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23 Apr 2013, 05:18
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Waypoints
Would be it acceptable to add waypoints to attacks/defence? just an idea on how it may work:
at eta 1 you can set return coords, either attack or defence mission.
Example: i am attacking 1:1:1 and would also like to att 4:6:8, instead of waiting the 7-9 ticks for my fleet to return before launching again, i can then send my fleet there, the pods that have capped roids would now be defunct and unable to capture more, but left over pods would. Also perhaps emp'd ships may also not participate in the next battle and your new stolen ships would (this would also be the same setup for defence).
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23 Apr 2013, 07:12
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mz.
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Re: Waypoints
Does not seem unreasonable. Would put a bit of a damper on PA's reliance on cycles of 24 hours (launch in evening, land in morning, launch in evening, land in morning, etc). That's a good thing. Would also make fleetcatches much, much harder. That's a bad thing.
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Last edited by Mzyxptlk; 23 Apr 2013 at 17:42.
Reason: hting -> thing
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23 Apr 2013, 09:19
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mz.
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Re: Waypoints
My interpretation is that you could send your fleet to attack 1:1:1, eta 8, and when it lands, you could send it onwards to 9:9:9, at eta 8 again.
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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.
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23 Apr 2013, 16:24
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Planetarion Forum Moderator
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Re: Waypoints
It would basically ruin fleet catches, which are the only offensive way to really destroy value. So unless some other way to attack a fleet 'en route" is devised as part of this I am not in favor of this idea. This being said I am in favor of ideas that would add interesting strategies to the game to make it more dynamic, and I think this idea is on the right track.
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23 Apr 2013, 16:38
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by Mzyxptlk
My interpretation is that you could send your fleet to attack 1:1:1, eta 8, and when it lands, you could send it onwards to 9:9:9, at eta 8 again.
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yes that's how i think it should work
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23 Apr 2013, 18:18
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Re: Waypoints
Are you able to redirect your fleet at any tick? I dont see how it would without that as an option, and if it an option... then fi/co will have much bigger advantage than it already has
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23 Apr 2013, 18:57
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Re: Waypoints
Would it be an idea to prelaunch a fleet before it returns home?
As in attack 1:1:1. Return eta 8. And when its back home, it launches back to 2:2:2 without needing a manual order.
This means you still need full traveltime and can be fleetcaught, but you wont have to be online that specific tick to re-launch.
I guess the above is a lazy-man option and an extention of the current prelaunch option.
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23 Apr 2013, 19:21
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mz.
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by TheoDD
Are you able to redirect your fleet at any tick? I dont see how it would without that as an option, and if it an option... then fi/co will have much bigger advantage than it already has
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We spoke earlier about this. I have since thought about it some more and am happy to report I was right and you were wrong. (Phew!)
The problem you pointed out was that you only need to go for 1 tick before you can see that there's ally defense against your Fi/Co fleet, while it takes 2 ticks for the same to be true of your Fr/De/Cr/Bs fleet.
Example: let's assume we land 1 in 4 attacks. Ignore ingal defense. This is how long it currently takes for someone with perfect activity to cap roids:
Launch Fi at tick 100. Tick 101: Covered, recall. Tick 102: Relaunch. Tick 103: Covered, recall. Tick 104: Relaunch. Tick 105: Covered, recall. Tick 106: Relaunch. Tick 107: Through! Keep going for another 7 ticks. Tick 114: Land. Tick 122: Back home. Ticks passed: 22.
Launch Cr at tick 100. Tick 102: Covered, recall. Tick 104: Relaunch. Tick 106: Covered, recall. Tick 108: Relaunch. Tick 110: Covered, recall. Tick 112: Relaunch. Tick 114: Through! Keep going for another 8 ticks. Tick 122 Land. Tick 132: Back home. Ticks passed: 32.
Now say you can redirect your fleet whenever you like.
Launch Fi at tick 100. Tick 101: Covered, redirect. Tick 102: Covered, redirect. Tick 103: Covered, redirect. Tick 104: Through! Keep going for another 7 ticks. Tick 111: Land. Ticks passed: 11.
Launch Cr at tick 100. Tick 102: Covered, redirect. Tick 104: Covered, redirect. Tick 106: Covered, redirect. Tick 108: Through! Keep going for another 8 ticks. Tick 116: Land. Ticks passed: 16.
So, before, it took Fi 22 ticks to cap roids, and Cr 32 ticks. After, it'd take Fi 11 ticks to cap roids, and Cr 16 ticks. 32 / 22 is equal to 16 / 11.
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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.
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24 Apr 2013, 01:21
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Re: Waypoints
No thanks. We dont need to changes.
Please give me old PA back.
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24 Apr 2013, 09:06
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Re: Waypoints
agreed, the way to improve PA atm is: get more players (or more planets).
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24 Apr 2013, 20:23
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by Makhil
agreed, the way to improve PA atm is: get more players (or more planets).
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What a great strategy! Just like my brilliant football team strategy: Score more goals than the other team!
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24 Apr 2013, 23:03
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Re: Waypoints
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What a great strategy! Just like my brilliant football team strategy: Score more goals than the other team!
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Well his point being that its a waste of time discussing pointless improvements wich wont do anything to the decreasing playerbase and the increase of players leaving.
I thinks its about time we start discussing how to get rid of prelaunch, small tags, late starting, hiding res i gal funds, and all these meaningless features wich gives people with a high knowledge and little effort a chance of being so good at getting rankings.
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25 Apr 2013, 00:45
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by BloodyButcher
Well his point being that its a waste of time discussing pointless improvements wich wont do anything to the decreasing playerbase and the increase of players leaving.
I thinks its about time we start discussing how to get rid of prelaunch, small tags, late starting, hiding res i gal funds, and all these meaningless features wich gives people with a high knowledge and little effort a chance of being so good at getting rankings.
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I actually concur. I've played my ass off this round and I'm still in the 200's
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25 Apr 2013, 08:25
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Re: Waypoints
new features is what this game needs there hasn't been anything ground breaking added for over 20 rounds
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25 Apr 2013, 09:07
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by Blue_Esper
new features is what this game needs there hasn't been anything ground breaking added for over 20 rounds
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Allowing a 2nd planet for everyone is what's needed > KISS solution, no limitation on 2nd planet or on interactions, ranking score based on the average of both.
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25 Apr 2013, 10:07
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by Makhil
Allowing a 2nd planet for everyone is what's needed > KISS solution, no limitation on 2nd planet or on interactions, ranking score based on the average of both.
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or ranking individually for each, makes it possible for same player to win and have 2nd planet
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25 Apr 2013, 10:19
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mz.
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Re: Waypoints
Start a thread for it.
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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.
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25 Apr 2013, 11:39
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by Blue_Esper
new features is what this game needs there hasn't been anything ground breaking added for over 20 rounds
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Removing these stupid features i just listed would be breaking
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25 Apr 2013, 12:11
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by BloodyButcher
Well his point being that its a waste of time discussing pointless improvements wich wont do anything to the decreasing playerbase and the increase of players leaving.
I thinks its about time we start discussing how to get rid of prelaunch, small tags, late starting, hiding res i gal funds, and all these meaningless features wich gives people with a high knowledge and little effort a chance of being so good at getting rankings.
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So you want to make Planetarion even more one-dimensional? Great plan. :/ This game should work towards being playable with little effort, not the other way around. People don't want to wake up in the middle of the night for a web-browser game anymore.
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25 Apr 2013, 12:34
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by BloodyButcher
Well his point being that its a waste of time discussing pointless improvements wich wont do anything to the decreasing playerbase and the increase of players leaving.
I thinks its about time we start discussing how to get rid of prelaunch, small tags, late starting, hiding res i gal funds, and all these meaningless features wich gives people with a high knowledge and little effort a chance of being so good at getting rankings.
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Why do you want them gone?
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25 Apr 2013, 16:42
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Propaganda Chief
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by eksero
Why do you want them gone?
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They make it easier for the experinced player, not the new.
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25 Apr 2013, 17:22
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Re: Waypoints
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Originally Posted by BloodyButcher
They make it easier for the experinced player, not the new.
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How so?
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