Re: When all planets are lost?
 

Plan B is ok. Losing them to maintenance problems is a legitmate issue if you are depending on trade income. But if you are just worried about losing them to intel attacks, you don't need to. Once you lose your Last planet the enemy can no longer attack you with intel because they they lose diplomatic contact.

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

Never give up, never surrender. If you can't defend, kill everything in sight. If you go, take as many with you as possible. Hehehehe http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ March 26, 2004, 23:47: Message edited by: Dragonswrd ]

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

Ruatha,
Re your plan B
When you are out, you should be out. The spoils of war should either go to the winner, beeing dismantled or be left for the AI. Giving the ships away and throwing the game as a goodbye gift is a ****ty thing to do (IMHO).

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I would second that motion in principle.

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

Yeah, go out fighting. You can only lose one ship a turn to maintenance lack, so 300 ships = 300 turns of carnage!

Besides, if you lose all of you planets you can't gift your ship to an ally, since you won't have contact.

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">What???
I've lost more than one ship a turn to resource failure.
I think I could loose many,many ships a turn!

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Why would you consider any other option?

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

From my enemy...

"Here is Our offer: You will be ready to turn over 100 of your good warships to Us and We will agree to a Non-Aggression treaty. In addition, We (nor Our ally) will attack you, nor will We requests others to attack you, for a period of 2 years. Until We receive a message from you agreeing to this, We will treat your vows to attack and destroy Us as your continued intention, and will react as such."

It's Messages like these that tempts me to do ****ty things like Plan B below http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
(I've tried to get a T/R treaty for a long time now, that's my vows to attack and destroy....) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

I think I'll just go out in flames and burn him to kingdom come with my Last breath!! ... or Plan B...

[ March 31, 2004, 06:46: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

That’s a cool offer. 20 turns of peace does sound like a good deal for 100 ships. You should have plenty of time to either get on his good side or to rebuild your fleet. Remember; in 20 turns he would have paid approx. 3 times the initial value of the ships in maintenance if he decides to save them for use against you. Of course; If you have other enemies, you gonna get smoked http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Going down in flames is also a cool option.

You already know my opinion of plan B http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: When all planets are lost?
 

If I agreed what would stop all the others from requesting the same and starting to attack me if I didn't comply???

No, this turn I'll start attacking his planets until he stops his intel attacks.