FG: Galactic Overlord 8, Part 3

[Tassadar500]

No, I barely repelled Sandman.

[Skanky Burns]

Well, at least some good news.

[Jaguar]

MORON still remains unaccounted for.

[Kassiopeia]

Well, mostly this has been just a lot of baseswapping. The only real engagements were the ones where defenders got completely fried, toasted or incinerated (they never stood a chance against an allied attack anyway).

[snoopy369]

No defender does ... perhaps myself or jamski might against a 2 player alliance, who knows, but ... a 3 player alliance will always win, and a 2 player alliance generally has a pretty good chance

[:) Smiley]

Chapter 7.11
Kicked While Down

Here is something to think about
A small target is easier to destroy

Ivan von Kristof thought that his tiny empire of two bases was too small to be invaded.

Ivan von Kristof thought wrong.

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Just as he was finished looting General Ordin's arsenal, he recieved an urgent call from his hideout: Agathari's Order of the Squid had overrun the undefended bases. Agathari secured himself and his followers two bases and much needed supplies.

[Jaguar]

Galactic BP production was 369 this round. Next round, it's gonna fall pretty far.

[snoopy369]

hehe no kidding

[:) Smiley]

Chapter 7.12
Musical Bases

Here is something to think about
At its best, war is a zero-sum game

Round 7 by the numbers

14
Overlords at beginning of round

12
Overlords attacking

6
Number of invasions made

57
Number of bases captured

108
Total bases in galaxy

174
Total tonnage of shipping lost

3
Number of Overlords taking casualties

1
Number of Overlords who have yet to participate in an alliance

0
Overlords eliminated this round


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Orders due Tuesday, 5 Pm Pacific.

[Jaguar]

A fall in BP production of 66 points, despite my base construction.

[Kassiopeia]

Not that allied attacks are a bad thing. I think spectacularly lopsided battles are one of the things that make this game so great - I thought I'd suffocate out of all that laughing when I saw the figure 1,392 hit the screen.

[snoopy369]

lol ... I have to say i'd rather see more even battles, or at least SOMETHING of a battle at some point - we've had essentially no competitive battles this round...

[Kassiopeia]

We'll probably see some when we approach the endgame as spies become more valid as specials.

I am intrigued by the already once aired thought of having two fleets defend, though, it just needs quite a bit of work to fit into the existing game mechanics.

[snoopy369]

Why not just a 'defend' order? I don't understand why that would upset the game as much as has been argued before ... the ability to send some of my fleet say to LN's home base to assist in defense, as a regular order (like Attack), would mean more combat and less running around.

[Kassiopeia]

And for those who were wondering, the longest battle in history can be found here.

Oddly enough, that game had quite a lot of prolonged battles. The rules haven't changed drastically enough to explain that, so I guess everyone is just playing it safe and employing tactics that have been deemed the best, while others have died out, such as the frigate ping - in the early stage of that game a single Jamskian frigate took all three of Skanky's bases.