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Makain · 11 Mar 2003, 01:53

I am a little concerned about this, because if we are going to be forced to use AH in Round 10 I would like for one of the creators to put a suggestion box for it. There are more then a few things I would liked to see reformed with it before Round 10...

Knight Theamion · 11 Mar 2003, 01:58

they wont and they cant

every option 'pro' will be used, every 'con' will not be used and passed by on irc.

Not_RIT · 11 Mar 2003, 02:11

They cannot force alliances to use AH as Alliances will just refuse to use it. heh. Its not like they HAVE to use it. And I dont see any advantages to using it.

Makain · 11 Mar 2003, 03:16

Well how exactly will alliances be in-game then? Will there now be two types of alliances? Game Alliances and real alliances?

Cochese · 11 Mar 2003, 03:54

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Originally posted by Makain
Well how exactly will alliances be in-game then? Will there now be two types of alliances? Game Alliances and real alliances?

There's a few options. For instance, you could create an alliance much like you create a private galaxy...so one of the HC or whatnot would sign up, create the 'alliance' within the database, and give the password to his members. They would then be "registered" as that alliance, and be privy to whatever features alliances will have in r10 (shorter ETA for defense, resource trading, who knows what Spinner has in mind).

Of course, we could very well still see alliances that operated outside of the hard-coding...though if the features granted to registered alliances were of a sufficiently advantageous nature, I doubt (m)any alliances would forgoe registering...especially if there were ETA bonuses for defense fleets...or if he REALLY wanted to throw a wrench in the works, it would be coded so you could only defend your alliance/galaxy:eek: and un-allied players couldn't defend anyone outside their galaxy...

Brings about some interesting possibilities, and equally distressing problems

However, all the details remain to be seen...and the "tidbits" Spinner has given us so far aren't nearly enough to stage a discussion on at this current time.

Buddha · 11 Mar 2003, 04:02

another thing that I think will appear just from reading old CH Hours is that if you not the same allaince and both you attacking a planet, your forces will fight each other along with the planet they were attacking.

Makain · 11 Mar 2003, 04:09

That would be nice Buddha. It would stop hundreds of incomings on planets in the outer-rim.

Cochese · 11 Mar 2003, 04:12

Yeah, that will be a nice addition to the game I think.

Will also make for some interesting nights prior to news scans becoming available

djcomplex · 11 Mar 2003, 09:43

alliances will always work a way around things

Rember · 11 Mar 2003, 11:03

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Originally posted by Makain
I am a little concerned about this, because if we are going to be forced to use AH in Round 10 I would like for one of the creators to put a suggestion box for it. There are more then a few things I would liked to see reformed with it before Round 10...

unless they make it into a combination with which u can only defend allied or napped planets, and only can attack non allied and napped planets...

As round 10 will bé 'totally new' we don't know

Scouse · 11 Mar 2003, 13:30

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Originally posted by Buddha
another thing that I think will appear just from reading old CH Hours is that if you not the same allaince and both you attacking a planet, your forces will fight each other along with the planet they were attacking.

I think that would just make it even harder to take down big players. But the idea is good.

hAl · 11 Mar 2003, 16:37

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Originally posted by Scouse
I think that would just make it even harder to take down big players. But the idea is good.

You could do that by alliances sharing a target via AH.
To limit abuse of alliances splitting in smaller alliances working togehter this way you might make it so that you can only share one target(gal) with other alliances and only change such a shared target every 48 ticks or so.

So the HC would need to put in a share request with a targetgal and another alliance (or mayby even two or three). The HC of other alliance would then have to accept this request for this target to be shared and the planets of these alliance being able to attack that single targetgal together for 48 ticks (should suffice for about 6 waves).

hAl

TheACE · 11 Mar 2003, 18:01

i dont hope we have to.

i didnt like the ah manual already, there is just no use of it.

(this is just my opinion)

Kjeldoran · 11 Mar 2003, 18:30

well, dunno about all this ...

I think the creators need to lay off their hands from the alliances. They controle everything else, manipulate some things if you wanna look at it with a more negative approach.

Alliances and communities are the only thing that the players run 100% themselves, without the slightest input or restrictions from the creators. I'd like to keep it that way cause imo that's what makes PA fun (for me).

I doubt I'll bother playing if they take away that "freedom" that we players still have ...

rgds Kj