Free Online Strategy Game

[Buccaneer]

http://www.astrowars.com/register/?r=36509

Here is a link to a huge thread at RC ... they have setup a alliance over there ... check it out ! ... I just started today and it is pretty slow to start with but apparently picks up speed on day 2 & 3


Cheers

[BCOrchidGuy]

Cool, going to give it a try.

Doug

[Buccaneer]

Oh yea ... Use this URL and I get a referral ... Thanks

http://www.astrowars.com/register/?r=36509

Cheers

[BCOrchidGuy]

darn it wont let me use it now that I'm registered.

Doug

[Buccaneer]

No worries Doug ... Thanks for trying ... for anyone else do use the link as it helps me out alot :cool:

Cheers

[Dabbler]

what is your handle in aw buk and where are you

[Buccaneer]

I am in Alpha Alfard -51/21 ... where are you ? ... handle is Buccaneer :cool:

Cheers

[Dabbler]

45 30
I am in with the Nemo's
we have a good base overthere

[BCOrchidGuy]

haha I got put into a new area, only 3 other folks there and I'm way ahead of them, going to build two destroyers and take over.

Doug

[Buccaneer]

Hey Dabbler ... What do you think is best strategy to take over your own area ? ... first ship to build ?

Cheers

[Dabbler]

I would go for Physics so you will get the attack bonuswhile others are trying to get the free planets you could go for ther home base or try and talk to the guys in your system and for a NAt Non attack treaty and build. I am lucky I am with 2 other guys from our aliance so we just have to get one out of our system. There isn't anyone of our guys in your area so I can't help you out there( not even close) It also depends on if you took any bounes when you created your race There is no right answer :rolleyes:

[Buccaneer]

I did not know about race till today so did not pick one :sad:

Will that screw things up for later on ?

Cheers

[Dabbler]

not really you had to have played before to be able to pick them it all balances out in the end

[Nemain]

At what point is it advantageous to attack another player? Eg. All my science lvls are at 2, save for Math an Physics- they are at 3, I have 6 starbase, 2 destroyers, 1 colonial ship. Do I attack another player, or just start taking over empty planets?

And is there a shortcut for autohide for when the boss comes in?

Thanks,

Beth

[Buccaneer]

I am attacking a retired players planet ... " unknown " and as such there wont be any defence except for the starbase ... I would go after a free planet instead if the player is active because he may have destroyers orbiting in defence and if he gets a whiff that you are attacking he will build up his starbase and defeat you ... you need culture of 2 and a colony ship for a free planet

Cheers

[BCOrchidGuy]

I found something in the archives (not an easy game to figure out) it said if you attack a planet with 1 starbase with 2 destroyers you've got a 50/50 chance of getting the planet but you'll loose both destroyers, 3 destroyers will give you a 75% chance of getting the planet and 4 will give you 100% chance.
I'm having trouble figuring out how to get culture points, I'm at level 6 on everything, got 6 cybernet cafes (which are supposed to increase your culture points by 1 each hour) and I only now got my second culture point.
Any thoughts or ideas?

Doug

[Nemain]

In each case will you lose the destroyers o_O ?

When you click on culture it tells you all the ways you can increse your culture points. Seems to me like the easiest way to do this is to take over retired players planets and hope for artifacts, but I havent tried that myself yet. I should be ready for a take over by tommorow, asuming no one attacks me o_O *hopes*


Beth

[BCOrchidGuy]

I just launched 4 destroyers against a planet where the owner hasn't yet logged on, planet started about the same time I did so I'm guessing they wont log on.
When you click on the culture link it tells you to increase your cyber cafes but like I say I've got 6, still takes so long to get the culture points, I must be doing something wrong.
I don't think you'll loose all your destroyers but if you send one like I did against a planet with a starbase you'll loose the destroyer for sure, 50/50 you'll loose your destoyers if you send 2. If you send 3 destroyers you've got a 75% chance of getting the planet but you'll probably loose 1 destoyer.

Doug

[Nemain]

Lucky you, I have some uber sitting next to me, pretty sure its just a matter of time before I get anihilated..I sure hope his internet connection dies for two weeks o_O.

I have two unknowns in my area, both with only a single starbase, so I should be ok If i launch 6 destroyers at them.

Culture is SOOOOOO slow. I am sure it speeds up as the game progresses, supose it makes sence, you wouldnt want people taking over planets left and right without the experience to withhold them. The game wouldnt be nearly as interesting =)

How did you manage to get so many destroyers so fast?????

[Dabbler]

Culture does move slow but once you get a new planet and you start upgrading it goes not bad. Once you get 4 or 5 planets and people start attacking every day you won't worry about your culture. :mrgreen: If you can go in with extra ships to attack planets you get more xp's and you never know how many ships he has circling his planet. I know I always have some in the sky all the time.

[Buccaneer]

Woo Hoo :mrgreen: :cool: ... defeated that " unknown " planet :smile:

I think I will go after a free planet next ( 32 hrs to lvl3 culture )

Cheers

[Buccaneer]

I just launched 4 destroyers against a planet where the owner hasn't yet logged on, planet started about the same time I did so I'm guessing they wont log on.
When you click on the culture link it tells you to increase your cyber cafes but like I say I've got 6, still takes so long to get the culture points, I must be doing something wrong.
I don't think you'll loose all your destroyers but if you send one like I did against a planet with a starbase you'll loose the destroyer for sure, 50/50 you'll loose your destoyers if you send 2. If you send 3 destroyers you've got a 75% chance of getting the planet but you'll probably loose 1 destoyer.

Doug

I sent 4 Destroyers and 4 Transports ( 1 transport for each level of pop on the planet ) ... the unknown planet had a starbase level of 2 and in the end I lost 2 destroyers ... but I got a SU, +5 experience points and my Science went up to +25/hr :eek:

[Buccaneer]

Beth and Doug ... what are your coordinates ?

Cheers

[Nemain]

Alpha Menkalina (-53/-44) o_O, I hear its giong to be hell in the alpha quadrant =( Ahh well, the best way to learn is to get your arse kicked. :biggrin:

Beth

[BCOrchidGuy]

Alpha Gacrux 1/-55

Doug

[Nemain]

I took a risk and launched 2 destroyers at an unknown, and I won!!! But the planet says * unknown* for owner still... what do I have to send? I sent two colonial ships.... hope that works.

Beth

[Buccaneer]

I took a risk and launched 2 destroyers at an unknown, and I won!!! But the planet says * unknown* for owner still... what do I have to send? I sent two colonial ships.... hope that works.

Beth

If the planet had a population over 0 you would have needed a transport for every level of population ( ie pop 2 = 2 transports ) ... if there is no population then the colony ships will be fine and can be dismantled for PP

Cheers

[Nemain]

There is no population at this time. Hence why I sent out two colonials. I guess I best start building up my transports for the next over taking MUAHAHAHA.

OK - WHO GOT ME ADDICTED TO THIS GAME!

:biggrin:

Thanks for your help

Beth

[Buccaneer]

There is no population at this time. Hence why I sent out two colonials. I guess I best start building up my transports for the next over taking MUAHAHAHA.

OK - WHO GOT ME ADDICTED TO THIS GAME!

:biggrin:

Thanks for your help

Beth

Oh yea ... you cant send a transport unescorted ... so send at least one destroyer with a transport ... this game is brutally addictive :mrgreen:

Cheers

[BCOrchidGuy]

addictive and a pain to learn, I've got two destroyers left at a planet I attacked, two colony ships on their way and a transport (cuz I found out that I nee the transport to kill the 1 population.

Doug

[Canadian Man]

WOW you guys are GEEKS! :lol: :razz: :lol: :razz:

[Buccaneer]

WOW you guys are GEEKS! :lol: :razz: :lol: :razz:

Yup ... over 6000 of us geeks on there now :cool: :mrgreen:

[Nemain]

How does the point system work? I really dont understand how my ranking can be close to 2000 with only a week of playing, zero knowledge and a billion mistakes.

What happens to your transport if it is unescorted? I just made that mistake myself o_O. Should I just send out another transport with some destroyers?

And we arent geeks, we are inquisitive :P

Beth

[Buccaneer]

How does the point system work? I really dont understand how my ranking can be close to 2000 with only a week of playing, zero knowledge and a billion mistakes.

What happens to your transport if it is unescorted? I just made that mistake myself o_O. Should I just send out another transport with some destroyers?

And we arent geeks, we are inquisitive :P

Beth

The ranking is based on everything you gain ... science / PP / planets / wins / etc

From Glossary ... Note: Unescorted Transports will be lost to the planets defense (if there is no defense and the Transports still arrive unescorted they will be over-run by the rebellious population)


Send at least one destroyer with a transport. Good luck

Cheers

[Nemain]

I am about to be anihilated o_O. Is there anything that I can do? Or just watch Mr. lvl 5 rip me to pieces?

He is sending 4i destroyers HAHAHAHAHA

Thanks,

Beth

[Buccaneer]

I am about to be anihilated o_O. Is there anything that I can do? Or just watch Mr. lvl 5 rip me to pieces?

He is sending 4i destroyers HAHAHAHAHA

Thanks,

Beth

How many ?

[Nemain]

41 ... I think I have 9 =) A fair battle for sure =)

[Buccaneer]

41 ... I think I have 9 =) A fair battle for sure =)

What is your SB level ?

[Nemain]

he just took 3 of my planets, have 3 left - starbase lvl is 9/4/5

I am toasted.

*cry*

Ah well, I suppose there is always next time =)

Beth

[Buccaneer]

he just took 3 of my planets, have 3 left - starbase lvl is 9/4/5

I am toasted.

*cry*

Ah well, I suppose there is always next time =)

Beth

You had culture up to level 6 ?

[Nemain]

you bet your boots I did =)

but i had no ships...sort of a stupid move on my part, I thought I would have been safe for another day or so. Boy was I ever wrong =(

Edit: I just checked, its at 5, I had ships waiting at a planet until I hit 6. What I thought was a good idea... until now :P

I did defete one of the smaller fleets, and am now lvl 4 w00h00

still taost.

beth

[Trevor Robertson]

okay well I just signed up and I am messed with this game. I have a farm and robot factory building but is the deal that I just have to wait for my points to show up?

Just tring to figure this stuff out!

[Nemain]

farms give you pop, factories give you points, cybernets give you culture.

pretty much just wait and start spending!

Good Luck!

Beth

[Trevor Robertson]

okay one more quick one, what are planet points for, and can you spend them on anything?

[Nemain]

planet points? or pruduction points...

[Nemain]

So what do I do if I want to insure someone gets their arse whooped?

The guy that is basically annihilating every newb near and around him just sent me a message, after asking him politely for a peace. Basically telling me that I have no place in the game if I am just learning...

Other than sending him a message asking him if he wants me to help him remove that large stick from that really uncomfortable spot, what can I do?

can you see who he is aligned with?

Thanks, Beth

[Trevor Robertson]

well I have kinda figured out production points, but it tells me when I look at my overview that I have two points (on the bottom where it said planets) I don't know that those are.

Seems kinda like a game that takes some time before you can really get into it though.

[Nemain]

Those are the points that you ahve earned, determines player lvl =)

I cant believe this guy is such an arse. With the msg I returned, I am very sure that my astrowars days are over :P

So much for diplomacy o_O

[Trevor Robertson]

well I wish there was a way that I could help, but I don't even have one ship yet, I stupidly spent all my starting PP on 6 robotic factories.

Oh well I am earning 2 PP per hit now, I just wish it was not so long of a wait.

Oh well looks like everyone near me is not playing so I may be able to kill them some time soon, if I ever figure out how?

Good luck hope you don't die.

[Buccaneer]

So what do I do if I want to insure someone gets their arse whooped?

The guy that is basically annihilating every newb near and around him just sent me a message, after asking him politely for a peace. Basically telling me that I have no place in the game if I am just learning...

Other than sending him a message asking him if he wants me to help him remove that large stick from that really uncomfortable spot, what can I do?

can you see who he is aligned with?

Thanks, Beth

For 41 DS and assuming he has a +6 Physics you only need a SB lvl 9 ... you can only tell a " oficial " alliance ... he may have a unofficial alliance with a few people ...

worse comes to worst just start over ( you will be placed on the outskirts ) and use a different strategy this time

Maybe for race go science bonus +1 ( + 12 science ) and -1 defence or - 1 offence ... that will give you a good start and then hopefully someone goes idle and you can take the base as your second or third planet

[Buccaneer]

Trevor ... concentrate on factories and farms up to prolly level 5 at first ... change science to " social " immediately ( this will allow for higher population and higher PP ) ... first ship to build is a colony ship so try to get cybernets up next so that you can get culture up to 2 so that you can go colonize a " free planet "

[Nemain]

Is there anything adventageous to resigning? Or is it just a matter of saving time and face?

Beth

PS trevor - I did that :P works well if you are out in the midle of nowhere I would think.

[Buccaneer]

Is there anything adventageous to resigning? Or is it just a matter of saving time and face?

Beth

PS trevor - I did that :P works well if you are out in the midle of nowhere I would think.

As you say it saves time if you are in a impossible situation ... just build up the SB as high as you can before you leave ( dont make it easy for him :evil: )

[Nemain]

SB is at 12, and there are two of them :P

Yup resign I will.

What a pain =(

guess I wont be friendly next time and just destroy at will .


Beth

[Buccaneer]

There are now 9480 players ! :eek: ... I am now up to # 754 woo hoo :razz: :rolleyes: :mrgreen:

[Nemain]

After my restart I am now in the 4000's again =(

Ahh well, I may catch up :biggrin:

[Buccaneer]

What are your coordinates this time Beth ?

[Trevor Robertson]

Well I got to tell you I am super addicted to this game! I have gotten my 2nd planet and I am about to attak an 'unknown' planet next to me, but it has 6 starbase's around it, how many destroyers should I have when I attack?

PS thanks for recomending this.

PS is there a way that we can all ally up?

[Nemain]

6 starbase.. ouch. you can use the battle calculator to figure it out. I am too lazy to do that, so I just send double :P

I am still, regratebly, at less than level one =( not much I can do for an ally, where are you in the system? maybe we will be close enough to help each other out =)

Beth

[Trevor Robertson]

6 starbase.. ouch. you can use the battle calculator to figure it out. I am too lazy to do that, so I just send double :P

I am still, regratebly, at less than level one =( not much I can do for an ally, where are you in the system? maybe we will be close enough to help each other out =)

Beth

My main planet is at -69/-67
Gamma Sulaphat

Current rank #4070

Now sorry for the dumb question but how do I find/use the battle calculator?

[Nemain]

On the *news* click on HELP. at the bottom of that menu is the battle calculator. You can just enter what you know, I believe an unknown planet has 0 science levels, but you can look that up in the FAQ - it lists what an unknown planet is all about.

BTW I am at Gamma Alfecca Meridiana (72/-27)

Beth

I will try to see where you are at =)

[Buccaneer]

Well I got to tell you I am super addicted to this game! I have gotten my 2nd planet and I am about to attak an 'unknown' planet next to me, but it has 6 starbase's around it, how many destroyers should I have when I attack?

PS thanks for recomending this.

PS is there a way that we can all ally up?

You will need 29 Destroyers to be 100% sure of victory ( Assuming science is zero on both sides ) ... however in order to take over the planet you will need transports equal to the population level of the planet ( ie. pop 4 = 4 transports ) ... one other thing when it comes to " unknown " planets is that they may still have destroyers circling them so send a bit more than you " need " to do the job :cool: ... Happy Hunting :mrgreen:

Cheers

[Trevor Robertson]

well thanks for the tips, I guess I have to build a bunch of destroyers, I am at Math level 5 so I am closer to getting a new ship.

I must say it is a bit slow of a game but I think that it just takes a bit to get into it.

I hope you don't mind me asking some newbe questions but would it make more sence for me to attact a long time idle planet that is close to me with 2 star bases? And do you get stuff when you destroy a planet?

[Nemain]

You get experience, and how long have they been idle?

I know it is illigal, but some players make like three chars in a row ( the last time i started a guy did this) under different names. Then they just let them idle away, and destroy them for xp.

Long story short - be careful who you attack. not to mention allies :P

[Buccaneer]

well thanks for the tips,

No problemo ... ask away :biggrin:

I guess I have to build a bunch of destroyers, I am at Math level 5 so I am closer to getting a new ship.

At level 6 you will get a 50% bonus for fewer losses in battle as long as your opponent is at level 0 ( if you are 6 levels above your opponent you get this bonus ) ... you dont get Battleships till you reach Physics level 15 and Cruisers at Math level 15

I must say it is a bit slow of a game but I think that it just takes a bit to get into it.

Yea ... it slowly reels you in :razz:

would it make more sence for me to attack a long time idle planet that is close to me with 2 star bases? And do you get stuff when you destroy a planet ?

Most definately ... you get I believe 50% of the PP's ... then you can use the combined PP's to build a bigger fleet ... it really takes off once you can do that and also when you can got neighbouring star systems :cool:

[Chad]

My current rank is #2675 at Beta Wesat ...

We should band together for an alliance.

[Trevor Robertson]

My current rank is #2675 at Beta Wesat ...

We should band together for an alliance.

Sure, how do we do that?

[Chad]

My current rank is #2675 at Beta Wesat ...

We should band together for an alliance.

Sure, how do we do that?


Need a bit more XP and money to do a formal alliance... just know where we are and help out when we can until we reach high enough to form a offical alliance..

[Trevor Robertson]

okay I am sitting here at work tring to read all the stuff on the web pages now but I hope I can bother you with one more question.

How do you know how far away you are? I know I can move my ships and click calculate time but that is only for the 8 planets in my system how do I go out side of that area?

[LostMind]

To get outside that area, I believe you need to increase your Biology science?

My rank is only 2849 :(

[Nemain]

OMGZ DIE :evil:

Sorry, a little bitter about starting over coming out there :P Guess I need to do less work and more astrowars reading!

I am now officially rank 4167 *cry*

I will catch up! I know I can I know I can I know I can.


Beth

What level are you trevor?

[Buccaneer]

What happened Beth ?

[LostMind]

She got beat up by another player....

sux.

Another player just invaded my system and luckily, killed a user next to me. But his starbase was a higher level then mine, so now I am scared! :eek:

[Buccaneer]

Up to # 718 :mrgreen: :cool:

[Trevor Robertson]

What level are you trevor?

Okay well I hope that I am giving you the correct info, I am currently ranked #3998 and my "PlayerLevel" when I go in to the map screen and click on my main planet is 0 - 0% I think you have to fight to get this up?

Well Going to get my 3rd planet today, and mabie launch my first attack on an idle player.

[Nemain]

Yup you have to fight to raise it at first, then it can be raised by trade agreements and the like =)

Good Luck on your atttack!!!!

Beth

[tkhawaja]

If you guys think you got problems. . .. I'm being attacked by two fleets on two different planets by two different players. 393 Destroyers on one of my main planets and 200+ Destroyers on another planet. But, I'm going to fight to the bitter end. :evil: :vamp: :snipersm: :2gunfire: [enemies]

[Trevor Robertson]

good luck, wow I can only dream of a fleet that large!

[Trevor Robertson]

Okay well I just launched my first fleet into battle (I did over compensate a bit just encase) the battle calculator said I will will no problem but I do I have to be online when the fight starts as it will be at 11:00PM tomorow night and well I will (hopfully as long as the baby is not up) sleeping.

[tkhawaja]

it must be an alliance with money being transferred in to them. because, their own number of planets is equal or less than mine. either that or all these guys did for the last month was make destroyers! :eek:

[Buccaneer]

it must be an alliance with money being transferred in to them. because, their own number of planets is equal or less than mine. either that or all these guys did for the last month was make destroyers! :eek:

Ouch :eek: ... can you get your SB up high enough ?

[Nemain]

Who is attacking you? I have made a couple of friends here (through the people that annihilated me, if you can believe that o_O) . Where are you located?

I have started taking over my little area =) There is only one other active player, and he isnt responding to my PM's for peace. MUAHAHAHAHA. BUILD AND CONCOUR!

I should have my third planet by tommorow *curses at her culture bar*

[Buccaneer]

My current rank is #2675 at Beta Wesat ...

We should band together for an alliance.

What are your coordinates ?

We can have a unofficial Canreef Alliance and provide funds if someone is in dire need as I suspect we may be too spread out to supply a fleet

[tkhawaja]

my coordinate are x:y(-49/-57) and the id is ofcourse tkhawaja. i'm in the Alpha Haedus and Alpha Mekab systems.

[tkhawaja]

Ouch :eek: ... can you get your SB up high enough ?
I doubt it but I'm gonna give em one he** of a fight.

[Nemain]

Alpha region sucks for begining =( there are a heck of a lot of long time players on there and they have long standing alliences. Now that I am in the middle of nowhere, well, I am in the middle of nowhere :P

Have you msg'd people in near by plannets to see if they can help you out? Always worth that last ditch effort.

I think an informal allience is an awesome idea until we get big and bad enough to start a formal one =)

Beth

[tkhawaja]

Have you msg'd people in near by plannets to see if they can help you out? Always worth that last ditch effort.
There's only 1 other guy in the Alpha Mekab section left, I killed the others, and I already attacked him once. I doubt he's in the mood to help me out. :confused:

[Trevor Robertson]

Have you msg'd people in near by plannets to see if they can help you out? Always worth that last ditch effort.
There's only 1 other guy in the Alpha Mekab section left, I killed the others, and I already attacked him once. I doubt he's in the mood to help me out. :confused:

Ya I am about to do the reverce of that there are only 3 guys in my section one weak idle guy that I just launched a battle to and one other guy that has logged in a few times, i just sent him a message to see if he is around, if I don't get a message back I will blow him out of the water!!

[Trevor Robertson]

is anyone else having issues loging in right now. It said server not available. Just wondering if it was me or now. mabie my boss found out I am playing this all day long and blocked the port :-)

[Buccaneer]

" server not available " :frown:

[Nemain]

just spam it, jeeze you guys never play EQ o_O spamity spam spam its just busy =)

[Trevor Robertson]

so looks like the fixed the problems mid day yesterday so was on last night (won my first small battle!) and I was on today (and launched for my 2nd battle) but now when I try to log in it tells me that the site can not be found, humm looks like there are some big problems with there servers.

Oh well I hope they will fix them soon.

Now after my first battle I have gotten to player level one and I now have to learn all about SU and trade, I wish I could so some reading!! :bad-word: Oh well I guess that I have to spend some time away from the computer, what should I do......humm the fish store is calling got to go![/i]

[Buccaneer]

The server is much better today ... drops out every now and then but overall pretty stable ... as far as SU and trade fire away any questions you have.

Cheers

[Trevor Robertson]

The server is much better today ... drops out every now and then but overall pretty stable ... as far as SU and trade fire away any questions you have.

Cheers

Really you find the server better I still can't even find the domain astrowars.com Humm odd, well I did switch from Shaw to telus today but that should not effect it, although I will plug in my Shaw account and check.

As far as trade and I don't even know where to start that is why I need to do some reading.

Thanks

[monza]

Joined a few days after you posted it Buk a Neer, I think ya owe some astro cash to all of us for getting you in the top referal list!

Server seems to still be down.

When some one figures out to whole alliance thing- ya we should start one.

Dave

[Buccaneer]

Joined a few days after you posted it Buk a Neer, I think ya owe some astro cash to all of us for getting you in the top referal list!

Server seems to still be down.

When some one figures out to whole alliance thing- ya we should start one.

Dave

Hey Dave ... Hope you are enjoying the game so far ... the referral thing at this point makes a difference of about 20 minutes on my culture each day but every little bit helps :cool: ... as to cash I am saving up for some artifacts and just got cruisers ... if anyone is in trouble though we should post back to this thread and help out if we can. Bummer on the server problems this weekend ... have not got to logon since this morning :frown: ... Hopefully they will get it figured out soon

Cheers

[Trevor Robertson]

I just got back on today. Well I increased my bio levels and now I can see two other area's. Only 1 of the 8 players I can see is really playing so I sent him a message to say "hey lets work together" and he sent back a message saying okay but oops I sent 4 destroyers to you, (he ment to send them to the planet next to me) not a big deal I have 6 destroyers around that planet plus 8 starbases and 12 more destroyers around if I need them (just in other area's) so I think this guy will help me out a bit but looks like I am way farther then him though.

Any way good thing that the server is back up!!

Oh and buck.. thanks for the referal I know have my boss playing so that is all we do all day now! :-)

[Nemain]

When attacking another active player what is the best way to go about it?

i.e. 6 pop 7 starbase planet with a lvl 4 science.

Do i send out 7 transports and 45 destroyers and get him the first time, or is it more advantageous to spread it out? Sending say 2 transports and 10 destroyers, then the full on fource if needed?

Thanks,

Beth

BTW physics @ 6, Math @ 2 ( working on it :P)

[Buccaneer]

When attacking another active player what is the best way to go about it?

i.e. 6 pop 7 starbase planet with a lvl 4 science.


That might be a bit of a large bite to chew especially if it is his home planet ... he only has to raise the starbase to level 8 and you are toast ... not to mention he can also get every ship in his fleet to that planet in half the time it takes you to get there. Better in the early stages to either gobble up free planets and wait for attrition as players give up around you and go idle or increase Biology and look for those easy pickings in star systems close by. Also if you are going to take over the planet then send as many transports as is going to be needed right away because if you dont then he can then send a second wave of destroyers back to the planet ( again in half the time ) to wipe you out ... But this is just my opinion :mrgreen:

[Nemain]

I already have three planets, killed both idle players and am just waiting on culture for the free planets. That darned culture!!!!! I will have another planet by tommorow when it hits 4.

pretty much nothing I can do but sit and wait for him to build up and attack me, or make the first move.

At what point is it not a large fish to fry?

Thanks,

Beth

[Trevor Robertson]

I am assuming that you know this but you can attack someone and not take over there planet, so you don't really need to wait for your culture to get to 4 just to attack but if you know the guy has been working then you are better off to take over his planet as you will get all his stuff.

I guess what I am saying is that you could attack him if you know you will win and then just wait till your culture is higher to take over the planet. I think that would work.

PS sorry for the long message my brain does not thing right when I am at work :smile:

[Buccaneer]

I already have three planets, killed both idle players and am just waiting on culture for the free planets. That darned culture!!!!! I will have another planet by tommorow when it hits 4.

pretty much nothing I can do but sit and wait for him to build up and attack me, or make the first move.

At what point is it not a large fish to fry?

Thanks,

Beth

I would only go after a active player if I could send double what is needed to take the planet ... build up your starbases to discourage him looking at you for a meal and then go about getting your cybernets higher so your culture goes up faster.

Cheers

[Buccaneer]

I am assuming that you know this but you can attack someone and not take over there planet, so you don't really need to wait for your culture to get to 4 just to attack but if you know the guy has been working then you are better off to take over his planet as you will get all his stuff.

I guess what I am saying is that you could attack him if you know you will win and then just wait till your culture is higher to take over the planet. I think that would work.

PS sorry for the long message my brain does not thing right when I am at work :smile:

If you are attacking just to get to a higher player level is one thing but if you plan to take over the planet you better send the transports as well ... as I said before ... you may take down his SB with an attack but if he still has fleets on other planets he can send them and you wont have a clue they are coming till they hit you.

Cheers

[Nemain]

he only has the one planet. I am not entirely he sure he knows what he is doing. The only concern I have is that he may have allies.

As far as I know, he doesn't even check his Pm's because the three I sent to him are still in my out box.

I want the XP and i would like the planet. He is the only other player left in the system I am in. Which would leave me room to expand before interfering in other people's game.

home planet has a star base of 9, second planet star base of 7, third star base of 2 (I just attained it yesterday)

I was planning on attacking in 2 days time with 7 transports and 45 destroyers, i have a +1 attack.

[Buccaneer]

Let us know how you make out :cool:

[Trevor Robertson]

since we are on the topic, some of you that have been playing this for some time why not tell us some of your great battle stories, I am sure we can all gather around the fire and have a listen!

[Buccaneer]

More like stupid mistakes like going after a active player and him taking his SB up to 8 from zero and wiping me out ... on the other hand I have won my share of battles as well but now I am overly cautious :rolleyes: ... I now have planets in 5 different star systems and about to get a Basalt Monolith to help with culture levels ... If I am not the dominant player in a star system I build up my SB as high as possible as quick as possible so as to discourage attacks ... alot of players will have Physics & Math 15 now so there will be a few Cruisers and Battleships to deal with :eek:

[monza]

How does this little stratagy sound? In my main Galaxy I have all players active all about the same level (from what I can tell) In a galaxy next door it looks like it has no active players- no one has loged in in nine days, zero action. So in my galaxy I have a soild planet build up with one other planet as well. I've sent a small attack force to the new galaxy to take over a non active player. I was then going to try and take over that entire galaxy as fast as possible (not very) because there seems to be no action from any player there. I would still keep adding to my main planet defences but spent most PP's in the non active galaxy.

Does that seem like a good thing to do? I was also going to contact the best player in my active galaxy to make some trade agreement.

Any comments?
Thanks
Dave

[Trevor Robertson]

okay this makes me think about a few things...how do you spend PP that is earned on one planet on another?

[monza]

You send a colony ship, half build value when they get there. But I'll build up planets PP points as well. I'll still spent points from main planet to take over planets in the other galaxy.

Dave

[Buccaneer]

Dave ... That is the strategy I have employed so far and it is a good one ... send as many CS as you can because it is a long travel time outside of your star system so getting PP's there takes awhile.

Trevor ... There are 2 ways ... one is friendly sieging ( have not figured that out completely yet but you will need a friend to make that work as they have to siege your top planets but they dont send transports ) or use Colony Ships ( remember to send at least 2 or more as they wont disband if there is only one )

The way I look at it is that if it costs the same in PP's to take a planet up a level then I spend it there but if I can build CS and transfer PP's to a junior planet and get 2 or more levels for the PP's spent then thats what I do

eg. if main planet needs 288 PP's to go up a level like cybernet for example but I can use 240 PP's instead and ship them using 4 X CS to a newly acquired planet ( = 60 PP's ) ... then I could potentially raise my cybernets by 4 levels on the new planet with 9 PP's left over

So I have cybernets up by 4 for less than the cost of raising it by 1 on the old planet :cool:

[monza]

Below is a email from a planet in my first galaxy, any advice?

"I am offering an alliance with the ghost people. Our race has been banished from our original star system and we are searching for our homeland. We hope you will be able to assist us. You will find that we will be of equal value to you.

Please consider. My fleet of battleships are waiting...

Commander for the ghost people,

ghostaura"

He is the biggest player in that galaxy
What to do? My fisrt contact.

Dave

[Trevor Robertson]

Well I would think that all that you can do is trust someone like that, the crapy thing is if you tell him to %*ck it you will die, if you let him in you could die OR they could help you to victory. I would take a positive out look on it.

Let em in!

(then take all there A$ and send it to me :lol: )

[Buccaneer]

Get him to define the terms of the alliance ... is it informal or formal ... what does he/she propose ? ... trade agreement ? ... help in battle ?

Cheers

[Nemain]

And make him sign it in blood! :mrgreen:

[LostMind]

I have physics at 13 and social at 10. everything else is at 4 or 6.

trying to get physics up to 15 :)

next to raise will be math I think. get math up to 15 or so. less battle losses...

I have 6 planets only :(

by late tomorrow or early next day I will have 7 tho. culture is sooo slow to rise.

I am only 2533 now...

[Chad]

OK, well I got my 6th planet last night, currently ranked #2314... :biggrin: Located at Beta Wesat -64/8 ... I am all for the canreef aliance.. :cool:

[monza]

Who wants to do some trade agreements to get culture up faster??

Dave

[Trevor Robertson]

Man trade aggreements look like the way to go but $10,000 A$ man that will take me forever!!

[Chad]

Who wants to do some trade agreements to get culture up faster??

Dave

I am up for it

[monza]

Maybe I miss read thought it was $10.00??
Dave

[Buccaneer]

A$10,000.00 :eek: :mrgreen:

[monza]

Think I may have just lost my fleet and planet I was supposed to colonize for the second time! the last server failure I lost a fleet and just now at 4:00pm I was attcking the same planet and the server is down. ****es me off, not big fleets but the time lost huge!


A$10 000.00 yep that is huge for the trade agreement.


Dave

[Buccaneer]

Bummer on the fleets ... I have one that was supposed to land at a little after 3 pm ... wait and see when the server comes back up ( 47 hr flying time to another star system :eek: ) ... as to trade agreements it will prolly be something to explore a few weeks down the road as cash flow permits and planet availability is reduced ... for now I am just concentrating on getting as many planets as I can and get the starbases up if I dont have a ally in that star system

Cheers

[Buccaneer]

Woo Hoo ... got my planet :cool: ... got to login around 5 pm and there is was ... ranked # 561 :mrgreen:

[Nemain]

Good show! i think I am in for some trouble; the sleepy head beside me has started to wake up and attack. I was hoping to put all my cash into a trade agreement, but its starting to look like I am going to need to build a wack of destroyers =(

Basal Monolith (sp) is it worth it to buy one or what?

Thanks,

beth

[Buccaneer]

Hey Beth ... I just bought one and got it activated after the last update ... looks like it will work out good ( I am seiging 3 planets but no culture to take them over :frown: ) ... I had a celestial prism before that ( still do actually ) but I will prolly sell that today as I need the culture more than the population at this point

Cheers

[LostMind]

Doh! I am only 2420!

How do I get bigger. Sucks....

almost got level 15 physics tho... few more hours only.

got 7 planets now. I killed off two players but they were idle and didnt do anything so no points.

Just sent a fleet of 75 destroyers, 14 colony ships and 4 transports to another galaxy to start taking over stuff there.

I need a fast forward button for this game.

[Buccaneer]

Excellent ! ... need to win some battles to get player level up and get some SU's ... try to either dominate your own Star System or at least have allies in them.

[Chad]

Excellent ! ... need to win some battles to get player level up and get some SU's ... try to either dominate your own Star System or at least have allies in them.

I am looking to expand into another system, one problem is that there are no real available systems nearby. All the people in those seem to be active and haveing their own little battles.. I don't want to get involved with that just yet :)

I currently rule my system with an ally. Se how we expand from here.

[Buccaneer]

Increase Biology another 2 levels and see if there is a virgin Star System for you to goto and load up like Lostmind did with lots of DS / CS / TP ... even better if there is a " unknown " because that was one of my first planets and as luck would have it it had a science bonus of 12 so science was off to a great start :cool:

[Chad]

Well, Right now I have a fleet of over 200 Destroyers, 60 Transports and about 20 Colony ships.. I am ready to expand out.. Just need to find a system available.. I have my biology pretty high as it is. We will see.. I am still researching bio until I can find another planet to colonize.

[Trevor Robertson]

Okay a quick question that I can just not under stand...

I just attacked a unknown planet and won!! I sent 10 destroyers and 1 colony ship (hoping to take it over), I am down to 1 colony ship and 1 destroyer, the planet is still listed as unknown and in red (so that means undersege right?) and in my fleet area the two ships are now listed (in red) at that plannet.

My question is what do I have to do to be able to colonize that plannet, is it just a time thing that I have to wait or do I need to send a transport or do I need to relaunch that colony ship? Just don't understand.

Thanks for the help.

[Nemain]

YOu need transports to kill the population. =) one trasport per population lvl.

[Chad]

You need to have a 1:1 ratio of transport ships and population of the planet.

so if the population is 5, you need 5 transports to finish taking it over.


errr, beat me too the answer Nemain :)

[LostMind]

Hmmm, that fleet of 75 destroyers etc is going to a planet run by a player named unknown.

or does unknown mean it may have a bonus in it?

Hmmm.

That other system looks empty. I am drooling here... how can I make the day go by faster so I can kill everyone? :)

[Buccaneer]

" unknown " is a double edged sword ... you may find a artifact there BUT there could still be a fleet there as well :eek:

[Trevor Robertson]

I just attacked and won a fight against an unknown planet and got a TONE of exp for winning, I went from level 1 to level 4 (70%)!

Yippi

Man I love this game

Oh and I have over 1000 A$ now too

[LostMind]

Attention !!! We have evidence of an incoming fleet around that time.
189 Destroyer
17 Cruiser
going to attack Beta Athafi 1!
We suppose its the Fleet of Holfy.

-----

Oh crap.

How do I determine what I need to live thru this? I dont fully understand the attack value, defense value thing yet.

[LostMind]

well, found a battle calculator.

says I am screwed! damn. 1 more hour till I can build battleships. I gotta build like 10 of them to win :(

I got a starbase at lvl 12 but no fleet at all, as I concentrated more on building up my planets (lotsa research/culture) and not on attack/defense.

Doh.

Hope I can squeak out of this.

[tkhawaja]

it's more economical to update starbase to lvl 14 then building any ships. so build starbase to lvl 14 b4 you spend any $ on ships.

[Nemain]

yar starbases are the schnizzle!

I am started to get worried about Mr. Sleepy Pants in my system.. and still he doesnt even check him inbox!!!!! Building destryoers like crazy =)

Good luck with your battle!!!!

Beth

[sbrown]

Another reefer has joined in, Ive been playing since the 19th. It reminds me of the old tradewars game I used to play on the bbs systems before the internet exploded. Did anyone ever play tradewars?

Name in the game is Reapersimage and Im at 43/75 if your close PM me.

[LostMind]

tradewars, bree, lord.

Ahhh, the good ol days of bbs's :P

[Chad]

I used to run a bbs when I was little :eek: :biggrin:

Tradewars was the best, I am still looking for a game like it.. The end all was to get the "wanderer"

Lostmind what is your name in the game?

[LostMind]

My name is.... Lostmind! :)

hehehe...

I think it was lostmind back in bbs days too. Anyone know of a local bbs called "wowzers!" ?

[Seth]

I wanna join but still havn't recieved their confirmation email. :frown:

[Seth]

Ok I'm in. I'm at:

Gamma Minkar (26/78)

[Trevor Robertson]

Okay well I have a guy in my area that I want to take out, he was idle for over 10 days so I attacked and won but did not take over the planet (did not send transports) then the guy logged in and looks like he has spent all his PP on starbase's so he is up to lev 10 starbase, so my question is what the hell do I need to kill that? I have been playing with the battle calc but when I say I have 80 dest and he has 10 starbase it still only gives me something like a 40% chance to win, any bright idea's?

2nd part to this ? is I am working with a guy in my area and we could attack together but if we both send dest to the same planet do you know if we would be attacking each other?

[Trevor Robertson]

so how many people do we have here that are over player level 5? And of those people how many people want to join an alliance? I am player level 5 (almost 6) but I don't have the $8000 needed to start/join, I hope to have it in the next week or so though.

Let me know if you want to work on joining up.

[Buccaneer]

I think a informal alliance is far better ( not to menion cheaper :lol: ) ... we can do trade agreements without a formal alliance ... too late for me anyway as I am over 200 points :razz: :rolleyes: :mrgreen: :cool:

Level 10 :cool:

[Chad]

I am level 6.. :)

[Seth]

where do you choose your race?

[Buccaneer]

where do you choose your race?

At the very beginning ... the science bonus is nice but if you have not selected a race it is not that big a deal.

Cheers

[LostMind]

Wow, the battle calculator sucks :(

I had 89 destroyers, 1 battleship and a level 13 starbase vs. that holfy fleet. I estimated both his sciences at lvl 15 (cuz his profile said lvl 15 science) and still the battle calculator said my chance of winning was 1 to 0.

Well, I lost.

I only killed 70% of his fleet.

And, to top it off, he has sent *8* !!!!!!!! more fleets after me. Sooo...

Guess I wait to be killed off and maybe start again. God damn.

[Nemain]

Turn all your points into cash, leave it withone of us and restart. That way when you reach lvl one you have disposable cash =)

Its not too bad starting over =) Maybe you will be closer to some of us =)

Beth

[Chad]

I just got this this morning..

Attention !!! We have evidence of an incoming fleet around that time.
12 Destroyer
going to attack Gamma Miaplacidus 1!
We suppose its the Fleet of klonga.

I actualy started laughing out loud. The guy is attacking a planet I just colonized so I have no SB. He is level 1 or something. But since it is not going to get to my planet till the 29th I figured I would just let my PP go into the factory. I already have over 20 destroyers at the planet and decided to send a small armada over to it as well, some 26 colony ships along with 65 destroyers.. I figured an hour before he arrives I will plop up my SB then say hi by sending my own personal fleet.. some 200 destroyers to pay him or her :) a visit. should be fun.. :biggrin:

[LostMind]

Ok, this is killing me.

I have a physics of 16 and a math of 9.

I have an enemy fleet in my orbit of one of my planets. He cant colonise me cuz I killed all his transports.

However, he had only 50 destroyers in my orbit. So far, I have sent 2 battleships and close to 70 destroyers to kill him. In two fleets.

YET, he still has 32 destroyers in my orbit! I CANT KILL THIS GUY! Why? Anyone? Please? What am I doing wrong?

[Buccaneer]

Ok, this is killing me.

I have a physics of 16 and a math of 9.

I have an enemy fleet in my orbit of one of my planets. He cant colonise me cuz I killed all his transports.

However, he had only 50 destroyers in my orbit. So far, I have sent 2 battleships and close to 70 destroyers to kill him. In two fleets.

YET, he still has 32 destroyers in my orbit! I CANT KILL THIS GUY! Why? Anyone? Please? What am I doing wrong?

I always send them in one fleet and that way the CV will be higher than his ... he could also have a race bonus that you have not factored in ... now when I use the battle calculator I am assuming a race bonus for my opponents defence at +4, Math & Physics even ( I am at Math 15 & Physics 16 ) and a 1 - 0 winning percentage for myself.

[tkhawaja]

YET, he still has 32 destroyers in my orbit! I CANT KILL THIS GUY! Why? Anyone? Please? What am I doing wrong?
He might have a really high Math lvl giving him 50% better defense.

[Trevor Robertson]

okay so I have been looking the pricing of Supply units latley and find it odd that is changes so much and so drasticly.

Does anyone know why or what makes it swing, as I think there could be some money made there.

(any one ever play dope wars?)

[Nemain]

Supply and Demand =). Buy low and spend high, I think o_O starting to wish I had paid attention in that darn economics class :redface:

beth

[Trevor Robertson]

Supply and Demand =). Buy low and spend high, I think o_O starting to wish I had paid attention in that darn economics class :redface:

beth

ahh come on you don't need to go back to school just change your science to economics :biggrin:

Well thanks for the reply, that should help me get to $10,000 A$ sooner!

[monza]

Is there a clear cut answer when it is better to buy a basalt monolith over spending PP's on galactic cybernets. Trying to find the quickest way to increase culture? Takes something like 60 hrs for me to increase culture 1 level.

Dave

[Buccaneer]

If you have 8 planets and it will take 433 each to raise Cybernets by 1 = 3464 PP ... Basalt Monolith is approx 3500 and gives you a perpetual 10% boost ... I think I added one when I was at about 8 planets :cool:

[LostMind]

Just want to let everyone know that I managed to survive the attacks, got my planet back and now have 9 planets total.

Still got no freakin XP tho. Not even lvl1 !

Oh well.

[Buccaneer]

Congratulations ! ... now go build up a fleet and kick some butt to get your XP :razz: :mrgreen:

[LostMind]

everyone around is an ally or has never logged in and has no fleet :(

sux.

[Nemain]

That sucks a lot less than being surrounded by a bunch of serious players =)

Beth

I cant believe I am still alive o_O

[Buccaneer]

I have a guy on one of my secondary systems that insists on giving me XP :cool: ... he sent 375 destroyers the first time and 170 the second time to a planet that I was sitting on waiting for my culture to go up :rolleyes: ... I originally had just 18 destroyers sitting there and he wiped those out so I sent a fleet worth about 1900CV and took him out :evil: ... that same fleet was waiting for him when he came back :mrgreen: Muhahahaha

[Chad]

Ok, anyone here know of someone in the "NASA" alliance.. I have one of their members sending 269 destroyers my way.. all because of some other idiot who tried to take me over and I blew his bluff.. ugh

Anyways, let me know.. :biggrin:

[LostMind]

nasa alliance? nope.

sorry.

where are you in the game? I am in beta athafi and beta adhara.

[Nemain]

Nasa is a fairly well established group, I would try to get a NAP with them, you wont defeat them. Wish I knew some of them =( Sorry,

Beth

[Trevor Robertson]

Hi Chad;

nope sorry but where are you located, some one may be close, I also have a few friends playing the game that are around, and they may be able to help you out as well, just need to know your location.

[Chad]

Ugh, I was hoping someone would know them and call off the blood hounds :biggrin: ok this is the planet that is being attacked..

Gamma Miaplacidus (-69/7) -- planet #4...

I don't have enough SB to make it.. though I sent my fleet of 300 destroyers 11 Crusiers and 6 battleships to the planet to take over again tomorrow morning.

this is not my home system..

[Chad]

Nasa is a fairly well established group, I would try to get a NAP with them, you wont defeat them. Wish I knew some of them =( Sorry,

Beth

Get a Nap with them?

[Nemain]

yar, Pm them and ask for a NAP (non agression pact) Let them know that you harbour no ill will towards them =) Everyone needs allies, even them. At wrost they say no =)

Beth

[Chad]

yar, Pm them and ask for a NAP (non agression pact) Let them know that you harbour no ill will towards them =) Everyone needs allies, even them. At wrost they say no =)

Beth

Well, we will see how it goes, I sent the NAP .. :biggrin: We really should form a aliance with everyone on here. It would be a bit more meanacing if they knew there were a lot of people backing you up.

[Trevor Robertson]

I totally agree about the alliance thing.

If I understand the game correclty you have to be in an alliance to win anyway and I am just over 120 points so I would like to join one soon as I will not be able to join later!

And as a side note, is there a way to call off a fleet after sending it? If not what is the point of sending a kind message as there fleet will hit you anyway?

So what should we call our selves...the Galactic Marlins?

[Dabbler]

You should have tried to sport one of these wonderful arm patches like this
http://www.knutsonclan.com/astrowars/modules/PNphpBB2/files/gn01.jpg
They are cool and fashionable....all the rage :mrgreen:
On a side note if you guys are close together then forming an allaince is good but if you are spread out it will just make easy pickins

And no you don't need to be in one to win. For an alliance win you need 470 points average within your group for 3 days or a personal win of over 500 points for 7 days

[Trevor Robertson]

ya I knew about the Nemo's that was my attept to be funny but I guess it did not work.

Well i am still open if you want to start one up, let me know

[Dabbler]

It worked I was just havin fun with you too :biggrin:

[Chad]

even to just transfer money when people are in need.. like right now.. I could use a huge fleet :) lol... oh well..

[Chad]

Also, is there somewhere that tells us what all those artifacts do?

[Dabbler]

Artifacts
http://www.astrowars.com/about/glossary/id/37/

[Chad]

Well, my planet had all its defenses over run... but they did accept the NAP.. So, we will see what happens next.. Thanks for the suggestion Beth, I wouldn't have thought about that if you didn't say it :)

[Nemain]

Np =) Just make sure you go to their boards and check who all the members are, because if yuo attack one of them.. well expect the entire alliance to come after you with a vengance :P

Good Luck =)

Beth

[LostMind]

umm, this game has boards? wth...

[Nemain]

yup almost all the major alliances have msg boards :P If you go to the forum, then check out diplomacy you will find the links to their msg board.

You can also keep track of who is in war with who, so if there is someone attacking you, well you just msg a close known enemy =)

Beth

[Trevor Robertson]

I recomend the lotto!

I must say that I have seen the donation button sitting there and taunting me, as I have now played this game for hours and am loving it!
I though I should toss a few $$ there way for making my day.

To my surprize I see that there is a lotto option, spend $3 EU and you can get free stuff, shirts, mugs, (yippi) but you can also get A$ and Supply units!! So I tossed in my cash (works out to just under $5 CDN) and blamo I have 933 A$ Wow what a return.

If any of you do this I would like to hear what you got, just wondering if I did really well or not. My boss (that I have gotten addicted to this game) did it too and he only got 320 A$ :mrgreen:

Well I am only 21 hours away from getting Cruzers and then a large attack will be sent!

[Chad]

Well, some bad news for me... My only partner in this game so far, now has a multi status of RED.. Ugh.. I hope he works it out.. Otherwise I am all alone out there..

[Buccaneer]

My allies and myself are actually going to remove a guy this weekend that was warned not to attack one of our allies :rolleyes: ... some people just dont learn till they open up a can of whoop a$$ :eek: :evil: :mrgreen:

[LostMind]

I dont see a lotto button anywhere. But then again, I am only level 0 with 11 planets and science over 20 :(

but, I am ranked like 1500 :)

So, hmmm.

Good luck chad. I am going to read some msg boards...

[LostMind]

Ahhh, so I find the lotto and donate buttons ( I never paid attention before I spose) and I go to donate some money.... and I see this:



The PayPal website is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.
It will be available again at approximately 3:00 AM Pacific Time.
We apologize for any inconvenience.


DOH!

[LostMind]

whoa.

I shoudla never spent the past hour or so reading those boards.

Now, I kinda lost interest in the game. Seems impossible to do well unless you use kinda sneaky tactics or join a big alliance...

[Buccaneer]

whoa.

I shoudla never spent the past hour or so reading those boards.

Now, I kinda lost interest in the game. Seems impossible to do well unless you use kinda sneaky tactics or join a big alliance...


What do you mean ? ... I have gotten ranked as high as 294 ( fluctuates a bit day to day up to 364 ) and if a few battles had gone my way ( experience gained and next beta will be different ) I would be much higher ranked by now ... I think a wise use of race attributes, strategic acquisition of planets, a good NAP alliance and a bit of luck is what you need ... remember that some of these guys/gals have been playing since beta 1 so know what to build and when ! ... I dont think a formal alliance is necessary or desired but a good group in a NAP is key.

There will always be those willing to circumvent the system but the admins remove those that are caught ... enjoy the beta and use it as a learning experience for the next one :eek: :cool: :mrgreen:

[LostMind]

Well, its mostly the fact that tehre are those big ass alliances out there, with like 30plus members all funneling money to the top dawg in the alliance. So there are planets out there with cybernets of like 120 and other crazy stuff.

Just seems wrong somehow.

And this beta is over soon anyways, I see the top alliance is at like 370 and only needs 400 to win.

sux! I am not even lvl1!

[Buccaneer]

Well, its mostly the fact that tehre are those big ass alliances out there, with like 30plus members all funneling money to the top dawg in the alliance. So there are planets out there with cybernets of like 120 and other crazy stuff. Just seems wrong somehow.


The alliance cant win with a negative balance ... so if there is funneling of A$ it will hurt them in the end ... I have more points than the top 14 alliance :rolleyes:


And this beta is over soon anyways, I see the top alliance is at like 370 and only needs 400 to win.

You need 470 points for 3 days as a alliance to win ... my bet is that a individual will win ... the top 4 or 5 guys are part of a alliance so unless the alliance wins they are toast anyway

sux! I am not even lvl1!

Look at this beta as a learning experience

[LostMind]

I am trying to look at this beta as a learning experience....

But, somethings just bug me... like how I just lost my fleet for no reason.

I had 12 battleships, 20ish cruisers and 100 destroyers sitting on an empty planet, holding it till my culture allowed the next planet. Normal plan, right?

So, I sent over my colony ships when the time was right...

Log in and see the "congratulations, we have colonised blah blah" but, my fleet of battleships, cruisers and destroyers are nowhere to be found.

Not one.

Thats a hard blow to swallow... but oh well, I write it off to a glitch in the game. So I send over 20 colony ships from 5 different planets to get the SB lvl on this new planet up to a decent amount as it is naked... the ships had less then 3 hours for all of them to get to my new planet...

Of course, I login this morning and see that I have lost all 20 colony ships cuz someone in the sector sent *5* destroyers at me! WTH! Only freaking 5!!

So... just built up 10 cruisers, sending those over now in 1 fleet. According to my planet (which I still own cuz the guy didnt send transports), there is now 25 destroyers, but he only has lvl15 science, I have lvl20 math and physics. I HOPE I will defeat him with my cruisers.... but I dunno.

Now, I wish I could figure out where my actual FLEET went... its been MIA for 2 days :(

[Buccaneer]

I would PM the admins for asistance ... bummer :frown:

[LostMind]

Well, just an update.

I managed to reclaim my planet and while my original fleet is still MIA, I have managed to put together another 20 battleships, 15 cruisers and 30 destroyers and am sending them at a planet in my sector.

The guy is ranked WAYYY higher then me, but he has been idle for 4 days now - strange thing is, he is ranked so much higher but his sciences are only lvl 15 where mine are 20 and he only has 1 more planet then I do.... guess its all due to XP.

I have watched two of his other planets get taken out in the past 2 days, so I figure I would attack his last planet in this sector and see if I can earn some XP. I hope he doesnt login for the next 5 hours or so :)

He only has a low level starbase on this planet. I am thinking this would mean that he has a decent sized fleet on the planet. But, perhaps not as he is also in the other sector I can see and he has built up his starbases pretty high over there...

Anyways, wish me luck! Maybe I can finally earn some XP... or perhaps I'll have my ass handed to me again.

[monza]

Anyone know why my culture is 9 but it won't let me colonize my ninth planet. It says I must increase culture first?

Dave

[LostMind]

I had that problem before.

I sent a couple colony ships to a spare planet when my culture was too low to capture the planet. I then waited until my culture went up and thought the ships would automatically colonise. But they didnt. I ended up sending the colony ships BACK to the same planet and then they colonised the planet.

[Buccaneer]

All that happened is you did not log-in after your culture went up but before your fleet arrived.

Launch them back to the same planet and it will colonize

Cheers

[Trevor Robertson]

okay a few quick questions for you that have played before this beta...

I am wondering what happens after the game is done, do you just start over with one planet?

Do you get a bonus based on your fleet or # of planets?

Just wondering how it all starts and if I should do or not do something as the game is ending, looks like there are a few people that are very close to 500 (excluding the hacker).

Thanks for the info.

PS I just cracked the top 2000!

[Buccaneer]

Pretty sure everyone starts from scratch :cool:

[LostMind]

I am in the 1670th position now :P

Sucks tho, cant figure out how to make culture go up faster.

[Nemain]

Trade agreements are the schnizzle! I will be saving and making agreements on the next beta rather then wasting money on artifacts!

ranked 1908!!! Not too shabby for having to resign =) I am sure I will do much better next beta!

good luck all =)

Beth

[Buccaneer]

Ranked 334 now but got as high as 294 for a few days :cool: ...

I agree on trade agreements but early on they wont pay as much dividends as artifacts ... also if that player gets toasted then there goes one of your agreements :sad: ... I think they are good a little later in the game.

The next beta should be interesting ... I will be in the hunt next time :mrgreen:

[Chad]

I am currently ranked 1200... not too bad for my first beta so far..

[LostMind]

yay, finally lvl 3 :)

so, I see the cool new menu and everything.

too bad I didnt have time to play with it earlier in the game

[Chad]

Can anyone help me out somehow?

Attention !!! We have evidence of an incoming fleet around that time.
4 Transports
2378 Destroyer
15 Battleship
going to attack Beta Wesat 1!
We suppose its the Fleet of TheFerrell.

I am pretty much lost on this planet.. I have 12 SB.. about 479 Destroyers and some 22 Cuisers.. but I still have no way to win.. I can send some 93 Colony ships there in time too boost my SB but I don't think I can make it to the 15 or 16 I need to get it to win.. can anyone contribute to my cause? :)

Name in game is "cmcd"

Is it worth scaraficing my fleet or should I just take over another planet?

[Chad]

Also, what is the sequence of increasing in cost for SB? I am at 12.. I want to know how much it will cost me to get to 15..

[tkhawaja]

after you get to sb lvl 14 it's more cost effective to build ships. cruisers would have the best chance of surviving. but with 2000+ destroyers i think you've pretty much lost that planet.

[Chad]

If anyone can spare some ASTRODOLLARS... PLEASE send!!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

I want to show this guy up..

[LostMind]

Sorry man, love to help you but I am facing a fleet half that size attacking two of my planets :(

[Chad]

Sorry man, love to help you but I am facing a fleet half that size attacking two of my planets :(

I wish this one was half the size.. The one thing I do not get is that he has lots of opertunity all around him, yet he decided to go for me? Weird.. oh well.. I think this planet is gone but I can easily get back I think.

[Buccaneer]

The only consolation is that this beta will be over in 5 days or less :sad:

[LostMind]

Yup, I think all this attacking is just people trying to get a better ranking before the game is up.

Oh well I am in the 1400's now and I havent really done anything even.

[Chad]

yeah, oh well.. I decided to take my fleet away from the planet and instead concentrate on taking over another one in my system. Get back what I am about to lose.. actualy I will not lose the planet it will be sieged.. but I am sure with that fleet he will just go to each planet.. and knock it off one by one.. If only it was my first planet.. I had over 6000 pp.. I could have gotten my SB up high enough to kick some butt.. that would have hurt him to see a huge fleet like that go up in smoke..

[Chad]

Ok, qustion.. my Highest Planet is under siege. I want to buy up PP's with my ASTRO $$.. will the points go to my highest planet not under siege or just my highest planet.. period??

Thanks..

[Buccaneer]

If it is already seiged ( red ) then the PP's will goto the next highest non-seiged planet ... If you are notified of the seige but they have not arrived then the PP's will goto the highest planet

Cheers

[Buccaneer]

So now that Mr_Hawk has won we will hopefully get a few of us close enough in the next Beta to form a alliance/TA's ... hopefully everyone had fun learning the game :cool:

[monza]

We should I'll try to log in at the same time, I think that is how you get close to each other.
As the date gets closer we'll set a log in time....

Dave

[Buccaneer]

We should I'll try to log in at the same time, I think that is how you get close to each other.
As the date gets closer we'll set a log in time....

Dave

Sounds like a plan :cool:

[Buccaneer]

cut/paste from AW main page ...

mr_hawk wins beta 5. Congratulations!

It was a great beta 5. The TOP 50 will go into the new Permanent Highscore. Thanks to all beta testers and all people who helped to improve the game. The next round will start at: Monday, 28 April - 20:00 GMT.

You can join the new round with your old name and password. Until that the game will continue for testing, optimizing and bugfixing new features.


So what time do we all want to get going ? ... that should equate to 1400 MST

Cheers

[monza]

This isn't as the date gets closer.
If we try logging in right off from the start line everybody is going to be logging in, could be issues. Maybe we wait until late that night or something like that. Although I don't really know, but I read on the forum server jam issues are common in the starting times.

Dave

[sbrown]

You guys have room for another alliance member.....Im a dedicated player...........played solid for the last 3 weeks of the beta and ended with 9 planets all producing nicely.

Tradwars Alias
Reapersimage
"Dont fear the reaper"

[Trevor Robertson]

well humm I would not mind waiting till day two to be close but by the same token a day of not building could really kill your chances of getting up there in the rankings!

[Nemain]

Games over and I still know how to get my but kicked!

I can hardly wait to get started again! Its like Christmas!

Beth

[Buccaneer]

We have to get in on the first day ... all the top players started on Feb 24 ... we should set a time and get going ... I say we try right at 1400 and we will all be fairly close

[Nemain]

Sounds good to me, i will be there will bells on =)

[monza]

Game for what ever, just thought if we waited a bit -few hours we would aviod all the real keeners and ass kicking people. Still the first day however.

Dave

[Buccaneer]

You guys have room for another alliance member.....Im a dedicated player...........played solid for the last 3 weeks of the beta and ended with 9 planets all producing nicely.

Tradwars Alias
Reapersimage
"Dont fear the reaper"

Always room for another reefer :cool:

[Buccaneer]

Game for what ever, just thought if we waited a bit -few hours we would aviod all the real keeners and ass kicking people. Still the first day however.

Dave

So what time would you suggest Dave ?

[monza]

If you think there would be a noticeable advantage to be a few hours earlier I say we go for it at the start however, it’ll be pure luck if we get close to each other. Why not wait for say nine or ten at night then sign up and we’ll have only missed a few hours so only a few points?

So that being said how about 9:30.

Dave

[Buccaneer]

So that being said how about 9:30

Sounds good to me :cool:

[LostMind]

9:30 pacific or? on monday night?

I can probably do that. I had 14 planets before we ended this beta. Now that the beta is over, I just took over another planet :)

hehehe.

[monza]

Alright 9:30pm Mountain time Monday!

Buk_A_neer get the stratagy all planned out for us and we'll kick some astrowars ass!

One thing I know nothing about is race?

[sbrown]

Im in 9:30 pm MST Monday night......is that the final plan......

Reapersimage

[LostMind]

yah, I dont even know how to choose racial characteristics in the beginning.

[Trevor Robertson]

okay 9:30PM Alberta time on monay sounds good to me, it will be really hard for me not to log in before that but hey I can wait (I think).

Hope to see you all beside me!

[Buccaneer]

I did a experiment when it looked like the beta was over and selected start-up Research lab / + 8% Production & + 8% Culture ... then -30% speed / - 13% defense


I had 4 planets to the next guys 2 planets in no time :cool: ... speed can be compensated for in the sciences ( 3 levels brings you back to even ) and concentrating on Math will make up for defense plus get your arrival time calculator faster

Getting social up to 10 as quickly as possible will also increase production

and attacking somebody in your sector so that you get XP and SU's as fast as possible

[Nemain]

Beta doesnt start until the 28th, we going to start at the same time?

Beth

[Trevor Robertson]

what the hell the 28th? I thought it was today?

What happened?

[LostMind]

http://www.astrowars.com/about/endofgame.php

[Buccaneer]

The Galactic Nemos over at RC are setting up a alliance for Beta 6 ... anyone interested ?

[Nemain]

you bet!

[monza]

Maybe do are own alliance, what's everyone else think?
Still on for 9:30pm the day it starts?
Nemos sound weak!

Dave

[LostMind]

hmm, dunno about being a nemo. sounds strange...