: 4
Views: 2,693
Posted By Monroe
Re: Trade Routes & Covert op

How would the trade happen? Would it be instantaneous, or over a period of time? How would it be covert opped? Please expand.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 6 Aug 2008, 02:14
Replies: 57
Views: 10,567
Posted By Monroe
Re: Making production last forever without cheating

I've been petitioning Cin to close this loophole, it's really simple to do, simply only allow ships that use the same factory in the same orders. This is really a bug in the game in my opinion,...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Aug 2008, 23:48
Replies: 28
Views: 4,928
Posted By Monroe
Re: Serios suggestions from an old school player

10 player galaxies is not a good solution because it would then require new galaxies to be continually created as in past rounds. This lumps the new players together and does not often give them a...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Aug 2008, 22:50
Replies: 28
Views: 4,928
Posted By Monroe
Re: Serios suggestions from an old school player

Did you by chance play the game back when alliances were unlimited? It was a heck of a lot easier to find DCs then, then it is now. Also I don't see lots of potential HCs whining on the forums...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Aug 2008, 22:45
Replies: 14
Views: 3,502
Posted By Monroe
Re: Fleet Recalls

I agree with the critics on this one, this is too much like giving someone else control of your fleet, and could lead to accidental FC and whatnot. Also once you start down this path where does it...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Aug 2008, 21:32
Replies: 28
Views: 4,928
Posted By Monroe
Re: Serios suggestions from an old school player

I also agree with Gate, there is a critical mass that must be maintained in order for an alliance to function. If that limit is cut back allies will either adapt to a wing structure or die. It is...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Aug 2008, 18:23
Replies: 7
Views: 3,777
Posted By Monroe
Re: PDS as a construction

1-2) They would be limited by the construction limit just like every other construct. I would also have them fire simultaneous with SKs and with a low efficiency verses SKs (I'd do this by jacking...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Aug 2008, 18:21
Replies: 7
Views: 3,777
Posted By Monroe
Re: PDS as a construction

The other major argument against this is that there are two groups of people who predominantly built PDS in the past. One was extremely large players and the other tends to be newbies. The large...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Aug 2008, 16:59
Replies: 7
Views: 3,777
Posted By Monroe
Re: PDS as a construction

I've suggested this same basic idea before. The fundamental argument against it is it will lead to a ton more SKs in the game, leading to lots of folks getting their constructions bashed, and...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 3 Aug 2008, 23:24
Replies: 7
Views: 3,639
Posted By Monroe
Re: So next round?

Omac has stated that nothing in PA will change for a while. So I would expect the game to continue as is until at least the end of the year. This is of course my opinion and I could be completely...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Jul 2008, 21:55
Replies: 10
Views: 2,898
Posted By Monroe
Re: Wave Centers

I can't say I'm in favor of this idea, and gate explained a lot of the reason why. The only way I can see this making much sense is if we went back to scans having a limited chance of being...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Jul 2008, 20:59
Replies: 41
Views: 8,535
Posted By Monroe
Re: How much is PA worth? really!

Never underestimate the idiocy of people in large numbers. :D
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 28 Jul 2008, 15:16
Replies: 41
Views: 8,535
Posted By Monroe
Re: How much is PA worth? really!

This is in part why the entire business model of selling accounts each round needs to be rethought. Part of the reason that PA has not been successful is its business model is extremely limited, and...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Jul 2008, 15:40
Replies: 41
Views: 8,535
Posted By Monroe
Re: How much is PA worth? really!

Well this is the million dollar question....
The brand is worth something, if only as a marketing prop (planetarion as one of the first browser based MMO which has had hundreds of thousands of...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 25 Jul 2008, 16:12
Replies: 41
Views: 8,535
Posted By Monroe
Re: How much is PA worth? really!

Well your assuming that if I bought PA and was going to improve it I would necessarily be buying the game for the game code. I would be buying PA for the brand far more then for the code. It would...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 25 Jul 2008, 02:03
Replies: 41
Views: 8,535
Posted By Monroe
Re: How much is PA worth? really!

The one that says software (whether a game or other app) is considered technology.



Not necessarily, one of the things you have to remember is even if I can produce a game that is 5 times...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 24 Jul 2008, 18:21
Replies: 41
Views: 8,535
Posted By Monroe
Re: How much is PA worth? really!

When technology companies are valued typically the evaluation is somewhere between 7 and 10 times the annual income minus liabilities (debts). As far as I know PA has no debt so the actual valuation...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 24 Jul 2008, 17:28
Replies: 106
Views: 21,843
Posted By Monroe
Re: Planetarion Suggestion/Bitch Thread - Please read & reply!!!

Most of my suggestions are on the dev forum so I won't go into details here but basically:
1. Someone with clear strategic vision plotting a clear product development path for PA.
2. A better...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 Jul 2008, 18:57
Replies: 20
Views: 3,937
Posted By Monroe
Re: Modify Core Extraction

Here is a radical (and therefor maybe bad) idea, how about making the amount of resources you get out of core research dependent on your roid count. So for big players cap it right were it is (say...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 27 Jun 2008, 01:06
Replies: 30
Views: 5,875
Posted By Monroe
Re: pateam

As far as I know the only reason the PA team defends the bots (other then to farm newbie ships for themselves) is to protect the bots from abuse by players. It seems fair to me that an occasional...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Jun 2008, 01:02
Replies: 7
Views: 2,684
Posted By Monroe
Re: Changes to Planet Scans

Well I've felt for a long time that covert ops should also provide intel, after all in the real world one of the key sources of intel is in fact espionage, so it is perfectly logical to me that some...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Jun 2008, 21:34
Replies: 7
Views: 2,684
Posted By Monroe
Changes to Planet Scans

I'd like to posit that the changes that have been made to planet scans for this round are unnecessary and should be removed. The reason the information about factories and resources in production...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Jun 2008, 23:51
Replies: 12
Views: 3,666
Posted By Monroe
Re: reporting on gal stat

I actually like the current system because a lot of allies do not use the ingame system. Because of this the in game system is really good for seeing which incommings have been reported on IRC and...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Jun 2008, 20:38
Replies: 17
Views: 4,778
Posted By Monroe
Re: R27 Stats Final

ETD was tempting, but Xan DE with bombers is still a very simply way for Xan to cover every option to attack them. It makes it very easy to play defense, as long as you can out flack the EMP. And...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 18 May 2008, 15:57
Replies: 357
Views: 39,543
Posted By Monroe
Re: Stats Round 27

This is the case, no one has stepped forward to do stats, therefor as of right now they will not change.
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