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5 Sep 2003, 11:32
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Receipe for easy res in 3 steps
1. check the universe ranking for planets with loads of roids
2. go to the Covert Ops page when the tick is nearing and keep refreshing the page until it ticks
3. enter the coords you picked in step 1 and press enter (10 agents or more depending on your taste)
It's done !
(note it is better to do that with a stealth status Decent or above, coz if you fail and get caught... ouch, big boys don't like when you try to steal their bananas)
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5 Sep 2003, 12:31
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DarnocYzarc
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Norway
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Re: Receipe for easy res in 3 steps
Wont they notice who you are even if you succeed ??
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5 Sep 2003, 12:55
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pe0n
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Kindom of the Netherlands
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If they don't catch your agents, they can never find out.
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round 5 noob
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round 8 noob: rank 4.112 7:2:3 - TFD member
round 9 rank 941 23:1:9 - TFD HC
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5 Sep 2003, 13:05
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DarnocYzarc
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Norway
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Quote:
Originally posted by Gerbie
If they don't catch your agents, they can never find out.
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Okies thnx 
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5 Sep 2003, 13:26
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Ark-miner wannabe
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Aug 2007
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Re: Receipe for easy res in 3 steps
Doesnt he have to be bigger in value than yourself aswell for it to properly work..?
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5 Sep 2003, 14:24
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pe0n
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Kindom of the Netherlands
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Yes, to make profit when stealing resources the target has to be bigger then you.
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round 5 noob
round 6 noob
round 7 noob: rank 6.198 25:20:25 - VoC member
round 8 noob: rank 4.112 7:2:3 - TFD member
round 9 rank 941 23:1:9 - TFD HC
round 9.5 rank 860 22:7:3 - TFD HC
round 10: rank unknown (was #1 for a while) 5:2:5 - Vengeance pe0n
round 10.5: rank 683 19:10:2 - VGN member
round 11: rank 138 8:8:4 - VsN member
round 12: rank 515 - VGN 'special attack officer' -> jumped ship to Rock
round 13: rank 85: NoS
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5 Sep 2003, 14:57
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Guy next door
Join Date: Feb 2002
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I see I miss a lot for not playing this round!
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5 Sep 2003, 17:58
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[F.E.A.R.]
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Liverpool
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Imagine the fun that was had in the beta (1 min ticks), by some people*, trying to do this to the top players.
It was immense.
* Right JBG?
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5 Sep 2003, 19:47
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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And when the ticker stopped for a day with me at the top my news page too a looooooong time to load!
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6 Sep 2003, 07:53
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Commodore
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Quote:
Originally posted by Andy_r
And when the ticker stopped for a day with me at the top my news page too a looooooong time to load!
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You would have found me in there somewhere too .
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6 Sep 2003, 12:50
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Rawr rawr
Join Date: Dec 2000
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may I add one thing:
Do NOT choose planets whose rank dropped that tick. It means that they spent their resources that tick.
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6 Sep 2003, 23:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Norway
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Quote:
Originally posted by Structural Integrity
may I add one thing:
Do NOT choose planets whose rank dropped that tick. It means that they spent their resources that tick.
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id it didnt drop, then they are active and online....
they could just aswell be inactive and still loose a spot...anyway, you should ofc scan first!!
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7 Sep 2003, 03:53
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Ark-miner wannabe
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by Structural Integrity
may I add one thing:
Do NOT choose planets whose rank dropped that tick. It means that they spent their resources that tick.
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Or they got bashed, that happens aswell actually :P
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7 Sep 2003, 11:10
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Rawr rawr
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sun Pin
id it didnt drop, then they are active and online....
they could just aswell be inactive and still loose a spot...anyway, you should ofc scan first!!
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Anyway, what's the least amount of resources you should look for?
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7 Sep 2003, 22:52
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Commodore
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Quote:
Originally posted by Structural Integrity
Anyway, what's the least amount of resources you should look for?
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tbh i just do it by luck - i find someone with a much greater networth than me, and i send 10 to 20 agents at him/her. If it works, i get alot of cash (ie 50k+ of each type, and the most i've had is 108k of each  ), and if it doesnt work then its not much of a loss (10-20k of each :P).
bah @ scanning
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8 Sep 2003, 02:21
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Klaatu barada nikto
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ultimate Newbie
tbh i just do it by luck - i find someone with a much greater networth than me, and i send 10 to 20 agents at him/her. If it works, i get alot of cash (ie 50k+ of each type, and the most i've had is 108k of each ), and if it doesnt work then its not much of a loss (10-20k of each :P).
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A basic scan just costs 1K of each though. If it avoids 1 bad covert op out of <10-20, then you'd be coming out ahead.
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8 Sep 2003, 08:26
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Originally posted by Tactitus
A basic scan just costs 1K of each though. If it avoids 1 bad covert op out of <10-20, then you'd be coming out ahead.
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well, of about 35 covert ops, i've only buggared it once... so its not really worth scanning (plus at the time i didnt have an amp which makes it alot harder )
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8 Sep 2003, 14:06
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Klaatu barada nikto
Join Date: Mar 2000
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Originally posted by Ultimate Newbie
well, of about 35 covert ops, i've only buggared it once... so its not really worth scanning (plus at the time i didnt have an amp which makes it alot harder )
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Yeah, it's pretty easy to find people with lots of resources in beta. I'm not sure that'll carry over to real pa though.
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8 Sep 2003, 14:36
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ensign forever
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Since this is only usefull for lowbies it is clearly a usefull strategy for players that suck or are inactive. For active players with top 100 ambitions it will not work.
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8 Sep 2003, 20:00
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Netherlands
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Quote:
Originally posted by Al_zz
Since this is only usefull for lowbies it is clearly a usefull strategy for players that suck or are inactive. For active players with top 100 ambitions it will not work.
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Well as a top10 player you can bug a somewhat lower top100 (enemy) player quite nicely by cooping him daily. Ofc you'll loose a bit resources, but it can be worth it Though i agree it's smarter to let some smaller guy in your alliance do that, since he can make a nice profit from it
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8 Sep 2003, 20:52
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Quote:
Originally posted by Al_zz
Since this is only usefull for lowbies it is clearly a usefull strategy for players that suck or are inactive. For active players with top 100 ambitions it will not work.
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Why spending 10k res to get back 30 k instantly wouldn't work for players with ambition ? a planet ranked 50th can still find 40+ decent target to make extra income.
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8 Sep 2003, 22:38
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Commodore
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Quote:
Originally posted by Makhil
Why spending 10k res to get back 30 k instantly wouldn't work for players with ambition ? a planet ranked 50th can still find 40+ decent target to make extra income.
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Well, covert ops tend to only work on bigger people (score and networth typically), so the choice of targets in the top 100 is obviously limited. In addition, if all/many of your alliancemates are in the top 100 it further reduces the number of people you can attack. Furthermore, the people in the top 100 tend to be more active, thus less likely to have a large amount of cash lying around, whereas an inactive player would.
overall, its not really worth the bother (which is what i think hAl was hinting at)...
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9 Sep 2003, 08:42
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ensign forever
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ultimate Newbie
Well, covert ops tend to only work on bigger people (score and networth typically), so the choice of targets in the top 100 is obviously limited. In addition, if all/many of your alliancemates are in the top 100 it further reduces the number of people you can attack. Furthermore, the people in the top 100 tend to be more active, thus less likely to have a large amount of cash lying around, whereas an inactive player would.
overall, its not really worth the bother (which is what i think hAl was hinting at)...
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Don't forget the amount of covert ops being done on top 10 players already. They aren't worth covert opping at all cause they have high allertness all the time and the risks of failing a covert are much bigger on them. Even worse in a full scale game. I think a lot of top 3 players during will get covert opped like 10 times within a minute of a tick cause their alertness drops a step on tick so getting them early in tick is most usefull then.
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10 Sep 2003, 09:22
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Sir peon to you
Join Date: Dec 2002
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After being no.1 for a day, i can honestly say i hate covert ops. The most annoying thing in the world is logging on, or even just refreshing PA to see someones made off with most of this ticks resources. Surpose i should of made some security centers
Oh and people fail frequently, however without 5 fleets to launch a tick and enough ships to bash everyone you cannot ever get them all back. Believe me i tried
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13 Sep 2003, 22:28
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I was guilty of that However, towards the end I really noticed the cov ops power was being pushed down... I had to wait until my skill got up to excellent before I could even consider using it, as good/very good almost always failed!
However, I'd like to thank AndyR for showing you don't have to be massive to win this round... It was an inspired performance, well done!
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13 Sep 2003, 22:37
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[Vision]
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Quote:
Originally posted by Shaithess
However, I'd like to thank AndyR for showing you don't have to be massive to win this round... It was an inspired performance, well done!
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damn right , it was very great to see a 250 roids & 400k value planet amongst all those 800/900+ roids & 1.8+mil value planets 
very well played AndyR =)
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