I don't understand how attacking a country with 15k land gives me (I had ~17k land) only 70-something acres w/a planned strike.

That's the costliest attack ever. Maybe pacifism is my thing.

Maybe they were under DR.

p1co, go here:

http://www.eestats.com/primary

Find the country you attacked and see how often they have been attacked. Diminishing returns kick in after landgrabs.

I imagine it was this one

PS Oct 17, 19:04 Sandwich (#76) can i (#11) 73 A

And what you overlooked was this

PS Oct 17, 14:29 can i (#11) C R O A T I A (#63) 554 A
AB Oct 17, 16:32 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 285 B
AB Oct 17, 16:33 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 272 B
AB Oct 17, 16:33 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 267 B
AB Oct 17, 16:33 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 250 B
AB Oct 17, 16:34 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 238 B
AB Oct 17, 16:34 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 234 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 219 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 215 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 212 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 42 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 194 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 191 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 187 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 184 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 180 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 176 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 173 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 169 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 167 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 164 B
AB Oct 17, 16:35 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 161 B
AB Oct 17, 16:36 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 127 B
AB Oct 17, 16:36 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 124 B
AB Oct 17, 16:36 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 122 B
AB Oct 17, 16:36 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 120 B
AB Oct 17, 16:36 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 117 B
AB Oct 17, 16:36 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 115 B
AB Oct 17, 16:36 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 113 B
AB Oct 17, 16:36 C R O A T I A (#63) can i (#11) 111 B

For three days after a series of hits like that returns on grabs will be reduced.

The diminishing return wears off slowly over the course of the three days, speeded up a bit by any attacks made by the country in dr.

haha I just went to find it too and came to this country as a conclusion. Guy was in 31 DR. Anything over 4 you don't want to grab.

Ahhhh, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info! I guess I need to do more research to better calculate my attacks.

When you are selecting a target, routinely do a search in the news - checking the player number box and giving the number of your potential target. Anything over two hits in the last 24 hours will take the shine off your gains. A string of hits within the last three days and you are heading for a result like this one.

Furious999 use this site to pick targets instead, it's easier and shows you DR: http://www.eestats.com/primary

Thanks LATC.

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