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Originally Posted by Mzyxptlk
The strategy of the non-Ultores alliances has always been as follows: take out the biggest threat, then hope there's time left to take out the lesser threats before the round ends. As long as Ultores is in a position to win, they know that if they let up the assault, Ultores will surge ahead.
Even now, if Ultores does not get continue to get incs like they have been, they will win. It's not unheard of for them to gain 5k roids a night. One night without incs to take 10k roids from Faceless, of which 4k go to Ultores, and another night without incs to take 14k roids from CT, of which 4k go to Ultores, and Ultores wins, without even counting XP.
So CT, p3nguins and Faceless have no choice. They have to keep waiting for you to crack, because the alternative is losing for sure. This has nothing to do with hatred or jealousy. It's a perfectly rational strategy that maximizes their chance of winning.
The lower ranked alliances have a different rationale: they can't win, no matter what they do, so they just pick the safest strategy available to them: pick a block and stick with it. If the block wins, they have nothing to worry about. If the block loses, the fact that they're ranked lower and have fewer roids makes it unlikely Ultores would have the time to or incentive to retaliate. They'd be busy keeping the 3 other contenders away from them.
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Doesn't this just kind of prove that PA has stopped being either a game of fun, or skill, and just become a game of pile on? I mean, add to your conclusion the fact that people whine any time Ult has an ally, they are essentially conceding the skill gap and find their only pathway to victory is through sheer numbers. It takes out the fun scenario too, because they are in full on war mode within a week of tickstart. What happened to spending the first half of the round gal raiding?