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Originally Posted by neroon
as far as things are with sharing def between xvx/ult.. yeah ult has defended them and xvx has defended us.. thats what allys do.. whats the problem here?
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Any alliance idling out the round in second spot, napped to the winning alliance and actively defending them is a ****ing disgrace. When you have the opportunity to win, you take it.
On the other hand, Ultores defending xVx is actually a stroke of genius. Ultores are clearly better roiders than xVx, so if sharing defense means the status quo persists, the means Ultores will win the round. The best way to do that is by 1) getting as much defense as possible, for example by enlisting other alliances to defend you and 2) keeping xVx docile, for example by offering to defend them. Napping xVx is killing two birds with one very clever stone.
CT & co could take the easy way out and attack xVx for its "betrayal", but that would just give Ultores an even bigger lead. It would also piss off xVx, who would then tighten their alliance with the honourable Ultores. Considering that they are already unwilling to break with Ultores, there's clearly nothing to be gained by attacking xVx.
So this is the right move by CT. That doesn't mean they're guaranteed to succeed, not by any means. Ultores has 2 alliances worth of defence to counter this block. If CT & co can't break through that, this will have been a wasted effort. But
if they can, and
if they gain enough to endanger Ultores' lead and
if they do it fast enough, then that puts xVx in a tight spot, because if that happens, they surely will be next in line. Those are a lot of ifs though.
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Originally Posted by neroon
and gl to the block hittin ultores (DLR, Apprime, Consp, FanG, where is ND btw?) - may there be wealthy salvage donation ahead of us  |
This is hardly the doomsday block you make it out to be. Those 4 alliances only have 50% more planets and about 13% more value than Ultores/xVx, assuming Munin's intel is correct. That's actually a bit on the low side, and certainly nothing like the pileups we've seen in recent rounds.
Personally, given all of the above, my bet is on Ultores. Nevertheless, kudos to gm for trying.