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Strategus => Strategus General Discussion => Topic started by: Garem on January 15, 2012, 11:54:54 pm

Title: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 15, 2012, 11:54:54 pm
First, very nice new features on the website! I particularly like that you can look at so many details about Strategus- Factions, Locations, even individual players!

While exploring this, I found a few funny numbers. Let's look, shall we?

Who is in the top 5 spots of membership?

Grey Order! Damn, lots of them Poles- 126 in sum! No surprise there.
Then LLJK, 103 of those loony goons. Mostly bastard sons of PhantomZero, I hear. He's a prolific philanderer they say.
Then you've got a tie for third, the furry bears of Druzhina and the pony riding Templars with 98 apiece (yes, that's 98 + 98)!
And in fifth place... Union with a sporting 93 thieving Nordic vikings!

For full disclosure, my own fine villains of the Fallen Brigade take 6th place, at about 2/3 as many members as the 5th place Union - 67 to be precise.

Yay for the glory and honor of the UIF! With 415 members in the TOP 5 ALONE, they've been able to beat all of those big bad Mercs!

All 35 of them! Hot damn, how impressive!


Of course, you could then add in 180 from the Wolves, Ravens, and BashiBazouks to bring that UIF sum up to a healthy 595 players. And I'm not going to bother adding in the other various smaller clans, 600 is a nice workable number.

With 7 of the top 10 clans giving allegiance to the UIF, congratulations.

You've won a war game by... not actually fighting anyone at all.

Yay, super fun times!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 16, 2012, 12:11:35 am
Ah. It dawned on me after posting that my point may be lost. Many of you don't speak English well, and sarcasm doesn't translate well over text even for native speakers.

I'm attempting to draw attention to two things.

First, the UIF and her members are downright shameful. Second, the UIF is exceptionally dull.

Instead of proving how talented you are with strategy, the UIF and all her members have decided to win with overwhelming numbers. Instead of a victory worth enjoying, you play the game on super easy mode. When you have more members, you don't have to rely on cunning or strategy at all- members means two things: gold and troops. With no disadvantage for massive playercounts and every imaginable advantage being gained from a HUGE faction... your victory is a sham! It doesn't mean anything. Strat 3 was a gigantic waste of not only every other players' time, it's been a waste of your own.

Furthermore, in the face of an opposition that literally cannot be stopped, the game has ground to a halt. Huge numbers of cRPG and Strat players that were enjoying the game, stopped enjoying it because they knew how impossible it would be to overcome the advantages of a mega-faction that the UIF has so relished in abusing. What's a player to do? You gave them no option, and they left.

It's just so wonderful to me that the dev team has given the playerbase a look at the numbers. We all had a good idea how fucking massive the UIF was. Now we have hard numbers! 600 players in the TOP TEN ALONE.

I would hope that you have serious discussions amongst your own clans and decide that this game would be much better off if we actually played it. I hope that the next time you win in Strategus, I can give you an honest congratulations for a victory you actually deserve.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Krakatit on January 16, 2012, 12:12:57 am
They are playing hide and seek but there is noone seeking...
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 16, 2012, 02:25:53 am
I'm the leader of our group, so my job was to attract many players and give them a nice atmosphere inside the clan, preventing abandonment. That's all. By the way, looking at dry numbers do not give a true picture. Among the 126 people enrolled in the fraction, at least half the people are completely inactive. From remainder, barely half is very active. Long ago I should clean up the list of players, but I was too lazy. So there is no reason for excitement. Do not seek to explain the current situation of calculating statistics. Looking for blame in the midst of us, rather than work on your own faction? Start with your own helplessness, because what you write here is buffoonery. Especially in the face of what some of you write in the forum. You're right - Let's take a moment and LOL together  :lol:

PS. Do not forget that the UIF in a form which you describe, is merely the product of your imagination. Some factions simply do not fight (so far) between themselves and that's all. Oh, and please write for sure, who you think is in a so called UIF, because as I look at what you write, I no longer believe my own eyes  :rolleyes:  Templars will be severely pissed off when they see it  :wink:

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Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: BADPLAYERold on January 16, 2012, 03:00:17 am
Just because no one else has the sense to ally up like the "UIF" (less alliance more non-aggression pact but whatever) doesn't make it their fault that Strategus is boring.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Majer on January 16, 2012, 05:26:32 am
It's not like we all fight them at once. We actually form and wait in lines to beat up their arses. I cried for a month when I've lost my block ticket coupon with 30 battle passes.
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Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 16, 2012, 06:43:28 am
Crusader alliance is not just Templar. It consists of Knights Templar, Schwert Bruder and Varangian Rus, all of whom are around the same size.  Please be more accurate in future

Furthermore we have no formal alliance with any "UIF" factions and took no part in the war against mercs The only association the Templars have is a simple trade agreement with teh Grey order, due mostly to their excellent position on the map with regards to ours.  These "UIF" forces also took no part in our war against Fallen/HRE, lending no troops gold and only a few members to fight in our occasional battles, as they also did for our opponents.

 As such i'd request that you try to be more careful in how you represent the situation rather than clearly trying to draw some kind of picture that involves me hugging Plazek and friends :)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: ryanwilson140 on January 16, 2012, 07:16:21 am
Fallen Brigade;

Direct vassals:
- Disbanded Militia (were part of fallen 2 months ago)
- Timurids (were part of fallen 2 months ago)

Allies:
- Kapikulu
- HRE
- GK
- Byzantium
- FCC
- Mercs

If you have more clans that have formed out of your demise on strategus let me know. Usually when clans die they split into multiple new ones, much like a Virus.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Segd on January 16, 2012, 07:31:43 am
Yay for the glory and honor of the UIF! With 415 members in the TOP 5 ALONE, they've been able to beat all of those big bad Mercs!
You forget about 2 UIF members: LLJK & Fallen Brigade  :rolleyes:

P.S.
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Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 16, 2012, 07:33:53 am
ahahah brilliant
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Loki on January 16, 2012, 09:23:20 am
You've got the core UIF (Legio, DRZ, Bashi, 22nd, Grey Order, Raven?)  then you've got the UIF sympathizers (wolves, templars, etc)  Anyway, that's how I look at it.  Loosely 85% of the strat factions have non-agression pacts or are directly working together.

I'm pretty close to being done with strategus.  Between the dev team spending their time developing new hats, unplayed game types (rageball, dtv, ctf, stronghold) and new ways to nerf archers AND the massive carebear alliances on the EU side the game is in pretty miserable shape.

In fact I've been playing this last year hoping that things would be improved upon but so far the game is worse now than it was a year ago.

And if you're looking at the Fallen Brigades allies, it's only HRE and GK.  No other vassels or allies.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 16, 2012, 09:39:00 am
Fallen Brigade;

Direct vassals:
- Disbanded Militia (were part of fallen 2 months ago)
- Timurids (were part of fallen 2 months ago)

Allies:
- Kapikulu
- HRE
- GK
- Byzantium
- FCC
- Mercs

If you have more clans that have formed out of your demise on strategus let me know. Usually when clans die they split into multiple new ones, much like a Virus.

I'm glad you're willing to talk about this. Your logic is off, but now we're talking- that's good! I'll address ryan, then Casamir, then Harpag.

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ryanwilson, so very glad that you brought this up!

Let's have another nice chat about what was done in response to the UIF!

First off, I don't know who the Disbanded Militia is. None of them have ever been Fallen, or friends of Fallen!
But you know what, I'm just going to go with your assumption that they are friends of Fallen. Let's add their grand total of THREE members to our swelling ranks. Off to a great start on our counter-UIF team!

Then there's the Timurids. Yes, three of its members were once Fallen, three Russian-speakers who spoke no English whatsoever. They left for Timurids, creating another whopping dynasty of Eight players. We've got no official relations with them, but again, we'll go with your assumption.

67 + 3 + 8 = 78!

Hmm. Well, that doesn't seem as impressive as the list of names you tried to throw out. Let's take a look at allies.

For starters, Great Khans are our well respected vassals! HRE is, as we've always stated, our only true friends. Sure, we've made alliances. Did you think to ask why? I refer to the number stated above, somewhere in the realm of 600. Alliances of necessity, truly- the Fallen Brigade, and pretty much all of the factions on that list, aren't interested in grand alliances to draw the game into two mega-factions. Why? See point two above- it's so goddamn boring. That's why. We need smaller factions so everyone can play great Strategus battles!

Now, here's the list you provided. I'm adding another friend of Fallen, TKoV. Good people, TKoV, I don't want to exclude them.
Turks - 30 players
HRE - 43
GK - 23
Byzantium - 25
FCC - 43
Mercs - 35
TKoV - 43
Fallen (and our alleged "vassals") - 78

In sum?

339

Viva la resistance?

Before you start throwing out names, check your numbers. 339 against 595 (probably much higher adding Legione Italica, 22nd, and the several other hangers-on lackies.) Your point is invalid- it's all about the numbers.

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Casimir, you're right. Templ-- Crusaders are several smaller clans making a larger one. If it makes you happy for me to call it the Crusaders, so be it- I just know you and yours as Templars, having once been major enemies of my own faction so long ago.

However, nothing within your post makes any argument against my point- only affirming what we all know. You see the big dog, you don't bother fighting. If anything, the Crusaders are the greatest offenders. Why the hell are you helping the UIF with this giant hand-holding peace nonsense? Why the fuck is that fun for you, or anyone, to take the easy path and make a treaty with the strongest faction in the game?

It makes no sense! You get more gold, so you can... win an advantage over already smaller opponents? You're the THIRD largest clan in the game, you big wimps! Why the hell do you need the UIF's trade agreements to win fights? It's a goddamn shame.

Also, didn't you take Tulbuk, then give it to the Hospitallers?

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Harpag,

We've never met. Sup.

I'm not frustrated with large clans. If it were, say, a clan of 300 people... yea, I might be a little worried and upset. But there's no shame in being good at recruitment. In theory, there's not even a problem with alliances. There is, however, a big fucking problem with a mega-carebear agreement that makes the game so imbalanced its unplayable.

I really just want you to think about what you're doing. You're in control of the game, frankly. The game will either continue to suck or become fun again if you and the UIF make the right decisions. A monumental counter-UIF group was tried. We could, at best, muster 339 people. We tried. It became a matter of numbers, and the numbers just aren't there.

Are you really having fun fighting battles you can't lose?
How long would you play cRPG if you ran around in full plate against peasants in clubs?
How long would you stay if you were the peasant?

But let's get on to your specific complaints.

Players are leaving Grey, but they're leaving everyone. Skyrim, holidays, they've all had a toll on the factions. Everyone is suffering, and there's no compelling evidence that we're not all suffering player attrition equally. It's just a null point without further proof. We have the numbers of players who have joined the factions since Strat 3 started, so that's what we're going to use.

I am working on my own faction. I've brought in a few NA players, and even talked four of my RL friends to buy Warband and join Fallen. If you want a fun and active group of players that enrich the Strategus and cRPG community, I don't think anyone can speak ill of Fallen. We host tourneys, we lead Big Team Battles, invite scrimmages, host weekly trainings, and we've been at war with a larger faction in Strategus since our founding in 2010. Pretty good, I'd say. I'm not an EU player, but has the Grey Order ever hosted a big scrimmage or tournament? I don't recall any, but it's certainly possible I just didn't hear about them.

Lastly, I understand how the UIF is built. There are a few core groups (Druzhina, Grey Order, Legione, 22nd) and then there are a load of other "non-aggression" pacts and a web of trade agreements that have essentially shut down the game on the EU side. Nobody is fighting.

There's a saying in America. "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck- it's probably a duck."

Well, all those clans are doing jack shit, fighting significantly weaker clans, and trading with the core UIF members. Sounds like UIF to me. See my answer to Casimir for more on this issue.

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Cheers to you all,

Garem
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: [ptx] on January 16, 2012, 10:02:54 am
This is so incredibly accurate, well done, Garem! :o
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 16, 2012, 10:09:13 am
Garem deserves an applause. Clap yo hands people

I'm just going to sum them all together as they haven't really fought eachother:

22nd - 33
Bashibazouks - 57
Crusader Alliance - 98
Druzhina - 98
Grey Order - 126
Knights Hospitaller - 53
Legione Italica - 53
Merciless - 23
Occitan - 47
Raven - 60
Union - 93
Wolves - 63
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804 total Carebears

 :wink:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Torben on January 16, 2012, 10:18:42 am
clap
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Slamz on January 16, 2012, 10:20:43 am
What might be interesting is some sort of bonus that only goes to, say, the top 20 members of the clan that owns the most villages.  (For some value of "top 20".)

Although I'm generally in favor of saying "maybe we should not all be allies just for the sake of having a war", I also like it when games generate rules that automatically take this sort of thing into account.



Still, awfully silly to play a beta wargame and all ally up.  "Welp!  Looks like we're all friends here!  No need to test the war!"
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Paul on January 16, 2012, 10:29:11 am
Instead of getting your shit together you prefer to whine 24/7 on the forums.

*clap*
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Mannhammer on January 16, 2012, 11:07:48 am
Someone makes a really good point and a developer trolls  :rolleyes:

Might be funny if it wasn't so tragically predictable.

Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Ylca on January 16, 2012, 11:09:43 am
Instead of getting your shit together you prefer to whine 24/7 on the forums.

*clap*

Just out of curiosity, what percentage of the game would have to band together before you saw it as detrimental to the forward progress of strategus? Or are you a more hands-off team that will let any scenario play out naturally among players? I'm just curious if you have a "this is ridiculous" point or if it's "they'll figure something out".
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 16, 2012, 11:23:54 am
Instead of getting your shit together you prefer to whine 24/7 on the forums.

*clap*

You mean "instead of getting more people" because Strat at the moment is all about numbers?

Bad trolling is bad.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Loki on January 16, 2012, 11:27:31 am
Instead of getting your shit together you prefer to whine 24/7 on the forums.

*clap*

Go back to finding new ways to nerf archery
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Paul on January 16, 2012, 11:31:47 am
I'm sorry. It's just pathetic. Instead of perma-QQ try getting active politically. Try to break this alliance if it exists in the form you think. Personally I'd have nothing against a Grey vs DRZ war, maybe some of the clans involved think the same. Try to making contacts, plan something big. Find secret NA allies to support your cause economically. Do something. Plazek got his shit together in the past and served his revenge cold while providing some of the best Strat battles for the players that I can remember. I hope Mercs are planning something similar tbh.

And I am the last to nerf archery. In fact I'm archer's only hope. At the moment I am working out a system that gets rid of the simple damage reduce on body hits, creating a more sophisticated one that gives full damage for torso hits while letting limb hits give less damage.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 16, 2012, 11:35:16 am
I'm sorry. It's just pathetic.

I agree that Strat being clan/alliance size dependant is extremely pathetic, yes.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Kalp on January 16, 2012, 11:41:37 am
Whining Brigade strike back.

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Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 16, 2012, 11:46:25 am
I swear total war games had in built coding that prevents too many factions allying to each other... Strategus was a nice scenario where the entirety of the barbarians , romans and greeks all found common ground and attacked Africa :P
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 16, 2012, 11:48:19 am
Do something.

Might as well take your own words, because for now it looks like Strat EU ended and you people are just idling, just like we expected.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gnjus on January 16, 2012, 11:50:34 am
In fact I'm archer's only hope.

Epic line is epic. If my signature wasn't already taken I'd use this.  :wink:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: ryanwilson140 on January 16, 2012, 12:46:56 pm
Turks - 30 players
HRE - 43
GK - 23
Byzantium - 25
FCC - 43
Mercs - 35
TKoV - 43
Fallen (and our alleged "vassals") - 78

These numbers represent your core members and members that have not left the clan or been kicked out of the strat clan due to inactivity.

98 members is 98 members and members in a faction do not fully represent those that are active. Templars, VR and SB btw are in our strategus clan not just Templars.

Also freja vibe was one of your members for definite, who is now part of disbanded militia.

+ add 30 spies from loki to your ranks straight off the bat.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tot. on January 16, 2012, 12:47:14 pm
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Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Spleen on January 16, 2012, 12:54:40 pm
Also freja vibe was one of your members for definite, who is now part of disbanded militia.

Who?

You do understand that the other Vibe is the only Vibe?

You know, THE Vibe?

FFS...there also was a Camels_Cyber thats not in any fucking way related to OUR Cyber...goddamnit!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Mike_of_Kingswell on January 16, 2012, 12:59:23 pm
And I am the last to nerf archery. In fact I'm archer's only hope.
Epic line is epic!

Nerf archery again and then lets all ally in Start so nothing happens! Make Peace not war!!! and if you make war dont you dare to use a bow!

Archery before patch:
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Archery after patch:
same - real damage (not counting the 5% headshoots a archer might do if the shieldhitboxes let it happen ;) )
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Osiris on January 16, 2012, 01:08:06 pm
so what your saying is because in this version Fallen arnt massive everyone else must be allied :o


and your system is flawed :) your counting total numbers yay! but not active numbers. hell apart from alpha and maybe 5-7 others in the Templars no one else plays :D most of our members are inactive on the map with no troops no gold and doing nothing.
But i agree that strat sucks. ;)

Just because you lose one version of strat doesnt mean there is something wrong with everyone else.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 16, 2012, 01:10:54 pm
Just because you lose one version of strat doesnt mean there is something wrong with everyone else.

But maybe the fact that once the Fallen and Mercs were wiped out that there is no major eu fighting indicates that there is something wrong with everyone else :P
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: SquishMitten on January 16, 2012, 01:15:37 pm
No major NA fighting either
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 16, 2012, 01:17:09 pm
No major NA fighting either

What has the world (of strategus) come to????? Cant LLJK find a new afghoonistan to drool over or summit? :(
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 16, 2012, 02:34:04 pm
Turks - 30 players
HRE - 43
GK - 23
Byzantium - 25
FCC - 43
Mercs - 35
TKoV - 43
Fallen (and our alleged "vassals") - 78

These numbers represent your core members and members that have not left the clan or been kicked out of the strat clan due to inactivity.

98 members is 98 members and members in a faction do not fully represent those that are active. Templars, VR and SB btw are in our strategus clan not just Templars.

Also freja vibe was one of your members for definite, who is now part of disbanded militia.

+ add 30 spies from loki to your ranks straight off the bat.

Lol, terrible terrible excuses and laughable justification. Freja vibe was NEVER a Fallen. Left clan/been kicked out have only been a few and that was pretty much before Strat or at the start.

"98 members do not fully represent those that are active" - guess what sunshine, same goes for us.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Overdriven on January 16, 2012, 03:03:58 pm
and your system is flawed :) your counting total numbers yay! but not active numbers. hell apart from alpha and maybe 5-7 others in the Templars no one else plays :D most of our members are inactive on the map with no troops no gold and doing nothing.
But i agree that strat sucks. ;)

You can apply that logic to both sides, then loosely it will even out. I doubt one side has dramatically more people inactive than the other. Same goes to ryan. Saying ZOMG not all our members are active. Well no shit...neither are ours.

Anyway: This strat was broken. As in the game mechanics were broken. That is the main reason for it sucking I think. Though the carebearing didn't help.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Cathaoir on January 16, 2012, 03:32:11 pm
I'm the leader of our group, so my job was to attract many players and give them a nice atmosphere inside the clan, preventing abandonment. That's all. By the way, looking at dry numbers do not give a true picture. Among the 126 people enrolled in the fraction, at least half the people are completely inactive. From remainder, barely half is very active. Long ago I should clean up the list of players, but I was too lazy. So there is no reason for excitement. Do not seek to explain the current situation of calculating statistics. Looking for blame in the midst of us, rather than work on your own faction? Start with your own helplessness, because what you write here is buffoonery. Especially in the face of what some of you write in the forum. You're right - Let's take a moment and LOL together  :lol:

PS. Do not forget that the UIF in a form which you describe, is merely the product of your imagination. Some factions simply do not fight (so far) between themselves and that's all. Oh, and please write for sure, who you think is in a so called UIF, because as I look at what you write, I no longer believe my own eyes  :rolleyes:  Templars will be severely pissed off when they see it  :wink:

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Technically hes right, and also those tiny off and on clan members really dont matter. What matters more is long-time devoted skilled players in your clan.

Which, again, makes your point invalid because Grey has alot of them.

the list is:
1. Everybody in North America (because were just that awesome)
2. Grey
3. Risen
4. The rest of Europe.

Deal with it.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 16, 2012, 03:38:55 pm
Technically hes right, and also those tiny off and on clan members really dont matter. What matters more is long-time devoted skilled players in your clan.

Which, again, makes your point invalid because Grey has alot of them.

the list is:
1. Everybody in North America (because were just that awesome)
2. Grey
3. Risen
4. The rest of Europe.

Deal with it.

Hahahahahahahaha
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: BaleOhay on January 16, 2012, 03:50:48 pm
FCC - 43


there is no more FCC in strat... If you want to see them they are all playing starwars.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: dynamike on January 16, 2012, 03:57:10 pm
FCC - 43


there is no more FCC in strat... If you want to see them they are all playing starwars.

RIP rabbits, RIP  :cry:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 16, 2012, 04:07:01 pm
FCC - 43


there is no more FCC in strat... If you want to see them they are all playing starwars.

They all became Imperial Moffs!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: BaleOhay on January 16, 2012, 04:22:47 pm
the rabbit lives Dynamike. I have taken on LLJK tonight with my loyal bunnies. Sign up and see for yourself
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: BlindGuy on January 16, 2012, 04:39:33 pm
Instead of getting your shit together you prefer to whine 24/7 on the forums.

*clap*

Voice of sanity.


I READ THIS THREAD UNTILL I SAW WHAT IT WAS: It actually IS just ppl crying on the internetz cause they dont have friends...


As to TESTING A WARGAME: I havent seen ANYWHERE a list of WIN CONDITIONS, for single player m&b or warband OR strat. You wanna fight, fight, you dont wanna fight, DONT FIGHT. I fail to see why the actions of other people make some ppl rage: If someone else doesnt do what you want: MAKE THEM. As you are too weak: STFU. Dont cry because you cannot force someone else to do what you want.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Old Autobus on January 16, 2012, 04:46:11 pm
Instead of getting your shit together you prefer to whine 24/7 on the forums.

*clap*

this.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: okiN on January 16, 2012, 04:47:41 pm
Between the dev team spending their time developing new hats, unplayed game types (rageball, dtv, ctf, stronghold) and new ways to nerf archers AND the massive carebear alliances on the EU side the game is in pretty miserable shape.

I like rageball. :(
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Torben on January 16, 2012, 04:51:42 pm
No fighting in a war game,  and people say nothing is wrong.  I dont get it : /


I like rageball too.  And the new Helmets : D
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Osiris on January 16, 2012, 04:59:48 pm
is Strat actually a war game? :D As far as i can see its currently a medi sim ^^ you can trade if you wish and fight if you wish. Wars will generally be over trading rights and gaining strategic points for trade much like RL. This is what i think they are aiming by judging by the changes :P its like Europa Uni with actual fights




*prolly deserves a thread for rage posts :D*
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Torben on January 16, 2012, 05:00:50 pm
Actually I gotta revise my opinion,  if we should actually see some action in the future.  Maybe there are some plans at hand, and an all out war between the very strong survivors of the first strat wars is about to come. Which would also give some leeway for the smaller clans to take action,  aswell as the now landless factions.  This would turn strat around once again...

is Strat actually a war game? :D As far as i can see its currently a medi sim ^^ you can trade if you wish and fight if you wish. Wars will generally be over trading rights and gaining strategic points for trade much like RL. This is what i think they are aiming by judging by the changes :P its like Europa Uni with actual fights

might be. sounds boring tho : /
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Post by: rokema on January 16, 2012, 05:02:23 pm
hi all
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Post by: 22nd_King_Plazek on January 16, 2012, 05:09:03 pm
I find the level of misinformation in this thread amusing.
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Post by: dynamike on January 16, 2012, 05:33:00 pm
the rabbit lives Dynamike. I have taken on LLJK tonight with my loyal bunnies. Sign up and see for yourself

Good to hear you are still around. You should join our TS like Huey usually does.

I am sure the mighty rabbits will prevail!
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Post by: BlindGuy on January 16, 2012, 05:33:26 pm
I find the level of misinformation in this thread amusing.

You mean Okin's mistranslation of piglatin?
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 05:51:17 pm
Fallen Brigade;

Direct vassals:
- Disbanded Militia (were part of fallen 2 months ago)
- Timurids (were part of fallen 2 months ago)

Allies:
- Kapikulu
- HRE
- GK
- Byzantium
- FCC
- Mercs

If you have more clans that have formed out of your demise on strategus let me know. Usually when clans die they split into multiple new ones, much like a Virus.

Apparently both sides are a bit clueless on some things  :rolleyes:
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Post by: Casimir on January 16, 2012, 05:52:08 pm
Casimir, you're right. Templ-- Crusaders are several smaller clans making a larger one. If it makes you happy for me to call it the Crusaders, so be it- I just know you and yours as Templars, having once been major enemies of my own faction so long ago.

However, nothing within your post makes any argument against my point- only affirming what we all know. You see the big dog, you don't bother fighting. If anything, the Crusaders are the greatest offenders. Why the hell are you helping the UIF with this giant hand-holding peace nonsense? Why the fuck is that fun for you, or anyone, to take the easy path and make a treaty with the strongest faction in the game?

It makes no sense! You get more gold, so you can... win an advantage over already smaller opponents? You're the THIRD largest clan in the game, you big wimps! Why the hell do you need the UIF's trade agreements to win fights? It's a goddamn shame.

Also, didn't you take Tulbuk, then give it to the Hospitallers?

I fail to see what we'd gain by entering a war that'd lead to our defeat.  Surely it makes more sense to fight against those who are incapable of defending their vast claims than assaulting those who are active and have a vast number of supporters.

For efficiency it makes sense to trade with the grey order, if you fail to see that you clearly fail to grasp the basics of the system in place.  I look back over the history of templars in strategus, we were originally hated for being to large, and forcing people to join us.  Then we were mocked and betrayed by people who pretended to support us because we were too small and incapable of harming larger clans.  now we have sought out allies,through need, we are accused of being "carebears". 

What the fuck do you know of our plans. the only one we had this strategus was to destroy Fallen/HRE, being our oldest of enemies (HERETICS).  Kinngrimm was thinking along the similar lines and Hospitallers made an bvious choice for fighting on NA pings against a largly NA clan.

m so sorry if you didn't like the fact that your clan lost all their villages, but you guys weren't exactly all so interested in fighting the biggest enemies you could find last strat.  If i remember correctly the few fights i saw being initiated by Fallen were against small, unarmed armies in their lands.

Your forecast is just that, you do not know what may happen tomorrow, war may come to any part of calradia.
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 05:55:59 pm
Your forecast is just that, you do not know what may happen tomorrow, war may come to any part of calradia.
I'm putting a quarter million down that we will not see any major wars break out in the next 24 hours.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: dynamike on January 16, 2012, 06:18:24 pm
I'm putting a quarter million down that we will not see any major wars break out in the next 24 hours.

Payable in cRPG gold? We might be able to arrange something...
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Post by: Harpag on January 16, 2012, 06:20:59 pm
I'm putting a quarter million down that we will not see any major wars break out in the next 24 hours.

seller: Harpag_the_Grey, offered item: stones, requestet gold: 250 000
Soon everyone will see how you keep your word.
Check the list of battles today about 21-22 CET.
Waiting for gold  :lol:
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 06:22:15 pm
seller: Harpag_the_Grey, offered item: stones, requestet gold: 250 000
Soon everyone will see how you keep your word.
Check the list of battles today about 21-22 CET.
Waiting for gold  :lol:

I said major wars. If it lasts longer then a few skirmishes, and I see factions getting clobbered, then you shall get your 250,000 gold.

Picking on a faction or two and outnumbering them by 8 to 1 or some other rediculous number is not a major war.
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Post by: Casimir on January 16, 2012, 06:22:35 pm
I'm putting a quarter million down that we will not see any major wars break out in the next 24 hours.

Yes, because that was meant in a literal sense. Anyway, i'd give it a week or two and i imagine there will be some new drama for people to cry over.
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 06:24:01 pm
Yes, because that was meant in a literal sense. Anyway, i'd give it a week or two and i imagine there will be some new drama for people to cry over.

My point is, that line of yours has been said far too often by far too many people to be taken seriously anymore.
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Post by: BlindGuy on January 16, 2012, 06:25:27 pm
My point is...

GLAD YOU GOT TO THE POINT PUT I READ 5 PAGES TO GET HERE AND IT WASNT WORTH IT.
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 06:26:25 pm
GLAD YOU GOT TO THE POINT PUT I READ 5 PAGES TO GET HERE AND IT WASNT WORTH IT.

Put I read?

What?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 16, 2012, 06:32:22 pm
I said major wars. If it lasts longer then a few skirmishes, and I see factions getting clobbered, then you shall get your 250,000 gold.

Picking on a faction or two and outnumbering them by 8 to 1 or some other rediculous number is not a major war.

You have my word that it will be a solid war - at least 5.5 k defenders. We attack alone.
As I said, I'm waiting for gold  :)
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Post by: Xant on January 16, 2012, 06:36:50 pm
believe it when i see it
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Post by: okiN on January 16, 2012, 06:45:05 pm
Sounds to me like he's talking about attacking an AI town. It'd be kind of a sorry attempt at a joke, but there you are.
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Post by: Casimir on January 16, 2012, 06:50:25 pm
My point is, that line of yours has been said far too often by far too many people to be taken seriously anymore.
I don't believe i've said it before, so please don't generalise.
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Post by: Harpag on January 16, 2012, 06:52:45 pm
Sounds to me like he's talking about attacking an AI town. It'd be kind of a sorry attempt at a joke, but there you are.

Come on okiN. I gave my word.
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 06:59:46 pm
I don't believe i've said it before, so please don't generalise.

I do believe I said people and not Casimir.
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Post by: okiN on January 16, 2012, 07:19:15 pm
Come on okiN. I gave my word.

Well, now I'm curious. :)
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Post by: Lepintoi on January 16, 2012, 07:30:43 pm
Fallen stop whining for gods sake!
You are making us all look bad...

Take it like a man!
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Post by: Garem on January 16, 2012, 07:49:41 pm
I fail to see what we'd gain by entering a war that'd lead to our defeat.  Surely it makes more sense to fight against those who are incapable of defending their vast claims than assaulting those who are active and have a vast number of supporters.

For efficiency it makes sense to trade with the grey order, if you fail to see that you clearly fail to grasp the basics of the system in place.  I look back over the history of templars in strategus, we were originally hated for being to large, and forcing people to join us.  Then we were mocked and betrayed by people who pretended to support us because we were too small and incapable of harming larger clans.  now we have sought out allies,through need, we are accused of being "carebears". 

What the fuck do you know of our plans. the only one we had this strategus was to destroy Fallen/HRE, being our oldest of enemies (HERETICS).  Kinngrimm was thinking along the similar lines and Hospitallers made an bvious choice for fighting on NA pings against a largly NA clan.

m so sorry if you didn't like the fact that your clan lost all their villages, but you guys weren't exactly all so interested in fighting the biggest enemies you could find last strat.  If i remember correctly the few fights i saw being initiated by Fallen were against small, unarmed armies in their lands.

Your forecast is just that, you do not know what may happen tomorrow, war may come to any part of calradia.

Thanks Casimir for actually engaging in this discussion. I disapprove of the trolls, even some of my own, who aren't adding anything. There's a point to be made here, and it's either that massive non-aggression alliances to disproportionately empower one side over the other is either GOOD for Strategus, or it is BAD.

First let's address the accusations. Lost our villages? We gave them up. Fallen never fought a defensive battle for a fief following the downfall of Dusturil. The UIF was on the move against HRE, FCC quit the game, anti-UIF coalition failed miserably (why? - again, look at the numbers) and most of our players weren't interested in a game that was rigged since the start (read: Strategus 1). It's the same shit, every round of Strategus. It's boring and unimpressive.

Now, you use an interesting term. "For efficiency's sake" you trade with the UIF, and vice versa. You both maximize profits.

Why, exactly, do you need to do this? You are the third largest clan in the game. Perhaps you've lost members (like everyone else)?

Paul has a great suggestion. "Get your shit together." Sounds reasonable to me, right? I'm kidding, of course. The numbers just aren't there, for you just as badly as for everyone against you. Paul and those that prescribe to that logic are being foolish by refusing to face the reality. The numbers aren't there. No amount of "shit-gathering" is going to change that. It was tried, it failed, moving on.

So, here we are. First largest and the two third largest clans, scheming together to maximize profits... to fight people that can't possibly outproduce them in troops and can't possibly outproduce them in gold/equipment.

So, ask yourself... if I were in the shoes of smaller clans who don't have the numbers to counter my actions... what would you do in response?
"I fail to see what we'd gain by entering a war that'd lead to our defeat."

Ah! Well, isn't that illuminating. Maybe that's why the wars have stopped, why Strategus fucking sucks. It's gridlock. Nobody can move, because the largest powers are so goddamn big and self-enriched that nobody can play the game with any hope of making progress that won't be immediately reversed. Hence, even when you do win... what is it worth? Nobody gives a shit when you win, because we all see how you do it.

The Mercs? Goddamn! 35 of them held back a group of 600 players' combined economic and troop power for a week or so. Now that's impressive, goddamn legendary. Hats off to you, boys.

So you're able to win. It's not some super-clever tactic or strategy. You made a deal with the UIF, and the numbers aren't there for anyone to change it. No matter what the past has been (not being rude, but your paragraph on history was garbled, I didn't understand it), the facts of today are set. You have PLENTY of members. Only the core-UIF is larger than you. The argument that you "need" those large allies just doesn't impress me. I don't think, aside from some of the UIF players, it impresses anybody else either.

Let's look at the last part of your response, which I think is most telling about your attitude on Strategus. I don't need to know your plans, I've seen your actions and you've confessed a large part of what everyone already knew in regards to your relationship with the UIF- so now, I have your words as well.

"Surely it makes more sense to fight against those who are incapable of defending their vast claims than assaulting those who are active and have a vast number of supporters."

You're a total coward! A weenie! A wimp! You admit that fighting the hard fights, oh, that's not interesting to you. You condemn those who do not or cannot fight your massive web of NAP/allies, but refuse to partake in that fight under the absurd argument that picking on the little guys is more sensible than starting wars with equal powers.

Instead, you make agreements to protect yourself from the only individual clans capable of fighting back.

And that right there is why I think we can all LOL together. Casamir, you're extremely unimpressive and a downright bore. I wanted to refrain from getting personal, but you've admitted it yourself and I realize that you're incorrigible and intellectually dishonest. It's as close to griefing as it gets in the cRPG world. You'll do anything to win, and that includes the sacrifice of fair gaming and fun found in the rigors and challenges of competing against worthwhile opponents.

---

Harpag, I still hope to hear a full rebuttal on my last response. You're a much finer conversationalist than Casamir, and seemingly upfront and honest thus far. Don't fall for the one-liner trolls. Let's keep discussing this issue.
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Post by: Goretooth on January 16, 2012, 07:56:32 pm
Thanks Casimir for actually engaging in this discussion. I disapprove of the trolls, even some of my own, who aren't adding anything. There's a point to be made here, and it's either that massive non-aggression alliances to disproportionately empower one side over the other is either GOOD for Strategus, or it is BAD.

First let's address the accusations. Lost our villages? We gave them up. Fallen never fought a defensive battle for a fief following the downfall of Dusturil. The UIF was on the move against HRE, FCC quit the game, anti-UIF coalition failed miserably (why? - again, look at the numbers) and most of our players weren't interested in a game that was rigged since the start (read: Strategus 1). It's the same shit, every round of Strategus. It's boring and unimpressive.

Now, you use an interesting term. "For efficiency's sake" you trade with the UIF, and vice versa. You both maximize profits.

Why, exactly, do you need to do this? You are the third largest clan in the game. Perhaps you've lost members (like everyone else)?

Paul has a great suggestion. "Get your shit together." Sounds reasonable to me, right? I'm kidding, of course. The numbers just aren't there, for you just as badly as for everyone against you. Paul and those that prescribe to that logic are being foolish by refusing to face the reality. The numbers aren't there. No amount of "shit-gathering" is going to change that. It was tried, it failed, moving on.

So, here we are. First largest and the two third largest clans, scheming together to maximize profits... to fight people that can't possibly outproduce them in troops and can't possibly outproduce them in gold/equipment.

So, ask yourself... if I were in the shoes of smaller clans who don't have the numbers to counter my actions... what would you do in response?
"I fail to see what we'd gain by entering a war that'd lead to our defeat."

Ah! Well, isn't that illuminating. Maybe that's why the wars have stopped, why Strategus fucking sucks. It's gridlock. Nobody can move, because the largest powers are so goddamn big and self-enriched that nobody can play the game with any hope of making progress that won't be immediately reversed. Hence, even when you do win... what is it worth? Nobody gives a shit when you win, because we all see how you do it.

The Mercs? Goddamn! 35 of them held back a group of 600 players' combined economic and troop power for a week or so. Now that's impressive, goddamn legendary. Hats off to you, boys.

So you're able to win. It's not some super-clever tactic or strategy. You made a deal with the UIF, and the numbers aren't there for anyone to change it. No matter what the past has been (not being rude, but your paragraph on history was garbled, I didn't understand it), the facts of today are set. You have PLENTY of members. Only the core-UIF is larger than you. The argument that you "need" those large allies just doesn't impress me. I don't think, aside from some of the UIF players, it impresses anybody else either.

Let's look at the last part of your response, which I think is most telling about your attitude on Strategus. I don't need to know your plans, I've seen your actions and you've confessed a large part of what everyone already knew in regards to your relationship with the UIF- so now, I have your words as well.

"Surely it makes more sense to fight against those who are incapable of defending their vast claims than assaulting those who are active and have a vast number of supporters."

You're a total coward! A weenie! A wimp! You admit that fighting the hard fights, oh, that's not interesting to you. You condemn those who do not or cannot fight your massive web of NAP/allies, but refuse to partake in that fight under the absurd argument that picking on the little guys is more sensible than starting wars with equal powers.

Instead, you make agreements to protect yourself from the only individual clans capable of fighting back.

And that right there is why I think we can all LOL together. Casamir, you're extremely unimpressive and a downright bore. I wanted to refrain from getting personal, but you've admitted it yourself and I realize that you're incorrigible and intellectually dishonest. It's as close to griefing as it gets in the cRPG world. You'll do anything to win, and that includes the sacrifice of fair gaming and fun found in the rigors and challenges of competing against worthwhile opponents.

---

Harpag, I still hope to hear a full rebuttal on my last response. You're a much finer conversationalist than Casamir, and seemingly upfront and honest thus far. Don't fall for the one-liner trolls. Let's keep discussing this issue.
Improve your politic skill if you wanna make any progress in strat.
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 07:59:56 pm
Improve your politic skill if you wanna make any progress in strat.

Coming from the stagnant LLJK Faction?
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Post by: Goretooth on January 16, 2012, 08:01:25 pm
pretty sure i took a fief yesterday. Now i got two how many does fallen have?
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Post by: 22nd_King_Plazek on January 16, 2012, 08:15:06 pm
Once upon a time the Templars and their bitches held all of Western Calradia, we ended that. Maybe you should act and not whine.

As for your nonsensical claims with regards to the size of the Templars I find it hilarious. The Templar clan is nothing compared to the size it was back in its heyday they do not have 100 members anymore. Cut the shit.
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Post by: okiN on January 16, 2012, 08:18:57 pm
Curiosity satisfied, no surprises to be had.

Sorry, Harpag, but mopping up HRE's last remnants won't be much of a war. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 16, 2012, 08:30:09 pm
Sweet mother of whine, the bias in thread is spectacular! Congratulations men, as you have officialy delared an alliance between so many men (800+ but in reality we all now that UIF also contains ATS,LLJK,CHAOS Bandits, 22nd, Raven and so on and so forth). I reserve my right, as legitimate as yours, to declare another major alliance block forming!

I declare the UCBC an official invisible alliance to counter the invisible alliance of UIF. All hail the United Crybabies of Caladria!

Consisting of Fallen, GK, HRE, FFC, Karpikulu, Byzantium, Mercs, and all sypathetic with the noble traits of: whining, conspiracy theories, denying relation to anyone while merging everyone against you, crying, denying the existence of battles they dont take part in, random boredom and suprisebutsex with horses.

All will bow down to the unrelenting wave of their tears! Their tears will flood your fiefs and destroy your harvests, NONE WILL ESCAPE!

ALL HAIL THE UCBC!


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Post by: Blueberry Muffin on January 16, 2012, 08:33:24 pm
Technically hes right, and also those tiny off and on clan members really dont matter. What matters more is long-time devoted skilled players in your clan.

Which, again, makes your point invalid because Grey has alot of them.

the list is:
1. Everybody in North America (because were just that awesome)
2. Grey
3. Risen
4. The rest of Europe.

Deal with it.

Uhm no. The entire problem with this strat, we can all agree is that all you need is members that log on once a week to transfer thei goods on strat.

You got 10 active players, who produce 10 amounts of trade goods.
You got 10 semi active players who produce exactly the same.

This is the entire problem with strat, you dont need to play crpg to gather massive amounts of resources, so massive clans that have people that barely play will always have the most amount of gold and equipment. So having dedicated skilled players just doesnt matter, and it becomes more of a micromanagement system than something fun to do.Either you are a terrible troll, extremely new, or not the sharpest tool in the box.

Also Id like to point out that merc are 20 active members atm, 5 inactive. Or thereabouts.

Also why was this thread started? I thought we had finished with this stuff. Im pretty sure the point is UIF is gay, but its pretty old news, I dont think we need a new thread.....
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Post by: Nessaj on January 16, 2012, 08:42:28 pm
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Post by: Segd on January 16, 2012, 08:44:06 pm
Blame chadz :)  Crafting & recruiting based on played time\XP gained will solve multiac problem at all.  + there will be more organized clan based teams on crpg servers.
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Post by: Blueberry Muffin on January 16, 2012, 08:48:50 pm
I couldnt agree more Segd. I love your scary mod btw... never thought to thank you.
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Post by: Oberyn on January 16, 2012, 08:49:38 pm
100 DRZ Members? When have you ever seen more than, grand maximum, 40 DRZ players together on a single server? I see huge groups of Greys and Templars/crusader clans together all the time on cRPG servers, but only ever a few scatterings of DRZ, and they're apparently close to the same size. Is the RU server almost entirely composed of DRZ or something.
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Post by: Harpag on January 16, 2012, 08:52:07 pm
@ Lepintoi - +1!

@ okiN - I disagree. Do not insult them because they are tough guys. I think it is still a serious opponent. Just look at the number of tickets condensed in one village and recall Emirin. Druzhina put a huge effort to suppress them.
       
@ Garem - I know very little English, so I'm not a good partner for fluent conversation. That is why I say very briefly - If you want a lot of fight - cRPG servers are open around the clock. If you are interested in tactics - you're the commander, and if you are interested in economics and politics - Strategus is right for you. I do not feel responsible for the overall picture of the game - my role is to make my faction was powerful militarily and economically. It is very easy, therefore philosophical discussion seems unnecessary. I think that the conjuration of spirits does not really make sense. Nevertheless, I respect your attitude, if you do not misses the hard facts.

@ Tears of Destiny - http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#  & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaiSHcHM0PA  :lol:

@ everyone - small factions have been killed by micromanagement or the lack of managers.
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Post by: Casimir on January 16, 2012, 08:54:54 pm
I still feel you've failed to understand the situation.  Your working under the premise that we were somehow coordinating with theses "UIF" factions.


As I've said our only agreement with the "UIF" is that of trade with the Grey order, their only support has been that. Other than that I fail to see how they were involved in the fight against Fallen/HRE.  I do agree that strategus has reached a bit of a stalemate, but the few people willing to actively partake in strategus will always govern to masses who only look to fight.  Most people are not going to plan to go to war, and expect to loose. That is why people cooperate against a common enemy.   Having fought the actual UIF in the first strat I'm more than aware of how powerful it is as an entity and realise the problems faced when fighting an overwhelming force.

Last round of strategus we were approached by a number of people involving us with the forces fighting LLJK. We found that unless you take a firm stance and a commanding role you will be vulnerable to treachery.  As such we chose to cooperate with those that we trusted and relied upon. our friends in the Wolves were an obvious first choice but some others did not wish to work with us, or simply ignored us.  All in all to have the ability to wage wars you have to survive, you need security. You call me a coward for not attacking an enemy which would vastly outnumber us, i just think its sensible.  Its not that a hard fight inst interesting, in fact the battles fought against HRE were highly enjoyable and showed excellent coordination by the defenders.

I really don't know who yo think you are to be analysing me personally, i've never spoken to you in person, i believe this thread is the first time i've ever replied to one of your posts.  So for you to judge my character and personality on the basis of a few forum posts really makes me question whether your insight is worth listening to.  I'm more than willing to have discussion with people who are reasonable and capable of not talking about individuals.  If you actually knew anything of how the Crusader alliance worked you'd know that i am not in charge at all, that we work via a council system and that our most active member is ryan.  Therefore to assess my character based off the actions of our entire alliance really does seem a little out of place.  I also take offence at being called Intellectually dishonest.  My only intent when posting on these forums is to express my opinion and hope to allow others to see things from my perspective.  I don't expect personal insults because of it.


I think you show a great ability to add up numbers garem, but expressing your opinion of my character really detracts from your points.  I'd like to offer the same advice that was given to me after the Templars had been defeated by UIF. Wait for the wipe, or do something about it.
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Post by: 22nd_King_Plazek on January 16, 2012, 08:58:34 pm


I think you show a great ability to add up numbers garem

 :lol:
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Post by: Xant on January 16, 2012, 09:01:31 pm
@ Tears of Destiny - http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#  & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaiSHcHM0PA  :lol:

I don't think taking a single town from an already destroyed faction that has no hope whatsoever to win counts as a proper war by ToD's definition, but who knows.
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 09:03:09 pm
@ Tears of Destiny - http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#  & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaiSHcHM0PA  :lol:

You seem to have difficulty understanding basic concepts:
I'm putting a quarter million down that we will not see any major wars break out in the next 24 hours.
seller: Harpag_the_Grey, offered item: stones, requestet gold: 250 000
Soon everyone will see how you keep your word.
I said major wars. If it lasts longer then a few skirmishes, and I see factions getting clobbered, then you shall get your 250,000 gold.

Picking on a faction or two and outnumbering them by 8 to 1 or some other rediculous number is not a major war.
You have my word that it will be a solid war
Curiosity satisfied, no surprises to be had.

Sorry, Harpag, but mopping up HRE's last remnants won't be much of a war. :rolleyes:
I don't think taking a single town from an already destroyed faction that has no hope whatsoever to win counts as a proper war by ToD's definition, but who knows.

Major Wars
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Post by: Casimir on January 16, 2012, 09:04:57 pm
Im sure he could just sell all the strat gold and get more then 1/4 of a mil tbh.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 09:10:04 pm
Im sure he could just sell all the strat gold and get more then 1/4 of a mil tbh.

*Shrugs*

My offer has almost 21 hours remaining if anyone cares to actually start something.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Osiris on January 16, 2012, 09:11:49 pm
"The Mercs? Goddamn! 35 of them held back a group of 600 players' combined economic and troop power for a week or so. Now that's impressive, goddamn legendary. Hats off to you, boys."

Damn I must have been sleep fighting again. I didnt realise my economic and troop power for an entire week just went to fight the mercs. guess I missed that part
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 16, 2012, 09:13:56 pm
Laugh it up UIF, laugh it up. UCBC Tears will sweep the battlefield in a great flood of whine.

Next strat you are finished!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 16, 2012, 09:16:28 pm
"The Mercs? Goddamn! 35 of them held back a group of 600 players' combined economic and troop power for a week or so. Now that's impressive, goddamn legendary. Hats off to you, boys."

Damn I must have been sleep fighting again. I didnt realise my economic and troop power for an entire week just went to fight the mercs. guess I missed that part

I think the Russians replaced our water hole with vodka, and then stole all our equipment and troops.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tot. on January 16, 2012, 09:18:04 pm
*Shrugs*

My offer has almost 21 hours remaining if anyone cares to actually start something.

So that you can talk your way out of paying next time too?

Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 09:21:14 pm
So that you can talk your way out of paying next time too?

I stated clearly what a major war is, and specifically said not a few skirmishes.

Everyone but you and the other Grey thinks this actually does not count. This is not me talking my way out of something, I did not say "A battle" I said a Major War, and so far everyone thinks they are agreeing with me in that your attack is just mop-up operations.

Is your grasp of the English Language so poor that you are not understanding my previous posts at all?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tot. on January 16, 2012, 09:27:19 pm
I guess you're not very familiar with - or just Fallens aren't since you got wiped - that gathering and equiping five and a half thousand troops takes shitload of time and effort, aka. it is major. I dont really care about your money, I just dislike it when people baldly claim something and whey they realize that they might actually have to back it up, well, they retract it instead and say that they didnt really mean it. Or something like that.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Xant on January 16, 2012, 09:27:26 pm
So that you can talk your way out of paying next time too?

Talk his way out? You really consider the whole Grey Order vs last town of HRE a major war? That's interesting, although I think you're underestimating your own faction.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 09:33:21 pm
Talk his way out? You really consider the whole Grey Order vs last town of HRE a major war? That's interesting, although I think you're underestimating your own faction.

This.

So...

20 Hours and 20-ish minutes remaining on my offer, oh-glorious Grey order.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Lepintoi on January 16, 2012, 09:37:10 pm
Harpag please attack us already, the few players we had that can actually fight don't play crpg anymore and the people who can sign up for us (without being afraid of angering you) have also lost interest...
Hurry!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: okiN on January 16, 2012, 09:40:11 pm
@ okiN - I disagree. Do not insult them because they are tough guys. I think it is still a serious opponent. Just look at the number of tickets condensed in one village and recall Emirin. Druzhina put a huge effort to suppress them.

That's all true, and a great credit to HRE. That doesn't make the outcome any less of a foregone conclusion, so it's still just a one-sided clean-up operation rather than a proper war. Hopefully there will be some fun battles anyway. :)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Kalp on January 16, 2012, 09:45:10 pm
You seem to have difficulty understanding basic concepts:
Major Wars
So you say that your ally HRE isn't a MAJOR and proud clan ? Good to know  :P
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 09:46:33 pm
That doesn't make the outcome any less of a foregone conclusion, so it's still just a one-sided clean-up operation rather than a proper war.

Tot disagrees, this is a serious, proper, major war. Tough times ahead!

Poor Greys, I hope you can pull through this bitter fight!
So you say that your ally HRE isn't a MAJOR and proud clan ? Good to know  :P
I'm saying The Gey order VS what is left of HRE is not a Major War.

Unless the Grey Order is Grossly incompetent, they are assured a win and won't even have to do more then this one battle.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 16, 2012, 10:00:58 pm
Who talking about one battle? You break the word, you have no honor ... blah blah blah  :wink:

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Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 16, 2012, 10:12:56 pm
I still feel you've failed to understand the situation.  Your working under the premise that we were somehow coordinating with theses "UIF" factions.

You're trading with them? If you're trading, you're not fighting.
That's, by very definition, coordination. Casimir, you're making this too easy for me.


As I've said our only agreement with the "UIF" is that of trade with the Grey order, their only support has been that. Other than that I fail to see how they were involved in the fight against Fallen/HRE.  I do agree that strategus has reached a bit of a stalemate, but the few people willing to actively partake in strategus will always govern to masses who only look to fight.

ARE the Grey, DRZ, both core-UIF and lackey-UIF (that plethora of clans that refuse to fight a decent war like yourself) the MASSES or not? Goddamn, you flip flop from saying "poor us, we're not that big despite what the numbers clearly say" to agreeing that you and your Non-aggression buddies are indeed as massive as everybody knows you are. You have MASSES of people. MASSES. Even if they only want to fight, they still make troops and trade goods. Stop pretending otherwise. Remember that term, intellectual dishonesty? Stop it.



Most people are not going to plan to go to war, and expect to loose. That is why people cooperate against a common enemy.   Having fought the actual UIF in the first strat I'm more than aware of how powerful it is as an entity and realise the problems faced when fighting an overwhelming force.

If you can't beat them, join them? Or just puss out and refuse to fight them? How exactly does your brain justify this nonsense when you argue that those who are significantly weaker than you are inferior for fighting against an enemy you refuse to fight, but they simply cannot defeat (again, look at the NUMBERS)?

Last round of strategus we were approached by a number of people involving us with the forces fighting LLJK. We found that unless you take a firm stance and a commanding role you will be vulnerable to treachery.  As such we chose to cooperate with those that we trusted and relied upon. our friends in the Wolves were an obvious first choice but some others did not wish to work with us, or simply ignored us.  All in all to have the ability to wage wars you have to survive, you need security. You call me a coward for not attacking an enemy which would vastly outnumber us, i just think its sensible.  Its not that a hard fight inst interesting, in fact the battles fought against HRE were highly enjoyable and showed excellent coordination by the defenders.

Please be more mindful and edit your posts for clarity. Yes, coalitions against larger opponents do work- especially with your coalition can outnumber them with only a clan or two such as the Strat 2.0, the counter-LLJK coalition.

So hear me one more time- LOOK. AT. THE. NUMBERS. Getting bigger than the UIF and its NAP forces is out of the question. Even the Grey Order ALONE is larger than LLJK.

So apply your own fucking logic. Form a coalition, and attack the Grey Order! That's essentially what you're telling everyone else to do. Grow a pair and bust a move you twit. Show me you can do it. I eagerly await to see your glorious crusade coalition fight the UIF. I double dog dare you.


I really don't know who yo think you are to be analysing me personally, i've never spoken to you in person, i believe this thread is the first time i've ever replied to one of your posts.  So for you to judge my character and personality on the basis of a few forum posts really makes me question whether your insight is worth listening to.  I'm more than willing to have discussion with people who are reasonable and capable of not talking about individuals.  If you actually knew anything of how the Crusader alliance worked you'd know that i am not in charge at all, that we work via a council system and that our most active member is ryan.  Therefore to assess my character based off the actions of our entire alliance really does seem a little out of place.  I also take offence at being called Intellectually dishonest.  My only intent when posting on these forums is to express my opinion and hope to allow others to see things from my perspective.  I don't expect personal insults because of it.

I am marginally regretful for personal attacks. I truly want to talk to you in person. Come over to Fallen Teamspeak sometime, I'd love to chat.

That being said, marginally regretful is all you'll get. I've seen what the Crusaders have done (and not done), and I know that you have strong influence in that circle. Based upon the glowing descriptions of your own logical justifications for your actions, it's still appalling. It's boring. Your "advice" is unabashedly riddled with hypocrisy, "I don't want to lose by fighting them when I know I can't win!", "You should go do 'this or that' and then you'll beat them!"

Do you even realize it? You're so defensive about your actions, you've blinded yourself to the abundant failures of the political maneuvers that have turned a potentially awesome game - Strategus - into a nitwit's bargain of who can shake the most hands and avoid fighting until the numbers are overwhelming. And then, you expect us to be impressed?

We're not. Because that's lame as shit. I stick by my guns, rude as it may have been. You're unimpressive and intellectually dishonest. Prove me wrong.


I think you show a great ability to add up numbers garem, but expressing your opinion of my character really detracts from your points.  I'd like to offer the same advice that was given to me after the Templars had been defeated by UIF. Wait for the wipe, or do something about it.

Again. "Wait for the wipe" is a lot less fun than playing a game where wars and intrigue are abundant. Where power actually SHIFTS from time to time. The UIF was founded in 2010. They've been singing kumbaya together ever since.

When I'm wrong, I'll admit it. Maybe I tip toe the bounds of decency, but I will not yield my honesty to civility.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 16, 2012, 10:14:27 pm
You break the word, you have no honor ... blah blah blah  :wink:

Nah, pretty sure my standards have yet to be met  :)

Besides, hard to see you Greys from my cloudy and oh-so-lofty pedestal built on the skeletons of your 100 CD Key fiasco.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Goretooth on January 16, 2012, 10:26:34 pm
Nah, pretty sure my standards have yet to be met  :)

Besides, hard to see you Greys from my cloudy and oh-so-lofty pedestal built on the skeletons of your 100 CD Key fiasco.
atop the thousand fallen bodies from the carpet bomb raid too?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 16, 2012, 10:36:34 pm
atop the thousand fallen bodies from the carpet bomb raid too?

Those were brave men standing up to wizards like that, how dare you
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: [ptx] on January 16, 2012, 10:38:28 pm
Once upon a time the Templars and their bitches held all of Western Calradia, we ended that. Maybe you should act and not whine.

As for your nonsensical claims with regards to the size of the Templars I find it hilarious. The Templar clan is nothing compared to the size it was back in its heyday they do not have 100 members anymore. Cut the shit.
Aww, Plazek, people aren't that naive, you CAN'T compare that one to this. Templar "bloc" was big, but they didn't fight. Hell, they just laid down and died, as mercs, then searaiders, then 22nd, then others went and carved up their lands one by one, with most of their "allies" switching sides without much fighting. Disappointing - yes, challenging - no.
And even if they hadn't, they really didn't have those numbers. Back then strategus required a more active participation from people and Templars were bloated with cheap recruits, most of whom didn't really take any part in Strat. The rest of their bloc was much smaller clans. Combined, your alliance, even before their bloc split, could actually have had more members.
But that is just too inconvenient to remember, right?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: oohillac on January 16, 2012, 10:39:03 pm
...If you want a lot of fight[ing] - cRPG servers are open around the clock. If you are interested in tactics - you're the commander, and if you are interested in economics and politics - Strategus is right for you. I do not feel responsible for the overall picture of the game - my role is to make my faction was powerful militarily and economically. It is very easy, therefore philosophical discussion seems unnecessary...

This is a very valid point, I think.  That is why I play cRPG and largely ignore/only craft in Strat: because I prefer the immediacy of cRPG.

Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Beauchamp on January 16, 2012, 11:04:49 pm
I said 1 year ago that we should give up all our fiefs, become true fallens (bandints), make raids only for fun and leave big wars for others (not that i'd believe any real big war would ever happen) :o)

If you cant change other peoples way of thinking than its always better to change your way of playing the game to find some fun. At least its better than complaining on forums that you fight wars you since beginning can't win.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 16, 2012, 11:10:38 pm
You're trading with them? If you're trading, you're not fighting.
That's, by very definition, coordination. Casimir, you're making this too easy for me.


ARE the Grey, DRZ, both core-UIF and lackey-UIF (that plethora of clans that refuse to fight a decent war like yourself) the MASSES or not? Goddamn, you flip flop from saying "poor us, we're not that big despite what the numbers clearly say" to agreeing that you and your Non-aggression buddies are indeed as massive as everybody knows you are. You have MASSES of people. MASSES. Even if they only want to fight, they still make troops and trade goods. Stop pretending otherwise. Remember that term, intellectual dishonesty? Stop it.



If you can't beat them, join them? Or just puss out and refuse to fight them? How exactly does your brain justify this nonsense when you argue that those who are significantly weaker than you are inferior for fighting against an enemy you refuse to fight, but they simply cannot defeat (again, look at the NUMBERS)?

Please be more mindful and edit your posts for clarity. Yes, coalitions against larger opponents do work- especially with your coalition can outnumber them with only a clan or two such as the Strat 2.0, the counter-LLJK coalition.

So hear me one more time- LOOK. AT. THE. NUMBERS. Getting bigger than the UIF and its NAP forces is out of the question. Even the Grey Order ALONE is larger than LLJK.

So apply your own fucking logic. Form a coalition, and attack the Grey Order! That's essentially what you're telling everyone else to do. Grow a pair and bust a move you twit. Show me you can do it. I eagerly await to see your glorious crusade coalition fight the UIF. I double dog dare you.


I am marginally regretful for personal attacks. I truly want to talk to you in person. Come over to Fallen Teamspeak sometime, I'd love to chat.

That being said, marginally regretful is all you'll get. I've seen what the Crusaders have done (and not done), and I know that you have strong influence in that circle. Based upon the glowing descriptions of your own logical justifications for your actions, it's still appalling. It's boring. Your "advice" is unabashedly riddled with hypocrisy, "I don't want to lose by fighting them when I know I can't win!", "You should go do 'this or that' and then you'll beat them!"

Do you even realize it? You're so defensive about your actions, you've blinded yourself to the abundant failures of the political maneuvers that have turned a potentially awesome game - Strategus - into a nitwit's bargain of who can shake the most hands and avoid fighting until the numbers are overwhelming. And then, you expect us to be impressed?

We're not. Because that's lame as shit. I stick by my guns, rude as it may have been. You're unimpressive and intellectually dishonest. Prove me wrong.


Again. "Wait for the wipe" is a lot less fun than playing a game where wars and intrigue are abundant. Where power actually SHIFTS from time to time. The UIF was founded in 2010. They've been singing kumbaya together ever since.

When I'm wrong, I'll admit it. Maybe I tip toe the bounds of decency, but I will not yield my honesty to civility.

I'm no massive fan of splicing post apart, probably why my post aren't as clear as you'd like.  I am mindful of what i say, but as you i speak only my mind.  I have no need to defend my actions as all i have done is ride the wave.  My factions aim is to get as much land as possible in strategus, and hold it, whether via war or diplomacy. You say you want to see the power shift, but surely that power shift would mean that you and your supporters would become more influential and be established as the next power bloc.  It seems your only real aim is to make war, but having lost one many of your members have lost interest in strategus, making you incapable of doing so. If your success is so closely tied to your interest i'd say your aims are very similar to mine. 

I also believe you've misinterpreted me when in referred to those in charge dictation to the masses. This was more of a comment on how my own faction operates, as i'm sure is the case for many, rather than my comments on the strategus diplomatic scene.

I'll also be a tad more specific on what i mean when i say coordinate.  None of the "UIF" attacked Fallen/HRE.  None of their resources, none of their troops, none of their members.  The attack was planned and carried out by the desert alliance alone. Our aim was to destroy you to gain lands for ourselves. So that we may spread our influence as you have done.

You seem to regard cautious competence as a vice and and aimless aggression as a virtue.  Something which i would disagree with. I doubt i'll get much more back other than being accused of being intellectually dishonest, which is ripe considering your highly biased perspective on the situation. Extensive discussion of this subject will bring little of gain to me, although im sure it will help to reassure your opinions of myself, and for you to restate teh fact you got beaten by a larger force of players.  If you wish to discuss the past events of strategus or expand your knowledge of my diverse and interesting character feel free to contact me. 

All in all, strategus is strategus.  There's probably gunna be a big bad guy, who holds most of the land and other people wont like him.
I'd listen to the wise words from your founder.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Mannhammer on January 16, 2012, 11:51:49 pm
It's pretty clear the core of the UIF (DRZ, Grey, Legio and 22nd) have never and will never go to war with each other.
So, out of curiosity, why haven't you all joined together into one faction like BRD, Corns and Cavaliers did with FCC?
There are some big advantages to it. For example: Moving of resources around the map is much easier because you don't have to enable trades. Plus all the faction/equipment info is easily accessible when grouped together. 

There is no troll here. Just wondering what advantage you gain, if any, for remaining a confederacy?


Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 17, 2012, 12:06:04 am
Besides, hard to see you Greys from my cloudy and oh-so-lofty pedestal built on the skeletons of your 100 CD Key fiasco.

We all have our skeletons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLxHJY0lQI&feature=related

dont judge
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 17, 2012, 12:10:43 am
We all have our skeletons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLxHJY0lQI&feature=related

dont judge

We have fewer skeletons, and I don't hide them, and I shall judge.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Spleen on January 17, 2012, 12:11:21 am
We all have our skeletons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLxHJY0lQI&feature=related

dont judge

Damn Umbra, you missed the pun by 2 hrs...
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Peppovitch on January 17, 2012, 12:54:28 am
Same people complaining about the same stuff.   All these clans that you claim are allied are really not.  There is just no reason to for all of us to fight each other when whiners and cheaters are still on the map.

Quit complaining about being too weak to stand up to the people you pissed off.  Become stronger and do something about it.  Or quit.  Nobody really cares what you trolls decide to do.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Nebun on January 17, 2012, 01:02:20 am
while i was admin, i've had an early look at the interface :) and the number was different back then, i think only fallen was about 97 members, but i guess most of them quit :) same for other factions on your list. Strong get their ranks padded and weak shrink in size.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Jambi on January 17, 2012, 01:17:39 am
me hugging Plazek and friends :)

You imply in wanting to hug me ?  :wink:

Ide rather hug TommmYyY instead :-(
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Overdriven on January 17, 2012, 01:35:46 am
Quit complaining about being too weak to stand up to the people you pissed off.  Become stronger and do something about it.  Or quit.  Nobody really cares what you trolls decide to do.

Evidently you care...

Most of my issues lie in item costing. GK would have been able to do more if we had been able to afford horses sometime before we were pushed out the area. Fact is the amount of time it took us to get any substantial number of horses, combined with that equipment bug which took waaaay to long to fix, meant that we just didn't want to fight. 1 fight would have meant another month or more saving up again for more horses. The problem with being an all cav clan during a strat version which makes horses an extreme rarity.

The fact that neither we, nor any of our allies (or most of the clans this strat) could afford horses, just meant we lost interest as soon as things started going badly. Because without horses all of our players are near useless in a fight. Now the only ones of us left playing strat are in bandit groups.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 17, 2012, 02:18:40 am
You imply in wanting to hug me ?  :wink:

Ide rather hug TommmYyY instead :-(

you failed to read what i wrote :P


Evidently you care...

Most of my issues lie in item costing. GK would have been able to do more if we had been able to afford horses sometime before we were pushed out the area. Fact is the amount of time it took us to get any substantial number of horses, combined with that equipment bug which took waaaay to long to fix, meant that we just didn't want to fight. 1 fight would have meant another month or more saving up again for more horses. The problem with being an all cav clan during a strat version which makes horses an extreme rarity.

The fact that neither we, nor any of our allies (or most of the clans this strat) could afford horses, just meant we lost interest as soon as things started going badly. Because without horses all of our players are near useless in a fight. Now the only ones of us left playing strat are in bandit groups.

I'd also agree, our earlier fights against GK were riddled with bugs and problems, telly did detract from the value of it all.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Mannhammer on January 17, 2012, 03:11:06 am
There is just no reason to for all of us to fight each other when whiners and cheaters are still on the map.

Ahhh so your planning on attacking cheaters. Looks like the crusaders are coming for the Grey Order after all.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Troyicide on January 17, 2012, 03:14:50 am
When fallen gets booted out of there claims there is one thing certain.


They QQ ;(:::::
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Count_Curtis on January 17, 2012, 03:18:12 am
When fallen gets booted out of there claims there is one thing certain.


They QQ ;(:::::

O hey troyicide.

Hows it goin pal
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Xant on January 17, 2012, 03:34:40 am
Stop! English lesson time!

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tibe on January 17, 2012, 03:46:09 am
I had an idea. You decide if its good or stupid  :rolleyes:

http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,24249.new.html#new
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gristle on January 17, 2012, 04:08:00 am
I think I'm the only FCC member still moving around the map that hasn't dropped faction. My One Man Army will put fear into anyone traveling with 3 troops or less! (can't attack someone unless you have 33% of their army after all)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 08:11:31 am
When fallen gets booted out of there claims there is one thing certain.


They QQ ;(:::::

Oh like you guys haven't QQ-ed at all when we were at war?  :lol:
There was massive QQ and silly excuses every time you lost from you guys pretty much every day then. RETARD THE SERVER. lmao

Atleast we have a real reason to whine. Many agree. The others are socially retarded people like DRZ, Grey, Hospitaller with a few monglos like Paul, Fluffy_Muffin and so on, who are simply too blind to see the flaws of this game and would rather play easy mode (or idle apparently) all the time. Fuck the community, right?

Have your Strat, I have my Rageball. /pats Wilson
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Huey Newton on January 17, 2012, 09:01:51 am
I think I'm the only FCC member still moving around the map that hasn't dropped faction. My One Man Army will put fear into anyone traveling with 3 troops or less! (can't attack someone unless you have 33% of their army after all)

NOOO mee

I still check on the strat page once a day and then realize its boring as fuck.

 :oops:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gnjus on January 17, 2012, 09:15:46 am
I said 1 year ago that we should give up all our fiefs, become true fallens (bandints), make raids only for fun and leave big wars for others (not that i'd believe any real big war would ever happen) :o)

We became Bandits for exactly the same reason and my idea of us in Strat was raiding & pillaging for fun without any excessive diplomacy but unfortunately the game mechanics don't permit such gameplay yet. Can't play without fiefs, can't play without sufficient numbers on your roster & can't play if you don't have allies.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Xinot on January 17, 2012, 09:25:55 am
Strategus just needs to be faster(3x - 5x?) and reset every 2 months or so. Would also make it easier to see some trade caravans and bandits and both still be profitable without support of a big faction. More Sieges, More huge field battles (like in the old days). Also I don't think it would be that much work to just change the speed.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 09:28:39 am
Strategus just needs to be faster(3x - 5x?) and reset every 2 months or so. Would also make it easier to see some trade caravans and bandits and both still be profitable without support of a big faction. More Sieges, More huge field battles (like in the old days). Also I don't think it would be that much work to just change the speed.

What Strat needs (in addition to being faster) is being less number dependant. There's already a ton of good suggestion threads on how to fix that.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tomas_of_Miles on January 17, 2012, 10:38:53 am
Strat needs the ability to delegate control over lower rank members by the higher rank members, i.e. allow leaders/lieutenants to move their lower ranking members, and make them craft things and transfer them. This would let everyone be coordinated.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Osiris on January 17, 2012, 11:42:12 am
meh just let fallen win. They will only clutter up the forums with mass QQ if they are met with any resistance
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Beauchamp on January 17, 2012, 11:46:47 am
We became Bandits for exactly the same reason and my idea of us in Strat was raiding & pillaging for fun without any excessive diplomacy but unfortunately the game mechanics don't permit such gameplay yet. Can't play without fiefs, can't play without sufficient numbers on your roster & can't play if you don't have allies.

I admit I have no idea on how the Strategus works now, but even long time ago if you'd give up on being important it still would be possible to organize a raid from time to time against weaker enemies (of course you'd need sbdy to sell you a few troops, but on the other hand it was not a problem to equip them well and have some fight just for fun on your terms).

There was some suggestion about bandit lairs for fiefless factions if I remember correctly, I guess it was not implemented.

If there is problem with numbers, maybe it would be worth it to reduce number of players in strategus battles a bit. Not that I'd like the fights with less people, but if it causes problem for those that don't have that many people, maybe it could work.
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Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 12:02:16 pm
If there is problem with numbers, maybe it would be worth it to reduce number of players in strategus battles a bit. Not that I'd like the fights with less people, but if it causes problem for those that don't have that many people, maybe it could work.

Problems is with the amount of people who can craft/farm gold/troops, not the people in battle. Ofcourse most of the carebears don't see/don't care about that since they have the number advantage and are playing easymode.

Most of the idiots in here ofcourse believe that this is all baseless QQ or just generally have no clue what the whine is about. Osiris is the most recent example ^.

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Post by: Tomas on January 17, 2012, 12:46:44 pm
Strat's main problem is that there is no cap on what you can have, and the more clan members you have willing to just craft the quicker you will gain resources.

This means that a faction with 50 people will constantly out grow a clan with 40 members.

Why is this a problem? - because Strat becomes a race over the first month and the following 5 months are just mopping up.  Once a clan falls behind they cannot catch up and new clans have no room to enter the game except as Vassals/Friends of the leading clans.

What can be done?
1) Cap troop numbers.  A simple 100 troops max per person system with a Single Player style reinforcing system would make a big difference.  The biggest clans/alliances would still be the most powerful, but at least a smaller clan with a higher % of active players would be able to put more troops in the field.  Fief ownership could boost an individuals max troops to give a good reason for taking all fiefs and not just villages. 

2) Remove the ability to buy the higher tier equipment from the AI and make those items craftable only.  Since troops are limited by #1 then equipment levels will be higher in general, making that higher level equipment only available to crafters limits the gear to a reasonable level and also encourages independent crafters to sell their equipment on Town marketplaces.

3) Remove personal goods production and instead make people craft goods that can only be sold on a fief marketplace so that any trader can come in and buy them.  This makes trading available to everybody and also means traders will make more trade runs instead of having to spend a week crafting in between each trip.  More trade runs = more opportunities to raid.  This idea also means that goods crafting efficiency penalties can be removed from the game and clans will welcome tax paying randomers to their fiefs.  A 1 week cooldown between goods price changes will prevent exploit and if you wanted to make this a bit more fun you could let the crafters "build houses" in fiefs and then upgrade them for e-peen reasons.  To enable easier prediciton of how this will work in strat, I would remove goods crafting costs from the game but up the min visiitng fees to 10 gold. Its 1 less random factor to think about.  The current goods price/prosperity system would still be used to determine selling prices, so crafters in the remote corner villages will know that their goods will sell for upto 150 gold and will price accordingly.  Of course every crafter will want to be setting up their so competition for prices will be pretty high.

The above 3 changes are pretty simple to add to strat but would make a big difference in creating a stable global economy that is accessible to all, whilst rewarding activity over inactivity on the military side of things.  They changes don't really address the Mega alliances directly but they will definitely make it easier for clans to hold onto their lands as it will take a much more coordinated attack to displace them.

Personally, I would prefer more drastic changes to Strat such as the AI kingdoms ideas that have been presented, but this at least is a step in the right direction.

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Post by: Osiris on January 17, 2012, 12:54:36 pm
Problems is with the amount of people who can craft/farm gold/troops, not the people in battle. Ofcourse most of the carebears don't see/don't care about that since they have the number advantage and are playing easymode.

Most of the idiots in here ofcourse believe that this is all baseless QQ or just generally have no clue what the whine is about. Osiris is the most recent example ^.

considering the size of your clan in recent strat versions then your QQ about numbers is just funny
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Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 17, 2012, 01:17:13 pm
considering the size of your clan in recent strat versions then your QQ about numbers is just funny

As far as I am aware in strat, the fallen generally picked fights with opponents the same size as them, whereas this strat even if you claim you arnt all siding with each other I'm pretty sure most clans that had any success this strat outnumbered whoever they were warring against quite drastically. You can call it a matter of picking your fights, but in the same sense no one thinks its cool for a 20 year old guy to pick on a 5 year old :P
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Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 01:24:18 pm
considering the size of your clan in recent strat versions then your QQ about numbers is just funny

Check the first few posts in this thread then come talking about numbers again.
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Post by: Osiris on January 17, 2012, 01:39:45 pm
so in the past the fallen have never been massive and have never attacked smaller clans? I call BS on that
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Post by: [ptx] on January 17, 2012, 01:43:52 pm
Templars have been massive and attacked smaller clans and done so with great pompousness and all, what does it matter now?
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Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 01:50:55 pm
so in the past the fallen have never been massive and have never attacked smaller clans? I call BS on that

Don't know, but we sure as hell haven't made peace with 3/4 of EU and dominated the map making it impossible to play as a small and/or independent clan.

You guys killed EU Strat. What now, you guys gonna fight each other? Gonna believe that when I see it. Most likely it will be idling until Strat reset. And then rinse repeat until devs actually change the core mechanics.
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Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 17, 2012, 02:01:27 pm
so in the past the fallen have never been massive and have never attacked smaller clans? I call BS on that

For as long as I have played strat, I only remember fallens having a major war with the northern alliance, which was roughly the same size :P Maybe in strat v1 they had (I honestly dont know) but that was so long ago :P They have never from what I have seen attacked say a 40 man clan (mercs) + rag tag remnants (lets say 40 and be generous) with 100 DRZ + Crusader Alliance + others I cant remember the whole list but I think Ravens had some part and they are another 40 :P

I get it that some people want to be successful in strat and one way is via economy but strategus is a mod for a game with one of the best combat mechanics around atm. Why would you waste that quality by playing overlords and only ever mopping up small factions, there is no real challenge and imo no real fun in it. I like the idea that if I choose to go to war, there is a good chance I could lose and that the stakes are high, not that I have pretty much won this cause even if this army dies the rest of my allies will step in before I can get counter attacked. If it was a real life war I could understand but this is a game that was made for battling factions, not trading lords and ladies :P

And as an extra just to cover my back from a GK angle, yes we were vassals to the Fallen last 2 strats. Why?

- we are an all cav clan and when we started strat we had 14 or so active players, we needed an infantry bulk and fallen had that
- No small clans ever fight in strategus they all have big bad brothers so we needed one
- After realising the redundancy of cavalry in strat v3 and the fact that the course of banditry is no long term solution (24 hour lockdowns, lack of villages) we had no choice but to help our friends out in a war they were struggling with.

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Post by: Casimir on January 17, 2012, 02:16:13 pm
Strat 1.0 fallen repeatidly attacked smaller factions who established near their borders ir their allies. E.g. Hospitallers.

Strat 2.0 fallen ally with FCC and TKoV to attack the NE, which basically became a mopping up operation considering the force of numbers. Fallen then only continued to do war by proxy iirc.

Strat 3.0 fallen are defeated by alliance of Crusaders, Wolves, Hospitaller and Occitain.
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Post by: Nebun on January 17, 2012, 02:35:24 pm
Oh like you guys haven't QQ-ed at all when we were at war?  :lol:
There was massive QQ and silly excuses every time you lost from you guys pretty much every day then. RETARD THE SERVER. lmao

Atleast we have a real reason to whine. Many agree. The others are socially retarded people like DRZ, Grey, Hospitaller with a few monglos like Paul, Fluffy_Muffin and so on, who are simply too blind to see the flaws of this game and would rather play easy mode (or idle apparently) all the time. Fuck the community, right?

Have your Strat, I have my Rageball. /pats Wilson

How can u be so stupid :) Idiotic comments like yours making clans u piss off get closer together so they could wipe u over and over :)
Can you hope for diplomacy reset after next strat wipe? :)) I don't think Mercs, Fallen or FCC will ever get their diplomacy reset with us.

Respect to HRE for not crying.
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Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 02:46:02 pm
How can u be so stupid :) Idiotic comments like yours making clans u piss off get closer together so they could wipe u over and over :)
Can you hope for diplomacy reset after next strat wipe? :)) I don't think Mercs, Fallen or FCC will ever get their diplomacy reset with us.

Respect to HRE for not crying.

Don't care about that to be honest. It's up to the devs to change the game, you guys have shown over and over that you would do anything to win the easiest way, even if it means breaking it completely for others.
On top of that, what makes you think we'd like to be friends with you?  :lol:
You guys can bond as much as you want, but since having a number advantage is a clear indication of victory in Strat, wipes and wins you do are meaningless to anyone who has a brain.

In short, /care.

PS: Your diplomacy reset button worked great for Strat 3.0
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Post by: Gristle on January 17, 2012, 03:12:46 pm
I don't think Mercs, Fallen or FCC will ever get their diplomacy reset with us.

You don't think so? What can we do to remove all doubt?
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Post by: BlindGuy on January 17, 2012, 03:13:32 pm
Templars have been massive and attacked smaller clans and done so with great pompousness and all, what does it matter now?

But God willed that.
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Post by: Xinot on January 17, 2012, 03:22:34 pm
so more people shouldnt be able to produce more?
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Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 03:23:06 pm
so more people shouldnt be able to produce more?

Exactly.
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Post by: Xinot on January 17, 2012, 03:27:28 pm
Doesn't make any sense. I see your point, but the suggestion with caps on troop numbers would be a good solution. Also gief moar speed.
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Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 03:31:21 pm
Doesn't make any sense. I see your point, but the suggestion with caps on troop numbers would be a good solution. Also gief moar speed.

Why wouldn't it make sense or I might even ask why would it need to make sense in this case? Take your time and read through a few suggestions threads covering this.
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Post by: Gnjus on January 17, 2012, 04:03:41 pm
so more people shouldnt be able to produce more?

More people SHOULD produce more but not THAT MUCH MORE that it means an automatic win for 'em just because of numbers. A tricky one, yes but maybe there's a solution. Let's have faith in our dear developers and help in the only useful way:

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Post by: BlindGuy on January 17, 2012, 04:08:29 pm
More people SHOULD produce more but not THAT MUCH MORE that it means an automatic win for 'em just because of numbers. A tricky one, yes but maybe there's a solution. Let's have faith in our dear developers and help in the only useful way:

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More ppl SHOULD produce more, and numbers should always get wins. This isnt Final Fantasy, its a game based in reality. Maybe your super-superior attitude and your lack of social graces SHOULD mean noone wants to help you?
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Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 17, 2012, 04:16:54 pm
More ppl SHOULD produce more, and numbers should always get wins. This isnt Final Fantasy, its a game based in reality. Maybe your super-superior attitude and your lack of social graces SHOULD mean noone wants to help you?

Realism doesnt matter in c-RPG, never has done and never will do :P

We need a tier system where clans come under certain tiers and the tier you occupy is what determines your army size and economic output. That seems reasonable, then the biggest clans can all have the same output while the smaller clans can war due to similar output. restrict excessive trading between clans and then equal ground can be found, ofc no doubt the clans of strategus will worm their way round this, devs can only do so much but they cannot limit clans desire to win by any means possible :P
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Post by: Xinot on January 17, 2012, 04:23:13 pm
so basically split big clans in smaller clans and still act as one... ^^
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Post by: BlindGuy on January 17, 2012, 04:25:08 pm
Realism doesnt matter in c-RPG, never has done and never will do :P


True, it doesnt. If it did, lances would be sheathable while on horseback (as they were), bucklers wouldnt suck arrows out of the air, and polearms would not be able to outspam 1handers while they both facehug. Also feinting with greatswords would make you drop your weapon as your wrists selfdestruct, being run over by a horse would insta-kill plate armoured guys, plate wearers would be almost immobile after 5 minutes, bows would be able to block, or sticks would not, katana's would shatter all the time...etc. Why they implememted slot system is a game so unrelated to realistic possibilities is beyond me.
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Post by: RamsesXXIIX on January 17, 2012, 04:27:28 pm
Strat 1.0 fallen repeatidly attacked smaller factions who established near their borders ir their allies. E.g. Hospitallers.

Strat 2.0 fallen ally with FCC and TKoV to attack the NE, which basically became a mopping up operation considering the force of numbers. Fallen then only continued to do war by proxy iirc.

Strat 3.0 fallen are defeated by alliance of Crusaders, Wolves, Hospitaller and Occitain.

I think your memory fails you Casimir.

We were in a similar situation like you... The UIF was the most powerful faction in Calradia (Having just crushed the templars), and we were the only major power left that would have any chance of defeating them, just like you are now.

What did we do? We launched a full-scale attack on them, since we decided we did not want to part of the reason why Strat v1 was growing stale. Our attack failed miserably though, but we did get what we wanted: Action and fun times. The DRZ has hated us ever since, the reason why still eludes me. (Even though there has been multiple diplomatic "resets" or whatever they call them, they don't have any meaning)

Do you also remember our attack on Sarimish and Grunwalder castle? Back in your territory?

About Strat v2:
The reason why it became a mobbing operation was the incredibly foolish actions commited by the NE (Sorry guys, but there was some really bad mistakes there) IE: Not defending villages, using all forces on a few villages and then losing it all due to spawn capture, Leaders quitting etc. AND the fact that DRZ intervened as well. The DRZ forces quickly made the fight senseless.

The later fights with the DRZ was fun though :)

I think i need to make one important statement here: The opinions expressed by individual members of the Brigade express just that: individual opinions. It is not the opinion of the whole Brigade, so do not judge the Brigade as a group based on the statements of individuals. Thank you.
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Post by: Gnjus on January 17, 2012, 04:42:40 pm
More ppl SHOULD produce more, and numbers should always get wins. This isnt Final Fantasy, its a game based in reality. Maybe your super-superior attitude and your lack of social graces SHOULD mean noone wants to help you?

Listen asshole, we're talking about balance here, not about having friends. I'm one of the loudest realism lobbysts around here but in Strategos there needs to be some kinda of a numbers over time balance because if there isn't any then we don't even need to enter it, just proclaim the winners (clan or alliance with biggest numbers) and cut the crap.
Other than that - i don't need a fresh random moron to tell me about my social skills & attitudes in this game, crawl back to your shithole and bugger off.

Edit: oh and just to make it clear: I'm not saying that the game should be made so that small clan of 20 people can "Win Strategos" on their own, its not gonna happen and it shouldn't but the game should at least be playable for them without getting ganked in 2 days and having to kiss big-boys asses to survive longer then that.
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Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 17, 2012, 04:45:43 pm
Listen asshole, we're talking about balance here, not about having friends. I'm one of the loudest realism lobbysts around here but in Strategos there needs to be some kinda of a numbers over time balance because if there isn't any then we don't even need to enter it, just proclaim the winners (clan or alliance with biggest numbers) and cut the crap.
Other than that - i don't need a fresh random moron to tell me about my social skills & attitudes in this game, crawl back to your shithole and bugger off.

Ah I wuv woo so much Gnjus <3
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Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 17, 2012, 04:56:13 pm
so in the past the fallen have never been massive and have never attacked smaller clans? I call BS on that

ATS in the northern alliance had an equal amount of members that we did, if not more, not even counting the rest of the alliance nor our helping allies. It was pretty well matched at first.
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Post by: Nessaj on January 17, 2012, 04:57:46 pm
A cap on how many troops a unit (character) can carry wouldn't be a bad idea.

Just like in any RTS you can only lump X amount of troops into 1 unit.

Perhaps by allowing several characters to 'group/follow' (become a warband) they would combine their troops into 1 army for attacking, with a cap on that army as well.

Now this wouldn't mean bigger clans still don't have an advantage, but at least the battles would be more equal if there's a cap on troops, and everyone would have to attack in waves or at least coordinate their first major offensive well.

Not saying it is perfect as is but definitely an idea to play around with IMO.
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Post by: Beauchamp on January 17, 2012, 05:14:59 pm
what weird mechanics would strategus have to have if you'd want to have any chance in a game where most of major clans decide to work together in a pursue for world domination against minority that are willing to oppose?

i mean if it is fun for them and they decide to wipe us easily out (and why would they leave us in the end if we stand in their way), we can only accept it.

and since i don't see any strategus would be any different, i'm totally down for going to be bandints only, even if it would mean we would fight with 50 men armies in some shitty desert at the map edge trying to rob a crate of rocks from gnjus. still it will be better fun than the current state.
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Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 17, 2012, 05:19:33 pm
oops doublepost
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Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 17, 2012, 05:22:58 pm
Oh like you guys haven't QQ-ed at all when we were at war?  :lol:
There was massive QQ and silly excuses every time you lost from you guys pretty much every day then. RETARD THE SERVER. lmao

Atleast we have a real reason to whine. Many agree. The others are socially retarded people like DRZ, Grey, Hospitaller with a few monglos like Paul, Fluffy_Muffin and so on, who are simply too blind to see the flaws of this game and would rather play easy mode (or idle apparently) all the time. Fuck the community, right?

Have your Strat, I have my Rageball. /pats Wilson

I perfectly understand the flaws of strategus, i just repy here because i find it the ultimate hipocricy when you QQ soooo fucking much about being wiped by a bigass alliance this when we ALL know that you would do the same fucking thing to smaller factions in your vicinity.

I dont get it, i seriously dont get it. What is this all about. Why do you whine so much? Lets say you won and wiped wolves, hospitaller. More land for you and YOUR allies. Then you, and your allies would expand even more, because as we all agree more battles more fun yes? Then you would wipe some more factions. OFCOURSE you wouldnt attack your fucking friends, so not atacking your allies and expanding you would be the biggas fucking carebears, THE REASON START IS BROKEN. Dont you understand this??? The only reason you arent the ones branded carebear biggass unbeatable alliance is because you got beaten by a bigger one. So stop being a fucking hypocrite already and prepare for the future battles instead of GTXting from strat
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Post by: Osiris on January 17, 2012, 05:28:40 pm
IF you want smaller clans to have the same power as bigger clans then erm strat isnt for you. go and play more 5 vs 5 tournaments or something. In war games numbers count. you cant get rid of that.

Its the way of all war games like this. Bigger Kingdoms/Clans/Countries have more power and small ones use diplomacy and trade and opportunity/back hand deals to gain power and land.
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Post by: Beauchamp on January 17, 2012, 05:36:24 pm
IF you want smaller clans to have the same power as bigger clans then erm strat isnt for you. go and play more 5 vs 5 tournaments or something. In war games numbers count. you cant get rid of that.

Its the way of all war games like this. Bigger Kingdoms/Clans/Countries have more power and small ones use diplomacy and trade and opportunity/back hand deals to gain power and land.

i agree, this is the 1st reasonable comment from you :o)
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Post by: BlindGuy on January 17, 2012, 05:40:08 pm
i agree, this is the 1st reasonable comment from you :o)

Guess you dont read much then...
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Post by: Overdriven on January 17, 2012, 05:44:46 pm
IF you want smaller clans to have the same power as bigger clans then erm strat isnt for you. go and play more 5 vs 5 tournaments or something. In war games numbers count. you cant get rid of that.

Its the way of all war games like this. Bigger Kingdoms/Clans/Countries have more power and small ones use diplomacy and trade and opportunity/back hand deals to gain power and land.

Not only numbers count. Quality also counts. Quantity often means lower quality in countless examples of warfare. This can apply to both skill and equipment. In strat having good quality equipment is an utter waste of time. It's expensiveness, and the fact it can easily be countered even by lower quality equipment, means that there is no incentive for small clans to focus on producing a highly effective, well equipped, but relatively small force. Whilst there is huge incentive for producing big peasant armies that can steam roll everything, hence why big clans have an extreme advantage over even medium sized clans, because they can produce far more peasant armies far faster.

I know the crafting skill should have gone some way to helping this, but this strat items were to expensive even with crafting skills and then a mixture of bugs and the fact that good equipment doesn't warrant the effort as it doesn't provide you with as much of an advantage as you think, and numbers count for everything.
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Post by: Gnjus on January 17, 2012, 05:48:07 pm
i agree, this is the 1st reasonable comment from you :o)

Even Templars get it right from time to time.  :twisted:

But he didn't mention a situation where not all the smaller clans want "power & land" for themselves. Maybe some would like to participate without having 50 000 troops and 15 fiefs ? I, for example, would like to have 300 well equiped men without owning a fief, because it fits our role-play and we want to do a raid or two, depending on our members activity which is not too big when it comes to scheduled events. Can i do it ? Maybe in the beginning when fiefs are empty but as soon as everything is taken its impossible because everyone skins you with fees in villages/towns/castles and you can't move anywhere without someone's permission or you get ganked. Bandits aside - there are many smaller clans with existence ideas of their own, maybe I'm being too demanding & unrealistic with this but in that case it should be stated clear from the start: "Proceed, Hero, into the Terror's Lair and know that you need to kiss a lot of devilish asses or you won't live long and prosperous." That way we'll know that we need to join DRZ if we want to do anything, I just started to learn the basics of Russian and i think i might become a good friend with them.  :wink:
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Post by: Beauchamp on January 17, 2012, 05:48:13 pm
Guess you dont read much then...

who the fuck are you?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gnjus on January 17, 2012, 05:50:24 pm
who the fuck are you?

Some random asshole who just recently popped out of nowhere and started to throw his wisdom around, as if he was a Hybrid of Keshian & ToD.
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Post by: Osiris on January 17, 2012, 05:50:50 pm
hes just a guy raging in every single thread :D

I dont really play strat anyway. I used too untill i took a sword on the chest :o (that guy is much cooler then arrow in the knee guy)
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Post by: BlindGuy on January 17, 2012, 05:59:35 pm
who the fuck are you?

The guy that rolled over you like a fat dog on a weak puppy when were learning to play.

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Although it would be nice to have some "lawless" places for bandits to raise troops, it would also make it unfair if you COULD do that, in that you could raid and retreat there without fear of reprisal. Im not defending current strat, I dont really play it except when my clan's strat leader tells me "Move here, do this, do that, come back, etc" because there really ISN'T much to do unless you are in a leader's seat...maybe the game needs tearing down and rebuilding, more on the lines of native SP, and maybe the map of calradia needs to be thrown out aswell.

Also, maybe your "300 well equipped men" would need to be 50 men with good gear, and things such as "Party type": Set it to RAIDERS and you pay little upkeep on men, but have limited goods capacity, but set it to CARAVAN and you pay more for upkeep but can carry very large loads. Things such as line of sight might be good too, allowing small fast moving parties to hide behind things and emerge when their partners, seemingly harmless peasants, give the word that a large caravan is moving past the woods/pass/bridge. There is a HUGE scope for what could be done if old schematics where throw out, but change is scary and chadz has this game already working, after a sort. Who knows, maybe great things are already in the works....
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Post by: Beauchamp on January 17, 2012, 06:06:45 pm
The guy that rolled over you like a fat dog on a weak puppy when were learning to play.

Most of the people here that enter discussions have at least balls to not hide their factions and/or game names behind some random forum profiles. If you're such a fat dog that totally rolled me over like over a puppy, it should do you no harm to say who you are.
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Post by: Gnjus on January 17, 2012, 06:08:48 pm
Although it would be nice to have some "lawless" places for bandits to raise troops, it would also make it unfair if you COULD do that, in that you could raid and retreat there without fear of reprisal.

Ofc It wouldn't be fair to have a "sanctuary" for Bandits, I never asked for it and i wouldn't want to see it as we're just throwing some general ideas here that need some extra thinking and solutions but you can't deny that smaller clans should exist in any form and have a chance of surviving at least on some smaller scale if they prefer so ? Or if not then at least Strat should have a notification so all those people with such ideas don't even enter it ?
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Post by: Tot. on January 17, 2012, 06:13:37 pm
Sometimes I have those moments when I dream of what would happen when if someone GTXs strat he'd just stop flooding these forums with his bitter cries.
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Post by: BlindGuy on January 17, 2012, 06:15:04 pm
Ofc It wouldn't be fair to have a "sanctuary" for Bandits, I never asked for it and i wouldn't want to see it as we're just throwing some general ideas here that need some extra thinking and solutions but you can't deny that smaller clans should exist in any form and have a chance of surviving at least on some smaller scale if they prefer so ? Or if not then at least Strat should have a notification so all those people with such ideas don't even enter it ?

Like I posted above: There needs to be a niche for everyone, but maybe banditry IS the niche for all small factions at first, since logically: If you are not allied with a large kingdom, they will at some point want your land, so maybe hanging out as lawless goons untill you have the power to make yourself some right to rule by showing everyone your massive balls/armies: Landlessness and productivity DO need to be able to co-excist, Im not arguing with you. But currently the map is too small for much of that, so either we need another continent, or a complete new map, OR an area designated "The Free States" or somesuch, where AI controls the cities and they are NOT capturable, or make the AI land SO powerful they can easily retake what is theres, without encroaching into player areas: thus giving neutrals somewhere to build forces before venturing into the player areas.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Sharky on January 17, 2012, 06:42:16 pm
Whoa this is seriously an hardcore whine thread with really pointless arguments.

If strat as of now is boring as shit and there isn't enough battles it's just a gameplay problem that has nothing to do with OP Non aggression pacts and alliances(there were always in strat anyway, i don't remember fallens attacking everyone when u had your claims).
I honestly hope to not have to do any wars in the next future,  i don't see how bugged as shit and too long battles (we are sick of playing 1/2 hours strat battles!)with lag, autoretreats and crashes and super OP defenders, and more and more micromanaging on strat needed for raising an army would make strat more interesting for legios. Actually i think the more they will play, the more they will despise it.
We are still playing a little just because we want to try some siege and have a chance to play if chadz will improve it without restarting it.

Also numbers faction numbers counts nothing, you need to see how many are actually doing something on strat or are willing to do battles regularly. Did you ever see 53 legios in a battle for example?  :|
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tomas on January 17, 2012, 06:51:15 pm
Well there could be one very easy way to give everybody a place in Strat regardless of their power but according to their power.

Fief Loyalty
- Each faction owned fief must have at least X players from that faction in it otherwise its loyalty will decrease.
- Loyalty will decrease by 2 per day for every player that is missing, from a max loyalty of 10 times X
- For every player over X, loyalty will go up by 1 per day.
- Upon Capturing a Fief Loyalty would start at X meaning you'd need to overpopulate it in order to get loyalty back up
- Fief Loyalty would directly affect Fief Efficiency so there would be a bonus to keeping loyalty high
- X = Total Strat Faction Members * 110% / Total_Fiefs
- So if there are 1500 people in factions and 200 fiefs, then X will equal 8
- If a bunch of people join Strat, then X will go up and every faction will need to condense and therefore make room for the new people
- The 110% is to ensure there are always slightly more fiefs than can actually be held.

This would change the whole mechanics of Strat.

Wars would be fought over the best lands and not over the whole map.  For instance, if your fief prosperity goes up in your main crafting village and you see a low prosperity village right next to you, you could sacrifice the high prosperity fief and take the low prosperity one.

If you wanted to just attack someone because you don't like them, then this would still be possible but you wouldn't be able to just steam role them and add their lands to your own, instead you would have to contract again after your conquest.

Since there will always be too many fief for all of them to be held them there will always be neutral safe havens for bandits to hide in, but a faction could go out and conquer that safe haven to disrupt the bandits before abandoning the fief and letting in return to neutral.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 17, 2012, 07:10:57 pm
Well now that the remaining clans have a decent amount of land, we can produce large, heavily armed armies.  there are always disagreements and rivalries over things.  I'm sure there will be more wars to come in strat. Unfortunately those who failed to adequately prepare wont be able to partake in them.  I don't see why that's the fault of those who actively went and sought out alliance and agreements with other factions.


@Ramses, i appreciate your input. indeed my memory of strat is well faded now,  still highlight hypocrisies is always a good way of doing a reality check.

@ToD, AFAIK Hosp were really the only active faction within NE, while TKoV, FCC and Fallen were all very active during this period. Numbers in a faction aren't really representative of how productive or how powerful a faction is.  Its not how big it is, its how you use it?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 17, 2012, 08:11:36 pm
To the general public, I had no intention of hearing your feedback. I wanted to address the leadership and diplomats of the clans I called out by name, and I'm glad that they've taken time to craft reasonable responses. By and large, the rest of our community is a paltry showing of the human race and its ability to publicly discuss important issues on a subject that we all care about (or, just as often, a degradation into an ego argument of who can hang around but still 'care the least'). I'm rather confident the word "troll" has been used a few dozen times already, none of which is actually an accurate use of the term but a revelation that most people here have no idea how to effectively land an insult. The last few pages of this thread, however, have shown some signs of improvement. Keep the positive direction going, don't give in to simple-mindedness.

I don't have time to make full rebuttals to every little claim. I will do my best to address those that I have addressed, however.

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Casimir - This response is to your comments on page 8. The rest have been fluff; I will ignore them.

In no way, shape, or form do I promote aimless aggression over cautious competence. What I specifically condemn is incompetent cautiousness. By suing the UIF for peace, and gaining it, you've created a system where the two largest powerblocks are working against an at-the-time non-existent alliance. For Strategus to work so that wars never cease, you cannot have two sides as you've created. Had you refrained from such treaties, you would see (1) the core UIF (~475 players), (2) the Crusader bloc (~325), and (3) a myriad of independent eastern factions (HRE+Fallen, FCC, Mercs, etc.) (~325 players). If someone wants to run those numbers and calculate them more precisely, I'd appreciate that.

The Eastern factions did come together, or attempted to at least. Instead of an interesting tug of war between the three de facto power groups, it became a gang-up scenario with one side having over half the potential power as the other half's potential power. West won't attack the South, the South won't attack UIF, and with the way trading works both the West and the South sides became richer at a rate that the Easterners couldn't even dream of.

For all the fits and raging that goes on over game balance in regards to archers, cavalry, shields, polearms, on and on and on, your statement in regards to balance for Strategus is... "All in all, strategus is strategus.  There's probably gunna be a big bad guy, who holds most of the land and other people wont like him."

But that's contrary to your very actions! You LIKE the "big bad guy"! You make the UIF rich! You're aggravating the problem you have (begrudgingly) accepted exists! Hypocrisy, indeed.

My assertions are no weaker than before. You've foolishly made imbalanced diplomatic choices in order to "win" (at least in the short term) as easily as possible. Instead of challenges and fun (call me crazy, but if it's not challenging, what's the fun in it?), you want to do it the easiest way possible for the quick victory.

Until the Crusader bloc stands up on its own goddamn legs, they're not worthy of respect. Same damn thing goes to the UIF. If you're not interested in fun, not interested in a fight worth fighting or a victory worth keeping, good riddance. I've no use for that foolishness. This is a game. Play it for fun or stop pissing away the opportunity for the rest of us. The independent Easterners are the only ones fighting the real fights, the only ones with a real challenge.

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Fluffy_Muffin - Going against my own rule, I'll answer you even though you're not a part of this issue in the slightest, just another angry voice tossing about half-truths (or less).

You are either ignorant of the facts or a downright liar. Take your pick. The truth is not hard to see, the history of the Fallen Brigade is clear. The only "small clans" we ever pick fights with are in the securing of our steppes. Who is the offensive party in such situations? It's our land, and we take it. Any small clans that attempted to lay claim to them may have been attacked. I don't recall any, but I won't deny it as a possibility. We have never, ever, under any circumstances made aggression on notably smaller clans, however. The Northern Empire was as big or bigger. We've never initiated such a meaningless conflict, and we never will. We have style and we enjoy fun challenges. 'Winning' isn't everything. The UIF and Templa-- Crusaders' actions speak a different perspective, my opinion on which has been well recorded.

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Sharky -

Il mio nuovo amico italiono, parlo un po d'italiano. Una bella lingua. Adoro Roma, una bella città che ho visitato quando ero un ragazzo. Pardon, non parlo bene ora. I have to refresh with a translator as often as I know the words, these days.

Your point is not a new one. It's also baseless. We have the hard number of how many players the UIF and her clans have had since the start of Strategus 3.0 several months ago. It's the best indicator we have. I understand that not all the Legio players are as dedicated as some. I understand that some may not play at all anymore, a tragedy despite my contentions with your clan's diplomatic actions and the effects of them.

That aside, Legio, UIF, and the rest of the UIF lackeys are not the only victims of loss of interest. Until some proof that the parties I mentioned have suffered greater losses than others is made apparent, I'm not inclined to listen to this excuse. We have numbers, we know they're not a perfect reflection, but they're a strong indicator and nobody has contrived any argument against this. If the UIF suffers some greater attrition of players that is unknown to me, by all means, let me know and I'll drop the point.

The more I hear the argument pressed by the UIF that "the numbers aren't a true reflection", the greater concern I have of even greater misdeed. If you lack the players but have the numbers, your own words sound hauntingly familiar to the accusations of multi-account cheating than I care to listen to. I don't believe it now, and I don't want to believe it later. I want to trust that this is not the case, that the fault in question is of poor diplomatic judgment in regards to fun and fair play and not literal rulebreaking.

Anyways, you say that the Legio guys aren't having fun? Really, this comes as no surprise at all. So if the UIF isn't enjoying it with every imaginable advantage, consider how your opponents might feel. As much as emotions do (unfortunately) play in this game, it's a game. We should never hate each other over it. You don't hate your friends when you play board games to the point where you don't want to play with them any more, do you? Of course not. And you sure as shit can't play without them- you need opponents. Playing chess, checkers, football, bocce, or any of these things alone isn't much sporting fun. Consider this when hearing the grievances we present.

The more you stack the deck at the card table, the fewer people will fill the seats. We're tired of it. Let's find a solution.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on January 17, 2012, 08:24:37 pm
You've got the core UIF (Legio, DRZ, Bashi, 22nd, Grey Order, Raven?)  then you've got the UIF sympathizers (wolves, templars, etc)  Anyway, that's how I look at it.  Loosely 85% of the strat factions have non-agression pacts or are directly working together.

I'm pretty close to being done with strategus.  Between the dev team spending their time developing new hats, unplayed game types (rageball, dtv, ctf, stronghold) and new ways to nerf archers AND the massive carebear alliances on the EU side the game is in pretty miserable shape.

In fact I've been playing this last year hoping that things would be improved upon but so far the game is worse now than it was a year ago.


I agree for all the massive bugs in strat 2.0 at least there was fighting.  This strat has been pointless.  Super expensive crafting costs, no penalties for large factions, and for a month or two there was a bug where you lost all equipment you had equipped if you won a battle.  First was fixed for defenders, and then attackers.  Then chadz said a reduction in crafting cost was coming, making a lot of factions wait for this to spend their money, this never came. 

Pretty websites and neat-o in game hats are nice, not to mention constantly nerfing shit with every patch...but fixing lingering issues would be my priority though. 

Not to mention I've seen so many fucking good suggestions to help fix strategus and deter the carebear alliances, but none have been acknowledged, let alone implemented.

I'm sorry. It's just pathetic. Instead of perma-QQ try getting active politically. Try to break this alliance if it exists in the form you think. Personally I'd have nothing against a Grey vs DRZ war, maybe some of the clans involved think the same. Try to making contacts, plan something big. Find secret NA allies to support your cause economically. Do something. Plazek got his shit together in the past and served his revenge cold while providing some of the best Strat battles for the players that I can remember. I hope Mercs are planning something similar tbh.

And I am the last to nerf archery. In fact I'm archer's only hope. At the moment I am working out a system that gets rid of the simple damage reduce on body hits, creating a more sophisticated one that gives full damage for torso hits while letting limb hits give less damage.

Or maybe give people incentive to fight between factions (I've seen at least a dozen suggestions spread across the forums to help you dev's along).  Or maybe make it so that there's penalties to large factions, such as in Single Player if you own too many fiefs (as a person) you have tax inefficiency. 

As it stands right now, strategus is purely a numbers game.  Whoever has the most numbers is in the best shape.  There's no reason for these factions not to ally together and keep wiping out the smaller factions.  But keep making pretty hats for crpg, that will fix the strategus issues.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 17, 2012, 08:34:43 pm
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@ Garem :You answered the 1st part of my post out of context, but i kinda had a feeling you would do that, so ill just copy paste the important part you missed, if you care to reply on this i would apreciate it:

I dont get it, i seriously dont get it. What is this all about. Why do you whine so much? Lets say you won and wiped wolves, hospitaller. More land for you and YOUR allies. Then you, and your allies would expand even more, because as we all agree more battles more fun yes? Then you would wipe some more factions. OFCOURSE you wouldnt attack your fucking friends, so not atacking your allies and expanding you would be the biggas fucking carebears, THE REASON START IS BROKEN. Dont you understand this??? The only reason you arent the ones branded carebear biggass unbeatable alliance is because you got beaten by a bigger one. So stop being a fucking hypocrite already and prepare for the future battles instead of GTXting from strat
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Beauchamp on January 17, 2012, 08:53:41 pm
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@ Garem :You answered the 1st part of my post out of context, but i kinda had a feeling you would do that, so ill just copy paste the important part you missed, if you care to reply on this i would apreciate it:

I dont get it, i seriously dont get it. What is this all about. Why do you whine so much? Lets say you won and wiped wolves, hospitaller. More land for you and YOUR allies. Then you, and your allies would expand even more, because as we all agree more battles more fun yes? Then you would wipe some more factions. OFCOURSE you wouldnt attack your fucking friends, so not atacking your allies and expanding you would be the biggas fucking carebears, THE REASON START IS BROKEN. Dont you understand this??? The only reason you arent the ones branded carebear biggass unbeatable alliance is because you got beaten by a bigger one. So stop being a fucking hypocrite already and prepare for the future battles instead of GTXting from strat

i have nothing against a possibility that some clan kills everyone in the end of strategus, though i'd prefer multipolar world where power is shifting from side to side.

but i guess the biggest part of complaining was against a fact, that strategus was decided since beginning by sheere numbers mustered in uif - aka if you play a board game, everybody starts on more or less similar grounds, resources, chances to win etc... where would be a point in playing any board game, if lets say 7/10 players would agree before the game even started that they will work together until they conquer everything together?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 17, 2012, 08:58:34 pm


Casimir - This response is to your comments on page 8. The rest have been fluff; I will ignore them.

In no way, shape, or form do I promote aimless aggression over cautious competence. What I specifically condemn is incompetent cautiousness. By suing the UIF for peace, and gaining it, you've created a system where the two largest powerblocks are working against an at-the-time non-existent alliance. For Strategus to work so that wars never cease, you cannot have two sides as you've created. Had you refrained from such treaties, you would see (1) the core UIF (~475 players), (2) the Crusader bloc (~325), and (3) a myriad of independent eastern factions (HRE+Fallen, FCC, Mercs, etc.) (~325 players). If someone wants to run those numbers and calculate them more precisely, I'd appreciate that.

The Eastern factions did come together, or attempted to at least. Instead of an interesting tug of war between the three de facto power groups, it became a gang-up scenario with one side having over half the potential power as the other half's potential power. West won't attack the South, the South won't attack UIF, and with the way trading works both the West and the South sides became richer at a rate that the Easterners couldn't even dream of.

For all the fits and raging that goes on over game balance in regards to archers, cavalry, shields, polearms, on and on and on, your statement in regards to balance for Strategus is... "All in all, strategus is strategus.  There's probably gunna be a big bad guy, who holds most of the land and other people wont like him."

But that's contrary to your very actions! You LIKE the "big bad guy"! You make the UIF rich! You're aggravating the problem you have (begrudgingly) accepted exists! Hypocrisy, indeed.

My assertions are no weaker than before. You've foolishly made imbalanced diplomatic choices in order to "win" (at least in the short term) as easily as possible. Instead of challenges and fun (call me crazy, but if it's not challenging, what's the fun in it?), you want to do it the easiest way possible for the quick victory.

Until the Crusader bloc stands up on its own goddamn legs, they're not worthy of respect. Same damn thing goes to the UIF. If you're not interested in fun, not interested in a fight worth fighting or a victory worth keeping, good riddance. I've no use for that foolishness. This is a game. Play it for fun or stop pissing away the opportunity for the rest of us. The independent Easterners are the only ones fighting the real fights, the only ones with a real challenge.


you fail to comprehend that either we would destroy you, or be destroyed by you. There was no possibility of us ever working with the Fallen brigade, infact it was the failure of our friends to include us in their plans with you that resulted in their ultimate defeat.  now the fallen territory, and the potential power that comes with it is in our control.

  I also don't remember ever suing for peace with the UIF, probably because it never happened.  All in all for you strategus may be over, for me its just beginning.  Now we have the potential to make large armies, using the actual equipment we want to use, rather than being forced to use peasant gear. Tthe simple fact is there isn't enough space on the map for all factions to play strategus, so some people will have to be wipped out earlier than others, before they really get a chance.

We had a choice, declare war against a UIF faction and attempt to grab their land which would be highly contested and most likely result in our defeat.  or destroy you with little effort and have the potential to defend ourselves and act as we like. Obviously we going to pick the easier option. What's the fucking point in entering a war we're bound to loose when we can reach the same goal with a much higher chance of success.  If the roles had been reversed, and you were the UIF and we'd done this to your closest rival, i'm sure yo wouldn't mind.

Why on earth should we seek to destroy the UIF when clearly their numbers are superior to ours, when we can have a good old fashioned holy war against some steppe dwelling heretics.

You accuse me of being intellectually dishonest, but you are as biased as i am.  You felt the need to create a thread simply to discuss how badly you were crushed. I'm sorry if your factions choices made them unpopular, in the end your not going to do well in strategus unless you've got friends.  Whether the system is fair or not doesn't matter, but if you choose to play the game in a way which isn't as effective as it could be, you have no right to complain when your beaten by those who do.  In future if you don't like strategus, don't play it. No-ones saying you have to.

Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tomas on January 17, 2012, 09:00:22 pm
Not to mention I've seen so many fucking good suggestions to help fix strategus and deter the carebear alliances, but none have been acknowledged, let alone implemented.

This is something that annoys me too.

I get that there's far too many trolls on these forums to actually have proper discussion though so it would be nice if the Devs would create new section of the forums where only certain people can post.

Every established faction could have a representative that can post and all the devs and admins would be able to post too.  Finally if any of the Devs see an individual they think worthy (and rational), they can invite them in too.  Everybody else in cRPG will be able to read that forum but not post and if any of the people with posting rights are abusive or troll too much or bring strat politics into it, they can be removed.

What this will achieve - a place for open and mature discussion about Strat without the trolls or abuse.  If you want to comment but don't have access then you contact your clan representative who will decide if your comments are worthwhile or not.  For the people that really care about Strat this will allow public interaction with the Devs, that everybody can see and so people can actually see that Strat is moving in one direction or another.

I would also do this with the diplomacy forum - just let clan leaders and diplomats have access and remove all the pointless trolls
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Osiris on January 17, 2012, 09:00:39 pm
But the Fallen didnt fight the UIF..

and

"? Maybe in the beginning when fiefs are empty but as soon as everything is taken its impossible because everyone skins you with fees in villages/towns/castles and you can't move anywhere without someone's permission or you get ganked. "

well people dont like bandits :D

maybe you should try to privateer for a large clan? They can let you craft, train etc in a village/castle with a low fee and you go and rape and pillage and plunder and give them a little cut :D
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Sharky on January 17, 2012, 09:04:56 pm
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@ Garem :You answered the 1st part of my post out of context, but i kinda had a feeling you would do that, so ill just copy paste the important part you missed, if you care to reply on this i would apreciate it:

I dont get it, i seriously dont get it. What is this all about. Why do you whine so much? Lets say you won and wiped wolves, hospitaller. More land for you and YOUR allies. Then you, and your allies would expand even more, because as we all agree more battles more fun yes? Then you would wipe some more factions. OFCOURSE you wouldnt attack your fucking friends, so not atacking your allies and expanding you would be the biggas fucking carebears, THE REASON START IS BROKEN. Dont you understand this??? The only reason you arent the ones branded carebear biggass unbeatable alliance is because you got beaten by a bigger one. So stop being a fucking hypocrite already and prepare for the future battles instead of GTXting from strat
+1. I also remember fallens did try to exploit as mad this strat, were ready to stomp whatever poor little clan tried to take their big OP claims, and tried to form a real big badass alliance byz wolves crusaders pecores fcc mercs fallens hre etc etc much larger then your hipotetical uif that really doesn't exist.
You count us as "uif lackey" for example, but did we send tickets against you, did you see any army or do you really think we would just gift our tickets to greys or drz to make wiping u easier? Why should we want that?  :?

I say all this not to trow shit on you, you did exatly as most of the clans did in every strat round, you just didn't succeed in your plans this time. So this moralistic rant it's really wierd from you  :?.

As in every strat clans with a poorer diplomatic position were wiped at start. It's not only because of your diplomatic faults to be fair, ofc being on the losing side in the lasts strategus put you in a more difficult situation. In fact you were wiped not by former UIF members, but by NA clans and crusader alliance guys that considered you weak apparently.
Now it's neutral castle and towns battle time, after that there will definitly will be war if it will be an interesting thing to do (if strat will be fixed)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: kinngrimm on January 17, 2012, 09:09:34 pm
@OP LOL

even with my second time in strategus i feel often like a noob discussing game balance. But then again in my opinion and in that of a few game developers i know of, game user interfaces should be made for the dumbest possible user.

So my beef is mainly with micro management and also that there is nothing really to do for players without faction implemented, but then again there is not much implemented for players within a faction(come on devs i know you are doing a great job). So i clearly see that players are largly discuraged by
1. long waiting periods till there is half decent equipment available to then make some fine battles
2. factions forming together to actually stand a chance to stay on the map because there were already either other big alliances or single clans with huge numbers and atm numbers do count a lot(seen it in last strat, followed that rule this strat)
3. just being bored out of their minds by having to log into strat for just not being respawned somewhere and moving some trade goods to another player, who then gives the shit to a caravan whos main purpose in strategus life is going between point A and B to swapp goods or sell there and carry gold back. Or waiting to come gold in and then craft stuff...

I have done quite my share of suggestions on these topics but as with so many other suggestions, developers have only so much time and attention span as they do it in their free time, no judgment here   :twisted:

let me throw some bones

- I like the idear of having max troopsizes on a party, but the micromanagement gets then again bigger, possible solution a limited daily amount of "action points" which can be used daily for some minor things like move/start craft/stop craft/transfer xy maincharacter... by those with rank 8+
- having a faction treasure not a single character gold value, where every amount earend by sells float into, again only be spent by like rank 5+ to buy equipment, but to use for crafting by all but restricted by confirmation(rank7+) for those who want to craft gear so that the efforts of all cant be singlehandly been spent by one morron.
- introducing a diplomatic system that then actually allows scaling/balancing/fine tuning of faction/alliances which are rather carebearstyle. Using insentives like userinterface capabilities to get people to use the system, meaning visual advantages to use it(like i can see also the troop movements of my allies now), but by letting them use it also then being able to calculate the exact numbers who is working with whom to then scale down production effency.(I also like the idear of loyalty points introduced earlier on in this thread)
- missions like infiltration, sabotage, gathering of information of claims/parties, stealing for single players unlike the raid system on a smaller level and many more like that we come to know out of other games. These give always experience to those who do it. And there needs to be stuff which could happen when things don't work out on such a mission, only respawn somewhere else is not good enough. High profit but also High risk if it goes wrong some serroius panalties for a few days perhaps(yeah you goto jail if you mess with the Lord of this fief and got caught).
- crpg needs to make more sense again in terms of strategus support, but also the other way around. The smithing is great i really like it, but for the player who crafts nothing really good comes out for him in terms of his crpg character, there should xp gain be included or a new point system, where when you collect a certain amount of these you can get a loom point for free, by crafting like 5k leather boots or 10k wooden practise swords. You know like feats you reach in steam or some other games, when you accomplished something BIIIG  :rolleyes: raided 10/50/100 villages 1/5/10 towns(?), getting laid by a virgin in the local inn, having fought in 25/50/100/250/500/1000 strategus battles.(With those could be included individual titles within crpg showable. Get them their fucking epenins)
- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE enable lvl 30+ smithing skill increase i beg you
- also nice what was mentioned about choosing a status for the own party bandit/caravan/spy/attack force/..., to be chosen freely once a week, with those could come along as mentioned special abilities other don't have ... love that part Spies sharing their range of view with a contract giver for a period amount of time and xp/gold to be gained/paid; Faster movement speed for raiders, larger view range for attack forces ...
- strat troops/gold/equipment is been bought/sold for crpg gold. If you can't/don't want to stop it then perhaps include it into the market system?
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more, easier to use and to manage options, make things so dumb users can handle it without a second thought
That doesn't exclude complicated strategies or tactics but the userinterface needs to be at all point waterproof and failsafe, self explanatory so that something like an FAQ or WIKI wouldn't be nesseary in the first place or you directly intigrate it into strat as Enzeklopedia Caladria.

This strategus is not over yet there are still things to test for me :) , some wars to fight, actions for mućki kinngrimm. I hope it stays online for some more months to come.

See you on the fields of sweat&blood&tears

EDIT:mućki
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: RamsesXXIIX on January 17, 2012, 09:11:49 pm
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Osiris, you should really check up on your strategus history.

+1. I also remember fallens did try to exploit as mad this strat, were ready to stomp whatever poor little clan tried to take their big OP claims, and tried to form a real big badass alliance byz wolves crusaders pecores fcc mercs fallens hre etc etc much larger then your hipotetical uif that really doesn't exist.

The amount of ignorance you show from your posts is hilarious. Start by thinking why the alliance you're referring to was created.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gnjus on January 17, 2012, 09:12:27 pm
This strategus is not over yet there are still things to test for me :) , some wars to fight, actions for mucik kinngrimm.

It's mućki Kinngrimm. Mućki, like Mućko Đubre.  :wink:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 17, 2012, 09:18:03 pm
I dont get it, i seriously dont get it. What is this all about. Why do you whine so much? Lets say you won and wiped wolves, hospitaller. More land for you and YOUR allies. Then you, and your allies would expand even more, because as we all agree more battles more fun yes? Then you would wipe some more factions. OFCOURSE you wouldnt attack your fucking friends, so not atacking your allies and expanding you would be the biggas fucking carebears, THE REASON START IS BROKEN. Dont you understand this??? The only reason you arent the ones branded carebear biggass unbeatable alliance is because you got beaten by a bigger one. So stop being a fucking hypocrite already and prepare for the future battles instead of GTXting from strat

And you know that for a fact how?

Stop pulling shit out of your ass.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 17, 2012, 09:22:37 pm
Sure,tell me then what scenario do you have in mind?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Sharky on January 17, 2012, 09:25:24 pm
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The amount of ignorance you show from your posts is hilarious. Start by thinking why the alliance you're referring to was created.
Exploit. Check (autoattack bug followed by the funny devs carpet bombers raids :mrgreen:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLxHJY0lQI)
Stomp little clans that wanted to go in khergit area. Check. I don't have proofs about that but well it just sounds logical every clan would do that  :D
Try to form big OP alliances. Check.  If you said that you did because another imaginary alliance forced you to, they may easily answer they did their alliance because of your alliance. After we knew you were trying to form an alliance to wipe us ofc we were more syimpatetical to former UIF members (even if we were still not interested in joining the war because we didn't consider you a threat expecially after Byz left and wolves crusaders etc tricked you)
So where's the ignorance in my statements?(besides broken english xD)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: RamsesXXIIX on January 17, 2012, 09:44:32 pm
You've never really appeared that blunt to me Sharky. And it has nothing to do with your english.

After strat v2, it was obvious the UIF still existed. (Keep denying if you want to) We were a collection of clans tired of always being bullied around by the UIF, so we decided to do something about it and fight it the only way we could: Create our own.

That alliance was never created to any of the other things you mention. Doesn't that seem logical to you?

And no, the UIF can't really say they were formed to counter us. I know why the UIF was formed and it was far before this, I believe you were one of the founders as well? Maybe the Legio had another leader at that time.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tomas on January 17, 2012, 09:45:15 pm
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Have to agree with almost all all of that.  The only thing I would say is that you are looking at it from a leadership point of view on the micromanagement.  Leaders now have a lot of micromanagement because most people don't care about Strat and have to be constantly pestered in order to get them doing the right thing.  Make Strat more interesting and fun to play on an individual level and you will get more people actually playing the game which in turn should benefit their clan by default (with the right game mechanics of course).


 
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 17, 2012, 10:07:38 pm
I know you don't like posts being split, but the general issue is too complex to be bundled. Sorry, but topic-by-topic is for clarity's sake.

you fail to comprehend that either we would destroy you, or be destroyed by you. There was no possibility of us ever working with the Fallen brigade, infact it was the failure of our friends to include us in their plans with you that resulted in their ultimate defeat.  now the fallen territory, and the potential power that comes with it is in our control.

I understand that. I wasn't asking for you to work with Fallen. I don't want that either! What I want is for you to realize that it is to the detriment of the game for you to choose to make the game two sided. You've willingly chosen a grand imbalance of the game for the easy win. If it weren't so foolish and frustrating, I'd find it amusing.

Say the UIF had decided to attack the Easterners. Who would stop them?

It is entirely advantageous to your group to counterattack the UIF. They're the "big dog", after all. But you don't, because you're afraid of a challenge.

At the very best, you'll get your chance to fight the UIF now (although I doubt it). But your numbers aren't there.

I also don't remember ever suing for peace with the UIF, probably because it never happened.  All in all for you strategus may be over, for me its just beginning.  Now we have the potential to make large armies, using the actual equipment we want to use, rather than being forced to use peasant gear. Tthe simple fact is there isn't enough space on the map for all factions to play strategus, so some people will have to be wipped out earlier than others, before they really get a chance.

Well. This is fun. =D If you have 3/5s as many players as them, and 3/5s the ability to make gold (probably worse than that, considering the positive impact of territory size on economic growth), how the flying fuck do you think you're going to do this? If you didn't get it before, you'll sure as hell figure it out soon (assuming this war happens, which is suspicious). Remember- territory is only as valuable as you have players to work it.

It ALL comes down to numbers.

We had a choice, declare war against a UIF faction and attempt to grab their land which would be highly contested and most likely result in our defeat.  or destroy you with little effort and have the potential to defend ourselves and act as we like. Obviously we going to pick the easier option.

Indeed. Obvious that you want to play with as little challenge, and in the least interesting way imaginable. You're unimpressive and boring. Nothing new. More on this below.

What's the fucking point in entering a war we're bound to loose when we can reach the same goal with a much higher chance of success.  If the roles had been reversed, and you were the UIF and we'd done this to your closest rival, i'm sure yo wouldn't mind.

You weren't "bound to lose" against the UIF. If the roles were reversed, and the collection of factions that I in no way even speak for decided to do what they've never done because they find it atrociously boring and allied with the UIF, I'm sure you'd be pretty peeved about the idiotic choice this existent-because-you-forced-us-to (thus, non-existent in this hypothetical circumstance to begin with) group made as well.

Let me parse that out. You're were never "bound to lose". You're just a coward.
Taking land doesn't matter if you can't use it. This is about the numbers.
If the shoe was on the other foot- wait, it's not, never has, and there's no reasonable indication that it ever would be.
You're a bigger weenie because your coalition is as big or bigger than the fragmented eastern powers anyways.
The UIF could crush you at will, because you act like you don't have a clue what a "balance of powers" is. You're either ignorant or a fool. Until the mechanics change, if the UIF comes for you, you're fucked because the Eastern Powers won't be there to keep the UIF in check.

Why on earth should we seek to destroy the UIF when clearly their numbers are superior to ours, when we can have a good old fashioned holy war against some steppe dwelling heretics.

Destroy? Who said destroy? I'm saying you shouldn't be such a bitch that you and your faction refuse to fight the UIF, make trade agreements to that end, and so royally fuck up the already meager balance of power that it screws everyone over. The UIF will have no challenge fighting you now that the Easterners are gone, which won't be fun for them. You'll have no chance, which won't be fun for you. A few hundred players are now on essentially on the sidelines and that isn't much fun either. Do you think we're just going to wait around doing fuck all while you and Team Carebear just sit on your troops and see who can rack up the high score? Fuck no. That's why you either need to (1) change your policies or (2) find a solution to fix Strategus.

You accuse me of being intellectually dishonest, but you are as biased as i am.  You felt the need to create a thread simply to discuss how badly you were crushed. I'm sorry if your factions choices made them unpopular, in the end your not going to do well in strategus unless you've got friends.  Whether the system is fair or not doesn't matter, but if you choose to play the game in a way which isn't as effective as it could be, you have no right to complain when your beaten by those who do.  In future if you don't like strategus, don't play it. No-ones saying you have to.

Bias and intellectual dishonesty are two different things. I'm absolutely biased. I'm bored, I see a broken system. I want to find solutions that we can all appreciate so we all have more fun.

You're denying facts that are not particularly obscured, making baseless assertions and assumptions, all the while finding no solution to problems you have yourself accepted exist. That's intellectual dishonesty, not bias.

Your bias is in your defensiveness. You've admitted a problem, but refuse any solution to it. You pretend that the game is going to get better, but base this only on fiction; the facts (the NUMBERS) show otherwise.


@ Garem :You answered the 1st part of my post out of context, but i kinda had a feeling you would do that, so ill just copy paste the important part you missed, if you care to reply on this i would apreciate it:

I dont get it, i seriously dont get it. What is this all about. Why do you whine so much? Lets say you won and wiped wolves, hospitaller. More land for you and YOUR allies. Then you, and your allies would expand even more, because as we all agree more battles more fun yes? Then you would wipe some more factions. OFCOURSE you wouldnt attack your fucking friends, so not atacking your allies and expanding you would be the biggas fucking carebears, THE REASON START IS BROKEN. Dont you understand this??? The only reason you arent the ones branded carebear biggass unbeatable alliance is because you got beaten by a bigger one. So stop being a fucking hypocrite already and prepare for the future battles instead of GTXting from strat

If it was out of context, I apologize. It certainly doesn't look out of context. Precision in writing is important.

Fallen doesn't take land we can't hold. We give it away, sell it off, etc. Why? Because there's no point in holding land you can't use. This is, in large part, how TKoV rose to power, giving more active players the opportunity amongst the ashes of the NE. A distinguishing point is that the NE also had land to fall back upon in the South. The Strat 3.0 Easterners don't. Granted, the NE was in a crappy position after getting wiped. I'd love to find a better solution that would make this punishment for loss less severe.

A fief can hold about 8 players. Non-assigned traders, scouts, and warband leaders are also required. Do the math and check your history. We've never maintained fiefs outside of the steppes (barring the strategic position of Grunwalder Castle in Strat 1.0). Your facts are wrong.

Lastly, why do you think Fallen had an alliance at all? The deck was stacked, 800 players against roughly 100 (Fallen+HRE). We had as much of a choice as we did a chance- none at all. We never wanted this. It would indeed be hypocrisy if we WANTED to create an eastern alliance. But we don't. We are being forced to act in this way. We're tired of it. We want to change the status quo- the few against the many makes for a very boring game. We want the many to be against the many. Why? Faction wipe would stop being an eternal exodus from Strategus if it weren't for the duality of the power blocs as they stand. You can either help find a solution or I'll stop wasting my time addressing your concerns. That being said...

I am very busy. Your grammar and spelling is atrocious. I write meticulously because I'm trying to improve this game. You don't care enough to use spell check. So my second condition on our correspondence is that it ends until you write like a grown man, as I'm getting tired of translating your responses.

+1. I also remember fallens did try to exploit as mad this strat, were ready to stomp whatever poor little clan tried to take their big OP claims, and tried to form a real big badass alliance byz wolves crusaders pecores fcc mercs fallens hre etc etc much larger then your hipotetical uif that really doesn't exist.
You count us as "uif lackey" for example, but did we send tickets against you, did you see any army or do you really think we would just gift our tickets to greys or drz to make wiping u easier? Why should we want that?  :?

I say all this not to trow shit on you, you did exatly as most of the clan did in every strat round, you just didn't succeed in your plans this time. So this moralistic rant it's really wierd from you  :?.

As in every strat clans with a poorer diplomatic position were wiped at start. Now it's neutral castle and towns battle time, after that there will definitly will be war if it will be an interesting thing to do (if strat will be fixed)

Sharky, I know English is a second language, but similarly to Muffin, I'm struggling to understand you. Please do what you can to edit so we can have a good dialogue.

Exploit? The only issue I'm aware of was the locking down of a fief from an incoming attack. It's also arguable- there was never a rule against it.
Do you know who tried to get this fixed ONE MONTH prior to its happening? Fallen_Mannhammer. He wants this game to be better. We brought attention to the issue, we suffered (in a unique occurrence of Dev Team attention) for it. Hopefully, this will be fixed as a result of the attention we intentionally brought to it.

What other "exploits" have the Fallen done? Enlighten me.

What "poor little clan" did we stomp on? Enlighten me.

Yes, we attempted to counteract the UIF. There's an important word to look at.

COUNTERact.

We didn't do it because we wanted to have a two-sided war. We've been complaining about this for over a year now. We've been looking for solutions ever since. Why the countercomplaints? Do you really like the system in place? You admitted you're bored with it.

Do something about it. Make it better.

What has Legio done this Strategus? Maybe my information is wrong. All I'm aware of is trading with the UIF. "Walks like a duck, talks like a duck- it's probably a duck."

You can call it or not call it whatever you want. You're adding to the power of a group of individuals that refuse to go to war. For the sake of ease, I'm calling this the UIF. Even if you're not- you might as well be.

Get Legio off of the UIF tit, do something impressive, and I'll change my opinion. Until then you're just another bored and boring clan that sits on fiefs and makes the UIF and her lackeys richer and stronger instead of making this a game of battles and multi-faceted diplomacy.

I wish I knew what your brain was saying, either (1) I can't, or (2) I won't. If it's #1, I assure you, you can. If it's #2, then don't act surprised when Strategus gets boring.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 17, 2012, 10:15:31 pm
Holy shit.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 17, 2012, 10:34:05 pm
Hahahha yea, switch it to the poor grammar remark, great...

The problem with your logic is that they CAN hold the fiefs they atack, and if you had the numbers in Fallen/alliance you would DO the same thing...

So let me get this right, basicaly what you are telling me that you would take your claims, and then what? You are telling me you would just sit there doing what? Carebearing around with your fiefs ? You wouldnt try to take anything? If this is what you are saying then you broke strat. No battles no fun right?

And then again we get to my theory of what would happen with you and your allies. Everything would be the same as it is now, the only difference would be that some other clan member would make an OP simmilar to yours complaining how you wiped them...

Lastly: My grammar and spelling may be atrocious but then again i neither study or practice english irl so i would say ( for how much i use it and considerng that i learned it myself) that my english skills are stellar
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gnjus on January 17, 2012, 10:49:28 pm
Garem you should be writing books for a living & for hobby, instead of playing cRPG.  :wink:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 17, 2012, 10:53:01 pm
I know you don't like posts being split, but the general issue is too complex to be bundled. Sorry, but topic-by-topic is for clarity's sake.
I understand that. I wasn't asking for you to work with Fallen. I don't want that either! What I want is for you to realize that it is to the detriment of the game for you to choose to make the game two sided. You've willingly chosen a grand imbalance of the game for the easy win. If it weren't so foolish and frustrating, I'd find it amusing.
Say the UIF had decided to attack the Easterners. Who would stop them?
It is entirely advantageous to your group to counterattack the UIF. They're the "big dog", after all. But you don't, because you're afraid of a challenge.
At the very best, you'll get your chance to fight the UIF now (although I doubt it). But your numbers aren't there.


Well. This is fun. =D If you have 3/5s as many players as them, and 3/5s the ability to make gold (probably worse than that, considering the positive impact of territory size on economic growth), how the flying fuck do you think you're going to do this? If you didn't get it before, you'll sure as hell figure it out soon (assuming this war happens, which is suspicious). Remember- territory is only as valuable as you have players to work it.

It ALL comes down to numbers.

Indeed. Obvious that you want to play with as little challenge, and in the least interesting way imaginable. You're unimpressive and boring. Nothing new. More on this below.

You weren't "bound to lose" against the UIF. If the roles were reversed, and the collection of factions that I in no way even speak for decided to do what they've never done because they find it atrociously boring and allied with the UIF, I'm sure you'd be pretty peeved about the idiotic choice this existent-because-you-forced-us-to (thus, non-existent in this hypothetical circumstance to begin with) group made as well.

Let me parse that out. You're were never "bound to lose". You're just a coward.
Taking land doesn't matter if you can't use it. This is about the numbers.
If the shoe was on the other foot- wait, it's not, never has, and there's no reasonable indication that it ever would be.
You're a bigger weenie because your coalition is as big or bigger than the fragmented eastern powers anyways.
The UIF could crush you at will, because you act like you don't have a clue what a "balance of powers" is. You're either ignorant or a fool. Until the mechanics change, if the UIF comes for you, you're fucked because the Eastern Powers won't be there to keep the UIF in check.

Destroy? Who said destroy? I'm saying you shouldn't be such a bitch that you and your faction refuse to fight the UIF, make trade agreements to that end, and so royally fuck up the already meager balance of power that it screws everyone over. The UIF will have no challenge fighting you now that the Easterners are gone, which won't be fun for them. You'll have no chance, which won't be fun for you. A few hundred players are now on essentially on the sidelines and that isn't much fun either. Do you think we're just going to wait around doing fuck all while you and Team Carebear just sit on your troops and see who can rack up the high score? Fuck no. That's why you either need to (1) change your policies or (2) find a solution to fix Strategus.

Bias and intellectual dishonesty are two different things. I'm absolutely biased. I'm bored, I see a broken system. I want to find solutions that we can all appreciate so we all have more fun.

You're denying facts that are not particularly obscured, making baseless assertions and assumptions, all the while finding no solution to problems you have yourself accepted exist. That's intellectual dishonesty, not bias.

Your bias is in your defensiveness. You've admitted a problem, but refuse any solution to it. You pretend that the game is going to get better, but base this only on fiction; the facts (the NUMBERS) show otherwise.


Who are these Easterns you refer to? Fallen and Friends, or those that now control their lands?

If Fallen were attacked by UIF why would i want to stop the UIF.  It doesn't make sense at all.

Numbers wise what  heard from you own ToD was that many members of the Fallen clan were inactive and not taking part in strat at the beginning of our war, seems to me you didn't have the numbers for your lands.  Now two clans occupy your lands who do have the numbers. All in all the removal of your influence over the area is beneficial for us in every way.

Anyway, afraid of a challenge i am not. I prefer to have the capabilities of launching a sustained attack upon an enemy with decent equipment than fighting in rags with stones and sticks.  Force of numbers has a much greater impact earlier in the game, hence why your smaller alliance was crushed by our larger one.  now we hold your lands and more, we are just as capable of resisting these fictitious UIF attacks as you are.  If your analysis is correct if we hadn't taken your lands and chosen the easy option of beating you guys then we'd have less players than UIF and less land than you and UIF.

I think you've taken a far to narrow approach to the subject, you do not know the integral working sof the faction relations you tlak about with supposed authority.  The UIF is not a single entity that always works together for a single purpose.  each faction within it has its own goals and ambitions, it may support one another to achieve this but since the removal of the Templar block in strat 1 the UIF has had no single goal, as such they have fragmented and powers have shifted.

I also fail to see why it should be my responsibility to improve the game, i enjoy it as it is.  My faction is currently doing well, we have many options for expansion and gain. why would i want to change the way things work.  At the moment the ball is in your court you don't have to worry about managing fiefs or if your going to get attacked in strat. So go off and brainstorm some ideas rather than being so burthurt that things didn't go the way you think is best.

My aim is not to impress you either, it is to defeat you. My aim has been reached, you are landless, me and my associates sit happily atop our piles of troops ready to move them as we wish.

If you really want to find a solution to your perceived problems with strat your best of making a post under that premise, rather than one of condemning the actions of others.  We simply use the system the devs have created. If you don't like it, talk to them.

I'd also like to discuss what you keep referring to as Intellectual Dishonesty, a term which I must admit I've come across rarely.  I believe this means one of two things, all though please correct me. A.) I am lying, in the face of some overwhelming and condemning evidence that ultimately means that my points are whole heartily flawed and as such all things i say are to be disregarded. You however must clearly be speaking always a 100% accurate truth or you two should be disregarded.  b.) In contrast to yourself i am attempting to deceive readers by putting forward elaborate and compelling evidence which has been selected subjectively to support my statements. While you of course put forward a completely neutral statements which hopes only to enlighten the innocent readers to the great injustice done towards your faction.

To redress these points i'd like to say that the forces tht attacked your faction were obviously overwhelming, we had greater number than you allies hence why we won.  As i've stated before our two options were to attack the UIF, which would likely result in an early defeat. Or attack you, which would likely end in an early victory.  If war is to come between UIF and us, holding your lands puts us in a much stronger position than if you held them.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Mannhammer on January 17, 2012, 10:54:17 pm
It boils down to this: Strat 3.0 The Fallen, HRE, FCC, GK... (IE Eastern block) no longer hold fiefs, due to a number of reasons addressed in this tread.

The question is:
Will the Crusaders and UIF fight? Or remain bedfellows and bore everyone out of existence?
Being the only power blocks left in strat you have to ask yourselves this question.

If you fight then (IMO) everything is fine, no strat fix needed. But if you continue to maintain the status-quo of doing nothing then a mechanic must be introduced that can either break up the large alliances or force them to fight.

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Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Goretooth on January 17, 2012, 10:58:07 pm
ATS in the northern alliance had an equal amount of members that we did, if not more, not even counting the rest of the alliance nor our helping allies. It was pretty well matched at first.
Deciding factor was not the numbers but the leadership.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on January 17, 2012, 11:11:42 pm
Deciding factor was not the numbers but the leadership.

I agree.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Goretooth on January 17, 2012, 11:14:01 pm
I agree.
I could get kicked out for saying that oh wait
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Osiris on January 17, 2012, 11:43:56 pm
"Is that an invitation Osiris? Wink wink nudge nudge"

I would like nothing more than to have fun on strat but alas its boring as hell for anyone who isnt commander :D i just come here for the lulz
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: RamsesXXIIX on January 17, 2012, 11:57:02 pm
Garem you should be writing books for a living & for hobby, instead of playing cRPG.  :wink:

Aye, Garem is one of the most amazing writers I know as well as having a awesome persona.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 01:05:24 am
I gave a long list of cheats I've seen to developers a while ago multi accounts, real money transfers for items, exploits etc. I just hope these things will be dealt soon and game will return to normal. Thats all I care.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Nebun on January 18, 2012, 01:46:39 am
I gave a long list of cheats I've seen to developers a while ago multi accounts, real money transfers for items, exploits etc. I just hope these things will be dealt soon and game will return to normal. Thats all I care.

poor gingerpussy, you gave away all his keys?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Sharky on January 18, 2012, 02:06:53 am
I'm talking about this strat Ramses. Monolythic UIF didn't exist. I had some deals and even alliances with a couple of former UIF members for gaining control over the rodock area, but it was pointless because there wasn't any opposition in rodock area anyway.
Yeah most of UIF clanleaders try to avoid major wars if it's possible to get a vital space without fighting, it's better. It means not waste of precious early resources and more chances to be part of the fun part of strat (when you got resources, you got some town and castle as a solid powerbase and u are not forced to play with forks).

What's the wrong in that? It happened in every strat even in first where there wasn't wars for months until everyone got his claims (castles and towns included). Let's talk about increasing resource gathering speed or make town garrisons less strong so we can all avoid this boring part of the game...

You misunderstood some claims agreement and old frendship and respect for a full fledged alliance. When there was blatant evidence of you trying to kill every one of former UIF, yeah some people may had tough "do they want uif? let's give them one". Still many clans staid out of it, like us (i would like to point out again that you consider us your enemies, yet we didn't never attacked you, sended help to your enemies, hell we even let your teleported guys go trough our lands even if they have crates).
Not because we are good souls and we like to stay afk when they wipe us, but because as i said i didn't consider all of this a threat for many reasons (for example the sheer fact we came to know your plans too early, or that you planned to fight half of the map while you got crusaders wolves and all NA clans at doorstep :?)

I'm quite sure that when there will be interest to do a major war will happen, regardless of our past relations. Right now there are neutral castles to take, we just exited from the sthone age (shitty equip), also strat is boring sloow and bugged as hell and easly exploitable. That's the real strategus issues not the mytical UIF.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 02:13:33 am
poor gingerpussy, you gave away all his keys?

right before he sold his masterworks for 100$
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 18, 2012, 02:24:40 am
right before he sold his masterworks for 100$
:shock:  Sociopath. If it's true that you are selling items for real money, then the public flogging is for you a small penalty.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Sharky on January 18, 2012, 02:29:00 am
12 Heirloom points here, i accept dollars euros and sexual services :o
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Sharky on January 18, 2012, 02:47:19 am
Quote from: Garemlink=topic=24150.msg351469#msg351469 date=1326850140

Sharky, I know English is a second language, but similarly to Muffin, I'm struggling to understand you. Please do what you can to edit so we can have a good dialogue.

Exploit? The only issue I'm aware of was the locking down of a fief from an incoming attack. It's also arguable- there was never a rule against it.
Do you know who tried to get this fixed ONE MONTH prior to its happening? Fallen_Mannhammer. He wants this game to be better. We brought attention to the issue, we suffered (in a unique occurrence of Dev Team attention) for it. Hopefully, this will be fixed as a result of the attention we intentionally brought to it.

What other "exploits" have the Fallen done? Enlighten me.

What "poor little clan" did we stomp on? Enlighten me.

Yes, we attempted to counteract the UIF. There's an important word to look at.

COUNTERact.

We didn't do it because we wanted to have a two-sided war. We've been complaining about this for over a year now. We've been looking for solutions ever since. Why the countercomplaints? Do you really like the system in place? You admitted you're bored with it.

Do something about it. Make it better.

What has Legio done this Strategus? Maybe my information is wrong. All I'm aware of is trading with the UIF. "Walks like a duck, talks like a duck- it's probably a duck."

You can call it or not call it whatever you want. You're adding to the power of a group of individuals that refuse to go to war. For the sake of ease, I'm calling this the UIF. Even if you're not- you might as well be.

Get Legio off of the UIF tit, do something impressive, and I'll change my opinion. Until then you're just another bored and boring clan that sits on fiefs and makes the UIF and her lackeys richer and stronger instead of making this a game of battles and multi-faceted diplomacy.

I wish I knew what your brain was saying, either (1) I can't, or (2) I won't. If it's #1, I assure you, you can. If it's #2, then don't act surprised when Strategus gets boring.
Sry forgot to answer to this. It's funny because we never traded with anyone of the former UIF members, they are too close, we prefer na clans or the sudeastern desert :D.
Things about wars and exploits, it didn't mean to be an attack on you. I think chadz could just fix that issue instead of doing the carpet bombers raid, we are here also to test it after all and you just spotted a major problem. Anyway is kind of a big exploit when you make your village not attackable you can't deny it xD.
About the stompig of little clans, it just sounds logical for me that if you claim an area you imply you will kill anyone that comes in that area without your permission.

The fact i didn't fight any of UIF members doesn't means i'm allied with every one of them. Am i allied with you because i never fought you in this strat?
Also yeah i don't like current strat but for different reason then yours. You think OP alliances is the issue, i think is other things i mentioned, i can't see how fighting anyone would solve this little issue (that fighting isn't fun XD).
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 03:09:44 am
:shock:  Sociopath. If it's true that you are selling items for real money, then the public flogging is for you a small penalty.

Find me at http://rusmnb.ru/
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 18, 2012, 03:30:21 am
Who are these Easterns you refer to? Fallen and Friends, or those that now control their lands?

"Easterners" refers to Mercs, FCC, TKoV, Fallen, HRE, GK... those 330ish people that I've been referring to for the last few days of our discussion.

If Fallen were attacked by UIF why would i want to stop the UIF.  It doesn't make sense at all.

Because if you don't keep a check on their power, who the hell do you think they're coming after next? They only have one choice- Crusaders, the "Southerners" I've been referring to. They're twice your size. I've got experience fighting an enemy that admits being overwhelming larger than my own faction. It fucking sucks. That's why we're here. Let's not graze on worn out pastures. My points have been made ad nauseum as to why. Really, try breaking the discussion down as I do, and you'll find that you waste fewer words restating things we've already discussed.

Denying that this new reality in Strategus isn't so is part of the "intellectual dishonesty". We'll get into this later and I'll clarify what this means.

Numbers wise what  heard from you own ToD was that many members of the Fallen clan were inactive and not taking part in strat at the beginning of our war, seems to me you didn't have the numbers for your lands.  Now two clans occupy your lands who do have the numbers. All in all the removal of your influence over the area is beneficial for us in every way.

That's half-true. We had less than the 67 active members, just like you probably have less than 98. Of course, there was also varying degrees of support from HRE, FCC, TKoV, and GK. And you had Wolves, Occitan, Hospitallers, etc. I'm not sure what relevance this bears on the greater point of this regarding your foolish diplomatic choice that has doomed us both.

Anyway, afraid of a challenge i am not. I prefer to have the capabilities of launching a sustained attack upon an enemy with decent equipment than fighting in rags with stones and sticks.  Force of numbers has a much greater impact earlier in the game, hence why your smaller alliance was crushed by our larger one.  now we hold your lands and more, we are just as capable of resisting these fictitious UIF attacks as you are.  If your analysis is correct if we hadn't taken your lands and chosen the easy option of beating you guys then we'd have less players than UIF and less land than you and UIF.

Uhm. You STILL have less players than the UIF. You STILL have less land than the UIF. I get tired of reminding you the word "Numbers". It doesn't matter if you had a thousand more fiefs to the East. You don't have the numbers/players, and one of two things will happen: (1) the UIF will attack, and you'll lose in a series of boring battles OR (2) both you and the UIF won't attack each other (historically accurate) and nothing will change and the game will continue to be boring.

This is Intellectual Dishonesty. It's not lying to me, or anyone else- it's saying one thing to get a result which you know isn't true. It's lying to yourself first, then to others, in order to get what you want- justification for a series of stupid political decisions. I don't believe for a second you're foolish enough to believe that suddenly, out of the blue, you'll have this new Production Capability (read: more players/numbers) that will give you a fighting chance against the UIF. Surely, you aren't that stupid. Where in the hell do you think they'll come from? You know- they won't. The numbers aren't there.

Nor do I think you believe the UIF will simply disband. Really? Is that why they're all cozy on the Strategus map? Is that why they always fight for each others' battles? Is that why they never fight for land, when we all know that they have the resources to have waged several wars by this point? You either DO or SHOULD realize this. Denying it to appease yourself and justify your actions after the fact is Intellectual Dishonesty.

I hope that you have a clear understanding of the term now.

I think you've taken a far to narrow approach to the subject, you do not know the integral working sof the faction relations you tlak about with supposed authority.  The UIF is not a single entity that always works together for a single purpose.  each faction within it has its own goals and ambitions, it may support one another to achieve this but since the removal of the Templar block in strat 1 the UIF has had no single goal, as such they have fragmented and powers have shifted.

Really? What proof of this can you offer?

I know nothing about the subjective intent of the UIF and its leaders-- in other words, I can't read their brains, or read their correspondence.
I do know something about the objective intent of the UIF and its leaders.

Let's say there's a little boy who pulls the chair out from under a mean old lady. That's all you know.
Did he do it on purpose, or was it a mistake?
Subjective intent is knowing what he was thinking at the time. Objective intent is considering the context.
Virtually everyone will agree- he did it on purpose. You don't know what he's thinking, but only an idiot would think this was merely circumstantial.

That is objective intent, and I repeat, the objective intent of the UIF and its leaders is plain enough to see. They've never fought against one another before, and there's absolutely no evidence that they will do so anytime soon.

I know by its actions and words revealed what's going on. Stop feeding me bullshit- I'm not hungry, and we're not stupid. The UIF is sitting on its territory in the West swelling its troops and gold. How do I know this?

Because I'm not dumb enough to think they're doing nothing. I can see battle rosters. I can look at the equipment being used. I can see how the various groups interact on the forums.

I also fail to see why it should be my responsibility to improve the game, i enjoy it as it is.

Really? Because this seems to be an issue you can't quite settle on. Almost NOBODY is satisfied with the game as-is. This is another, albeit minor, case of intellectual dishonesty.

My faction is currently doing well, we have many options for expansion and gain. why would i want to change the way things work.

See all of the above.

At the moment the ball is in your court you don't have to worry about managing fiefs or if your going to get attacked in strat. So go off and brainstorm some ideas rather than being so burthurt that things didn't go the way you think is best.

Doing so right now. Thanks for the advice.

My aim is not to impress you either, it is to defeat you. My aim has been reached, you are landless, me and my associates sit happily atop our piles of troops ready to move them as we wish.

See all of the above. You've won a Pyrrhic victory at best. Totally besides the point.

If you really want to find a solution to your perceived problems with strat your best of making a post under that premise, rather than one of condemning the actions of others.  We simply use the system the devs have created. If you don't like it, talk to them.

I hope that they do read this, because I'm convinced that they'll realize something is terribly wrong with the game because leaders like you can't be trusted to make logical decisions.

I'd also like to discuss what you keep referring to as Intellectual Dishonesty, a term which I must admit I've come across rarely.  I believe this means one of two things, all though please correct me. A.) I am lying, in the face of some overwhelming and condemning evidence that ultimately means that my points are whole heartily flawed and as such all things i say are to be disregarded. You however must clearly be speaking always a 100% accurate truth or you two should be disregarded.  b.) In contrast to yourself i am attempting to deceive readers by putting forward elaborate and compelling evidence which has been selected subjectively to support my statements. While you of course put forward a completely neutral statements which hopes only to enlighten the innocent readers to the great injustice done towards your faction.

Most of this has been discussed above, but I'll hit a few points here. No, your points are not wholeheartedly flawed. You're logic is based on fiction, not fact- but much of what you say is opinion. You're entitled to disagree. I'm less appreciative of reworking "fact" to suit your argument.

I could have called you dishonest, possibility "A". I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. I do not think you are lying, or I would have called you out immediately.

What I think is that you've convinced yourself of something that isn't true, probably without realizing it. If I thought you were lying, no words of mine will convince you otherwise.

I think it's simply a matter of not seeing the bigger picture of what is actually going on. You see the trees but miss the forest. I intend to induce a paradigm shift, a change in your perspective. But that's a choice you'll have to make, even my words cannot force you to consider another perspective if you so stubbornly cling to what you believe that just isn't so.

To redress these points i'd like to say that the forces tht attacked your faction were obviously overwhelming, we had greater number than you allies hence why we won.  As i've stated before our two options were to attack the UIF, which would likely result in an early defeat. Or attack you, which would likely end in an early victory.  If war is to come between UIF and us, holding your lands puts us in a much stronger position than if you held them.

The word "early" is an important one. I think you've got a spark of understanding, followed by an illogical train of thought that I've talked about before. An "early" victory over one opponent has condemned you to fight an enemy you have no hopes of defeating on your own.

This is what I referred to as the "balance of powers" earlier. I'll go over it one more time.

The UIF is still as strong and unified as ever. A few names have changed, communication lines shift, but there's just no convincing evidence to the contrary. If you refuse to accept this, there's nothing I can do for you. See the above.

When the Eastern independents existed, several hundred players were active in some great fighting and politics. They weren't working together, but it wasn't unforeseeable that they could resist the attack from the UIF, which is almost double their size in players, for a while. Furthermore, with the existence of your Crusader factions to the South, the UIF had a sizable enough threat to balance their growth.

Here's an algebraic description of this major balancing problem. Numbers are arbitrary, but approximately equal to the Potential-Active-Players provided by the new patch.

Let's call this Phase One. This is one period of growth- gold and troops. I'm discounting the advantage gained by trading, which would inflate these numbers to be much larger for the UIF and Crusaders (for simplicity's sake- my point is made regardless). It looks something like this:
UIF: 550 --- Crusaders: 350 --- Eastern factions: 300

But the Eastern factions fought amongst one another. Small skirmishes, but it counted. Then the Fallen and her closest allies started fighting the Crusaders. Let's assume three periods of growth (Original growth + 3 x (original growth) = result), minus 25% for casualties amongst Eastern and Crusaders for the early stages of the conflict. Phase Two:

UIF: 2200 --- Crusaders: (350 + 3(350)) x .75 = 1050 --- Eastern factions: (300 + 3(300)) x .75 = 900

Phase three, the major players of the Eastern faction are essentially gone. It costs just equal numbers of troops for Crusaders as it does for the Easterners, assuming 700 of the 900 Easterners resist the 1050 Crusaders. Lacking fiefs, Eastern growth is annihilated except for the few remaining factions (CHAOS, LLJK playing a bit role). Another three growth cycles have occurred.

UIF: 3850 --- Crusaders: 1050 - 1000 + 1050 = 1100 --- Eastern: 900 - 1000 + (no growth) = 350

Phase four. Another three growth cycles. The UIF initiates its first attacks against a tiny Merc faction and a diminished HRE. Neither are capable of a true resistance.The majority of Eastern powers have gone. The Crusaders are still recovering from their war against the East.

UIF: 3850 + 1650 = 5500 --- Crusaders: 2675 --- Eastern: Dwindling

Phase five.

Do the math.
You can't outproduce them. It's literally impossible. You don't have the numbers -- they do.
Unless you can somehow recruit enough players to not only MATCH them, but outnumber them, you will never stand a chance.
Unless they break apart, which they haven't actually done in any apparent way since their founding in 2010.

Worse, because of trading, which my simple explanation doesn't factor in, you've made them even richer- because they have more numbers, they get richer at a faster rate than you do.

So.

I've exhausted every possible explanation at this point of why the decisions of the Crusader faction have been stupid.

You can deny the numbers and facts, but that won't change them. I encourage you to show me why the theory behind this formula is wrong (again, the numbers are merely symbolic of relative and approximate power).


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Side note to Gnjus:

Thank you! I do hope you enjoy what I've put up in this section. Search for "The Chronicle of the Brigade" for some of my creative writing.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 18, 2012, 03:37:23 am
Sry forgot to answer to this. It's funny because we never traded with anyone of the former UIF members, they are too close, we prefer na clans or the sudeastern desert :D.
Things about wars and exploits, it didn't mean to be an attack on you. I think chadz could just fix that issue instead of doing the carpet bombers raid, we are here also to test it after all and you just spotted a major problem. Anyway is kind of a big exploit when you make your village not attackable you can't deny it xD.
About the stompig of little clans, it just sounds logical for me that if you claim an area you imply you will kill anyone that comes in that area without your permission.

The fact i didn't fight any of UIF members doesn't means i'm allied with every one of them. Am i allied with you because i never fought you in this strat?
Also yeah i don't like current strat but for different reason then yours. You think OP alliances is the issue, i think is other things i mentioned, i can't see how fighting anyone would solve this little issue (that fighting isn't fun XD).

If you've been waiting to play Strategus for three months now without making a single move, then yes, I think that is a two-fold problem.

One, you address. You shouldn't have to wait that long to get a decent battle, with decent numbers of troops, with decent equipment.

Second, you shouldn't wait that long. Your decision, in my opinion, is a bad one. Play the game- don't wait for it to be playable.

If the old UIF will start fighting because you start getting some medium armor and decent weapons, that's sufficient for me. I don't believe that's true, but maybe I'm wrong. I'd love to see if you put your money where your mouth is! Let's see some hawt Grey v. DRZ or Legio v. Raven action for a change, because the lack thereof is fundamentally altering the way everyone else has to play since it causes so much goddamn gridlock.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 18, 2012, 04:16:07 am
I'll try and write a more thought out reply tomorrow evening. At the moment the way I see it is that I, as the single leader of my faction (which is completely inaccurate for a start), have created a chain of eents that means the entirety of HRE/Fallen/GK/FCC/TKoV/Mercs are now completely removed from strategus.  In doing this i have ultimatly caused my faction and my allies to be doomed for destruction at the hands of the UIF.

I agree with you on the numbers, but the politics wouldn't have worked any other way.  The desert alliance formulated this plan many months ago.  I agreed with our plans entirely and will see them through to the end. If that means fighting an overwhelming force then so be it. If it means obvious defeat, then so be it.  I have fought many wars, against overwhelming forces my friend and made peace afterwards, why should this one be any different.  Each round of strat brings new potential, new opportunities.  This time round we tried this tactic, we shall see how it develops for all else is mere prediction.  However, i speak for many members of my coaltion when i say that working with Fallen is not an option we'd consider.

I personally don't care much what the UIF does, wether they continue to be friends, or decide that making war at a later time would be more fun.  Strategus is a long term game, and with each round it gets longer.  People have to wit loger before they are interested in making wars with each other. People want to secure their own territory before expanding.  We are only now seeing factions secureing their territories. 

I wholeheartedly believe that a large war will come to strategus, if its left long enough.  Whether that is by the vast forces on the NA side, (which you fail to include in many of your calculations), or from the UIF.  Patience is a virtue, i frankly don't care if the war is winnable, as long as i get to fight for a while i'm content. If i must fight, i'll do it with the gear i like, not some peasants cloth.

Having been the diplomatic representative for my faction over three separate strategus rounds i can tell you for sure that each faction within the UIF operates under its own terms.  If you took some time to go and actually talk to the leaders of other clans, rather than basing your arguments of what you see in public and what is written on forums, you may learn something more.

Im sure if you did go and talk to these people they'd tell you strat can be quite fun for them. and indeed, if they are enjoying it and are willing to dedicate time and effort to it, equal to your contribution and others why should they not be allowed to do what they find fun?

If strategus changes, it may well be for the better, i will continue to persevere for as long as i am around.  Remember, this is just one round of strategus, the wipe may come tomorrow and it'll all be kicking off again.  For now i'm content to sit easy for a while and build up some forces for the next wave of operations.

On a further note, if the Fallen would have had their way, the whole of the Templars, Hospitallers and Occitain would have been wiped out from this round of strat, throw that into your calculations and see just how long you could of held out.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Lt_Anders on January 18, 2012, 04:22:07 am
Has anyone bothered doing the math for the NA carebear alliance?
(goons, knights of New(reddit), Chaos from what i hear. Don't know if UKC is in it)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: ArysOakheart on January 18, 2012, 04:36:29 am
Has anyone bothered doing the math for the NA carebear alliance?
(goons, knights of New(reddit), Chaos from what i hear. Don't know if UKC is in it)

seems like Goons, Reddit, HoC, Chaos, and UKC are all in cahoots.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Mannhammer on January 18, 2012, 05:37:10 am
Anyway is kind of a big exploit when you make your village not attackable you can't deny it xD.

We never did deny it.  In fact Loki openly admitted we did this on the forums, mainly because of his contempt for the dev team and their lack of action on this issue. I posted about the Hospitallers doing the exact same thing in Dashbigha to the Fallen a month before we did it to Dusturil. The admins did nothing, not even respond to the tread. So ya we exploited, but that's what happens when your foes are using an exploit and the devs do nothing.

Overall though, the outcome was good. It finally stirred the devs from their torpor and will make people think twice about using this exploit. Or at least think twice about admitting they are doing it since they still haven't fixed the problem. 
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Loki on January 18, 2012, 06:18:52 am
You have to have a little sadness in your life so you know when you're having a happy time (http://youtu.be/5nx0mzYY1oc?t=12m30s)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gnjus on January 18, 2012, 09:08:42 am
Find me at http://rusmnb.ru/

I just started to learn basics of Russian and the only line i can say so far is "Меня зовут Gnjus" so i would be grateful if someone could tell me where to i need to click to show that page in English.  :wink:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Paul on January 18, 2012, 09:17:24 am
I'm sorry but I don't think Garem would make a good writer. He might write pages and pages of text but those pages are still essentially empty.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Old Autobus on January 18, 2012, 09:26:19 am
god bless paul.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Spleen on January 18, 2012, 09:54:17 am
I'm sorry but I don't think Garem would make a good writer. He might write pages and pages of text but those pages are still essentially empty.

So he will be like George R. R. Martin after 2000?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Xant on January 18, 2012, 10:50:21 am
Sometimes, Garem, it's good to be concise.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Mannhammer on January 18, 2012, 11:06:53 am
I'm sorry but I don't think Garem would make a good writer. He might write pages and pages of text but those pages are still essentially empty.

Look paul, we all know you and the other devs can't even muster the competence to write a change log for new ranged nerfs patches or any basic technical documents for this game. When your writing evolves beyond 2-3 sentence troll posts then you'll have the gravitas to critique someones writing. Until then, try to keep it civil. You are a dev after all, and should be setting a good example for all the other children.   

Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Slamz on January 18, 2012, 11:15:17 am
Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who.  Strat 3 died early because devs never got their shit together.  Heck, I'm still waiting on a change mentioned 2 months ago that would have a dramatic impact on the economics.  Go play Star Wars or cRPG and check back now and then for Strat 4.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Xant on January 18, 2012, 11:24:30 am
Somebody needs to get got.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: ArysOakheart on January 18, 2012, 11:26:40 am
So he will be like George R. R. Martin after 2000?

So a Feast for Crows was not any good? Have you read it more then the one time you skimmed through it?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: BlindGuy on January 18, 2012, 11:33:24 am
Look paul, we all know you and the other devs can't even muster the competence to write a change log for new ranged nerfs patches or any basic technical documents for this game. When your writing evolves beyond 2-3 sentence troll posts then you'll have the gravitas critique someones writing. Until then, try to keep it civil. You are a dev after all, and should be setting a good example for all the other children.

Before you critique anyone's writing, you should have a sit down with English Grammar for Dummies, available from amazon.com
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Vibe on January 18, 2012, 11:35:35 am
Before you critique anyone's writing, you should have a sit down with English Grammar for Dummies, available from amazon.com.

I can do this too
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gristle on January 18, 2012, 01:14:09 pm
It's been months since a good strategus update, and the only developer attention we get is shitposting?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Overdriven on January 18, 2012, 01:59:19 pm
I'm hoping that just means they are working on a major over haul rather than crappy little updates.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Segd on January 18, 2012, 02:45:08 pm
I just started to learn basics of Russian and the only line i can say so far is "Меня зовут Gnjus" so i would be grateful if someone could tell me where to i need to click to show that page in English.  :wink:
http://translate.google.ru/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Frusmnb.ru%2Findex.php%3Fboard%3D80.0
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Nessaj on January 18, 2012, 02:46:01 pm
Somebody needs to get got.

visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on January 18, 2012, 04:54:52 pm
Well I'm not going to start making suggestions, there's been far smarter and more knowledgeable people making much better suggestions to "fix" strat.  But honestly, the big problem is that a clan of inactive people, who never play c-rpg, can dominate in strategus just by having each person check a website once a week (or once every 2 weeks) for literally 1 minute, transfer their goods to the people who are actually active, and then go afk for another 2 weeks.

That's a huge fucking problem.  All it takes to manage a clan of 100 is to have 3 active people.  If you have 5 or 10, all the better (you need people to walk troops from castles to villages, and probably good to have some people who can attack any potential challengers). But other than that, you can have 50 afk people transferring goods once every 2 weeks, and never play c-rpg, and they are going to have a huge advantage over a clan of 20 active people.

I'll just keep going through the motions (crafting and transferring troops) and basically keep ignoring strategus like 95% of the people who used to play it, and just keep pubbing c-rpg.

Maybe the "vision" for strategus far outweighed the possibility to make it happen.  Strategus = great as an idea, not so much when implemented and ignored.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Osiris on January 18, 2012, 05:09:56 pm
(or once every 2 weeks) <---- dont you get booted to the middle of the map for that? :P
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 18, 2012, 05:14:20 pm
I'm sorry but I don't think Garem would make a good writer. He might write pages and pages of text but those pages are still essentially empty.

Basicaly this.

Cass however, now thats a fine read. He is killing Garem on every point he tires to make. Quite amusing

Just read his last reply, couldnt have said it any better

For Paul
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Casimir on January 18, 2012, 05:31:31 pm
Not my intention at all. I simply try to explain the actions of my faction and our alliance from my perspective. In fact Garems input, besides the continued personal attacks on my character, has caused me to consider more in depth the actions of my faction and the direction in which the alliance is moving. Some of his misconseptions and bias' do confound a few points but overall i think discussion of the subject is good.  The continual shit talking and insults however limit how far i, and im sure many others, will heed his suggestions.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Spleen on January 18, 2012, 06:40:36 pm
So a Feast for Crows was not any good? Have you read it more then the one time you skimmed through it?

I had 2 fucking weeks with a broken foot to read through it, as I couldnt do much else to distract me. A pity tbh...
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 06:49:12 pm
Things that I think its wrong :

Current Strategus is still based on Strat 1 :

The numbers on the first Strategus were different, diplomacy was different too.
There are absolutely no rules about diplomacy. Factions can easily make peace with surrounding factions and empty their whole area without any threat.
There are absolutely no rules about production. Any inactive player can check the browser once in couple of days (mentioned above) and any war can be won with a roster formed up by players from an another faction.
A faction can make peace with multiple factions and leave enemy faction roster empty, 500 tickets with 51 players can easily win against 5000 with 15 players.
There are no item/class restrictions.  30 archers with in total 30 bows will dominate the battle field since they can pick up stuff from the ground or full roster of cavalry units can capture the spawns in a field battle in matter of few minutes.
List goes on and on....

Bugs :


Exploits :

Lets make few things clear

I appreciate devs effort to make a free mod for people and cRPG is the best mod out there. I absolutely understand you are busy fixing bugs and developing new things. I'm aware that this mod will always stay in a beta state. But I would appreciate if you would listen the problems of the large part of the community.

I'm not against a nation but if most of the exploits coming from a specific nation I cannot ignore it and call it "some people" I have reported even my own allies in the past.

I'm only writing this thing because I'm concerned, I love this mod and its the second online game that I spent that much time playing it (after Ultima Online) and I'll do anything in my power to prevent corruption even if it means turning the game hell for myself and my clan this was my diplomacy since the very start.
Viva la resistance

Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Segd on January 18, 2012, 07:26:49 pm
I'm not against a nation but if most of the exploits coming from a specific nation I cannot ignore it and call it "some people" I have reported even my own allies in the past.
Ban all Slavs!  :rolleyes:

Changing craft & recruit system is the only good solution.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 18, 2012, 07:31:19 pm
Transferring rubles by cRPG market is impossible  :rolleyes:
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Edit: BTW - I'm disgusted with informers, it is so pathetic and embarrassing. Job perfect for stinking nits. Disgusting attitude, stigmatized in any honorary society ... I want to vomit ... bleee
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: v/onMega on January 18, 2012, 07:34:16 pm
Page 1,2,3 omfg skip to 15....

Nothing changed.
People trying to explain other people how they 'd like them to behave or act....and make thereselfs look like little bitches...

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Certain clanleaders acting like Vladimir Putin while actually being worth less then Medvedev.....insisting that their "democratic" and "political" skills in a browser game gave em their current "power".

(While secretly just keeping up old alliances since most o there members cant talk more then one language)

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Your alltime favourite messiah nr.3

PAUL.


Start to enjoy yourself and quit strat!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 18, 2012, 08:11:35 pm
I'll try and write a more thought out reply tomorrow evening. At the moment the way I see it is that I, as the single leader of my faction (which is completely inaccurate for a start), have created a chain of eents that means the entirety of HRE/Fallen/GK/FCC/TKoV/Mercs are now completely removed from strategus.  In doing this i have ultimatly caused my faction and my allies to be doomed for destruction at the hands of the UIF.

I do not allege that you are the leader of your faction. I know you're not, you made that clear. Crusaders and Friends have a council. However, you ARE the only one willing to discuss this. I respect you for that. Furthermore, I have good reason to believe you're influential. You're not voiceless amongst your cadre. I intend to change your point of view with brutal honesty. The remainder of this paragraph is true, wholly or essentially.

I agree with you on the numbers, but the politics wouldn't have worked any other way.

Good, but that's not true. I refer back to the "balance of power", which would make this game consistently playable and more fun for everyone involved- perhaps your own faction most of all.

The desert alliance formulated this plan many months ago.  I agreed with our plans entirely and will see them through to the end. If that means fighting an overwhelming force then so be it. If it means obvious defeat, then so be it.

On one hand, you won't do something because it leads to "obvious defeat" - fighting the UIF alone. (No disagreement there, but this has never been my point.)
On the other hand, you are doing something despite the fact that it leads to an obvious defeat - destroying the ONLY other balance on UIF power.

That's hypocrisy.

I have fought many wars, against overwhelming forces my friend and made peace afterwards, why should this one be any different.  Each round of strat brings new potential, new opportunities.  This time round we tried this tactic, we shall see how it develops for all else is mere prediction.  However, i speak for many members of my coaltion when i say that working with Fallen is not an option we'd consider.

Two points here. First, we agree on the numbers. You've not contended that the obvious evidence indicates that the UIF has made no significant alteration since 2010- can I assume you agree that the most probable reason is that they still exist with more or less the same purpose?

Take note on this point, that I'm not addressing the UIF. They've failed at a much deeper level than your own coalition to make this an interesting and engaging game. However, they seem incompetent, incapable, and/or unwilling to do anything else. I have hope for you, hence this is worth our time to discuss.

Second, I've never asked that you "work with Fallen". (I'm starting to repeat myself...) I don't want that. I don't think anybody wants that. That would be boring. We'd have a two-sided war in which we'd (assuming full clan cooperation) be much larger than the UIF. This would be equally boring.

My point remains that it is in the best interests of everyone that you refrain from coordination with the UIF. A trade agreement with a de facto or actual non-aggression pact is coordination.

If, in a grand stroke of hypocrisy, you complied with my request and abandoned all ties to the UIF for Strategus 4.0 and entered a cold war period, but the Fallen created a coalition with non-UIF while making a peace treaty with the UIF, wouldn't that be rather frustrating?

Put the shoe on the other foot. You've already said we'd do the same thing- and wouldn't that fucking suck for you? If we set ourselves up for a quick victory against you, creating a position where you can't play the game you love (flawed as it may be) and the game dragged out for months upon months so both sides can approach some grand war event that you have little belief will even occur because it has NEVER happened before and there is no indication it will ever happen again?

You'd quit playing (as has occurred), or bring the injustice to light (as is occurring). You'd feel betrayed. That's the position we're in. I see someone who has the choice to make the game better but who refuses to do so with the thin justification that he "won't work with Fallen" despite the obvious reasons why a more temperate and reasonable choice - using a "balance of powers" approach - is not only feasible, but clearly in his long-term best interests. Best interests, I say? Every side- UIF, Crusaders, and Easterners ALL say that Strategus is boring as shit because there's nothing to do.

It's incredibly frustrating for me, and the voices I speak for. There's "nothing to do" because so many people are afraid of the risk of action. Rightfully so, perhaps- the consequences of failure are being unable to play the game. That's a big problem, exacerbated by every issue I bring forward. But using a "balance of powers" model is the clear solution.

I want you to apply. I beg you to apply it, not just for my sake, but for your own and everyone else's.

I personally don't care much what the UIF does, wether they continue to be friends, or decide that making war at a later time would be more fun.  Strategus is a long term game, and with each round it gets longer.  People have to wit loger before they are interested in making wars with each other. People want to secure their own territory before expanding.  We are only now seeing factions secureing their territories.

Yes, Strategus is a long-term game. That's a major part of my point. I see a failure of long-term planning on your part.

Does it get longer? Maybe.
Who's to blame for that? Partly, the mechanics of the game. But the mechanics are slave to the choices of those that use it.

That people are just now securing their own territory is totally untrue. Every fief has been claimed for well over a month, maybe two. Nobody has challenged a single UIF faction's territory since they took it all (with hysterical 50 v. 5 person battles, another big problem). So this just isn't true. Maybe I misunderstand you, feel free to substantiate on this claim.

I wholeheartedly believe that a large war will come to strategus, if its left long enough.

That really makes my point. =/ Why are you waiting for someone else to make something interesting happen? You're not that weak. You're either too boring or too afraid to make a move.

Whether that is by the vast forces on the NA side, (which you fail to include in many of your calculations), or from the UIF.  Patience is a virtue, i frankly don't care if the war is winnable, as long as i get to fight for a while i'm content. If i must fight, i'll do it with the gear i like, not some peasants cloth.

The NA side fights. We had a damned good time for a while there. All relevant figures were accounted for. Please include specifics if you wish to make an assertion like this.

I won't disagree that acquiring good gear is too frustrating. But remember- whatever you can produce, the numbers show that your only remaining opponent is at least twice as capable of producing- troops and gold, both.

There's a solution to that problem. "Balance of powers".

Having been the diplomatic representative for my faction over three separate strategus rounds i can tell you for sure that each faction within the UIF operates under its own terms.  If you took some time to go and actually talk to the leaders of other clans, rather than basing your arguments of what you see in public and what is written on forums, you may learn something more.

The UIF has time and again claimed that they no longer exist as they once did. Do you have any verifiable proof that this is true? Please present it, and this issue can be discussed further. If the UIF members operate under their own terms, why aren't they waging war?

Whether they are actually allied with plans to build up insurmountable forces or this just happens circumstantially- what's the difference? Same problem, same result. I'm fishing for a solution.

Im sure if you did go and talk to these people they'd tell you strat can be quite fun for them. and indeed, if they are enjoying it and are willing to dedicate time and effort to it, equal to your contribution and others why should they not be allowed to do what they find fun?

They haven't made that assertion. Plus, I'll admit- I'm attempting to dictate to them as much as to you what I believe is in everyone's best interest. I have sound reasoning and statistics to back it up. They're absolutely allowed to do what they want. So are you, so am I. Hence this is necessary to discuss.

I believe, strongly, that I know the best model for how to make Strategus function in a better way than currently exists - a balance of power.

If strategus changes, it may well be for the better, i will continue to persevere for as long as i am around.  Remember, this is just one round of strategus, the wipe may come tomorrow and it'll all be kicking off again.  For now i'm content to sit easy for a while and build up some forces for the next wave of operations.

On a further note, if the Fallen would have had their way, the whole of the Templars, Hospitallers and Occitain would have been wiped out from this round of strat, throw that into your calculations and see just how long you could of held out.

I'm glad you're open-minded to the idea. I'm certainly open-minded to your suggestions on how to balance our respective interests.

The final note, however, is incorrect. I refer back to the "balance of power" hypotheticals.

If Fallen used its resources to attack the Crusader faction and made significant headway, in whose best interest would it be to counteract that upper-hand?

The UIF, at the least. Furthermore, there are plenty of other great enemies that (ideally) would have an interest in taking Fallen land. The FCC, TKoV, CHAOS, LLJK, and many others would certainly like an extra slice of pie. And I would hope that they did, and acted upon such an impulse!

But as it stands, no motion by the Crusaders or UIF has a counter-reaction. There's no checks on power. And that makes the game dreadfully imbalanced, the natural result of which is an inferior gaming experience.

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Paul,

The developers have a stake in the player's attitudes towards the game. I have chosen to, generally speaking, exclude discussions of the issues that are outside of the control of the people I'm addressing. Legio, DRZ, Grey, Templars, Wolves, Occitan, Fallen, FCC, LLJK - none of these have any power to make direct and positive changes to mechanics, only that which is in their power - their attitudes and behaviors. I'm trying to find a resolution to a perceived problem in spite of that which you control - the mechanics.

So what I'm addressing is that which is within their power - their actions, their perspective. Despite disagreements, we respect each other enough to have an open and (alarmingly, to some) honest discussion. This is outside the power of the developers. I hope that you read it all and use our discourse to consider the changes we all hope to come.

I hope that the developers bear this in all in mind when effectuating such change, whether you appreciate my perspective or not.

If you wish to discuss this further, I'd appreciate that.
If you'd rather not, thank you for at least taking the time to consider my position, even if you find it appalling.

Cheers!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 08:19:17 pm
Ban all Slavs!  :rolleyes:

Changing craft & recruit system is the only good solution.

Nobody needs to get banned, just "behave" do not cheat then lecture others about honesty. I'm talking in general, nothing against you. But if an individual decides to cheat in several different ways just to gain upper hand in a game, maybe its better to quit.

Being a decent person is the only solution.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on January 18, 2012, 08:28:28 pm
I'm a freakin khan and I freaking couldnt raid, that is my main issue. I couldnt ride around pillaging and running off cause raiding a small caravan apparently took 24 hours of stationary planning, not to mention that my horses just dropped dead after each fight, but not before setting alight to any equipment tainted by human touch from the previous fight.

There would be more place in strategus for defeated clans if we could raid, but once all the fiefs are gone there is no where for us to hide :P and no places to make money :P
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 08:32:08 pm
Edit: BTW - I'm disgusted with informers, it is so pathetic and embarrassing. Job perfect for stinking nits. Disgusting attitude, stigmatized in any honorary society ... I want to vomit ... bleee

Really? do you want me to bring people here that YOU PERSONALLY asked to take screen shots of our fiefs, and troops count?
Do you want me to bring TS login information that YOUR MEN joining to our TS just before the battle to take screen shots OR count the players in our TS?
Do you want people testify here? or will you stop talking about honesty and integrity so I let you go with your dignity.

Edit : I can't even believe you suggest that people should keep it quiet about cheating.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 18, 2012, 08:54:22 pm
Yes! Really! Completely another thing is when someone reports a fraud, and quite another thing when someone does this to achieve personal gain. Bleeeeeeeeee! A worm! Do not mix different concepts. Spying in the game is an entirely different matter than denounce own colleagues from school or work the the boss. Mende. You do not know what it is decency. Bleeeeee! Damn now I regret that I do not know the language...
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 09:05:55 pm
Yes! Really! Completely another thing is when someone reports a fraud, and quite another thing when someone does this to achieve personal gain. Bleeeeeeeeee! A worm! Do not mix different concepts. Spying in the game is an entirely different matter than denounce own colleagues from school or work the the boss. Mende. You do not know what it is decency. Bleeeeee! Damn now I regret that I do not know the language...

1 There are two topic, reporting multi-accounts and autoblocker unban : anyone who is cheating are given a chance.
2 I dont need anyone to tell me anything when everything is on a public forum. You are not the only one who can use google translator you know?
3 You have history in cheating
4 I'm also getting notifications from unban/ban, multi-account, autoblock topics and there are shit loads of Grey members there.
5 Huge numbers in your allies are multi-accounting.

Now

Please find 1 single cheat or ban from my entire cRPG history
Just 1, thats all I ask.

If anyone is wondering what the hell we are talking about

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is anyone still wondering why Harpag suddenly gets all defensive?

Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Kalp on January 18, 2012, 09:42:51 pm
Yeah, we know, we are bad and evil boys  8-)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 09:54:51 pm
Didn't Harpag just say he thinks it's disgusting that someone REPORTS fraud? Fucking ass backwards morality. No Harpag, the worms aren't the people reporting the cheaters. The worms, the low down disgusting pieces of shit who don't know what morality or decency means, are the CHEATERS, not the ones reporting them.
I'm hoping it's just a translation error since you don't know the language well.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 18, 2012, 10:09:35 pm
is anyone still wondering why Harpag suddenly gets all defensive?
I'll tell you why. Because I consider you a sociopath. You are an intelligent person with a distorted mind. So you very well simulates a decent person, but you can not fool me, because I know your true motivation. You put too much effort into tracking other people.


  • Multi accounting : I gave a long list of accounts to devs more than a month ago, its never been taken care of. List contains more than 60 accounts.

  • Selling cRPG items for IRL money
    http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Frusmnb.ru%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D13267.0&act=url
    http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Frusmnb.ru%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D10658.0&act=url


This is sick.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 10:13:47 pm
Right, but cheating, bypassing the rules, then lying about it shamelessly is totally normal behaviour. Those people aren't sociopaths at all XD. You know what I think is even more sick? People defending cheaters, and pretending they have the moral highground while doing so.
Funny Harpag, why do these accusations affect you so? Obviously you are not involved in any of these things, or have any knowledge of them. Why would you defend these cheating, lying scum? 
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 18, 2012, 10:21:28 pm
Every cheater should be punished! This is obvious. I am not defending cheaters, I just do not like "industrial" informers!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 10:25:12 pm
Just think it's kind of funny. Like gangster "morality". Cops and detectives are disgusting creatures, but hardcore criminals are just regular normal people trying to make ends meet. Ass backwards.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gnjus on January 18, 2012, 10:28:23 pm
Clicked on those links and laughed my ass off. I wanna have the same drink that those comrades are having.  :)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 10:29:45 pm
I'll tell you why. Because I consider you a sociopath. You are an intelligent person with a distorted mind. So you very well simulates a decent person, but you can not fool me, because I know your true motivation. You put too much effort into tracking other people.
This is sick.

I'm flattered thank you,

You call me sociopath others call me "determined".  Point is Harpag I'm sociopath or not (I might be), it doesn't change the fact that these people are cheating and these two links is NOTHING compared to what I gave to the developers. I'm telling it here, I gave list of multi-accounts like 1 guy owning 7-8 alt characters. Its not just one or two people you know, there are many.

I kept battle ID's and compared them to each other. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out.

For example : Druzhina_Antip

http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battleroster&id=927 Antrit is Antip
http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battleroster&id=962 Artrit is also Antip
http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battleroster&id=1047 Whenever you see Antip, you never see the other two

EDIT : change the last digits of battle ids to 927, 962, 1047

Another example : STR_Han_Hanich : says that Dubiena is his wife. Very well, Kittiya is Gingers wife this is legit. Then who the hell is Dubina and what the hell he was doing on defenders side when STR attacked a castle?

I have a huge list of these things you know. Denying it only makes it worse.

let me tell you what is sick :

5 clans with obviously superior numbers, still need to cheat to take down 1 small clan with 2 small allies.

Cheers

EDIT : Since we started


Druzhina_Kondor , Druzhina_Grif, Druzhina_Berkyt

All 3 named after bird names in Russian, never seen together in 1 battle.

One last edit : Since you accused me for doing this for my own personal gain.

I reported myself when I had my hands on over 2 billion gold. UIF vs Merc. battle was still going on that time. Kapikulu asked me and I reported that to chadz (instantly) myself.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 10:38:14 pm
Fucking ornithologists man. You can't trust them.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Xant on January 18, 2012, 10:41:52 pm
Preach it, brutha.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Gnjus on January 18, 2012, 10:43:35 pm
For example : Druzhina_Antip

http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battleroster&id=927 Antrit is Antip
http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battleroster&id=962 Artrit is also Antip
http://www.c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battleroster&id=1047 Whenever you see Antip, you never see the other two

EDIT : change the last digits of battle ids to 927, 962, 1047

Another example : STR_Han_Hanich : says that Dubiena is his wife. Very well, Kittiya is Gingers wife this is legit. Then who the hell is Dubina and what the hell he was doing on defenders side when STR attacked a castle?

I love Russians but this Antip was always somehow antipathetic to me, don't know why. As for Han Hanich and his beloved Dubiena....maybe they're having marriage problems and she is defying him on purpose by fighting for the opposite side while they don't even talk to each other in real life ?  :wink:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 11:00:01 pm
An annecdote to prove Noc's goodwill in this. Noc probably doesn't want to write about it cause they were friends of his, but I don't give a fuck. Some Russian guys who were very friendly to Mercs (yes, they exist XD) offered him a 3 month old character that was gen 40. Gen 40. Noc could have not only used the character, but used the cheating method they used to do the same thing to other characters. He didn't. He got them banned, because they were cheating cunts. THAT's morality. Not cronyism, not covering for people's disgusting crimes because they're your friends, but respecting the rules and the rest of the non-cheating community.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Garem on January 18, 2012, 11:08:05 pm
Noctivigant the (meta-Crusader?),

Even as I began this post, I was intending to ask you to refrain from deviating from the already complex purpose of this thread. I don't see sufficient relevance between our two grievances- merely a coincidental party or two.

However, with several thousand views already, I change my mind. I don't know if what you say is true, and as I've said before, I don't believe that cheating is happening as endorsed by any particular faction or faction leader. But you've certainly piqued my interest and I hope your investigation continues, concurrently with an investigation by the developers who have much greater power of information to do so (not to mention, to react accordingly).

I believe it's safe to say that all fair players here appreciate the time spent on this matter, by devs, their support staff, and independent researchers like Noct.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 11:21:06 pm
They ARE linked. If you can't see how a discussion about the overwhelming power of one particular alliance and the accusations of widespread cheating from the leading clan of that same massive alliance are linked, well...
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Meow on January 18, 2012, 11:22:22 pm
An annecdote to prove Noc's goodwill in this. Noc probably doesn't want to write about it cause they were friends of his, but I don't give a fuck. Some Russian guys who were very friendly to Mercs (yes, they exist XD) offered him a 3 month old character that was gen 40. Gen 40. Noc could have not only used the character, but used the cheating method they used to do the same thing to other characters. He didn't. He got them banned, because they were cheating cunts. THAT's morality. Not cronyism, not covering for people's disgusting crimes because they're your friends, but respecting the rules and the rest of the non-cheating community.

That is not exactly true, he wanted to use that account until i checked the char and saw it was Level34 Gen40, after that we launched an investigation and had all accounts involved banned.

He was obviously not involved in the exploiting himself.
Just to make sure it doesn't sound like that.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 18, 2012, 11:25:32 pm
But but but Nocti is the ultimate anticheater crusader Meow! He didnt even keep the stuff in strat he gained by the bug! Oh wait...
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 11:26:38 pm
But the first thing he did was come to the devs yes? Probably to give up his old account so he could only use that one? I don't think he knew how old the character was until you checked for him. Anyways I just heard about this in some random discussion, I realize I probably don't have all the info.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 11:29:06 pm
But but but Nocti is the ultimate anticheater crusader Meow! He didnt even keep the stuff in strat he gained by the bug! Oh wait...

Well, if the bug was planned and orchestrated by Noc, you would have a point, since it would be exploiting. Are you suggesting the multiaccounting and the QML abuse and 3 month old 40 gen characters are just random bugs?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Camaris on January 18, 2012, 11:30:23 pm
Long life to the investigation!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 18, 2012, 11:35:09 pm
What i am trying to say is if you think abusing the system to get an advantage isnt acceptable you shouldnt do it yourself

Edit: actualy i got a better idea, lets do a simple metaphore with a gun and shooting someone (and by no means am i saying that cheaing/bug abusing is as severe or as simple as this, its just a metaphore)

Scenario 1:
John wakes up one day and says: im gonna kill someone
He goes to gun shop and buys a gun
He goes over to Jakes house and shoot him
Jake dies.

Scenatio 2:
John is walking on the street minding his own buisness.
John finds a gun in the bush and picks it up.
Instead of going: hey this is dangerous i should probably get rid of it, he sees Jake and shoots him
Jake dies.

Conclusion: John shot Jake. Jake is dead wheater John planned it or not. Only difference being in scenatio 1: John bought a gun and in scenario 2 John stumbled upon a gun
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 11:38:25 pm
That is not exactly true, he wanted to use that account until i checked the char and saw it was Level34 Gen40, after that we launched an investigation and had all accounts involved banned.

He was obviously not involved in the exploiting himself.
Just to make sure it doesn't sound like that.

I wanted to use the account before you told me it was gen40 lets make it clear, you had access to it 1 sec after I did and the only reason you guys knew about it because I asked the rules about it before I could get it. If I was planning to cheat I wouldn't ask 3 developers before I got it.

Btw why nobody is saying anything about multi accounts, I have 20 premade replies, cmon guys.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Xant on January 18, 2012, 11:45:56 pm
It's all in the game, yo.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 11:46:02 pm
What i am trying to say is if you think abusing the system to get an advantage isnt acceptable you shouldnt do it yourself

Edit: actualy i got a better idea, lets do a simple metaphore with a gun and shooting someone (and by no means am i saying that cheaing/bug abusing is as severe as this, its just a metaphore)

Scenario 1:
John wakes up one day and says: im gonna kill someone
He goes to gun shop and buys a gun
He goes over to Jakes house and shoot him
Jake dies.

Scenatio 2:
John is walking on the street minding his own buisness.
John finds a gun in the bush and picks it up.
Instead of going: hey this is dangerous i should probably get rid of it, he sees Jake and shoots him
Jake dies.

Conclusion: John shot Jake. Jake is dead wheater John planned it or not.

Yes, I'm sure losing part of the massive arsenal they cheated for themselves set back DRZ very badly. All that "hard work" and "organisation" for naught. Well, no worries, their army of multiaccount clones slaving away in their dungeons probably made up for it.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 11:47:58 pm
But but but Nocti is the ultimate anticheater crusader Meow! He didnt even keep the stuff in strat he gained by the bug! Oh wait...

You are not well informed let me tell you,

I contacted Nebun to decide what to do with the equipment while I was checking battle details because I was away that weekend. (It was mentioned that I went to a concert in Germany)
Then I figured out some fishy stuff and I realized people who were doing seriously fucked up things were "ordering" me to make honest decisions Please check Druzhina hit list on Xmas thread you'll see in my replies then I mentioned it couple of times actually at least I gave it signs.

Then I decided that I'm not taking shit from bunch of cheating guys and I raised the flag of "FUCK OFF"

What If it did not happen, nobody were doing something fishy and bug happened?

I cannot give you anything but my word but I would sell the equipment.

When I did this I've been lectured by Harpag, Vovka ( Hi dethdealer and fightfire) and Nebun (hows your brother Rohmir doing?) about honesty. I couldn't talk about it openly due I was waiting developers to confirm, which never happened due their busy schedule (no sarcasm or quirkiness intended)
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 18, 2012, 11:52:09 pm
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Btw since flame wars will keep going I'll keep quoting myself about UIF stuff so people can read it. Since I'm a very intelligent sociopath thats what I should do.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 18, 2012, 11:55:34 pm
So to put it simple you punished the abusers by abusing them. Maybe in affect, maybe less so. But no matter what you say Jake is dead and you cant use the holier than thou attitude now...
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 18, 2012, 11:57:54 pm
Again, if Noc had deliberately planned the bug himself, with the intent of stealing the equiment and troops, your analogy would make sense. INTENT TO CHEAT here would mean he was setting out to kill the other guy no matter what, in your stupid analogy. I can make ridiculous analogies that support my bias if you like? Here: A more accurate analogy would be a rape victim trying to defend herself by grabbing her assailant's knife and stabbing him.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tot. on January 19, 2012, 12:02:05 am
People arguing over the internet are so exciting.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Fluffy_Muffin on January 19, 2012, 12:02:48 am
Ill edit your analogie a bit if you dont mind. An assiailant tries to rape the victim but the victim rapes him instead. They are both the rapist and the victim...
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 19, 2012, 12:03:47 am
It's almost as exciting as cheating on a multiplayer internet game. Really going to enjoy the arguing on the forums even more once the devs get around to investigating this bullshit.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Harpag on January 19, 2012, 12:07:14 am
No :!: This is a job for real "detective" from Devs team, and not for people with a double morality, or for fundamentalists. When you do not have professional tools, then it may be empty accusations. It can be very unfair for honest people. He can not be sure. This is a type of lynching. Therefore, I repeat once again - this is nasty attitude and I do not change my opinion.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Oberyn on January 19, 2012, 12:08:16 am
Ill edit your analogie a bit if you dont mind. An assiailant tries to rape the victim but the victim rapes him instead. They are both the rapist and the victim...

No, that's because you're trying to equate a clan who's policy is straight up exploiting everything they possibly can and one guy refusing to give up (cheated) equipment due to a bug caused by bad code. Let's finetune the analogy even more then. It's a serial rapist, who's already claimed dozens of victims, who ends up getting raped by one of his victims. Then goes to the police, and tries to bring the girl who raped him on trial, and has the nerve to throw around words like "honesty" and "honor".
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Noctivagant on January 19, 2012, 01:04:01 am
No :!: This is a job for real "detective" from Devs team, and not for people with a double morality, or for fundamentalists. When you do not have professional tools, then it may be empty accusations. It can be very unfair for honest people. He can not be sure. This is a type of lynching. Therefore, I repeat once again - this is nasty attitude and I do not change my opinion.

Did anyone inform you that I'm member of the staff, yes a very very minor part but I am. I just need developers to check the logs and I already took the risk that if I'm wrong I accept to be banned. Now work hard to get me banned chop chop.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: 22nd_King_Plazek on January 19, 2012, 01:40:15 am
No, that's because you're trying to equate a clan who's policy is straight up exploiting everything they possibly can and one guy refusing to give up (cheated) equipment due to a bug caused by bad code. Let's finetune the analogy even more then. It's a serial rapist, who's already claimed dozens of victims, who ends up getting raped by one of his victims. Then goes to the police, and tries to bring the girl who raped him on trial, and has the nerve to throw around words like "honesty" and "honor".

Whether they mention honesty or honour is irrelevant, if the matter of fact there is that they broke the law then they broke the law. That is how it works, the law is simple like that.

Also Fluffy's analogy is valid Oberyn, yours was an epic fail. Making insofar as I am aware implications with no basis in fact as to the legitimacy of the initial attack DRZ made on Emirin. In relation to the justification for the Mercs use of illegitimately gained equipment. Unless of course Oberyn you are privy to information that nobody else from the public is.

Anyway the "holier than thous" might not like being told they have no honour or honesty by those that they perceive to be nothing more than cheaters, but if you are going to put yourself upon the pedestal of perfection then you gotta stay out of the dirt cause it sure as hell is gonna show up on your heavenly white smock and the mud is definitely going to interfere with the shine of your halos  :rolleyes:

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Anyway this thread really is not so lolzy anymore, I am disappoint. I want more entertaining comments about how the eastern factions were the balancer to the UIF when the easterners were not even able to kill a few smelly templars and their chums. Or how no UIF members ever got attacked in their claims. Or how the UIF is actually a transcontinental calradian conspiracy sect. Plox.

Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: SquishMitten on January 19, 2012, 01:43:49 am
Or how the UIF is actually a transcontinental calradian conspiracy sect. Plox.



Where is Kesh when you need him?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Xant on January 19, 2012, 01:44:37 am
Anyway this thread really is not so lolzy anymore, I am disappoint. I want more entertaining comments about how the eastern factions were the balancer to the UIF when the easterners were not even able to kill a few smelly templars and their chums. Or how no UIF members ever got attacked in their claims. Or how the UIF is actually a transcontinental calradian conspiracy sect. Plox.

There's no need to repeat the obvious, is there?
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Mannhammer on January 19, 2012, 02:01:16 am
Where is Kesh when you need him?

He's smarter then us and quit a while ago.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Meow on January 19, 2012, 02:15:04 am
He'll be around :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Loki on January 19, 2012, 03:48:48 am
the game is full of bugs, cheaters, and devs that don't give a shit about either.  it's time to move on.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Beauchamp on January 19, 2012, 04:05:09 am
namrdat prdels tpanove, namrdat prdel!
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Segd on January 19, 2012, 12:01:03 pm
Bad topic. :( Need some gifs & youtube here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=fzzjgBAaWZw

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Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Auphilia on January 31, 2012, 11:41:44 am
Strategus is like trying to play Risk on a Monopoly board. Some of the players actually try to play Risk, while the vast majority of them are perfectly content doing nothing but playing Monopoly. What makes it even worse is that for newer players, such as myself, there is virtually no chance of any success in either Monopoly OR Risk...so players like me get to play the Sims and just watch other people do things. Which is fine and dandy, but isn't this suppose to be a war game or something?  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: _RXN_ on January 31, 2012, 12:28:55 pm
Two days without strategus battles, oh man, it's so boring! :|
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: ArysOakheart on January 31, 2012, 12:30:35 pm
This stalemate in NAP's is retarded. Frank and I tried to bring fun into this strat, but some people took it a little too seriously. I'm guessing they wish to keep their territory safe and sound, no wars, unless they are attacking a few man clan. I will be back, and I will be waiting until you are actually at war with some one (yes, it may be a long while), but I will be back.  :D

Don't worry I haven't forgotten about your new found allies, LoC - KUTT. Good Job grabbing vassals. I'm glad they are all as scared as the others.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Rikthor on January 31, 2012, 04:02:20 pm
the game is full of bugs, cheaters, and devs that don't give a shit about either.  it's time to move on.

Don't go Loki D:

bloo bloo bloo

Summarized that for you.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Spleen on January 31, 2012, 10:44:01 pm
Random thread necro pic
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Kafein on February 01, 2012, 05:59:38 pm
Solution : don't play Strat and enjoy life.
Title: Re: Let's take a moment and LOL together.
Post by: Tears of Destiny on February 01, 2012, 07:23:33 pm
Don't go Loki D:

You missed his going away party by a few weeks.