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Originally Posted by JonnyBGood
Everyone did start with the same resources. That gal just decided to do something unorthodox with theirs. Seriously though, how exactly is this different from planets dedicating their round to defending/escorting someone in their gal (which is perfectly legal and would be far more "damaging to the game"). We see this all the time, usually more towards the end of a round when someone gets their friends to either ground their fleets to defend them ingal or escort them on attacks and pull at eta 1. In a very similar way both types of planets are using their resources in order to maximise the score of a different planet. And although you want to code one out we'd all have to acknowledge that coding the other out is pretty much impossible.
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I just find the two completly different.
Donating to a someone inside your galaxy at startup does not require you to actually play the game nor does it require any real effort. Its not really co-ordination its simply getting someone to signup to donate to you, then they can happily quit and you can do what you like. Also donation doesnt require any real time or 'skill' either and so shouldnt be a factor, I do dislike the end week due to the way attacking/defending works but i much prefer that to someone winning via donations.
Attacking or defending at the end for a dedicated goal while isnt ideal it still requires them to of played the round and be online at the right times to defend. They cant simply donate when they're online, for it to work they have to come online and send there fleets accordingly which takes alot more effort. While i would like the #1 planet to be a planet that has got there by there own merits its impossible as either alliance, galaxy or friends come into it as the last week is highly competitive.
However, i wouldnt say they were situations where you could compare, as if you want to compare it to support planets it would be someone signing up in the last week in order to support them, which obviously is pure fail
Also by the last week, everything isnt fair.. As alliances/galaxys have already notched up a huge score lead and they will obviously use this lead to try and grab the planet rank as well. While at the start of the round, everything is meant to be reletively fair with every planet starting with the same resources. Now that galaxy could choose to flagship that planet to #1 and i wouldnt have a problem with that, as that at least requires effort, skill, time and co-ordination.. While just signing up and donating to someone doesnt.
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Originally Posted by Aryn
unless BA wins the round i don't think there's anything to complain about.
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It really doesnt matter if he wins or not, as the advantage gained is not enough to win the round outright at tick 70 as alot of other factors can come into it. Its just undeniably a huge advantage that he's gained and weither he's gained it unfairly or something that PA should encourage, whereby (if we go BP gals next round) everyone who is going random is encourage to get 4 non-players to signup and donate, then exile out at the pre-arranged time with there alliance to land in a fort galaxy.
It also has a negative effect on the upgrade system, as the resource bonus gained from this dwarfs the upgrade bonus