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Mzyxptlk · 27 Feb 2020, 14:03

Looking at the rankings, it seems to me that XP and value are remarkably well balanced right now: 4/10 planets in the score top 10 are not in the value top 10, and 29/50 planets in the score top 50 are not in the value top 50. I see no reason to make any changes.

My old argument against prelaunch is that it allows people to attack while asleep, but not to defend while asleep, and this is an imbalance that should be addressed. The addition of the alliance defense fleet has made the situation less lopsided, but you can still launch 3 attack fleets with prelaunching while you can only launch 1 defense fleet with the alliance defense fleet.

I still don't think limiting (attack) prelaunch to 1-2 ticks is helpful, though. It doesn't matter if your opponent launches 1 or 5 hours after you went to bed. Asleep is asleep. You have to remove it entirely to make a difference, and that's probably a bridge too far.

An alternative would be to give people more alliance defense fleets, but that's suspiciously close to sanctioned botting.

27 Feb 2020, 14:03	#3
Mzyxptlk mz. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,587	Re: XP balance and pl feature Looking at the rankings, it seems to me that XP and value are remarkably well balanced right now: 4/10 planets in the score top 10 are not in the value top 10, and 29/50 planets in the score top 50 are not in the value top 50. I see no reason to make any changes. My old argument against prelaunch is that it allows people to attack while asleep, but not to defend while asleep, and this is an imbalance that should be addressed. The addition of the alliance defense fleet has made the situation less lopsided, but you can still launch 3 attack fleets with prelaunching while you can only launch 1 defense fleet with the alliance defense fleet. I still don't think limiting (attack) prelaunch to 1-2 ticks is helpful, though. It doesn't matter if your opponent launches 1 or 5 hours after you went to bed. Asleep is asleep. You have to remove it entirely to make a difference, and that's probably a bridge too far. An alternative would be to give people more alliance defense fleets, but that's suspiciously close to sanctioned botting. __________________ The outraged poets threw sticks and rocks over the side of the bridge. They were all missing Mary and he felt a contented smug feeling wash over him. He would have given them a coy little wave if the roof hadn't collapsed just then. Mary then found himself in the middle of an understandably shocked family's kitchen table. So he gave them the coy little wave and realized it probably would have been more effective if he hadn't been lying on their turkey.