Hi PPl.
Mean me with an real interesting issue.
R9 of PA will have lowered eta/fuel-cost for Clusters and Parallels. With 10ppl per Gal and 10 Gals per cluster, that makes a hunderet ppl per cluster. With about 5k players PA would have some 50 clusters. Parallels would have 50 galaxies or about 500 ppl in them.
This means it is very likely that within your Para there will be more allied/hostile gals then in your cluster. Most "veteran" Gals will have an Cluster-alliance and an Para-alliance. Due to size the main aim of most Alliances will be to achive Domination of some/all Parallels.
However, clusters will have their role in this, due to their flanking position .... wht this means ? ... I´ll explain it for you.
Example : (and only example )
Para 4 is doinated by VOM. VOM got 16 of their Galaxies in that Para. All resistance within the Para has been destroyed.
However 8 of these VOM Gals have rather "unfriendly" clusters, that are Dominated by SWEET. SWEET could use their position to attack those 8 VOM Gals from within their own cluster ... leaving them only their Para allies to defend them ...... and the beat goes on .......
Until now PA has been a very straight game ... clusters or paras ... you just had to protect yourself vs. one group of possible hostiles. With r9 things will be much diffrent, for you now also have to watch you "flank", which will be the cluster since it is way smaller than paras. You have to concentrate upon your Para ... but must not forget about your cluster. Also it will be difficult to attack (only example) a SWEET Gal within your Para ... when there are 6 of their Gals in your cluster *gg*.
What kind of impact will that have on Alliance Strategy ? In which way will it affect the overall war ? Will it be like the war we had during r5-r7 ... or more like r4 were nobody ever left his para/cluster ?
Discuss ... but be nice to each other !! OR I´m gona roid ya !