Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

If a replacement for NGC4 needs a few turns of consolidation before continuing the war in earnest, I'm sure we can arrange something. Would be sad if this war now is becoming too easy, right now it is looking ... interesting.

Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

Adamant 13 (magic) also needs a replacement player. Without Alneyan there will be 3 of 6 players left. Anybody?

Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

Well, my DSL seems to be more or less back Online. I will still have to catch up though, and PBW doesn't work here for the time being.

So I should be able to keep my current games, while leaving TGE3 and Adamant 012 to the replacing players (unless they really, really don't want to keep them) as I advertised for permanent replacements.

Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

Great! Welcome back, Alneyan. Even if this means you will again make life tough for me in NGC4 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

No worries; PBW doesn't want to hear about me, and it isn't as if the Continuum was powerful. You have seen how great my warships are; behold the power of the DUC! On the other hand, numbers might be able to compensate outdated designs. Therefore, I would ask you to bring your whole fleet to a given system to meet my Dreadnot hordes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

Never underestimate the power of DUCs! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif At least your ships shoot better than my mining facilities...

Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

Especially flying DUCS of DEATH!

Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

oh cool, you can have 12 back, eather that or write me a ten page essay on the history of the blades in this particular galaxy :p
and why on earth as a magic race you havent reserched shields yet!!!!

seriosly im taking a little time to get into it, I havent played a magic race before, which makes it even harder to take over the empire. if you want it back your most welcome. if you REALY want to leave it to me ill need some more idea of your relations between the blades and the other empires and why you have the treatys (or lack of) that you do.

Re: PBW leave: looking for permanent replacements
 

I hate shields without a passion. So is the reason why I am not using them. Or rather, have you checked the Sparkle! line of ships, and its upgrade in Sparkling? They use armour for a very good reason, besides the one advertisted in their design type. They are here to do heavy minesweeping, which shields aren't going to perform well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (The Eerie is used to detect hidden mines) On the other hand, it is true I never use shields much; in Adamant 011, non leaky armour seems to be good enough for my tastes.

Their history is quite simple actually:
- Meet Ed, Ed wants to fight, we fight for four years.
- Meet the other Empires, they don't want to fight, we don't fight for four years.
- The Brood is threatened with unconventional weaponry, and accepts to sign a truce under duress.
- The Blades, seeing that they have no economy whatsoever, and because they want to bring the fun of war to their friends, decide to declare war upon two other Empires.
- Two Empires are under AI rule, and so your only Empire you fight with is currently Georgig's. In the meantime, Fyron toys with the Brood. Beware of Fyron: he actually has an economy up and running, and an average fleet at his disposal.
- The Watering ships are used as a Last measure, in case someone gets really annoying. They were supposed to be more or less a secret, but everyone knows about them; after all, what use is a secret weapon if it is secret? Be careful with them though, as they can be taken down fairly easily, and do not have the kind of defences needed to achieve their missions.

In short, this game has been used to see the feasability of early attacks rather than a long-term economical development (which would be Adamant 011). Please do keep it, at least for the moment being: I have no access to PBW, and so cannot send any turn for now.

Oh, and be careful of what you wish for: you could very well get it. *Goes back to writing a twenty page lecture on the Blades, early warring and the importance of giving obscure names to warships*

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the worst thing is all the ships which I cant permanatly obsoliete because of tech changes...

if you want I can email you turns for adamant 14 and 11...
I supose your still not going to be able to upload them though. any idea why pbw isint working for you

edit: and if you dislike shileds, why didnt you go for organic as a race?