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Unread 9 Dec 2006, 15:10   #1
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So, after two years, is PA still any good?

After almost two years of absence I'm thinking of playing a PA round again. So I wonder, is it any good?
Can I:
- play decently without being in a huge alliance?
- play without getting up at three AM to launch a fleet?
- play without having to be online every day?
- play without having to read a huge manual?

Well?
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Unread 9 Dec 2006, 15:12   #2
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

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Unread 9 Dec 2006, 15:35   #3
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

it depends by what you mean decently i guess.

The lack of player numbers means its easier then it used to be to get into the top 100, but without an alliance you still dont stand too much of a chance breaking the top10-50.

you *can* play without having to wake up and launch at 3am via prelaunch, or simply attacking at other times. All things have their drawbacks though. Prelaunched fleets can be spotted on a jgp, and attacking during the day hasnt always been a good idea. Mind you with most alliances awake during the night neither is it a brilliant idea to attack solo then either i guess.

Similarly you can play without having to be on every day if you want. It just means its harder for you to finish up in a decent rank.

Lastly - you dont need to read the manual to play the game, but it helps when it comes to understanding some of the formulae and concepts of the ticker's battle engine.
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

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- play decently without being in a huge alliance?
That obviously depends on exactly what you mean by decent; is that top50? top 100? also, it depends on what alliance you call huge - presently though there is quite a wide amount of variety within the top 10 which are all about medium sized with some (small) variation in leetness. So, i'd agree with Nadar here and say 'yes'.

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- play without getting up at three AM to launch a fleet?
This depends; the game has a "prelaunch" system whereby you can effectively set a timer before the fleet actually launches, so you can launch a fleet at 3am and not actually be at your computer at the time.

However, your alliance might insist upon you being online to send defence to these attacks - obviously the degree to which they insist depends on their leetness which tends to increase with 'huge' alliances.

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- play without having to be online every day?
Yes, you can play. However, PA is very much attack oriented these days, so i would say that logining once a day (at like 6am ish GMT as then you'd see most of the attacking fleets on you by then to decide what to do) would be a good idea for a 'decent' round. Top level players, however, would find their fleets caught fairly often if they didnt hang around at their landing times though, so it kinda depends.

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Who reads the manual?
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Unread 9 Dec 2006, 15:53   #5
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

Well, to clarify my idea of "decent": without being raped by a tonne of galaxy farmers every day over and over again.
I remember the frustration of not being able to put up a fight against the huge galaxy-covering attacks of the big alliances. Although my experience dates back to rnd3-6, I hope they changed this.
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

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Well, to clarify my idea of "decent": without being raped by a tonne of galaxy farmers every day over and over again.
I remember the frustration of not being able to put up a fight against the huge galaxy-covering attacks of the big alliances. Although my experience dates back to rnd3-6, I hope they changed this.
This matter havent really changed, infact due to the low count of galaxies, galaxises tend to be double booked by two diffrent alliances, some even triple and quadruple booked.

Hopefully they will reduce galaxy sizes somewhat to avoid this problem by having more galaxies.
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

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After almost two years of absence I'm thinking of playing a PA round again. So I wonder, is it any good?
Can I:
- play decently without being in a huge alliance?
- play without getting up at three AM to launch a fleet?
- play without having to be online every day?
- play without having to read a huge manual?

Well?
You'd probably need to get into a decent galaxy if you're not going to go for the big alliance approach and you want to avoid constant incoming/get a decent a rank. I wouldn't advise not checking your account at all for a couple of days, you're liable to log back in and find your fleet stolen.
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

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Well, to clarify my idea of "decent": without being raped by a tonne of galaxy farmers every day over and over again.
I remember the frustration of not being able to put up a fight against the huge galaxy-covering attacks of the big alliances. Although my experience dates back to rnd3-6, I hope they changed this.
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

There are no big alliances.

try this link to see the spread of players/alliances though
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

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Hey Fodder!

I must admit, Kargool's post doesn't sound very motivating, though I like the looks of bwtmc's link where no alliance has a huge number of planets in the top100.
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Hopefully they will reduce galaxy sizes somewhat to avoid this problem by having more galaxies.
How's that gonna change anything? That will just lead to alliances attacking twice as many galaxies (if galaxy size is halfed) and we're back on the same track again
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Re: So, after two years, is PA still any good?

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Well, to clarify my idea of "decent": without being raped by a tonne of galaxy farmers every day over and over again.
I remember the frustration of not being able to put up a fight against the huge galaxy-covering attacks of the big alliances. Although my experience dates back to rnd3-6, I hope they changed this.

Its now a case of keeping your fleet. You will get many waves from an alliance. However, the ones that send multiple waves tend to be the ones that you can just counter and get more back than they took.
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