Hi, Brink. Not sure if you remember me. I used to go by +Guile+.

Max dict vs rep w/ nothing is pretty awesome

bleh

So Fatty is fighting Carousel? LOL *grabs popcorn*

It would be sweet if it worked this way...same with military str...log out with it active for 10%. Nice if you accidentally grab or explore too much!

Awesome feature! I enabled it so others can click on my old countries from the scores lists but not see all of the countries that I've played at once. I know that allows people to see that I played a specific country but they have to click on it first to find out it was me.

I really like the new GDI but would like something like this even more. There should always be an option to not be restricted in what attacks you can launch but there should also be an option to opt-out of that style of play.

For example,
If a country has done 0-1 attacks/spy ops against you, you can hit them once and maintain GDI protection (no missiles/special attacks)
If they've hit you 2+ times, you can hit them the same number of times and you can use missiles and/or special attacks without voiding GDI

Or missiles and special attacks could work according to your proposed schedule but SS/PS/acquisitional spy ops would not be restricted. Something like:
Number of missile/special attack retals allowed = max((number of SS/PS by other country)^2,(total attacks+spy ops by the other country))

Don't worry, this isn't because of you. Bleh, I was just going to soldier on in Tourney until I reached maximum frustration in Primary. It's more of a personal issue for me, I suppose. I don't get as pissed off when things don't go according to plan in Express and BS stuff like this is a lot less likely to happen because of the rules there.

BTW, I never touched 22, not even a spy op: http://www.eestats.com/primary/country/22

Most people in Primary seem to play by the unwritten "gentleman's rules" that one grab is okay and one retal attack within a reasonable timeframe is allowed/expected. I don't have a problem with that. If you hit someone who can hit you back, you should pay for it. Also, if you relentlessly farm people, you should pay for it. Hell, I'll even eat a missile or a special attack as retal for an LG but getting hit with a ton of missiles/special attacks out of nowhere from a purpose-built country is frustrating bullfluff.

See you guys in Express :)

19k ain't a great thing when you've lost 60% of your BPT and buildings lol

Even with very high/maxed SDI (with my acres, 500k pts for 88%, 1.4+mil pts for 90%), odds are that at least a couple missiles would have gotten though and I would have lost a significant amount of tech for the ones that didn't get through.

Stuff like this is BS on solo servers.

Yeah, I'm fluffing, moaning, whining, and complaining. It might not be becoming but I'm honestly fed up with this type of crap.

Too late. I deleted my countries in Primary and Tourney A. I've decided that the frustration that I experience whenever this happens outweighs the enjoyment. It took me 25 days to build my country and less than 3 minutes for an idiot to destroy it without provocation and with zero skill required.

Just logged into a country that was missing 30% of its land and 60% of its buildings. A missile country that I had never touched unloaded on me. That's the breaking point for me; I'm done with Primary and Tourney until/unless some form of the Express GDI rules are enacted here.

Yeah, I guess I should have carried more SDI if I wanted to succeed. That was my next tech to buy lol

I'm just done with game types where some idiot can ruin your set for no reason at all.

I would like to add having an option not to show your military details, readiness %, and weapons tech % to this. I'd post my details for most servers if I could hide that stuff.

I'd post mine but I don't really want to give everyone a free spot op. Maybe if I could post without showing my military details and weapons tech %?

We have a new record for a T! One Hundred (#100) $14,759,660

Anyone know who played it?

If the eestats tech calculator (http://www.eestats.com/techcalc) is accurate, a country with 10000 acres and 50000 Ag tech points would have the following tech percentages:

D gov't type: 174.35%
F gov't type: 167.59%

Add in F's 15% food bonus, and the F would really be at 192% of an M's production but would also be incurring 6% market commissions and -24% tax revenue.

D farmer should theoretically dominate F farmer...however, an F farmer scored higher than any other D farmer in Express (although he did do an end-set conversion to H).

I personally think F needs just a little something else. Maybe a slight increase to military strength? +10%

If this post was unintentional, it's hilarious.

What percentage of your country was left after that? Lol that really sucks

Id love to see a confirmation before running turns that would make you run out of money or food

I missed the end lol

Finished 9th when I should have been 4th

Were you 3rd? I'm guessing that Slag won again.

6.4 hours ago
Your allies XXX and YYY attacked each other, and your forces refused to fight on both sides!

Got my answer!

MSG sent

I put it there because I have faith in gregg. He will save Express from the evils of LaEx and cheaters!

Can you give everyone the ability to make anonymous "get help" posts? Users with accounts linked to the forum could also have the option to show their forum username. Even though I have "privacy settings enabled" on my linked account, my forum username is shown if I create a "Get Help" post.

I'm not sure that would benefit Fs much since you're also adding 10% to their per turn expenses and 10% to their private market military purchase costs. It would definitely result in Fs having to switch to H to jump to be competitive.

OP slightly updated.



Yeah that's true but most of the NW records are fairly recent and I know what strat they ran. giant flufffluff was a farmer :)


lincoln-I'd be happy to break it down any way you want. Can you give me the round numbers of those changes?


Did JJ23 also have other countries doing buyouts for him? If so, that's super lame. Tech leeches are legal according to the current rules but buyouts are just FA.

This is my first attempt at an H casher. Other than mashing the cash button, what's the best way to finish the round? Should I convert to MBs? If so, how close to the end?

I found the failed GS retals attempts pretty funny.

PS: for D allies, ~1mil turret str defense preferred

D and O. 1 and 3. please and thank you.

I'm not for drunk driving but I think a bigger problem is stupid driving. I'm also willing to bet that stupid drivers are more likely to drive drunk and their skills surely don't get any better after a few drinks.

Maybe JJ23's records should have asterisks by them but I'm including them as the admins allowed those countries to stand.

The next highest R was
Meriton (#14) $28,727,503, round 14, played by achan

And the next highest C was
JJ the impotent little kitty (#34) $31,152,768, round 53, played by dantzig


Also, one reason I posted this was that I'm becoming more interesting in obtaining the highest possible NW with any given gov't+strat vs just obtaining the highest NW that round. Sort of like bracket racing, I suppose.

I've been thinking a lot about the maximum potential of each strategy and how gov't type can effect that recently. I thought it would be interesting to look at the all-time NW records for each gov't type and strategy to help put things into perspective. I gathered this data by including the top 10 from every set 8 to current. (Yes, this overview is somewhat inaccurate due to the fact that a lot of people switch to H to jump. However, I'm hoping that others can point out any countries with higher NWs that these that played a different gov't type and then jumped as an H for the record.) I'll update this list as new information becomes available and new records are set.

All-time NW records by gov't type:

Communism
-N O I T A N I M O D Y N D I (#58) $32,050,000, round 56, played by JJ23

Republic
-RachelsEhhButCarrieUnderwoodsOMG (#23) $33,112,000, round 55, played by JJ23

Theocracy
-Test strat (#79) $27,241,822, round 9, played by ??? (if just jumped as H, highest H NW is Rampant Syphilis (#8), $26,685,356, H, round 59, played by dantzig)

Democracy
-giant flufffluff (#93) $24,263,829, round 54, played by dantzig

Fascism
-express play in express (#66) $24,716,555, F->H, round 58, played by ??? (Slagpit?)
(Highest F finish is Mr Perlwhite (#99) $21,081,229, round 29)

Dictatorship
-Green Midget Microblast (#6) $20,000,000, round 9, played by ???

Tyranny
One Hundred (#100) $14,759,660, round 60, played by ???


Monarchy
-No top 10 finishes in Express ever LOL


All-time NW records by strategy:

Cash: RachelsEhhButCarrieUnderwoodsOMG (#23) $33,112,000, R, round 55, played by JJ23

Indy: N O I T A N I M O D Y N D I (#58) $32,050,000, C, round 56, played by JJ23

Tech: Rampant Syphilis (#8), $26,685,356, H, round 59, played by dantzig (unless Test strat (#79) from round 9 was a techer)

Food: express play in express (#66) $24,716,555, F->H, round 58, played by ??? (Slagpit?)

Rainbow: LOL

Any all-x strat:
-Meriton (#14) $28,727,503, round 14, played by achan



The breakdown of number of top 10 finishes by each gov't type is:
C 92
D 57
F 20
H 208
I 4
R 146
T 3

Yeah, I guess I just don't know enough about how those mechanics work to best exploit them. I used to use the R casher start that was posted on the wiki until someone removed it. It involved changing tax rates and building different ratios of buildings each turn but seemed to work very well.

Starting D tech is very versatile since you can switch to farmer, casher, or even indy...

This country could increase its income by building enterprise zones and residences in closer to a 50:50 ratio and also acquiring approx equal percentages of business and residential tech. I would also recommend acquiring much more bus/res tech, 165+% for both.

Hahah I do that every round :(

In my cash start, I recommended always building ent:res in about a 10:9 ratio. I've seen others recommend a 11:10 ratio but they're both close enough for me. In an attempt to keep my start simple, I left out one small detail that is likely insignificant. When building my first 100-140 acres (depending when I log in), I build 100% ent zones and CS until a little over half of my land is built then I start building res.

I'm probably not doing an H cash start this round but next time I do, I'll post a snapshot of what it looks like at turn 99.

I'd explore until the end of the week (save up turns and batch explore with the bonus) and then just cash the set out.

12 Ds so far out of the 63 countries that have chose gov't types. That's the highest percentage of Ds that I've seen so far. Are you guys playing farmers, techers, or cashers?

24 Cs + 2 Is + 1 T = 27 probable indy countries so far.

I'm guessing out of 63 countries, we'll have 27 indies, 8 farmers, 15 techers, and 13 cashers. Still 69 undecided so the balance could swing in any direction...

With how late it in the game it is, I would consider just dropping the 4k empty acres and teching out the rest of the set...you'll have to do the math on whether rebuilding is worth it but at only 51 BPT, I really doubt it is.

As Mort said, you don't really have enough of a stock (including your tech on hand) to support a full-blown TMBR.

I'd like a lesson on playing a successful MBR or indy in a long game like Primary.

Most of the time my offensive allies provide little assistance since their units are out on PS 20 hours per day. I could understand not having allies assist on PSs but I think their forces should help on SSs even if deployed to even things out.

This is highly intriguing! I take it that this country fresh off the tech->MBR conversion? What kind of stock did you start with? Are you going to continue gaining land and building MBs? If so, are you exploring, attacking, or both?

LOL, I thought that was changed in Express. I guess I've just been lucky then.