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View Poll Results: Your preferred NAP declination?
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Ignore
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Thanks, but a NAP wouldn't suit my strategic interests right now
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When hell freezes over! Prepare to die!
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August 16th, 2007, 01:04 PM
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Sergeant
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Do you really think that you\'re fooling anyone?
How do you respond to a player who offers a NAP when you aren't interested? It seems that a surprising number of players just don't answer at all. I've noticed this in other MP games as well.
Do players really think that by not answering, they will fool the sender into thinking they have peaceful intentions?
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August 16th, 2007, 01:07 PM
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Re: Do you really think that you\'re fooling anyone?
I'm as likely to ignore it as anything else, simply because sometimes there's no point wasting time replying.
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August 16th, 2007, 01:23 PM
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Re: Do you really think that you\'re fooling anyone
I tend to ignore it. To me its like any other pitch. Just because Im not interested, doesnt mean that Im automatically going to go the other direction. It often means Im just not interested in joining up with someone.
Altho sometimes, for me, ingoring is rather tactical. I dont like to be the one that starts a war. So if I would prefer a war, and get offered a NAP, then I dont answer back something like "prepare to die". By ignoring it I sometimes get the other guy to shout a "prepare to die".
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August 16th, 2007, 02:22 PM
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Sergeant
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Re: Do you really think that you\'re fooling anyone
Ignoring the request may leave the nation with some doubt as to your intentions, whereas outright refusing it says to them "Hello, I have hostile intentions towards you."
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August 16th, 2007, 02:36 PM
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Major General
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Re: Do you really think that you\'re fooling anyone
I would ignore usually as well.
Ignore sends a clear and consise message as far as I am concerned, sooner or later I will be at war with you so do not want a inconvenient NAP.
I have had a situation sometimes in MP where the player in question mathers me with alot of messages. They don't get that ignoreing there message was the answer.
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August 16th, 2007, 03:10 PM
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Re: Do you really think that you\'re fooling anyone
Reason #34b why i dislike diplomacy: many people just don't answer.
Being the ridiculously passive Dom player that i am, i mostly wait for others to offer the NAPs, so it doesn't come up that often. I also do my level best to only make NAPs with players i've had successful NAPs with before, so that limits the options.
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August 16th, 2007, 05:26 PM
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Re: Do you really think that you\'re fooling anyone
Quote:
Meglobob said:
I would ignore usually as well.
Ignore sends a clear and consise message as far as I am concerned, sooner or later I will be at war with you so do not want a inconvenient NAP.
I have had a situation sometimes in MP where the player in question mathers me with alot of messages. They don't get that ignoreing there message was the answer.
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