There is no Peace there is no Fun (Little Upsilon)

No, no, I am not accusing you, never even crossed my mind.

I have this tendency of making unnecessary in-line definitions, in that instance it was defining equal conditions for 2 players.

What I meant to say:
Imagine tomorrow cost of all military equipment (every single piece and soldier reqs) decreases 100 times.
Outside of economic impact first few days on corps, it would mean that you and your neighbor will have military size of at least 50 times bigger as it used to be, as far as you can afford it. and you both would feel richer (and you are) because in relative terms you cut your military down in a half.
Same way works in reverse, if we imagine military cost is 100 times higher, you and your neighbor would cut it down by 98% and you both would feel poor (and you are), because in relative terms you both have twice as much military.
What I meant to say that scale of your military does not really matter at all, as scale for anything as long as it is equally applied.
In earlier wars 10K soldiers was a huge army, in March of 1944 USSR had fighting force of over 14 million men. Number is all relative

Fredmark,

The issue isn't that you can make profit. It is that in general, corps are not as profitable, CEOs and countries are not as profitable, and gold coins remain the same price. This said, we are ALL relatively poorer than we were before, but our costs remain the same.

SABO he is everywhere.
Sabo
sabo
BOO

i have nothing against raiding ,as long as the raider understands, "raid and be raided" i wonder how many will cry foul when it happens to them.just a thought.

ah now that is where it makes sense to me when you put it that way eo. we are all relatively poorer cuz GC prices stay the same... but will gc prices stay the same? remember gm is only temporarily selling gc on the market to reduce cash. they will stop. then its back to the market to determine wat gc is worth... maybe we all make half the money so gc becomes half the cost? then the value of paying for gc with real cash goes down so they will give us more gc for our real money and gc gets cheaper still i mean im a capitalist i believe in free markets and the invisible hand will handle things over the long term but short term yes much chaos.

"First of all, I do know I annoy you with my contraries views.

But anyway, let me (without any morality clause) explain why it may not be such a good idea to cull the heard prematurely.

You see, this game is, by design, is not balanced.
Games of this nature typically either have reset to level a playing field or have (as MMORPGs) specific enforced restrictions to prevent uneven combat.

Because nobody took care of such restrictions, there are only two ways for a new player to integrate:
- to join establish federation (sna or valde)
- limit themselves in safety of protection"

WRONG

When I first started playing I may not have understood how "sensitive and aggressive" some players would/could be.

I joined Valde and was "greenlit" by LDI with approval from Dub and Laguna (I think the wording was, "teach her something while you are at it", Yeah that was it.

I don't know about SNA ( well yeah I do, it was started by TP from UC on GR) but being in Valde or any large fed for that matter doesn't necessarily mean you will be protected.

UNLESS you are in the UC. Regardless of what I may have said or done in game or on the forums, not a hair on my chinny chin chin has been plucked on GR. For that I am grateful but I have to point out that UC has been the only truly protective federation I have been apart of.

AND Guess what, they aren't on LU, so you are NOT protected, well maybe if you are SNA.

LU has moved from being an eco world to a war zone, there is too much at stake here. If you manage profitable empires on three month worlds, you should in theory or practice make twice as much on LU, with cash down and profits down in established empires, LU may prove to be the place to be for the foreseeable future.

Thanks for the uplifting words Wendy. As the chairman of the United Confederation on Golden Rainbow I am proud to say yes we do our best to safeguard one another. We will continue to do so. So I will remember before I forget, BEFORE I FORGET THAT!
By the way the United Confederation on Golden Rainbow is now accepting membership applications from all players except on the Continent of Hercula Major in accordance to the Treaty of the Great War. To requst an application you can contact either The Grand Poobah at United Republic of Mitolla or myself Nute Gunray at UNITED STAR TRADE FEDERATION.


Nute Gunray
Chairman of The United Confederation Federation on Golden Rainbow

Just a reminder for Wendy,

Remember what happened when you dec'd on us (SNA)?

Thank you Wendy for good info.

I will semi-happily remain confined in one LU country and 10 enterprises.

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Beast (Golden Rainbow)
Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 11:51 pm
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Just a reminder for Wendy,

Remember what happened when you dec'd on us (SNA)? <!-/Quote-!>

Yeah, you attacked for a bit then all of you let your decs expire and left someone else to finish off. In the last 10 RL days of that fight, there was only me and Josias fighting

Too much conjecture and banter, keith you need to kill another I think.

Lol Stu,

Once we felt there was no threat to us anymore, we felt no need to fight. You guys volunteered yourselves, and obviously we suffered no damages once we stopped fighting.

Yes Beast I remember, friendly fights are always the best, you end up closer than when you started fighting.

Stuart. . . FIGHTING?!?! . . . . LoL

Did someone say fight. Ring the bell. Come out of the conners fighting.
Sabo Sabo he is everywhere
even in the secret place


Nute

Yes Wendy,

I'm happy you're on good terms with Seven Nation Army again. Most this whole deal was a misunderstanding, but I'm glad we've sorted it out.

Best of wishes to you Wendy,

Sincerely,
Beast

Thx :P

The game is well balanced toward the defense and it is easy for new players to not "get culled".

Buy defensive weapons. When you purchase weapons the cash disappears. Then there is no cash for another player to take. A player with a larger army could destroy a new player's defensive weapons. But in that case there is nothing to take.

Lack of defense and excess cash stockpiles are both very good reasons to attack in a war game.