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Forum: Alliance Recruitment 24 Jan 2024, 10:32
Replies: 6
Views: 2,266
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: ODDR Recruitment round 105

AI is getting crazy.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 May 2023, 18:00
Replies: 9
Views: 7,919
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Suggestions

Honestly, for a first approximation, I'll echo what Veil said: do the easy quests.

Off the cuff for research: get 80+ pop, HCT 300, Fi/Co (if you have Fi/Co pods, otherwise Fr/De), all the core...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 1 May 2023, 14:53
Replies: 9
Views: 7,919
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Suggestions

Netgamers doesn't exist any more (https://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=202075). Most people are now on Telegram, Slack, and/or Discord. This (https://discord.gg/JRfaGxrk) is the official...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 29 Apr 2023, 11:54
Replies: 9
Views: 7,919
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Suggestions

Holy shit.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Apr 2023, 16:49
Replies: 8
Views: 7,304
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Alliance Limits

Sure brings back memories don't it.


Nah, that's probably accurate enough. Most of the people who returned for r100 left again after, though, and combined with the multis that maybe finally got...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Apr 2023, 02:37
Replies: 8
Views: 7,304
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Alliance Limits

The round after a 'special' round usually sees fewer signups. If they're still this low next round, I agree. Probably want to lower them gradually, though? Avoid forcing alliances to kick half their...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 3 Apr 2023, 17:46
Replies: 14
Views: 7,116
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Improve cov ops and scanners

Who would you cov op, though? Yourself? That's a little weird.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 24 Mar 2023, 13:41
Replies: 1
Views: 5,841
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: saving clicks on quests

Quests: the real fix is allowing people to either start quests individually, or decide when they accept the reward (ie, no getting roid rewards when you have 4 uncovered waves on you...).

Scans:b...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 30 Jan 2023, 14:10
Replies: 1
Views: 6,955
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Clone Planets

I'm not entirely sure what you're suggesting. What does it mean that clone planets "don't enter the 'main' universe"? Does that mean they can't attack or defend non-clone planets?
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 16 Jan 2023, 02:54
Replies: 4
Views: 7,482
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Planetarion Toolset

Nice!

Venox' original was released under the MIT licence (https://bitbucket.org/liamrigg/pa-tools/src/master/#markdown-header-licence), and since this is based on that, you should do the same. :)
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Dec 2022, 12:21
Replies: 1
Views: 9,592
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 99 Misc stats

http://beta.planetarion.com/history/history.php?id=13&round=99 is empty.
http://beta.planetarion.com/history/history.php?id=14&round=99 is a little ridiculous. :P
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 Dec 2022, 03:25
Replies: 8
Views: 7,685
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Code an ingame mail for whenver anyone opens your fleet view

The real #1 thing driving people away is that this is a text based browser game in 2022. I'm not trying to be a jerk, hur hur PA sucks, etc. The game is clearly what we enjoy, no matter how much we...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Nov 2022, 18:29
Replies: 1
Views: 6,201
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Move PA to crypto world

Why not? Because it's ****ing retarded, that's why.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Jul 2022, 08:55
Replies: 4
Views: 6,062
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 97 Misc Stats

Hey, just a heads up: there are still 3 instances of links to round 96 in the header on the history page (http://beta.planetarion.com/history/history.php).
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 14 Jun 2022, 12:14
Replies: 3
Views: 4,831
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Strategic Discussions 31 May 2022, 13:00
Replies: 3
Views: 7,069
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 96 Misc Stats

Your "(re-)make the beta page for this round" script needs some DELETE statements. Ships in ship stats and ship totals occur 3 times.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Mar 2022, 21:15
Replies: 8
Views: 21,031
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 91 Misc Stats

Nice, thanks!
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 12 Feb 2022, 22:55
Replies: 27
Views: 13,284
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Cochese

We in the QQ/Ascendancy community got this text tonight:



I had the pleasure of knowing Cochese for 15 years. He was never flashy, never harsh, always dependable, always thoughtful. A fixture...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Jan 2022, 19:45
Replies: 20
Views: 48,793
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Anyone here still alive?

Spam bots are neither living, nor dead.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 30 Dec 2021, 23:12
Replies: 9
Views: 21,272
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Ding Dong Ding - PSA from #ultores

This ain't no charity event.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 12 Dec 2021, 22:08
Replies: 2
Views: 9,220
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 94 Misc Stats

You've got a #0 in the "Top 100 Misc" listing, Appoco.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 12 Dec 2021, 22:05
Replies: 9
Views: 21,272
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Ding Dong Ding - PSA from #ultores

Blame DeeJay for being an emo ****
Forum: Alliance Discussions 28 Nov 2021, 09:53
Replies: 9
Views: 21,272
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Ding Dong Ding - PSA from #ultores

He did, mostly in the final stretch.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 25 Nov 2021, 09:34
Replies: 6
Views: 7,175
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: PaWiki down

I have full dumps from r14 onwards, missing only r20. Pop me a PM if you want any.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 14 Nov 2021, 22:29
Replies: 6
Views: 7,175
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: PaWiki down

Yeah, jesterina changed the DNS a while back. "www." used to work, but not any more.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 13 Nov 2021, 21:53
Replies: 6
Views: 7,175
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: PaWiki down

Remove the "www.". https://clawofdarkness.com/pawiki/index.php/PAWiki
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 17 Oct 2021, 17:53
Replies: 5
Views: 14,071
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: VenoX's PA tools

Nice!

Despite your disclaimer, I do have one request: put a proper license on it! GPL, MIT, anything is better than nothing at all. :)
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 6 Oct 2021, 18:11
Replies: 7
Views: 8,496
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Landing Conditions

I think introducing things people can't bcalc for is a bad idea in a game like this.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 4 Oct 2021, 17:56
Replies: 2
Views: 7,709
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Planet Choices

I'm not really sure how much another 'government' would add, but sure, why not, seems fine.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 15 Sep 2021, 07:45
Replies: 9
Views: 12,869
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Public Service Announcements from THE RED PEGGERS.

We value your feedback and will continue to strive to meet your expectations, and even to exceed them, where possible! You may be aware that, as an alliance, our number one goal is to maintain a high...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 23 Aug 2021, 10:38
Replies: 3
Views: 8,824
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: irc.netgamers.org

Time of death: 06:34 UTC. RIP.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 2 Aug 2021, 14:13
Replies: 3
Views: 8,824
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: irc.netgamers.org

Back off, everyone! I've got a lemonparty and I'm not afraid to use it!
Forum: Alliance Discussions 23 Jul 2021, 18:57
Replies: 36
Views: 17,777
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Ding Dong Ding - the Killing of PA

Diplomacy and blocking is practically what defines Planetarion, but you're presenting it 1) as a problem to be solved, and 2) as something that hasn't been a part of PA since it's early days:
Forum: Alliance Discussions 22 Jul 2021, 10:21
Replies: 36
Views: 17,777
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 Jul 2021, 16:50
Replies: 8
Views: 21,031
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 91 Misc Stats

I like that idea! Puts an end to having to look in 3 places to find all the info.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 3 Jul 2021, 15:10
Replies: 36
Views: 17,777
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Ding Dong Ding - the Killing of PA

Posting anonymously does not speak well for the strength of your convictions, 'arandomguy'.
Forum: General Discussions 2 Jul 2021, 10:38
Replies: 20
Views: 48,793
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Anyone here still alive?

Last time I heard from JBG was when he was in a Peruvian Internet cafe in 2014. Not even drunk.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 2 Jul 2021, 07:58
Replies: 36
Views: 17,777
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Ding Dong Ding - the Killing of PA

The thing that the term 'mercenary' doesn't take into account is that HEROES has agency. We're not passive puppets who would just as gladly do something else if that suited some people better.
...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 Jun 2021, 12:02
Replies: 8
Views: 21,031
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 91 Misc Stats

I'd like to see top cov oppers and top(?) cov opped.
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 1 Jun 2021, 19:15
Replies: 2
Views: 9,463
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Conspiracy Theory R92

Keep the faith, brother!
Forum: Alliance Discussions 26 May 2021, 14:23
Replies: 4
Views: 10,189
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: zz-crew official announcement

I protest in the strongest possible terms your overuse of the letter 'z'. I demand you leave some for the rest of us by renaming your alliance to z-crew and yourself to zhou.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 5 May 2021, 13:20
Replies: 6
Views: 15,050
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Alliance Discussions 1 May 2021, 14:57
Replies: 6
Views: 15,050
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Public Service Announcements from HEINREICH

This is not the place to promote your auto-biography, Paisley.
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 3 Apr 2021, 18:40
Replies: 5
Views: 12,061
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Merge Armada returns in R91

One massive Massive. I like it.
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 27 Mar 2021, 13:51
Replies: 5
Views: 12,061
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Merge Armada returns in R91

Good luck!

P.S. Why are you called Merge Armada?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 27 Mar 2021, 13:51
Replies: 4
Views: 11,388
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 18 Mar 2021, 07:37
Replies: 5
Views: 11,777
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 91 stats

Vote r33 if you want a snoozefest. Vote r66 if you don't. It's that simple.

r77 is fine too, but r66 has more votes and has a better chance of beating r33.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 Mar 2021, 12:05
Replies: 3
Views: 11,238
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 91 name poll

You are correct. I regret my vote.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 3 Mar 2021, 13:40
Replies: 3
Views: 11,238
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 91 name poll

We had "Sleep Deprived Zombies" in r46. Proposing to disqualify "Sleep Deprived".

All Cloak, No Dagger is easily the best name here.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Feb 2021, 09:55
Replies: 13
Views: 15,932
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Feb 2021, 08:40
Replies: 13
Views: 15,932
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: State of the game!

I think these are all fair complaints(!?)

Auto war: I'm not sure what this feature was ever meant to accomplish. If someone could explain it to me, I'd be glad to listen. Otherwise, I have no...
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 16 Feb 2021, 22:19
Replies: 5
Qtq
Views: 11,752
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Qtq

Hi and welcome! Always nice to see a new player. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Feb 2021, 14:19
Replies: 35
Views: 44,409
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Public Service Announcements from RULE 19

That's pretty toxic (http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?p=3264498#post3264498) of you, Paisley, to rejoice in other people's misery like that. It's everything that's wrong with the PA...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Feb 2021, 14:00
Replies: 35
Views: 44,409
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Public Service Announcements from RULE 19

Ideally, all alliances, including Apprime, would provide a complete education to their new players before sending them out into the grim, dangerous world, but it seems this is not the case.

When I...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Feb 2021, 09:38
Replies: 12
Views: 20,767
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Idea to increase player numbers

GDPR issues?

Anyway, too late now.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Feb 2021, 13:29
Replies: 276
Views: 247,774
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Nagging over tiny things thread #2

HCT should be named after how many roids they allow, not by their index. Not Heavy Cargo Transfers VII, but HCT 1500.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 3 Feb 2021, 19:54
Replies: 35
Views: 44,409
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Public Service Announcements from RULE 19

I looked into this very serious allegation. After an extensive investigation that left no stone unturned, I have made the following (shocking!) discovery: HR has neglected to inform their players...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 30 Jan 2021, 17:00
Replies: 35
Views: 44,409
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Public Service Announcements from RULE 19

!prop invite Zhil IT'S ****ING ZHIL
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 11 Jan 2021, 21:57
Replies: 2
Views: 11,210
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cousin Armada R90

You're all ****s, but Cain writes the best recruitment posts.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 5 Dec 2020, 11:11
Replies: 4
Views: 22,048
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 89 Misc Stats

It looks like auto-war is not included in the top warring alliance list? Because we definitely had more than 1 war.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 31 Oct 2020, 08:46
Replies: 32
Views: 41,210
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Public Service Announcements from GASLIGHTING SAVIORS.

Ultores is a wastebin for HEROES unsuitable for our tag.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 29 Oct 2020, 17:02
Replies: 32
Views: 41,210
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Public Service Announcements from GASLIGHTING SAVIORS.

What we see here is the rare and elusive Alliance Forum Thread. These magnificent creatures used to roam these lands in enormous herds, but climate change and hunting have brought the species to near...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 26 Sep 2020, 19:33
Replies: 2
Views: 12,943
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: HEROES' displeasure

I have already forgotten what we were displeased about.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Sep 2020, 11:23
Replies: 9
Views: 25,943
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Leaving an Alliance

I would like to have the ability to roll back the game by 11 ticks whenever I crash.

Thanks!
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 23 Sep 2020, 14:16
Replies: 7
Views: 15,175
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: explicit rules

What's the point of adding more rules when the existing ones aren't even being enforced?

And since when do you get kudos for keeping a known cheater in your tag?

What the **** is wrong with you...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 22 Sep 2020, 13:22
Replies: 2
Views: 12,943
Posted By Mzyxptlk
HEROES' displeasure

We have been asked to convey HEROES' displeasure at the current state of affairs.

HEROES is displeased at the current state of affairs.

Signed,

mz, agar3s, and Forest.
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 22 Sep 2020, 07:32
Replies: 2
Views: 9,670
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Conspiracy Theory R89

Careful, gm, satire is harder than ever. ;)
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 22 Sep 2020, 07:31
Replies: 3
Views: 15,024
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 89 name poll

Sure, I'll vote for anything that has tears in it.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Sep 2020, 17:15
Replies: 9
Views: 25,943
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Leaving an Alliance

He who burns his cheeks must sit on the blisters.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Sep 2020, 18:11
Replies: 276
Views: 247,774
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Nagging over tiny things thread #2

Quests are only listed ingame, not in the manual. As a non-paying non-playing non-customer, I DEMAND you provide this information to me that I could easily find ingame by signing up a free account.
...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Sep 2020, 18:10
Replies: 276
Views: 247,774
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Nagging over tiny things thread #2

Fleets on JGPs should be sorted by coords. While you're there, I don't think they should be sorted further (for example, by fleet slot). That takes away an opportunity for fringe tactics.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 4 Aug 2020, 08:31
Replies: 93
Views: 133,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Where my Old timers?

Good timing, the next round starts on Friday.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 2 Jun 2020, 11:10
Replies: 93
Views: 133,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Where my Old timers?

Makes sense to me!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Jun 2020, 11:09
Replies: 6
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forums

If you're worried people will be disappointed when their ancient thread necro doesn't result in responses, I think people are perfectly capable of seeing that a thread has been dead for a long time....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 Jun 2020, 08:46
Replies: 6
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forums

User CP -> Edit Options -> Default Thread Age Cut Off.

(But changing the default wouldn't hurt either.)
Forum: Alliance Recruitment 10 May 2020, 13:19
Replies: 1
Views: 8,251
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Conspiracy Theory R87

Good old rebuilding rounds.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Mar 2020, 20:48
Replies: 276
Views: 247,774
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Nagging over tiny things thread #2

Ship stats on the history page lack the ETA column.

Compare: history (http://beta.planetarion.com/history/history.php?id=4&round=84), ingame (https://game.planetarion.com/manual.pl?page=stats).
Forum: General Discussions 21 Mar 2020, 20:13
Replies: 7
Views: 17,827
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: London 2020

...Caj, I was just making a 'virgin gamer' joke. :(
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 Mar 2020, 14:22
Replies: 39
Views: 41,735
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: XP balance and pl feature

Given that the #1 alliance had higher average score, value, and roids than the #10 alliance, for 90% of the second half of the round, the statement 'hitting the #10 gives the same XP as hitting the...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 1 Mar 2020, 09:44
Replies: 2
Views: 7,784
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Defence page bug

Agreed. Useful dev tool; harmful in production.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Feb 2020, 17:42
Replies: 39
Views: 41,735
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: XP balance and pl feature

Welcome to PS, Kaiba!
Forum: Alliance Discussions 29 Feb 2020, 13:44
Replies: 1
Views: 9,258
Posted By Mzyxptlk
When did the #1 position last change hands?

| Round | Total ticks | Alliance | Galaxy | Planet |
|-------+-------------+----------+--------+--------|
| 70 | 1177 | 617 | 1007 | 1155 |
| 71 | 1177 | 478 | ...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Feb 2020, 22:51
Replies: 39
Views: 41,735
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: XP balance and pl feature

You're not "forced to hit minor tags", that's laughable. The #1 tag is playing value! Go hit upward if you want to so badly!


As long as plenty of people continue to choose to play value, there's...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Feb 2020, 11:42
Replies: 39
Views: 41,735
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: XP balance and pl feature

It wasn't that much different last round or the round before either. r82 had 4 value planets in the top 10, r83 had 6ish (the line is a bit blurry), r84 had 8. This proves there's enough variability...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Feb 2020, 14:03
Replies: 39
Views: 41,735
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: XP balance and pl feature

Looking at the rankings, it seems to me that XP and value are remarkably well balanced right now: 4/10 planets in the score top 10 are not in the value top 10, and 29/50 planets in the score top 50...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 20 Jan 2020, 21:56
Replies: 48
Views: 23,216
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: All yuor base

They're so irrelevant alliances don't even try to get them as a consolation prize when they've lost.
Forum: General Discussions 18 Jan 2020, 14:12
Replies: 7
Views: 17,827
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: London 2020

PA players using Virgin Money Giving. All is right in the world.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 12 Jan 2020, 20:53
Replies: 15
Views: 27,991
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: New Planetarion Skin (sort of)

Leshy, how much do browsers still vary in their layout engines? Do you still have to tailor your CSS to each engine, like in the bad old days?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 7 Jan 2020, 12:10
Replies: 48
Views: 23,216
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: All yuor base

That was quick.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 7 Jan 2020, 09:50
Replies: 15
Views: 27,991
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: New Planetarion Skin (sort of)

On Firefox, I recommend Stylus for user styling. I strongly recommend against Stylish, which used to be great, but now contains spyware.

For people who are lazy and just want everything to be...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 28 Dec 2019, 21:49
Replies: 48
Views: 23,216
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: All yuor base

Welcome back. Walking aids on the left, colostomy bags on the right. One each.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 25 Dec 2019, 20:00
Replies: 1
Views: 10,122
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Merry Christmas old friends!

What are you talking about, it hasn't been that long... 364 days, just like every* Christmas Eve!




Merry Christmas everyone.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 18 Dec 2019, 08:29
Replies: 5
Views: 5,966
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: "napped" and "allied"

Backstabbing is good. Round-long agreements are bad.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Dec 2019, 10:59
Replies: 5
Views: 8,611
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Upgrade or Change Forums

For the record, the last while (week? month?), I've noticed the forums are significantly snappier than before. If you guys did something, good job. If not, take the credit anyway.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 17 Nov 2019, 18:58
Replies: 93
Views: 133,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Where my Old timers?

698! Come make it 699!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Oct 2019, 19:49
Replies: 19
Views: 15,804
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Increase CU on wave amp back to 1000

Doesn't matter. If you doubled the CU cost of amps and dists, no one who was previously scannable becomes unscannable and no one who was previously unscannable becomes scannable, modulo rounding...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 4 Oct 2019, 16:32
Replies: 19
Views: 15,804
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Increase CU on wave amp back to 1000

It would make both cheaper. The more time they take to build, the fewer you build in a round, and the less resources they end up costing.


Uh... Yeah, I agree. Weird that I didn't think of that...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 3 Oct 2019, 12:02
Replies: 19
Views: 15,804
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Increase CU on wave amp back to 1000

Amps at 1000 CU (max 10 hours of sleep for Ter/Tot) and dists at 800 or 900 (9 hours of sleep for Ter/Tot) seems fine to me. Making it much higher means the costs of amps and dists go down, which I'm...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 Oct 2019, 14:15
Replies: 19
Views: 15,804
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Increase CU on wave amp back to 1000

I disagree with this too (trifecta!). Scanners can focus on amps exclusively, and disters have to build some other structures (at least 2 factories, for starters), so having dists cost a little less...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Sep 2019, 17:54
Replies: 6
Views: 12,637
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Add a fourth fleet slot?

In no way that the stats or race properties cannot compensate for.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Sep 2019, 17:52
Replies: 4
Views: 5,459
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: New Covert Operation

The main problem with cov ops is that you can't make everyone happy. Either it's worth doing, and everyone who gets hit gets angry, or it's not worth doing, and everyone who likes cov ops gets angry....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Sep 2019, 17:15
Replies: 6
Views: 12,637
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Add a fourth fleet slot?

Interesting idea! I'm not really sure what the effects would be, and it seems pretty simple to implement. I like it.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Sep 2019, 17:13
Replies: 19
Views: 15,804
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Increase CU on wave amp back to 1000

Disagree on raising the CU cost of amps. 500 vs. 800 is already good enough to be able to reach immunity, and you don't really need the one amp.

I'm also against raising the cost of dists. The...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 23 Sep 2019, 17:02
Replies: 6
Views: 15,392
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 84 Name Poll

I fear we may never beat 'Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun'. :(
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Sep 2019, 21:07
Replies: 40
Views: 20,511
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: How CBA killed Seductive

shocked-pikachu.gif
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 20 Jul 2019, 10:13
Replies: 8
Views: 13,817
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 83 Name Poll

Nah, naming rounds after people or groups is boring. Also, the name isn't even that good. Also, it was up against "Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun"!
Forum: Alliance Discussions 18 Jul 2019, 08:02
Replies: 13
Views: 13,874
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Value bug

Ah yes, the good old internal affairs cover-up.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 18 Jul 2019, 08:00
Replies: 8
Views: 13,817
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 83 Name Poll

"Questionable Consent"? Uhhhhh. :|

Anyway, Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun is clearly the way to go.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 15 Jul 2019, 16:40
Replies: 13
Views: 13,874
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Value bug

lol (https://kia.cthq.net/index.php?p=viewplanet&x=200&y=9&z=2).
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 Jul 2019, 16:38
Replies: 13
Views: 23,274
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Support Tag, Allied Tags and Cross Defence

I'm in favour of implementing some way to make def tags less useful, but I don't think this is the way, because it'll serve as an incentive against allying with smaller alliances.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 23 May 2019, 15:30
Replies: 11
Views: 13,339
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!

Xan names have never all been spooky things: Vsharrak, Arrowhead, Fireblade, Bomber, Bolt Thrower, Peacekeeper, Broadsword have all been used at various times. I don't even know what a Vsharrak is....
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 May 2019, 09:08
Replies: 8
Views: 4,990
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Covert op suggestion

I think Paisley's proposals will just lead to people having to invest more in (near-)immunity and not much else changing. If everyone (hyperbole) goes cov ops, everyone (not hyperbole) has to go for...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 23 Apr 2019, 08:46
Replies: 149
Views: 29,580
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 81 Drama thread

No, the stats are not the only thing that determines how a round plays out. Politics does have an impact, probably one at least as big as the stats do.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 16 Apr 2019, 16:08
Replies: 149
Views: 29,580
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 81 Drama thread

You're not fooling anyone, agar3s.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 16 Apr 2019, 08:23
Replies: 149
Views: 29,580
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 81 Drama thread

Wouter is Cardinal, in case anyone else didn't know.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 12 Mar 2019, 11:14
Replies: 82
Views: 17,949
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forts and whining

Looking at the planet rankings, things look pretty much fine to me. Yeah, on average planets had about 40% of their score in XP (in the top 10, top 100 and top 300), but that's a far cry from what it...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Mar 2019, 13:56
Replies: 82
Views: 17,949
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forts and whining

That idea won't work because 150 incs is much worse for lower tier alliances than it is for higher tier ones, as well as for lower value alliances than higher value alliances (not the same thing!).
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Mar 2019, 20:38
Replies: 82
Views: 17,949
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forts and whining

This scuttles any idea you might have, I'm afraid.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 8 Mar 2019, 08:41
Replies: 82
Views: 17,949
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forts and whining

I recognize bullshit when I see it, and this is that.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 1 Mar 2019, 22:09
Replies: 82
Views: 17,949
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forts and whining

Sure, but most people aren't in a galaxy with a shot at winning, no matter how badly they may want to (be).


If this characterization of life in alliances is accurate, then it should be really...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 1 Mar 2019, 22:03
Replies: 11
Views: 13,421
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 81 Name Poll Tiebreaker

If this thread isn't an invitation for forcing another tie, then I don't know what is.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 28 Feb 2019, 21:27
Replies: 82
Views: 17,949
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forts and whining

For one, if 2 alliances fight for #1, that directly involves 120 people, but if 2 galaxies fight for #1, that directly involves just 20 people.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 22 Feb 2019, 15:20
Replies: 82
Views: 17,949
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forts and whining

For the ~20 people who are connected enough for it, plus the ~10 who randomly land in their galaxies, maybe.

(Originally I also thought the competition for #1 galaxy was usually over well before...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 15 Feb 2019, 09:17
Replies: 82
Views: 17,949
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forts and whining

Hmm. Interesting idea. Heartless and me had a loooong discussion about that years ago, but we were looking to replace it with something else (with all the dev time that'd involve). Maybe just plain...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 10 Feb 2019, 09:19
Replies: 5
Sticky: Useful Links
Views: 44,957
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Useful Links

Nice work.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Feb 2019, 17:41
Replies: 28
Views: 11,356
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: COVERT OPs fix

You guys overestimate how much trading costs.

If you do that operation 10 times in a row (impressive against an active planet), converting 12 roids per time, that's 120 Metal roids that are now...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Feb 2019, 18:26
Replies: 28
Views: 11,356
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: COVERT OPs fix

"If your target is not immune, make it even less immune".
Forum: Alliance Discussions 30 Jan 2019, 15:31
Replies: 37
Views: 8,262
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The honorable demort

Agreed, I should've put it differently: long term deals have the potential to be very bad, because they are a constant in a fluid environment. They are not necessarily very bad, because sometimes the...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 28 Jan 2019, 22:25
Replies: 37
Views: 8,262
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The honorable demort

You're probably right. However, if you had waited for that to happen before making your move, this thread would've been about FL or ND or Ultores or whatever alliance did it first. We're not in...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 26 Jan 2019, 22:00
Replies: 37
Views: 8,262
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The honorable demort

A self-fulfilling prophecy if ever I saw one.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 8 Jan 2019, 15:09
Replies: 37
Views: 8,262
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The honorable demort

Thanks for posting something in this thread that's actually worth replying to. :(

I agree that other alliances aren't blind, and that they will attempt to counter overly large alliances by forming...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Dec 2018, 08:24
Replies: 28
Views: 11,356
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: COVERT OPs fix

It used to be earlier (first?) in the tree, and was moved further along exactly because it was so good. We don't have advanced unit scans first, either.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Dec 2018, 17:05
Replies: 1
Views: 2,420
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Mix it up...

That would be a lot of work. If they have that kind of time available, I'd rather they spend it improving the game we have now.

Also, nostalgia aside, but the game was really bad round 1. For...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Dec 2018, 17:01
Replies: 11
Views: 4,444
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Last week shenanigans

You should stop accepting any moron with two thumbs who applies to your tag, and start rejecting people who have quit tag before.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Nov 2018, 14:08
Replies: 8
Views: 3,363
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fix the dist vs amp to equal

Ave's point is not about people who build 200+ dists or 200+ amps. It's about people who build enough dists to allow them to fake most non-scanners, and people who try to build enough amps so they're...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 Nov 2018, 14:00
Replies: 8
Views: 3,363
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fix the dist vs amp to equal

It might be interesting to make dists more expensive (in resources), but keep their lower build times.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 Nov 2018, 18:02
Replies: 9
Views: 7,196
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R80 stats

I'm seeing that Ter and Cat each have more planets than Zik and Etd combined and I'm seeing that Xan is woefully under-represented.

But, this is not the hill I want to die on. If you want to spend...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Nov 2018, 19:22
Replies: 9
Views: 7,196
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R80 stats

My impression of KIA is different. The stats are massively imbalanced, to the point that it might be better to just start over. Even if we ('we') decide to build on them, they'll need more than a few...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 13 Nov 2018, 19:20
Replies: 3
Views: 3,952
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Defensive Specialist in ally tools

I'm inclined toward lessening the role of the alliance fleet more than I am toward enlarging it.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Nov 2018, 14:08
Replies: 33
Views: 8,866
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fleet access.

Prediction: it'll be 5 people in the top 10, 2 in the top 100, and 3 people who competed for a top 10 finish and then crashed out of the top 100.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Nov 2018, 18:02
Replies: 33
Views: 8,866
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fleet access.

...Wow, the races at the top of KIA are not in order. I would have noticed fewer people are playing Zik and Etd if that weren't the case. :(

P.S. Zik is still doing very badly too, just not quite...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Nov 2018, 16:06
Replies: 33
Views: 8,866
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fleet access.

Everyone who went Xan, ZIk and Etd clearly overestimated how strong those races are, and that's on them as players. It's on us* as stats makers that there even is a fleet strategy A that completely...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Nov 2018, 08:24
Replies: 33
Views: 8,866
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fleet access.

Just because Xan is weak for a round doesn't mean there's a problem. Obviously, Xan is very weak this round*, but that can just as easily be because of the stats or alliance fleet strategies. 2...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Nov 2018, 09:33
Replies: 33
Views: 8,866
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fleet access.

I reread my previous post, and it's too negative. Rather than "dangerous", read "risky", and keep in mind that all great advances carried with them a degree of risk. That risk is not a reason never...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 4 Nov 2018, 15:44
Replies: 33
Views: 8,866
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fleet access.

You missed my point: big changes are dangerous, especially when a game is on the edge of death already. Tag size changes were just an example, and I specifically included both raising and lowering it...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Nov 2018, 22:44
Replies: 33
Views: 8,866
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: fleet access.

I've proposed the removal of attack prelaunch and alliance fleets before, but in all honestly, it kind of scares me. Not saying it's a bad idea, but it's a change that's almost on the kind of scale...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 24 Oct 2018, 17:14
Replies: 5
Views: 5,332
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Quest bonus'

You have a point, quest rewards for just doing well do seem a bit silly. That said, I also don't think we should have the reverse: no rewards for doing poorly. Sure, the game should be less difficult...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 21 Oct 2018, 16:54
Replies: 11
Views: 10,019
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The legacy

"OK, now open your PayPal account..."
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Oct 2018, 14:29
Replies: 12
Views: 9,367
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: mzCalc: Stats Analysis Tool

I'm not really sure what you're asking. The order in which the combat engine does it is... the order in which the combat engine happens to do it. I don't know why it does it the way it does it, but...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Oct 2018, 08:03
Replies: 12
Views: 9,367
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: mzCalc: Stats Analysis Tool

If it were that simple, I wouldn't say I had no way of determining it.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 18 Oct 2018, 18:38
Replies: 12
Views: 9,367
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: mzCalc: Stats Analysis Tool

mzCalc v1.2.1 updates the parser to deal with the new race headers on the stats page, and makes the race column optional. You should once again be able to paste the entire stats page into a text...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Oct 2018, 11:34
Replies: 4
Views: 4,588
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Structure Killers

Losing roids makes me feel bad, so I think we should only be able to roid people during war.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 8 Oct 2018, 00:00
Replies: 93
Views: 133,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Alliance Discussions 2 Oct 2018, 18:07
Replies: 11
Views: 10,019
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The legacy

My legacy is that of best player of all time.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Sep 2018, 21:19
Replies: 7
Views: 11,755
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Alliance Discussions 22 Sep 2018, 09:16
Replies: 105
Views: 29,273
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ironborn Backstab

What's confusing about it is that it's all wrong. Sure, when you're galraiding, BCs have lots of freedom to do whatever, and a sneaky one can use that freedom to force their alliance politics in a...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 21 Sep 2018, 19:11
Replies: 105
Views: 29,273
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ironborn Backstab

gm claims 'ultimate authority' (http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?p=3262469#post3262469) and to 'come to him direct', yet everyone appears to talk to Forest. There's all kinds of...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 19 Sep 2018, 22:37
Replies: 4
Views: 6,228
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 19 Sep 2018, 13:36
Replies: 4
Views: 6,228
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 79 Name Poll

Space Cowboys is obviously the best choice. Who else is going to keep watch over all those space sheep?

But why only 3 days to vote?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 14 Sep 2018, 18:56
Replies: 105
Views: 29,273
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ironborn Backstab

Yet this whole thread is about CT and Ironborn, and you're barely mentioned. How can that be?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 11 Sep 2018, 18:51
Replies: 105
Views: 29,273
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ironborn Backstab

As someone who knows absolutely nothing about what's going on (what the **** am I doing on AD?), this seems to me like the missing link between VenoX' point of view and Forest's:

Forest tries his...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Sep 2018, 19:54
Replies: 2
Views: 3,533
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: google reCAPTCHA new!

Always happy to have Google track me.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 13 Aug 2018, 12:33
Replies: 76
Views: 23,182
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: ALLY Round 78

31 hours. You're slipping.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Aug 2018, 07:51
Replies: 76
Views: 23,182
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: ALLY Round 78

Proposing a tab for Butcher on the universe page that lists which rounds people played.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 6 Aug 2018, 17:15
Replies: 76
Views: 23,182
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: ALLY Round 78

I can't stand it when people have fun!
Forum: Strategic Discussions 4 Aug 2018, 18:40
Replies: 15
Views: 16,817
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Shipstats R78

Yes (https://game.planetarion.com/manual.pl?page=stats).
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Jul 2018, 23:21
Replies: 9
Views: 4,351
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Why having the global landing rate influence XP is a bad idea

Signups open. Stats are final.

I am Genevieve McGenius. I look at the stats for 2.18 seconds and instantly realize that while they look suited for value play, they're actually perfectly tuned for...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Jul 2018, 21:02
Replies: 15
Views: 16,817
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Shipstats R78

The wicked fear the Light.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 14 Jul 2018, 19:28
Replies: 4
Views: 10,230
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 77 Misc Stats

Off with his head.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 14 Jul 2018, 19:20
Replies: 20
Views: 6,604
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Galaxy Counted Score

You're taking away all my fun, listing all the disadvantages right off the bat. :(

Anyway, yeah, I dislike the counting member system for alliances for all the reasons you listed. For galaxies, I...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 12 Jul 2018, 10:11
Replies: 8
Views: 6,072
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 78 Name Poll

Space sheep may be believable, but the notion of space pigs is ridiculous.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 10 Jul 2018, 19:11
Replies: 7
Views: 6,853
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Limitation of Military Center

While I think the game going "NO YOU CAN'T DO THIS" is inelegant to say the least, the population categories are not even close to equal. +100% mining is so much stronger than +100% production...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Jul 2018, 08:31
Replies: 54
Views: 16,758
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Remove EXP or nerf it to oblivion

Fair point, hadn't thought of that!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Jul 2018, 20:40
Replies: 54
Views: 16,758
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Remove EXP or nerf it to oblivion

That supposes that XP increases more than value, as the number of roids in the universe increases. I don't believe that is the case. If we all had 10 times as many roids, wouldn't we all get 10 times...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Jul 2018, 23:46
Replies: 54
Views: 16,758
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Remove EXP or nerf it to oblivion

He's quoting the formula from the manual. The current formula, as he said.


It is a war game, but any responsible general will tell you they'd rather take on smaller, weaker armies than big...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Jul 2018, 08:24
Replies: 5
Views: 3,235
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cons

Games don't become more fun the more you're allowed to do, the fewer restrictions there are in place. Chess would be much worse if all your pieces could move like a queen and Counter-Strike would be...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Jul 2018, 07:56
Replies: 5
Views: 3,235
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cons

OK, so let's assume a few people build 10 more amps and dists... but how does that improve the game? It's just the exact same people blocking the exact same scanners, but with a few more amps and...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Jul 2018, 07:49
Replies: 5
Views: 3,235
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cons

The vast majority of players never hits the cons limit, so they don't need to tear down buildings to make room.

For the few that do, that strategy encourages them to have a long-term plan, rather...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 4 Jul 2018, 22:42
Replies: 54
Views: 16,758
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Remove EXP or nerf it to oblivion

See here (http://beta.planetarion.com/history/history.php) for better historical data.

The last rounds that were won by XP planets were 74, 67 (a fluke: def XP) and 59. XP rounds are few and far...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 20 Jun 2018, 14:47
Replies: 9
Views: 5,116
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Llama Crew

More info (http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=199227).
Forum: Alliance Discussions 7 Jun 2018, 16:59
Replies: 12
Views: 7,559
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 77 Prediction Thread

100 incs is not that much.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 May 2018, 14:09
Replies: 12
Views: 5,610
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Some small niggles

See this thread (http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=201484).
Forum: Alliance Discussions 14 May 2018, 07:40
Replies: 73
Views: 77,304
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Top planet rankings

I'm not talking about specific cases, just a general principle. I think donating ships and resources to your friends is bad. Do you disagree?


I agree, though it does serve another purpose: it...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 13 May 2018, 18:00
Replies: 73
Views: 77,304
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Top planet rankings

Uh, yes? Have you played this game?


Sure, it's havoc. It's just not that important. But it's still cheating, just less important cheating. Why are you defending it?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 13 May 2018, 17:06
Replies: 73
Views: 77,304
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Top planet rankings

Do you really think it's A-OK to launch your fleet at someone with the intent to donate them salvage and/or ships? Even if you aren't told or asked to?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 12 May 2018, 07:52
Replies: 73
Views: 77,304
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Top planet rankings

Zwan seems to be just a random stick you found to beat Ultores with. One of them, anyway.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 7 May 2018, 11:48
Replies: 5
Views: 5,314
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Otters - Round 77

I like the name!
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 May 2018, 11:31
Replies: 14
Views: 6,111
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 4 May 2018, 19:12
Replies: 14
Views: 6,111
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 77 Name Poll

I think I asked about this last time too, but can the poll stay up a bit longer than 5 days next time? The short duration rewards organization (ie, telling all your friends to vote for your round...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 May 2018, 19:51
Replies: 12
Views: 5,610
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Some small niggles

gm: "The house needs vacuuming"
Forest: "We should clear out the dish washer"
Paisley: "Why not install a new kitchen?"
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 30 Apr 2018, 21:40
Replies: 14
Views: 6,111
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 77 Name Poll

I voted for that and Space Bandits. Very pulp-esque.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Apr 2018, 08:04
Replies: 44
Views: 44,464
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: r77 ship stats proposals

If you send 90 fleets to a grounded alliance with a competent DC, you should not land anything. That's just how the value math works out. Other than that, this sounds fairly reasonable.

On a...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Apr 2018, 20:51
Replies: 44
Views: 44,464
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: r77 ship stats proposals

I'm not sure if the stats can do much to encourage players to hit top planets or galaxies, but the rest looks fine to me.


What do you mean by 'mix and match'?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 27 Apr 2018, 10:09
Replies: 44
Views: 44,464
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: r77 ship stats proposals

I re-read the r69 (http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=201213) threads (http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=201230), and apparently my final verdict at the time as 'interesting...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Apr 2018, 09:52
Replies: 84
Views: 97,485
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Alliance Discussions 25 Apr 2018, 11:24
Replies: 31
Views: 15,199
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 76 the saga continues

That's not what Ave was replying to, Xerxes. He's accusing Ultores of having pre-round NAPs, and presenting the fact(?) that they're the same NAPs you had last round as evidence of long-term...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 17 Apr 2018, 15:13
Replies: 31
Views: 11,553
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Bring back PDS

When? I don't recall it ever being part of PA.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Apr 2018, 08:11
Replies: 31
Views: 11,553
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Bring back PDS

Why does every goddamn thread have to have some ****ing peabrain in it who brings up tag limits?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Apr 2018, 15:47
Replies: 31
Views: 11,553
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Bring back PDS

Either it's overpowered enough to force everyone into building it, turning PA into Simtarion. I want to make this clear: I'm not exaggerating for effect, I mean it would turn PA into literally...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 7 Apr 2018, 09:58
Replies: 31
Views: 11,553
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Bring back PDS

PDS is terrible.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 12 Mar 2018, 18:28
Replies: 26
Views: 9,672
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Resource Stealers

On the one hand, at least it'll be nearly impossible the cheat with them.

On the other...



BOOOOOOORING
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Mar 2018, 23:29
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Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Strategic Discussions 11 Mar 2018, 14:41
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Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Resource Stealers

I've never seen it either.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Mar 2018, 11:52
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Views: 3,504
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Strategic Discussions 10 Mar 2018, 20:19
Replies: 26
Views: 9,672
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Resource Stealers

I ran into that problem too. I've already filed a bug report.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Mar 2018, 20:18
Replies: 7
Views: 3,504
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Bug: resources disappear when saving bcalc

I cannot reproduce the bug without ships, Pit.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 10 Mar 2018, 12:49
Replies: 26
Views: 9,672
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Resource Stealers

41 * 50 = 2050 (https://game.planetarion.com/bcalc.pl?id=owh4zf1y19xmax1).
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Mar 2018, 12:48
Replies: 7
Views: 3,504
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Bug: resources disappear when saving bcalc

When I put resources on the defending side in this (https://game.planetarion.com/bcalc.pl?id=s4mlp005xfn9eal) bcalc and press 'Save', the resources disappear. The bug only occurs when the defending...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 10 Mar 2018, 08:36
Replies: 26
Views: 9,672
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Resource Stealers

Resource stealers steal 50 resources per point of damage, up to a maximum of 25% of what's stockpiled. There is no reduction in cap rate for hitting downwards, nor an increase for hitting upwards.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 Mar 2018, 16:36
Replies: 25
Views: 8,383
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 76 Stats

Oh, did Paisley put them there! I did wonder where they ended up.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 Mar 2018, 10:31
Replies: 25
Views: 8,383
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 76 Stats

Yes. Whether a ship can make ally defense ETA or not is rather important.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 Mar 2018, 10:24
Replies: 25
Views: 8,383
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 76 Stats

Appoco, it would be nice if we could see those before they are made final-final.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 Mar 2018, 08:50
Replies: 25
Views: 8,383
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 76 Stats

Last round, they were listed on the stats page. Since this round they aren't, I assume all the ETAs are class-based again.

On a sidenote, changing the formatting of the stats page back again is...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 9 Mar 2018, 08:42
Replies: 25
Views: 8,383
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 76 Stats

Locust changed from normal anti-Co to EMP anti-Fi. Widow gained T2 Bs. Some shuffling of Bs ERes and anti-Bs EMP guns and cost.

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 8 Mar 2018, 10:20
Replies: 3
Views: 4,843
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Slack IRC

I don't know if there are other alliances using Slack out there, but the IRC and XMPP gateways are getting shut down:


Never trust a proprietary protocol.

Edit: this probably won't affect bots...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 7 Mar 2018, 16:17
Replies: 25
Views: 8,383
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 76 Stats

So now what?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Mar 2018, 15:53
Replies: 12
Views: 9,367
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: mzCalc: Stats Analysis Tool

mzCalc v1.2.0 adds support for resource stealing. Since I don't know the odds of stealing resources at all (I assume it's pretty low), it's disabled by default, but it can be enabled using -t or...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Mar 2018, 14:18
Replies: 25
Views: 8,383
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 76 Stats

Way too defensive. Ter De, Xan De, Zik Fr and Etd Fr only need three ships for full coverage. Ter Bs, Xan Fi, Zik Co and Etd Cr only need four. Both Cat fleets need five, for some reason, and their...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Feb 2018, 20:38
Replies: 26
Views: 8,859
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Fixes

You beat me to it, I was going to post something along those same lines before I opened the thread. It's actually even worse than I originally predicted: not only have we converged on the most...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Feb 2018, 16:15
Replies: 26
Views: 8,859
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Fixes

I rather like it that people have to look a bit further into the future than the 6-8 ticks it'd take to do a 1200 RP research. Your suggestion changes the whole system from something that requires...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Feb 2018, 11:08
Replies: 26
Views: 8,859
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Fixes

I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting, Blue_esper.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Feb 2018, 13:38
Replies: 26
Views: 8,859
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Fixes

Yes, the core-first route started being popular after it got a major buff, first in r40, and then again in r44. Before that, basically only scanners and idlers built them. People who already had inc...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Feb 2018, 14:13
Replies: 26
Views: 8,859
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Fixes

It really wouldn't.


I don't know the original goal of HCT research, but here's some of its effects

Planets with lots of roids have less opportunity to do value-producing research like core...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Feb 2018, 10:06
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

Would you be opposed to someone else finishing the job, Paisley?

(It's a general question; I'm not volunteering, unless starting Wednesday evening is acceptable. Which I bet it isn't.)
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Feb 2018, 09:54
Replies: 26
Views: 8,859
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Fixes

Action has never taken place before tick 300. That said, I wouldn't mind a slight decrease in core mining, because your point is otherwise valid.

Anything that lowers the ceiling on how many...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 25 Feb 2018, 13:51
Replies: 11
Views: 8,894
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 76 Name Poll

I thought 3 days was a little short, too.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 22 Feb 2018, 18:58
Replies: 11
Views: 6,079
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: one step too far

Is this #multihunters?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 18 Feb 2018, 20:36
Replies: 19
Views: 6,525
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: galaxy score suggestion

Agreed. I spent a lot of time coming up with a reasonable formula to determine whether an attack was launchable (not landable!) for my bcalc/stats analysis tool. Whether you would launch an attack...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Feb 2018, 18:25
Replies: 19
Views: 6,525
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: galaxy score suggestion

In battles like that, there are no winners, just losers. Sure, maybe after salvage you lost "only" 1.6m while your opponent lost 2.3m, but you're still all ****ed.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 12 Feb 2018, 16:20
Replies: 66
Views: 29,993
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: "Fos" the VGN repeat cheater

Because proving an account is a multi is easy, but proving they are a multi account owned by a specific player is hard.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 Feb 2018, 16:18
Replies: 19
Views: 6,525
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: galaxy score suggestion

I oppose this for the same reason I oppose 'counting members': it turns a portion of the player base into second-class citizens, leading to situations in which they are forced ("encouraged") to crash...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 31 Jan 2018, 18:02
Replies: 52
Views: 19,612
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Alliance Discussions 25 Jan 2018, 09:45
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Views: 19,612
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 75 Discussion, predictions

Just emphasis for sarcasm.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 23 Jan 2018, 18:05
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Views: 19,612
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Rd 75 Discussion, predictions

The best thing about Butcher propaganda is how subtle it is.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 13 Jan 2018, 07:29
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

I assume and assumed your (and everyone's) goal is to make or help make good stats. We do that by pointing out the biggest and most important problems first. If you use words like 'failure' to...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 12 Jan 2018, 13:51
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

If that's the kind of problems people are worrying about, then I guess Blue_Esper did a good job.
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 9 Jan 2018, 18:12
Replies: 16
Views: 24,467
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: New Cov op

I'm inclined to agree. Having the game outright lie to you is not a good experience.

That said, there's some interesting ideas in this thread, and I'd be happy to hear more.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Jan 2018, 13:43
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

Oh, I didn't notice we're only 3 days before tickstart. Heh. So much for balance, I guess.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 1 Jan 2018, 22:15
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

OK, I ran the numbers.

First, two easy ones:

Distributator -> Distributor
Pedlar -> Peddler

Ter De looks very strong: it's not the best roiding fleet, but it's very strong defensively. It...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Dec 2017, 18:01
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

Can't have a problem with Xan Fr if you don't make any Xan Fr.

Insert picture of the black dude tapping his temple.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Dec 2017, 17:59
Replies: 16
Views: 6,647
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Xmas round feedback

Cov ops are shit, I agree, but making them good enough to see widespread use will piss a lot of people off.

Scanning is fine, in terms of how much it contributes. If you've ever been in an...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Dec 2017, 14:18
Replies: 16
Views: 6,647
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Dec 2017, 08:06
Replies: 16
Views: 6,647
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Xmas round feedback

Adding or removing a zero at the end of all scores and values doesn't change anything, though.


That means we went from 1/0/0 ticks for Fi/Co (1 tick for defending with Fi/Co, while Fr/De/Cr/Bs...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Dec 2017, 17:13
Replies: 16
Views: 6,647
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Xmas round feedback

400 ticks is a generous(ly low) estimate. Could anything be done to make the first half of the round feel more consequential, thus resulting in more action?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 29 Dec 2017, 17:11
Replies: 16
Views: 6,647
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Xmas round feedback

How?

I'm not challenging your statement (not yet anyway :P), I just don't understand it.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Dec 2017, 16:49
Replies: 32
Views: 11,007
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Allow ally fleet to run and hide

I invite you to find four posts ("discussions", plural, and each discussion requires at least 2 posts) about removing the run and hide feature to support your claim. Not that it's relevant, because...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 15 Dec 2017, 08:36
Replies: 32
Views: 11,007
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Allow ally fleet to run and hide

Unless there's some super-secret forum I don't have access to, there have been no discussions about removing run & hide for the base fleet.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 14 Dec 2017, 12:57
Replies: 32
Views: 11,007
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Allow ally fleet to run and hide

Fallacy of the excluded middle (http://changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/fallacies/excluded_middle.htm).
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Dec 2017, 22:01
Replies: 32
Views: 11,007
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Allow ally fleet to run and hide

I'm not quite ready to go as far as advocating the removal of the alliance defense fleet, but I'll freely admit to feeling more and more uncomfortable with the style of play they've introduced, with...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Dec 2017, 17:13
Replies: 32
Views: 11,007
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Allow ally fleet to run and hide

Sounds fine to me. If you want to win, you have to play. Def planets suck.


You get XP for sending def fleets, and preserve the roids of your alliance.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Dec 2017, 14:23
Replies: 13
Views: 4,953
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Roid destryoing covops?

I agree, guard/agent stealing is even less useful than roid destruction. Research progress is far more important than either, though, definitely shouldn't start with that.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Dec 2017, 22:45
Replies: 13
Views: 4,953
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Roid destryoing covops?

I like the idea of a cov op calc (though you need a development scans as well).

Everything else in your post hinges on one assumption: "we like cov ops and want it to be useful". I mean, I agree...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Dec 2017, 16:44
Replies: 13
Views: 4,953
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Roid destryoing covops?

I like the idea, but I can already see people signing up planets to constantly fail cov ops on their friends with.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Dec 2017, 08:54
Replies: 13
Views: 4,953
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Roid destryoing covops?

You don't have to page me, I read everything. :P

In my mind, there have always been 4 distinct categories of ways to interact with other planets in Planetarion. Scanning to gather information,...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 9 Dec 2017, 15:43
Replies: 6
Views: 6,667
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Xmas presents and alliances

To be expected for such a radical new feature.

Alliances, that is.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 8 Dec 2017, 22:55
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

"Word plays"? I am responding seriously to your arguments, exactly what you're asking. Also, I haven't said (or even thought!) your stats are shit, you've literally made that up.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 8 Dec 2017, 20:58
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

People are wrong about ship stats all the time. What does that have to do with the fact that Fr/De has been the strongest metaclass fairly often?

Your argument essentially seems to be this. People...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 8 Dec 2017, 08:07
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

There have been plenty of rounds in which Fr/De dominated. In any case, "Fr/De rounds" in which Cr/Bs are favoured are not Fr/De rounds; they are Cr/Bs rounds.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 5 Dec 2017, 13:00
Replies: 9
Views: 5,094
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 5 Dec 2017, 08:34
Replies: 13
Views: 7,359
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: re-new eorc

What's the point of a flamewar in #planetarion?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 4 Dec 2017, 14:49
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R75 Shipstats

Indeed. It's really easy to test with SKs, for example (http://speedgame.planetarion.com/bcalc.pl?id=5hh6osi5s9l63i6).
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Dec 2017, 08:44
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Stats Xmas round 2017

Anyone who "explodes" because of the name they see next to a set of stats is a moron. More stats always welcome.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Dec 2017, 08:43
Replies: 9
Views: 5,094
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 Misc Stats

Would be interested in seeing how much of their population people had assigned to security. Percentages or counts, around tick 1100 to avoid the end-of-round "I want to have the most alert this...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 1 Dec 2017, 22:01
Replies: 71
Views: 26,733
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 wine thread

Let this be a lesson to you, young man.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 1 Dec 2017, 08:16
Replies: 75
Views: 26,856
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Stats Xmas round 2017

Thankfully, because of the Christmas round, there's a little more time than usual.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 1 Dec 2017, 08:14
Replies: 71
Views: 26,733
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 wine thread

Well,





KEEP THE FAITH, GUYS, KEEP THE FAITH.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 Dec 2017, 08:08
Replies: 11
Views: 5,098
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Scan request page

Oh, it can, not denying that. Just doubting whether it will. :P
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Nov 2017, 23:15
Replies: 19
Views: 7,302
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Stats Xmas round 2017

I suggested either inverting the tech tree or invert metaclass ETAs. The effects are completely identical.

I didn't have in mind what Jintao has done with the stats, but it looks alright to me.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Nov 2017, 13:44
Replies: 11
Views: 5,098
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Scan request page

There is a thread from 2 weeks ago, and there's various posts in other threads as well.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 28 Nov 2017, 22:15
Replies: 71
Views: 26,733
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 wine thread

Haha, "fight fairly with honour". Sounds like a great way to win wars!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Nov 2017, 22:14
Replies: 11
Views: 5,098
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Scan request page

Another thread about 0s in boxes, eh?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 28 Nov 2017, 12:05
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Good job, man, you've won the internet argument. Congratulations.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 28 Nov 2017, 10:14
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

I fully agree with Lukey: no closures, but fix it for next round so that it can't happen again. It's not good for the game.



It's obvious to anyone with an ounce of sense that having a one-man...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 27 Nov 2017, 21:47
Replies: 19
Views: 7,302
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Stats Xmas round 2017

There's only one good decision to make with the base ETA thing: whichever you assumed when you made the stats is the option that should be picked.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 27 Nov 2017, 21:45
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Yes, actually, it does. You don't like the answer, because you're Ultores, but it's perfectly valid.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 27 Nov 2017, 13:30
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Just like your first post in this thread, this is very vague.

If by 'ingenuity' you mean cheating (ie, the things banned by the EULA), then I agree, cheating is bad (and is rife during havoc) and...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 26 Nov 2017, 17:05
Replies: 33
Views: 12,521
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The new base eta feature

I mean on a game mechanics level, and more generally than just this round. Of course, stats makers can and do compensate for the inherent imbalances, but there's no reason for them to exist in the...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 24 Nov 2017, 12:46
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

I think that's mostly accurate, but it didn't really answer eksero's question.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 23 Nov 2017, 22:50
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Nov 2017, 18:31
Replies: 9
Views: 4,958
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Changes to the art of war

Yeah, that part was a response to Blue_Esper. I could've been clearer there, sorry.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 23 Nov 2017, 16:26
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Anyone who truly wants to win in any game or sport will push the rules as far as they can go, up to and including the laws of nature. From schwalbes in football to breakneck descending speeds in the...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 23 Nov 2017, 15:42
Replies: 9
Views: 4,958
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Changes to the art of war

I'd already read the thread, but didn't really know what to think. One, this is a core part of PA, and experimentation is dangerous. It might turn out terrible. Two, the core parts of PA are where...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 22 Nov 2017, 18:26
Replies: 30
Views: 9,107
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Chose timing of quest roids

I like this idea. For a first version, just the text would do the trick, I think.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Nov 2017, 12:31
Replies: 33
Views: 12,521
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The new base eta feature

In my opinion, Fi/Co has long been overpowered by the combined advantages of fewer potential alliance defense ships (increasing the odds of landing attacks), shorter research time (resulting in...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 22 Nov 2017, 11:08
Replies: 30
Views: 9,107
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Chose timing of quest roids

This touches on what games are on a very deep level. My take on it is that they're disorganization engines. You show up, set everything up just the way you like it, and then the game updates and your...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 Nov 2017, 20:58
Replies: 33
Views: 12,521
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The new base eta feature

OK, then how is it unbalanced?

(I'm not being rhetorical. I haven't really paid attention and I want to know.)
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 Nov 2017, 18:53
Replies: 33
Views: 12,521
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The new base eta feature

How is it being abused?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Nov 2017, 18:52
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Views: 9,107
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Chose timing of quest roids

If you're managing your cons, surely you can manage your quests too?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Nov 2017, 21:37
Replies: 30
Views: 9,107
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Chose timing of quest roids

Maybe instead, it finishes your current constructions, and adds to the bonus once they're done? You can then still add everything to your bonus by not having anything under construction, but it takes...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 20 Nov 2017, 18:47
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Why would I need to? You've presented no case. If you're accusing me of being a cheater, present the evidence. Otherwise, shut the **** up.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 20 Nov 2017, 18:32
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Yeah, this is pretty much my point. You could not have responded more predictably if you tried. Someone arguing against your witch hunt? They must be cheater scum! Get them! Add some vague...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 20 Nov 2017, 18:10
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Enough with the hand-waving already. By now it's pretty clear you don't actually have any hard facts. People ask for names, you can't give any. When you do remember someone cheated in some deep dark...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 20 Nov 2017, 08:23
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Did i say that?
Its not like anyone is saying that all players in Ultores are cheating, but a big chunk of the core is cheaters.
Im not even sure who is playing or not this round.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 19 Nov 2017, 19:53
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

You don't know who's playing, but you're sure some of them are cheating. OK.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 19 Nov 2017, 17:04
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

I haven't been in Ultores for a while, so I can't tell if there's cheating in there. However, what I do know is that they really do have a bunch of people who don't care about their own planet at...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 17 Nov 2017, 16:44
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Uhhh... JBG hasn't been a mod in about a decade.
Forum: Alliance Discussions 17 Nov 2017, 16:39
Replies: 71
Views: 26,733
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 wine thread

Pay attention now. I said that the night after Ultores dropped to second place by losing 20% of their roids in one night. I was being sarcastic. It was a rebuttal to Ave's "lol ultores won round over...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 17 Nov 2017, 11:03
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

So 15 Apprime planets are closed right now.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 16 Nov 2017, 22:01
Replies: 30
Views: 9,107
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Chose timing of quest roids

I'm also not 100% sold on this idea. You already choose their timing: when you finish the quest. Don't want the reward? Don't finish the quest! You can sit on 99% pop, or 99 amps, or 49 cov ops, or...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 15 Nov 2017, 08:37
Replies: 71
Views: 26,733
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 wine thread

Congratulations, Ultores. Easy win.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 12 Nov 2017, 21:20
Replies: 7
Views: 4,089
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Def points

Then you probably don't have access.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Nov 2017, 11:52
Replies: 2
Views: 3,267
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Quests champion

Utterly inconsequential. Doesn't do anything. Doesn't impact the game at all.

I like it.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Nov 2017, 14:17
Replies: 5
Views: 4,036
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 6 Nov 2017, 11:58
Replies: 2
Views: 3,532
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Forum display

Sounds good to me.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Oct 2017, 10:21
Replies: 4
Views: 3,290
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Journal

Pastebin?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Oct 2017, 21:21
Replies: 4
Views: 3,058
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Ship Shielding

Stealers used to not die when stealing, so I bet that's easier to implement. :P

Not that I'm suggesting that should be the criterium, mind you!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 26 Oct 2017, 17:22
Replies: 4
Views: 3,058
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Ship Shielding

Armor is the amount of additional damage you need to do to kill N+1 ships instead of N ships, for any N. What Paisley seems to be suggesting is that you need to do a certain amount of damage before...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 24 Oct 2017, 15:15
Replies: 3
Views: 3,324
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Race specific researches

The general idea seems fine to me. I don't think it really adds much, but I can't see it hurting either.

Needs some balancing, though. Cat is by far the best (by so is Etd, by extension). and Xan...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Oct 2017, 22:25
Replies: 7
Views: 4,769
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Unitscan how much % from real fleetsize

Note that the distortion factor is the same for all ships in a scan, so it won't be +8% for one ship and -7% for another. If the distortion factor is an issue, you can do a few in a row and manually...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Oct 2017, 16:51
Replies: 13
Views: 4,526
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Export Data

...? I just did it. Took me all of 30 seconds. *shrug*
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Oct 2017, 13:54
Replies: 13
Views: 4,526
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Export Data

Looks simple enough to me. I guess no one cares enough to implement it. OK, you don't like the format, but it's not like it's actually broken.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Oct 2017, 10:18
Replies: 13
Views: 4,526
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Export Data

What's broken in the export function?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Oct 2017, 20:35
Replies: 24
Views: 9,201
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Undo the roid cost change!

The formulas are in the manual. I expect a long time, it went from linear to quadratic.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Oct 2017, 14:32
Replies: 24
Views: 9,201
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Undo the roid cost change!

'It'? I guess you're referring to the round he won with def XP? It was fun to do for a round, but harmful to the game in the long run. I'm glad it's no longer possible.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Oct 2017, 11:59
Replies: 24
Views: 9,201
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Undo the roid cost change!

Because of people like Cardi initing to 1000+ roids while safe in a fenced galaxy and top alliance. That kind of shit is only accessible for 1% of players, and it's high time they put an end to it.
...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Oct 2017, 09:49
Replies: 24
Views: 9,201
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Undo the roid cost change!

Initing to 300 roids costs about as much now as it did before (https://i.imgur.com/C9WYBpA.png). (By 'old', I mean the r22-r70 formula, not the r71 one.)

In addition, here's the average number of...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 19 Oct 2017, 08:13
Replies: 24
Views: 9,201
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Undo the roid cost change!

I can't tell if this thread is a joke or not.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 18 Oct 2017, 18:04
Replies: 1
Views: 2,657
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Bug bear

1) Just zoom in more. Mobile is a bitch for any application/site/etc as heavily dependent on data as PA is. That's just something you'll have to live with. (I say that as someone who did the exact...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 18 Oct 2017, 18:02
Replies: 5
Views: 3,269
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: PDS with a twist

Me neither.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 14 Oct 2017, 22:18
Replies: 24
Views: 7,361
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 quest complaint thread

All good points, but:

'defense' is a common euphemism for 'war'.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 14 Oct 2017, 12:52
Replies: 24
Views: 7,361
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Alliance Discussions 12 Oct 2017, 15:38
Replies: 42
Views: 23,051
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 Predictions

I have to hand it to you, when you're right, you're right.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Oct 2017, 11:31
Replies: 56
Views: 16,737
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Prizes for Top Players

That's rich, coming from someone who just attempted to provide a definition of "what actual success is".

But regardless, you don't think the #20 should be rewarded, fine, but the exact number '20'...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Oct 2017, 10:13
Replies: 8
Views: 4,802
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Running Total

It's true, I'm pretty amazing.

I like the idea, though I'd stay away from single player badges. Those are not really an indication of skill but only of dedication. Any old fool can do 100k scans a...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 11 Oct 2017, 07:49
Replies: 8
Views: 4,802
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Running Total

What do you mean by 'called out the sample'?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Oct 2017, 21:09
Replies: 56
Views: 16,737
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Prizes for Top Players

Ahh, 2009, where did you go.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Oct 2017, 21:08
Replies: 8
Views: 4,802
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Running Total

Must've missed this. I like it, but I'm not really sure how you work with people not playing every single round. Who's better, the guy who got 50m score over 10 rounds (5m per round), or the guy who...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Oct 2017, 15:08
Replies: 28
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cluster Alliances

I said "random people in your cluster" and not "random people in your galaxy".
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Oct 2017, 15:05
Replies: 56
Views: 16,737
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Prizes for Top Players

That's even more abusable than the original idea. At least finishing top 20 is hard:

"Well, shit, not even top 100 this round, and it's tick 1100. Time to crash my fleet away so I have a better...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Oct 2017, 09:20
Replies: 56
Views: 16,737
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Prizes for Top Players

I don't think the people who are already winning need any more help winning more.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Oct 2017, 07:49
Replies: 28
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cluster Alliances

...all but one of which appear to be about playing with the random people in your cluster. Like you said:
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Oct 2017, 17:37
Replies: 28
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cluster Alliances

How do you think people who do politics and targetting got there? Were they born in charge?

I'm not suggesting agar3s would put Joe McNewbie in charge of all of Ultores/Astatores politics on his...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 9 Oct 2017, 10:49
Replies: 28
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cluster Alliances

I see. But you feel no need to explain.


Not that it's relevant, but yes, I have played tons of speedrounds. What the hell is a 'community round'?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Oct 2017, 16:56
Replies: 28
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cluster Alliances

You're missing my point: they already have the ability!
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Oct 2017, 13:21
Replies: 28
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cluster Alliances

I'm not the one suggesting changes. The burden of proof is not on me.


Join another alliance and volunteer as BC. Why force everyone else to do the same?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Oct 2017, 11:18
Replies: 28
Views: 11,190
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Strategic Discussions 7 Oct 2017, 12:47
Replies: 33
Views: 12,521
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The new base eta feature

Everything is terrible forever.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 6 Oct 2017, 23:11
Replies: 276
Views: 247,774
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Nagging over tiny things thread #2

Xandrithii (https://game.planetarion.com/manual.pl?page=stats)?
Forum: Strategic Discussions 6 Oct 2017, 07:50
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 shipstats choices

That does seem like an awfully large Co.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 5 Oct 2017, 21:24
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Strategic Discussions 4 Oct 2017, 22:42
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 shipstats choices

I only posted because I thought I saw a flaw in Patrikc's argument. I was wrong, but in any case, I never took a position on whether Co, Harpy or Phantom are good or bad. I haven't done the detailed...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 4 Oct 2017, 20:09
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 shipstats choices

Whoops. You're 100% correct.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 4 Oct 2017, 19:08
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 shipstats choices

...But Harpies are flak. Small and cheap, exactly what you want. I'm beginning to doubt whether you understand how EMP works. :(

That said, when your flak is better than the thing you're flakking,...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 4 Oct 2017, 16:04
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 shipstats choices

Hmm? Bcalc (http://speedgame.planetarion.com/bcalc.pl?id=pgfkox6voc7cesw). Am I missing something?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 4 Oct 2017, 13:47
Replies: 25
Views: 6,972
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ash'taari

They have to have lower init, though. Same init reflection would get very messy very fast.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Oct 2017, 19:53
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 shipstats choices

I could've sworn it occurred when ships steal each other at the same init, but this (http://speedgame.planetarion.com/bcalc.pl?id=jkjw3jkhvjfret4) looks reasonable to me. Odd.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Oct 2017, 14:22
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 shipstats choices

I think the bug you're referring to occurs when ships steal back and forth at the same init. Kill and EMP are fine.

Veil's does have Buccaneer/Broker.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 1 Oct 2017, 21:13
Replies: 74
Views: 23,241
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R74 shipstats choices

Blank. Don't have time to look at both sets.


That is not how this works. If you're making a point, you're supposed to supply your own arguments. We're not going to come up with them for you.
...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 Oct 2017, 21:07
Replies: 25
Views: 6,972
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ash'taari

Ah, OK, I didn't know you'd spoken to him off-thread. :)
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 1 Oct 2017, 13:22
Replies: 25
Views: 6,972
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ash'taari

I wouldn't interpret Appoco's post as "I'm currently working on this and am making some progress, expect to see this implemented in the next couple of rounds", but as "here's some vague ideas I have...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 30 Sep 2017, 14:46
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Alliance Discussions 30 Sep 2017, 08:36
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

Bravo, not many people would just come out and admit it.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 29 Sep 2017, 12:25
Replies: 25
Views: 6,972
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ash'taari

Or just make all reflected damage kill, never steal.

Lore: Zik ships are built to board enemy ships after dealing enough damage to them, but Ash ships don't have boarding parties so they can only...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 29 Sep 2017, 08:13
Replies: 180
Views: 59,278
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Cheaters always seem to prosper

What kind of cheating are you seeing?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Sep 2017, 22:28
Replies: 25
Views: 6,972
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ash'taari

1, 2, 3 all look reasonable to me.

4 is a bit premature. Stats can be balanced, there's no reason to restrict the stats maker's freedom so early in the process. It won't be a huge deal if the the...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 25 Sep 2017, 08:32
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

Assuming you're talking about Veil's stats: Wraith.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 24 Sep 2017, 10:06
Replies: 4
Views: 10,733
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 73 Misc Stats

Does anynone honestly believe those are not just constantly spammed planet scans on 1:1:1?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 22 Sep 2017, 20:01
Replies: 23
Views: 7,351
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Redesigning the Overview

Those sound like good estimates to me, which means the real cost is probably 3-10 times as high.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 22 Sep 2017, 19:58
Replies: 9
Views: 5,345
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Strategic Discussions 22 Sep 2017, 07:34
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

I'm not sure if by 'this set' you're referring to 'my' r50 stats or Veil's r74 stats. If the former: I've refrained from commenting on whether my set should or should not be used for next round. If...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 21 Sep 2017, 21:20
Replies: 132
Views: 58,923
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R73 whine thread.

I'm worried about this round long block vs. Butcher. It makes the AD meta very stale.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 Sep 2017, 16:32
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

Your characterization of genuine disagreement as 'piss whinging' and 'agendas' is disgraceful and I'm not going to engage you on that level. If that's what you needed to 'win', then congratulations.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 21 Sep 2017, 12:26
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

By phrasing my (our) arguments as "dey jus' mad yo", you're not exactly putting me in the mood for compromise.

If you want to get shit done, try building bridges instead of burning them.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Sep 2017, 12:24
Replies: 25
Views: 6,972
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Ash'taari

I assume the ships have guns of their own too, so they don't just deal 7-20% of the damage of their opponents, but fire themselves as well?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 21 Sep 2017, 08:04
Replies: 132
Views: 58,923
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R73 whine thread.

EOR deals suck. It's true. But if what Chimpie said is correct, no temporary deals were possible, and the only alternative was lying down and getting beaten to death, I can totally understand taking...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 20 Sep 2017, 12:59
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

Alright, here it is. I've only looked at solo fleets. Teamups are for other people to worry about.

Ter De looks bad. Most fleets roid it, and it's the worst offensive fleet in the game.

Ter Bs...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Sep 2017, 19:58
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

I might take a slightly more in-depth look tomorrow, but no promises.


I did one on Xan effs, maybe that's what you're remembering. For a mostly single target set, 160% T1 is a rough guideline. I...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 19 Sep 2017, 12:58
Replies: 132
Views: 58,923
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R73 whine thread.

You've confused cause and effect.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 19 Sep 2017, 08:11
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

I'm inclined to agree. It looks to me like Zik was meant primarily as a teamup partner for Xan Fi and Ter Bs, but for both those fleets, it only stops 1 additional ship, while 1, respectively 4...
Forum: Planetarion Discussions 18 Sep 2017, 22:51
Replies: 8
Views: 7,499
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 Name Poll

I like Convergence, but Grounded No More is cool too.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 18 Sep 2017, 21:25
Replies: 11
Views: 3,892
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Fleet Launches

Sure it does: it adds (or stops deducting, which comes down to the same thing) a launch slot every time someone cancels and launches manually. I mean, it's a good change and I like it, but there's no...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 17 Sep 2017, 21:53
Replies: 3
Views: 2,987
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Mailbox

Same way as the advanced scanning interface, I guess?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 17 Sep 2017, 21:51
Replies: 5
Views: 3,859
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Reinventing the structure killers (just for fun)

I'd say there's 3 types of people who use SKs:
1) Trolls who just want to piss people off
2) People in alliances in long drawn-out wars wanting to kill their opposition (but not specifically hating...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 14 Sep 2017, 07:51
Replies: 3
Views: 2,987
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Mailbox

Sounds good.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 12 Sep 2017, 11:58
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 2 Sep 2017, 23:00
Replies: 7
Views: 3,060
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Restrict defence to galaxy/alliance

As much as it sucks, I think this is a reasonable response to the way alliances have attempted to circumvent the tag limit.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 2 Sep 2017, 15:43
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

Presumably because they believe Xan (or a fleet strategy involving Xan, which comes down to the same) isn't good enough.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 1 Sep 2017, 20:30
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

Almost every round of PA ever has given Xan teamup partners. If you want to suggest that in all those rounds, Xan has been "OP beyond all", then you need to provide a little more evidence than...
Forum: Strategic Discussions 30 Aug 2017, 15:09
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

I would like to see them on one of the secondary servers too.
Forum: Strategic Discussions 28 Aug 2017, 15:37
Replies: 104
Views: 47,828
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Round 74 shipstat suggestions

We run into problems every ****ing round because the community does not deign to give proposed stats so much as a glance until a week before signups open. I fully support Jintao's attempt to change...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 28 Aug 2017, 09:25
Replies: 11
Views: 4,775
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Job Center

I'm inclined to agree with Makhil. In a community as incestuous as PA's, there's no way to represent (or even detect!) all the ways people know each other and cooperate with each other. Everyone...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 27 Aug 2017, 14:33
Replies: 5
Views: 3,859
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Reinventing the structure killers (just for fun)

I've long been a proponent of making attackers choose between capping roids or destroying buildings: for every 1% of buildings you SK, you lose 2.5% of your maxcap, so that at 10% SK, you cap 0%...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 Aug 2017, 19:50
Replies: 40
Views: 13,763
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Quest Refresh

Exclusive quests or research paths/trees (ie, you pick one, the other is excluded) are not as great an idea as they may initially seem. Someone mathematically inclined will calculate which the best...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 25 Aug 2017, 13:18
Replies: 11
Views: 4,775
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: The Job Center

What kind of abuse?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 24 Aug 2017, 08:09
Replies: 23
Views: 7,351
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Redesigning the Overview

I would be amazed if more than 20% of players in top 8 alliances (that's all of them, excepting support tags and HR) had free planets.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 22 Aug 2017, 07:33
Replies: 5
Views: 3,036
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Try again

While I agree that Core is overpowered, I don't see the harm. The game never truly started before tick 300. Cores have not really made that problem worse.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 21 Aug 2017, 07:43
Replies: 40
Views: 13,763
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Quest Refresh

Indeed. More value earlier is better than more value later.

That said, it must be admitted that 616k of that 890k score is in XP. It must also be said that in order to get it, everyone needs to do...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 20 Aug 2017, 11:45
Replies: 23
Views: 7,351
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 17 Aug 2017, 19:47
Replies: 5
Views: 3,005
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: color 'fleet' in menu

I ask because on that skin, the text 'Select behaviour of your Base fleet' is already coloured the way you ask.

Then again, it would be a simple change to do the same with the 'Base' text, and...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 17 Aug 2017, 15:55
Replies: 5
Views: 3,005
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 17 Aug 2017, 08:01
Replies: 40
Views: 13,763
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Quest Refresh

I like the new quests, but they keep giving me roids I can't mine. That's fine when you're talking abou a few roids here and there, but I just got 75 of the ****ing things and it's painting a...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 10 Aug 2017, 21:03
Replies: 132
Views: 58,923
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R73 whine thread.

Rank Name
2 KittenZ
7 LionZ
Ave, are you being intentionally dense?
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 10 Aug 2017, 14:35
Replies: 8
Views: 3,666
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Change Nick Feature

This is literally ruining PA.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Aug 2017, 12:53
Replies: 4
Views: 3,294
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: Galaxy Political Stability

This harms galaxies which already suck, and helps galaxies which are already winning.
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 8 Aug 2017, 12:50
Replies: 2
Views: 2,818
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: exile limits

It was one of many changes made designed to prevent the top galaxies from always consisting of people from the same pool of about 30 players, who coordinated their exiles to effectively create...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 5 Aug 2017, 18:10
Replies: 132
Views: 58,923
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R73 whine thread.

Really? This series of posts was started by a complaints that all these large support tags are a problem because they make it harder and harder for standard 60-man alliances to win. You're saying...
Forum: Alliance Discussions 5 Aug 2017, 14:07
Replies: 132
Views: 58,923
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R73 whine thread.

You heard it here first folks. Alliances recruit more if tags are smaller!
Forum: Alliance Discussions 5 Aug 2017, 13:10
Replies: 132
Views: 58,923
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R73 whine thread.

I'm not sure if I'm reading you correctly. Are you saying that 'low' tag limits result in alliances recruiting more than if the tag limits higher than they are now?
Forum: Alliance Discussions 5 Aug 2017, 11:51
Replies: 132
Views: 58,923
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: R73 whine thread.

What is 'hoarding players'? Are these not people who are free to make their own choices? Demort is not some kind of slave master, trapping players in alliances they don't want to be in.


Low tag...
Forum: Planetarion Suggestions 5 Aug 2017, 11:24
Replies: 18
Views: 5,924
Posted By Mzyxptlk
Re: game within the game

You're comparing 'big planet' to 'small planet' within a given round. Increasing the number of roids in the universe is about changing the definition of a 'big planet' and a 'small planet'. If...
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