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Bram · 19 May 2014, 23:59

Cluster alliances are a great way to meet new people and to learn new tricks. There can be no doubt about that..

In my opinion going with only cluster alliances for a full round will bring a lot of problems..
It would depend on the exact implementation tho - as in: who can see what in the alliance.
Can everyone see all fleets? If yes then it only takes one person to ruin it for the cluster.. [by telling attackers / planets being attacked what all the fleets are]

What could be a better plan is to just allow defence by the cluster without any alliance forming.
If the galaxies in the cluster want to get organized and want to start defending then they can..
If you get incs then you will need to manually go talk to your cluster (IRC, MoC, ...) to find defence (similar to the xmas round) but this will reduce the amount of information that can be leaked to your attackers / to the planets you are attacking.

For havoc 'full' cluster alliances could be used.
There is only one problem with the current setup and that is that the number of active planets aren't evenly spread out in all the clusters..
If you happen to be in a cluster where only 5 planets are playing then havoc isn't really going to be a lot of fun since you will quicky loose all roids you stole...
Likewise if you are the only planet in a galaxy during havoc..

[There are solutions to this of course but I feel that's beyond the scope of this thread]

19 May 2014, 23:59	#27
Bram Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 245	Re: Cluster Alliances Cluster alliances are a great way to meet new people and to learn new tricks. There can be no doubt about that.. In my opinion going with only cluster alliances for a full round will bring a lot of problems.. It would depend on the exact implementation tho - as in: who can see what in the alliance. Can everyone see all fleets? If yes then it only takes one person to ruin it for the cluster.. [by telling attackers / planets being attacked what all the fleets are] What could be a better plan is to just allow defence by the cluster without any alliance forming. If the galaxies in the cluster want to get organized and want to start defending then they can.. If you get incs then you will need to manually go talk to your cluster (IRC, MoC, ...) to find defence (similar to the xmas round) but this will reduce the amount of information that can be leaked to your attackers / to the planets you are attacking. For havoc 'full' cluster alliances could be used. There is only one problem with the current setup and that is that the number of active planets aren't evenly spread out in all the clusters.. If you happen to be in a cluster where only 5 planets are playing then havoc isn't really going to be a lot of fun since you will quicky loose all roids you stole... Likewise if you are the only planet in a galaxy during havoc.. [There are solutions to this of course but I feel that's beyond the scope of this thread]