Honestly I made this thread mostly to get my bonus. This is my 2nd reset coming back to this game since it was Earth 2025 and I am still getting back into the groove. Only played half of Primary last reset too due to starting late. I had no clue you could just post in a "bonus" thread to get the points.. =P
Originally
posted by
blid:
It's a GDI issue if OneMansArmy is angry and wants first strike, instead of retaling and opening himself up to first strike. Only way to change that though would be to forgive your attack history after a set amount of days, probably not a good change to suggest.
This did highly piss me off and to make matters worse his month old "Retal" was on a DH from me. Granted that I am new to the forums and just getting back into the game, but indulge me as to why forgiving the attack history after a set amount of days would be a bad idea? My other idea to counter this issue was to allow Sabotage Missiles spy ops on countries that have hit you at least once. This way you could lose first strike and GDI special protection against them, but also dismantle their stockpile if your spys could get through. I haven't thought this idea through very much though.
My intention is not to be able to AB/Missile him for a single land grab or get rid of GDI. Only to not be left wide open to missile attacks should I hit someone twice with weeks between each hit. The idea is to encourage retals to be done within a reasonable amount of time so both parties actually remember it. If it wasn't for the third party website:
http://www.eestats.com/primary/ I wouldn't have remembered that I hit the guy that long ago. The in-game history only goes back like 3 days so I guess I need to keep track of all the targets I hit in my spreadsheet. I still plan to hit him out of principle, but a late retal gets a late retal in return..
Originally
posted by
crest23:
@OneMansArmy, a 27k acre rep casher on 36 mill NW now is going nowhere in the scores, I say you should let it go. Besides, you have used up your missiles already. If he did this last week when you still had all your missiles I would say balls to the wall on him. As it is now, you are already involved in a scuffle.
Then again, if you feel confident in your SDI and as a Demo techer you should, then go for it.
Another reason I need to keep track of my hits in a spreadsheet.. I had forgotten I hit the guy you're talking about 3 weeks before the second hit. He responds with missiles so I sent him most of mine, but not all. If you look I only launched EM's to weaken before a land grab, and then CM's to kill off his population. Saved all of my Nukes so I didn't damage the land I planned to take from him. I tried to kill him but didn't have enough turns/missiles I guess (never done it before). He is all turrets, so land grabbing him has become too costly. Instead I just up my SDI and dismantle most of the missiles he makes through spy ops.