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Rob

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Jun 10th 2021, 10:34:12

At some point we should have one of those challenges (since seasonal leaderboards arent here yet..... hint hint)

A rubbish pairing of govt type and strat - see who does best

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Jun 8th 2021, 14:00:22

Originally posted by Gerdler:

You not selling your tech explains the tech market last set fully. I don't know why you wouldnt have sold your techs. Did you just assume the bots would buy them out like they used to and buy them at 6k on friday? Remember that the bot code has changed. The tech prices were stable at 4k ish when you started stocking, and kept selling at around that for another 8-10 hours after. You need to get your techs sold at that point, because that is a price that can get you the win, but if you wait, no matter what the tech market won't rise.

At first, I actually just tried slightly above what the market was, and nothing sold (this was slightly above 4k) - this was a key point at which i did not reprice as i was asleep throughout so by the time i got up, it was down to around 3.5k.

Then i moved to market price, and again minimal tech got sold (around 3.5k till around 3k)
Then i even went below market by a couple of hundred and still barely any sold (this was around 2.5k)

I think i just kept missing the pricing early on, and then the volumes i had after was just too much for the market to handle.

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Jun 8th 2021, 7:13:26

I'm going to tech again this set to make up for the terrible play last set.

Was overly ambitious last set with tech prices when i was selling and ended up being unable to sell tech once i started stocking.

So stay away from teching guys!!

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Jun 3rd 2021, 1:01:01

70k acre techer? That sounds like a real challenge right there!

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Jun 2nd 2021, 0:46:37

Originally posted by Gerdler:

Looks like oils gonna be available and tech not lol based on the poll.. 1 techer to supply 10 human tech buyers and all those bots :/

I'll tech then! Will try a 30k techer just for the heck of it

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May 27th 2021, 3:24:48

Ok, ive gone casher. So please tech people!

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May 25th 2021, 23:50:40

Originally posted by NitelL:

Originally posted by Rob:

So what’s everyone playing the next set?

So far since the changes I’ve a 100% hit rate of picking the wrong strats for the wrong sets. I go techer and tech is dirt cheap, Casher and tech is crazy expensive. Anyone want super cheap food next set?

I feel like going farmer again this time, but a different type of farmer. So, 100k acres worth of farms between the 2 of us? xD

Nah, not farming. Either cashing or teching, will decide a bit later.

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May 25th 2021, 3:32:41

I do however think the best way to fix this is seasonal leaderboards with best of strat points.
Then the incentive to maximize on a wrong strat is still there & keeps it interesting regardless of what the market is like.

Its hard to keep motivated when you're on a wrong strat and you have nothing to play for.

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May 25th 2021, 3:29:47

Originally posted by Gerdler:

Originally posted by Rob:

Not only me. Rob quits every set that he picks the wrong strat so he stabilizes the market to a degree. :)

Hey thats not entirely true - i did play on last set & just overslept at the finish.

But largely, yes thats true. I'd like to claim i do it for the sake of the server. You're welcome people :)

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May 24th 2021, 14:01:37

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May 24th 2021, 1:50:23

Congrats!

Was a tricky set.
Tech was expensive for so long and then it just crashed on the last day, military was the opposite.
And bots were always so deep in DR (too many fat countries this set)

I overslept, but wouldn't have been a good finish anyway.

Any indication when seasonal leaderboards are coming in?

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May 18th 2021, 1:33:32

Casher here.

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May 17th 2021, 12:07:17

I think everyone is going to stay away from techer the next round, so it’s time for all of you guys to play techer :)

I’m staying away for sure

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May 17th 2021, 3:03:11

Originally posted by Gerdler:

All of LaF decided to go collude to ruin my set by going techer with me... my set started aweful then did some decent catch up then hit a wall with trying to sell tech. not only was the tech market oversupplied, it was oversupplied 24hours a day because cordy is asian and s is american so there was no time I would get to sell.

Rob took the easy way out and quit. Best techer by a wide margin and 55% the winning NW... and someone recently raged that 'techer is the only strat that will ever win'

Imagine what tech prices would have been if i didnt give up. I actually sold zero tech after i got to 20k acres so, in a way i was doing the market a favour :) But yeah prices were sooo bad, it felt pointless.

Super play by Molotov!

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May 14th 2021, 7:55:44

Casher tech start allies needed. PM me pls

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May 12th 2021, 3:18:19

Originally posted by Slagpit:

Just to ask: who would prefer for the game to start and end 24 hours earlier? So it would end Saturday night for Americans and Sunday morning for the Asian folks.

I dont want to be up early on a Sunday morning to have to play :)

So i prefer the current schedule. Waking up early on Monday is a lot better as its a workday anyway.

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May 12th 2021, 3:15:45

Originally posted by NitelL:

What's everyone gonna run?

Demo techer here.
May not be able to play much this weekend so i need a strat that doesnt have to play much before then.

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May 11th 2021, 5:18:48

Originally posted by DeLpHiNuS:

Hmm wonder if I shld go demo casher this round for a change.. if Rob and koh going farmer, then probably shld be enuff to feed the server

I'm leaning casher. So you might wanna feed the server still

Btw, demo casher sucks. I played it a few sets ago (converted from Techer), its quite rubbish

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May 11th 2021, 5:16:52

Originally posted by KoHeartsGPA:

I would love to go visit Kuala Lumpur one day, it is my favorite city name in the world, I have no clue what it means but it is got a beautiful ring to it, smooth to the ears, and I never looked it up in fear that the meaning of it might ruin my mental portrait of it :P

Haha, yeah then we shall leave it as a mystery. Or maybe i'll name it as my next Express country

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May 11th 2021, 3:19:33

Originally posted by BaDonkaDonks:

Awesome, any chance we can make the round finish a few hours later... Really hard here in Australia where the round always finishes at 10am on a Monday morning...

Its 8am here in Malaysia - try that instead :)

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May 10th 2021, 6:00:12

Rep Casher or Demo Farmer.

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May 8th 2021, 1:31:47

Originally posted by NitelL:

That said, that big theo casher having a ball of a time. xD

And techers this set: $7k indy really?

Nothing is cheap anymore!

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May 5th 2021, 16:00:47

Originally posted by Slagpit:

Originally posted by Rob:

* Ghost acre returns are now based on the total number of buildings owned by the attacker and the defender instead of doing a building to building comparison. This means that there should no longer be a reason for countries to build off-strategy buildings to increase their grabbing returns. The "10% rule" is still in effect.

Just seeking some clarity on the 10% rule here - how does this work.

It's the same as what you're used to seeing on Express. Does that help?

So if I have 10k acres and hit a 20k acres country NW matched the most I get is 10% of 10k?

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May 5th 2021, 13:50:34

Originally posted by Tmac:

I'll try casher!

Maybe you should go techer :)

I've committed myself to a Theo Casher & I would very much like decently priced tech

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May 5th 2021, 13:47:11

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May 4th 2021, 7:08:20

What is this market site?

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Apr 26th 2021, 6:33:24

I'll go casher.
So i guess its going to be an epic tech round lol

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Apr 25th 2021, 9:59:07

Love it. Of the same opinion that at some point it may be a little longer than 4 sets to a season, but good to start at 4.

Not sure if I missed this, but would the player with the most wins be crowned champion of a season as well?

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Apr 25th 2021, 0:40:37

Originally posted by Slagpit:

Originally posted by NitelL:

Ditto on above!

Rob is that a statement of you dropping out this set? Haha

I suspect that Rob prepares his drop out statement before the round even begins :(

This set would be totally pointless for me to play on. Plus it’s extra effort for me where I live where the set ends at around 8am (and I like my sleep)

Thus the seasonal leaderboard!

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Apr 24th 2021, 5:24:12

Any indication when having “Seasonal Leaderboards” will come in for Express?
That would encourage some players (myself included) to play more often, and to completion.

Most sets, when i dont think i can get a really huge score, the motivation isn't there to finish the set as it takes time and effort to do so and it feels pointless so i just drop off. This could be the same for most players as well.

If we have something that this counts towards - that would definitely be a good incentive to play on.

Edited By: Rob on Apr 24th 2021, 5:29:57
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Apr 22nd 2021, 4:00:51

Ok im in this set - seems like i may have time to play this set out properly (just maybe)

What strat you guys going with?

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Apr 12th 2021, 14:12:15

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Mar 30th 2021, 7:16:05

Nope, techer is probably the worst of the coherent strats in Primary. This change would make it worse.

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Mar 30th 2021, 1:53:23

Originally posted by Tmac:

Originally posted by Gerdler:

I say that you should scrap the specific building limit on all servers, and keep the rest of changeset 20 and run primary and all other servers with that changeset.

Agree with this as well. Like the other changes.

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Mar 25th 2021, 6:12:16

Hmm hope i dont accidentally hit you

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Mar 23rd 2021, 6:47:23

bonus

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Mar 15th 2021, 5:21:35

Looking for a tech start ally. Rep casher here. 1 slot left, pm pls

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Mar 12th 2021, 0:38:20

Seems like a lack of commies
LB moving on from commie, Cumorah not playing

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Mar 11th 2021, 16:14:34

Rep Casher here.

Tempted to try techer again, but I don’t wanna repeat last set - so will pass.

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Mar 10th 2021, 0:22:36

Congrats. Very well played & a great finish.

Was the non GDI by choice?

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Feb 25th 2021, 0:12:09

Originally posted by Penguinbeng:

Rob is #26 aka Mr. Demo Casher =P

:)

Demo casher sucks haha

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Feb 24th 2021, 2:39:06

I agree (unfortunately for me :P)

After years of struggle and fami (#46)
History Will Absolve Me (#38)
Dadali (#4)
The Story of Tonight (#26)
Knights of Ni (#25)

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Feb 24th 2021, 1:55:23

Time for T5 finish predictions?

I think T4 is clear - just in which order.

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Feb 20th 2021, 13:51:23

Originally posted by Gerdler:

Come to LaF and we can discuss it further. I have graphs and spreadsheets and fluff not suitable for these forums! :)

I’ve never played Alliance, so I’ll probably be more of a burden than an asset haha

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Feb 20th 2021, 5:10:55

Thanks for the responses. Thats useful info right there.

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Feb 20th 2021, 3:45:57

Can someone please help to explain how exactly does DR work here? Is it exactly 24 hours before the impact of a hit wears off on DR? Or is it less? Also, how much less does each subsequent hit reduce gains from landgrabs

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Feb 19th 2021, 0:12:05

Koh sell some food pls

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Feb 18th 2021, 4:39:51

I am definitely for opening up the humanitarian range.

I do think it spreads out the hits which is better for everyone, and also doesnt let countries easily use humanitarian range to multi-tap and jump.

On the cost of it, i really dont know - but even without attaching a cost to it, wouldn't it be better anyway?

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Feb 18th 2021, 3:30:23

Originally posted by KoHeartsGPA:

Originally posted by Rob:

Countries like #4 has nothing to do with humanitarian range - he just got big, got plenty of SDI and military & thus is untouchable for his targets, not because of humanitarians.

That's just good play.

He can go on farming most of the server without much worry because of how he set his country up (which takes investment in SDI that most others dont want to pay for), and there's nothing wrong with that, nor should any change stop that.

Absolutely he's playing stellar, nobody can deny that, but you're missing the point, how to make it fun for everyone, I mean... Am I alone here putting myself in the shoes of the bottom dwellers??? LOL 😂😂

I'm not missing the point, i think the point is clear as i did mention that way around the start of this thread.
But i think making a point needs to be grounded in facts, otherwise you're finding the solutions to the wrong problems.

I think we are getting somewhere tbh - for one, the extra acres should help everyone including those towards the wrong end of the leaderboard.

The improved player guidance as suggested by Hessman is another one which would definitely help.