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posted by
Serpentor:
Lol calm down guys.
Both of you can war and net just fine. But yes it is true that bottom feeding is the winning growth strategy here. All explore is the worst strategy here also. If you are all exploring, you might as well just accept the hits or give up....or just Retal everything until you can no more. All exploring will get you nowhere.
THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE OCCASIONS WHEN I DISAGREE WITH SERPENTOR.
http://www.eestats.com/primary/oldcountry/496/66
MY FIRST RESET ON THIS SERVER WAS AS AN ALL-X. OF COURSE, I DID NOT WIN. AN ALL-X CANNOT TAKE FIRST PLACE ON THIS SERVER, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE TAG PROTECTION. BUT, YOU CAN HAVE A REASONABLE RESET THAT DOES NOT RESULT IN BEING FARMED. NOTE THAT I DID MAKE TWO ATTACKS (ONE FAILED) ON SOMEONE WHO STOLE FROM ME A FEW TIMES.
TO FINISH DECENT AS AN ALL-X ON THIS SERVER, YOU MUST BE AN EXPERT AT YOUR CHOSEN STRAT, AND YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT PLAY IT LIKE YOU WOULD ON A TAGGED SERVER. IF YOU STAY IN THE LOW END (OR EVEN WORSE, THE MIDDLE) OF THE SCORES LIST, YOU WILL BE FARMED. WITH SO FEW PLAYERS, THE GUYS AT THE TOP MUST HIT EVEN SOME OF THE MORE UNDESIRABLE TARGETS IF THEY WISH TO AVOID BREAKING GDI AND RISKING A WAR.
AND YES, YOU'VE GOT TO BLOW THAT STOCK (WHICH SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN STOCKED IN THE FIRST PLACE) AND START TAKING SOME RIGHTEOUS DEFENSE. THE TOP PLAYERS ANALYZE THE FIELD. WHEN THEY SEE OTHER TOP COUNTRIES HITTING YOU AND THEY SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT HITTING BACK, THEY'RE GOING TO PILE ON.
IF YOU WANT TO STOCK SOMETHING, STOCK CASH. 2 BILLION CASH WILL MAKE PEOPLE THINK TWICE BEFORE HITTING YOU. MOST WILL FIND A DIFFERENT TARGET.
ONE MORE THING: TEN MILLION TURRETS SAYS TO YOUR ATTACKERS THAT YOU WILL NOT HIT BACK.. THAT YOU ARE FOCUSED SOLELY ON DEFENSE. YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE A BUNCH OF JETS HITTING YOU, BUT THEY'LL GAIN 1K ACRES IN TWO TURNS, INSTEAD OF BLOWING 50 TURNS EXPLORING FOR 300 ACRES. ITS SIMPLE MATH. HITTING YOU, WHILE COSTLY, IS STILL BETTER THAN NOT HITTING YOU.