Ogame - thread3.

[Sparrowhawk]

I can send 3 Espionage Probes and get them there in about 3 minutes, but will I be able to tell anything about this guy with 3 Probes Spaced?

/me


Edit: Never mind, I did the scan anyway, but wasn't able to determine his fleet composition (or anything other then his resources

10-26 05:26:21 Fleet Command Espionage Report from Zeva Spira [3:76:10]
Resources on Zeva Spira [3:76:10] at 10-26 05:26:21
Metal: 19381 Crystal: 14495
Deuterium: 1166 Energy: 753

Chance of counterespionage:0%

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Sparrowhawk
Combustion improvements bring me closer to Large Cargo Ships and Recyclers, Impulse brings me closer to Cruisers and Colony ships.....all four are on my lists of "wants" (which is currently much larger than my "haves" ).

To my mind, that answers the question. Increase your "haves". By that, I mean increasing the speed of cargo runs and get bigger, faster cargo ships with which to do the runs. Then head for colonies once your income rate increases a bit. Colonies take a while to start returning their investment whereas faster ships start giving returns now.

[Sparrowhawk]

Which brings me back to my first question, which will help me to speed my cargo ships.........Impulse 1 or Combustion 5?

(I can choose either on the return of 3 of my fleets, not sure by their decription which.....if either.......will make a bigger difference to my Small Cargo Speed).

/me

[Skanky Burns]

Small cargo: 5000 or 10000 speed.
Large cargo: 7500

Hmmm, now that you mention it, there may be a case made for using large numbers of small cargo rather than larges. What I've done was increase combustion speed as it affects all resource-gathering units until you get to combustion 5, and even after that it still affects large cargo, colony and recycling ships.

[Odin]

Does anyone know of any good inactives to raid in my area? (3:297:7)

[Sparrowhawk]

I am in the process of doing scans Odin, only a couple more to do, I am probably the worst person to scan, but I will do so........how many small cargo do you have so far? (because if I can get away with only doing a scan or two and find a good target I will stop there).

On a related note, sometimes I successfully scan everything, sometimes just the resources, but how do I tell what was successfully scanned and what wasn't?

Meaning sometimes it comes back with just resources, with no lines for Fleets, Defense, Buildings and Research and sometimes it comes back with blank lines.

I know one of those means there is nothing, and the other that I was unsuccessful in scanning it, but how do I know which is which?

[Sparrowhawk]

PM sent Odin though I am not sure of it's value, if no one answers my question above you might want to ask them to rescan the ones I didn't get a complete report on.

/me

Edit: I scanned 3:76:10 again, and this time it gave me a blank line for "fleets" so I assume there is none?

10-26 08:18:23 Fleet Command Espionage Report from Zeva Spira [3:76:10]
Resources on Zeva Spira [3:76:10] at 10-26 08:18:23
Metal: 12034 Crystal: 8801
Deuterium: 705 Energy: 753
Fleets

Chance of counterespionage:0%

[DRoseDARs]

Love the avatar, Sparrowhawk. Not a bad idea; I've been thinking about what to change me avvie to...

[Snotty]

I lost all my spy probes to this guy. I need about 30 cruisers to knock him out without any damage, and Im working on it

I think he is active though, but un allied

Resources on DARK STAR [2:128:12] at 10-26 08:00:38
Metal: 345145 Crystal: 44254
Deuterium: 16979 Energy: 2421
Fleets
Large Cargo Ship 4 Heavy Fighter 6
Colony Ship 1 Recycler 4
Espionage Probe 2 Solar Satellite 13
Defence
Missile Launcher 43 Small Laser 50
Small Shield Dome 1
Buildings
Metal Mine 21 Crystal Mine 18
Deuterium Synthesizer 14 Solar Plant 18
Fusion Plant 2 Robotic Factory 5
Shipyard 8 Metal Storage 6
Crystal Storage 1 Deuterium Tank 1
Research Lab 7 Rocket Silo 1

Chance of counterespionage:100%

[germanos]

DRoseDARs:

Do you have any easy targets in Uni 9?
I'm very weak (couple of HF and LF, but cruiser tech on the way) and I find it impossible to find places too loot.
Even planets with 10k total would be much appriciated

[germanos]

Originally posted by Odin
Does anyone know of any good inactives to raid in my area? (3:297:7)

scanning 292 to 302. Details will be send by PM.

Info is free for anybody who asks.

[Cyclotron]

I'm in 3:479 in uni 8, and just out of noob protection with a few light cargo and a heavy fighter... any easy pickings in the area that someone's seen?

[germanos]

Originally posted by Cyclotron
I'm in 3:479 in uni 8, and just out of noob protection with a few light cargo and a heavy fighter... any easy pickings in the area that someone's seen?

Resources on Sunder [3:482:9] at 10-26 13:02:07
Metal: 17539 Crystal: 10992
Deuterium: 2434 Energy: 682
Fleets
Defence
Buildings
Metal Mine 10 Crystal Mine 10
Deuterium Synthesizer 6 Solar Plant 11
Fusion Plant 1 Robotic Factory 2
Shipyard 3 Research Lab 1
Research
Computer Technology 2 Energy Technology 3
Combustion Engine 1 Laser Technology 1
Chance of counterespionage:0%

[DRoseDARs]

Right now, I'm concentrating entirely on beefing up my defense. Some pissant raided my planet and stole a ****load of resources from me while I slept. I've been having to carefully manage my production, just enough to build a few small or heavy lasers at a time (usually just one heavy or 2 smalls at once). My goal is to get to 100 smalls and 50 heavies before I shift to other projects. At least the probe bombing has almost stopped, now I only get about 2 or 3 people a day bothering me and it's usually the same f*ckers over and over...

[duke o' york]

Well post their co-ords, and perhaps someone will be able to see that they aren't really able to probe spam you any more.
Which universe are you in?
Alternatively, complain about it. It is bannable behaviour, if it's annoying you that much, but just message them to stop with a threat first.

My fleet came back from that raid in one piece, and with many sweet resources.
I've sent out 3 small fleets to grab some more, although they're not massive raids. I did spend about half an hour last night with my last remaining fleet slot, going through many galaxies looking for victims. Not many though.