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razorite right? You attacked someone who received a mysterious $3M aid bomb? Man you are lucky he is the only one attacking you. He's a carrier for aid bombs between alliances. I followed that chain of aid packages back through about 20 steps and had found at least two alliances in there. He probably wants his money back so he can pass it to the next step in the chain. well I think your dead, whoever originated that loan is going to want there full payment.

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How do I get 1.2 million in aid?

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Know someone with a big pocket book, join a large alliance? Since non of you are rich I went the alliance rout. Big mistake, they are zealots; worse, self-absorbed egotistical wanna-be deities. be very careful about the alliance you join, they may sound good till you are a member. Ask the recruiters as many questions as you are asked. Being a small nation you are below the radar to all but the raiders like FH. That's another reason why I was thinking about a peaceful alliance, we need numbers to stay safe while we build up our power base but all this raiding is going to get the WP attacked by a major alliance. It's just a matter of time till one of you raiders brings down the real guns. There is one bright spot, most of the Cyber Verse has agreed not to use Nukes. Not that it really matters when an alliance of a 100+ nations is raining down on you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

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So who's going to bail us little guys out when we become targets for enemies that our more aggressive members have angered?

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Santa Clause.

Edited in: I'm not joking, everyone in the WP will be targets unless it is an alliance that is kind enough to warn you not to help the WP offender off. If it's someone like GOONS we all might as well kiss our butts goodbye and try to flip to Peace mode before the first rounds start coming in.

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What will happen is what always happens in these kind of games. We will be destroyed after being exploited and repeatedly and viciously attacked. In most cases the top players are directly related to the game management. IE they cheat. It was true in Earth 2010 and Planetarion. A new game would start and within hours several players would have amassed huge leads over other players. It was one of the main reasons I left the web game scene back in 01. After do consideration I see that even this game is riddled with this kind of kronyism. It is really disheartening to say the least. If you don't control the game, you are nothing but some poor dumb smuck about to be gang raped by more aggressive players.

I don't believe that I am going to continue with this game. I just don't see the point. Soon I will be attacked and wiped out and really there isn't much I can do to stop it. So why bother with it? The game is rigged to favor a select group and the rest of us are just cannon fodder. If the game isn't on the level, why waste your time and energy playing it? I mean that would be like buying a game that is played exclusively on line. Investing weeks if not months in playing it building up your empire only to be wiped out in one afternoon by a player who was "given" his rank and size because he works for the company managing the game. Where is the fairness in that? You invest time, effort, and thought, and are wiped out by someone who just logs on, actives his empire, edits the DATA base making himself a huge empire and in short term begins to prey upon lessor empires. No thanks, I don't need that kind of aggervation in my life. I think I am going to bow out of this game guys.

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Atrocities I don't believe there is anyone in the game like that. I have heard of nothing like that nor have I seen anything like that.

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Well, if it does turn into an alliance attack I'll switch to Peace Mode and leave the alliance... and see if I survive. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And then next time we'll have to build up peacefully for a long time before getting into fights. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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The huge players and alliances don't bother with the small guys unless you bother them first. They will tear you to pieces but again, that is their way of teaching you a lesson for attacking them first. On the whole the lower nations like ours are the ones that have the most action because of new nations acting as raiders. The only reason there is lots of action at the upper echelons and things are tense now is because of the current situation with several power blocks collapsing. Namely the mega power block which stood in opposition to the Initiative has collapsed leaving the Initiative without opposition. the very purpose of their being has suddenly disappeared. Like NATO after Warsaw dried up.

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IIRC this would only work if you manage to get into it before you are attacked. Also you would need to be sure peace was secured before coming back out of it. Some alliances will wait for you to come out of peace mod to give you the thrashing you missed in the war.