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rUl3r · 21 Apr 2009, 07:55

I don´t think spies nowadays give away much valuable information. In my oppinion, they even hardly can.
Remember the talk we had early round Wish, when I was still in Omen chans? I was serious

Placing a spy somewhere for coords is mostly not needed, mapping an ally ain´t that hard. Placing a spy in Asc for that purpose is a waste of time as 99% of Asc don´t bother hiding at all, so it´s pretty clear where they are from tick 36 on.
Spying for targets is slightly more useful, but in days of prelaunch not that important either. It´s almost impossible to run an attack without anyone prelaunching, so the targets are usually warned in some way. Knowing landing ticks and such ain´t that important really. While it´s a nice chance to get some oog/ooc/oot def, or def by fleets that usually can´t be send, the vast majority of incs are deffed by the usual ships - so even knowing details about incomings is not decisive at all.
Spying is, to a good extend, a waste of time.
The only thing which bothers me about it is disappointment on a personal level, not the information given away.

21 Apr 2009, 07:55	#426
rUl3r Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 296	Re: R31 rumour thread I don´t think spies nowadays give away much valuable information. In my oppinion, they even hardly can. Remember the talk we had early round Wish, when I was still in Omen chans? I was serious Placing a spy somewhere for coords is mostly not needed, mapping an ally ain´t that hard. Placing a spy in Asc for that purpose is a waste of time as 99% of Asc don´t bother hiding at all, so it´s pretty clear where they are from tick 36 on. Spying for targets is slightly more useful, but in days of prelaunch not that important either. It´s almost impossible to run an attack without anyone prelaunching, so the targets are usually warned in some way. Knowing landing ticks and such ain´t that important really. While it´s a nice chance to get some oog/ooc/oot def, or def by fleets that usually can´t be send, the vast majority of incs are deffed by the usual ships - so even knowing details about incomings is not decisive at all. Spying is, to a good extend, a waste of time. The only thing which bothers me about it is disappointment on a personal level, not the information given away.