FG: Galactic Overlord 9 - Thread Two

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by joncha
At the very least, counterspies should have to be built.

That would probably make them more powerful actually, as they could be used liberally.

An element of my defeat against Jag in GO 2.0 was my lack of remaining counterspies when Jonny hindered my allied attack on Spaced, thus giving the immense Spacedian empire to him alone.

[joncha]

A good point, but I think if you have to choose between building a spy, counterspy or shield, you are not going to build too many counterspies.

Spies are supposed to be powerful. Having two automatic counters to them weakens them far too much.

[GeoModder]

Covert operations are supposed to be tricksy, and tricked upon. For every weapon a counter must exist.

[Ljube]

Originally posted by joncha
Counterspy is an abomination. As long as we have the "you can't build a spy and use one on the same turn" rule, we have no need of it.

If you and the other perpetrators of the abomination in GO5 promise you won't do anything similar again then we have no need of counter-spy. Otherwise we do have need of it to prevent an unscrupulous clique from destroying this game.

[Jamski]

Counterspy is great. People very rarely use them, in fact most players are eliminated with 3 uses remaining.

[joncha]

Originally posted by Ljube



If you and the other perpetrators of the abomination in GO5 promise you won't do anything similar again then we have no need of counter-spy. Otherwise we do have need of it to prevent an unscrupulous clique from destroying this game.

Not betraying one's allies is unscrupulous? You are so full of yourself, Ljube.

Your fixations aside, the reason we needed counter-espionage was Smiley's perpetual spy sleaze. Not being able to train a spy and use one on the same turn fixes that problem.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Jamski
Counterspy is great. People very rarely use them, in fact most players are eliminated with 3 uses remaining.

3???

Darn. I had burnt only two when Jonny spied on me during teh final attack on Spaced in GO 2.0

[GeoModder]

You people really should pay more attention to initial talks of a new GO.

[:) Smiley]

Having run the last two games I'd say counterspy is good as it is. There were only a handful of instances in over forty rounds where its use mattered.

[Jaguar]

That last round...

[snoopy369]

I believe Smiley-go had only 2 counterspies. Jamski-go has 3 apparently...

[:) Smiley]

hmm, that would be a major difference. I feel the number should be proportional to the number of players.

[Jamski]

Only 2 sets of orders recieved

[Skanky Burns]

Orders in.

[GeoModder]

Orders forwarded.