Fleet Experience Poll

gravey101 · #1 February 2nd, 2003, 05:08 PM

On a slightly unrelated note does anyone understand how fleets actually accumulate experience outside of training. These days it seems I have fleets involved in numerous, massive, battles, and they may only be at 23% or so having be trained to 20%. Ditto for ships. Way back before gold I seem to remember that getting lots of PD hits would raise your exp dramatically, and I had some fleets in 1 game at legendary status, but this does not seem to be the case any more. Personally I would like to see the training aspect of fleet/ship experience much less significant than that gained through battle.

DavidG · #2 February 2nd, 2003, 05:35 PM

He what's up with the rant tbontob??

Your inital post re:acquanting Aaron with the problem seemed to invite opinions wether or not this was a problem. I don't think it is.

the poll is a bit simplistic anyway. If you accidentaly lose the %20 bonus on a main attack fleet deep in enemy territory that then gets whipped out you'd be pissed. If you 've got tones of training facilities and it is a new fleet it is no big deal

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I don't often get fleets of +20 experience, unless I use the training facility. Which is exploiting the AI, andd too slow vs human.

Really??? I just finished an all human game were they were absulutly crucial to my victory.

DavidG · #3 February 2nd, 2003, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by tbontob:
Strictly speaking, if you have never experienced a 20+ fleet loss, you cannot say how you felt about it

Hey were talking a game here not some tragedy like losing a loved one. I think it is within the imaginations of most se4 players to know how they would feel about this.

Pax · #4 February 2nd, 2003, 05:52 PM

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Originally posted by tbontob:
Hey guys.

This is a simple poll intended for the ones who suffered a +20 experienced fleet loss. That is the long and the short of it.

So for the ones who have suffered an accidental loss of a +20 experience fleet, you either dislike it, are neutral or like it.

Strictly speaking, if you have never experienced a 20+ fleet loss, you cannot say how you felt about it.

Then your poll is inherentlybiased, as it does not encompass the full range of possible experiences WRT the subject matter at hand.

Yes, a simple "I've never lost one, so I don't feel either way" response WOULD have balanced the poll far better.

Basically it renders your results invalid WRT wetehr or not a fix is needed, or even appropriate. What if, for example, 90% of respondants were to choose "I'm careful enough I never do this in the first place" ... ??

Then, the obvious conclusion would be, it's not a problem.

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I won't even go INTO how biased the questions themselves were, in form AND wording ...

Cheeze · #5 February 2nd, 2003, 06:39 PM

I have lost a fleet or two (none recently in the 20+ training range) due to my own carelessness in this, and I have two responses.

1.Smack myself about the head and shoulders for pulling such a lame-brained move. If I don't feel like doing it myself, I have a number of friends who would be more than happy to help me out there. And then deal with the "administrative screw-up that disbanded the fleet" by ordering several thousand bureaucrats into deep space or hurling them into the nearest star.

2.Start my turn all over again. And avoid that error.

Much as I might like some safeguard, it sounds like a situation that would either turn really buggy or be another space for exploitation. I don't like the idea of the computer having to track fleets with 0 ships.

mottlee · #6 February 2nd, 2003, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
It doesn't take that much effort to not clear a fleet of all ships.

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Originally posted by couslee:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
There is no option for "I think the user should be more careful when playing the game."

Accidents happen.
I would much rather have Aaron work on more important things than this though.

Here! Here! Do Do happens, I have dont and I'm sure we all have OOPS!

tbontob · #7 February 2nd, 2003, 06:51 PM

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Originally posted by DavidG:
He what's up with the rant tbontob?? Your inital post re:acquanting Aaron with the problem seemed to invite opinions wether or not this was a problem. I don't think it is.

the poll is a bit simplistic anyway. If you accidentaly lose the %20 bonus on a main attack fleet deep in enemy territory that then gets whipped out you'd be pissed. If you 've got tones of training facilities and it is a new fleet it is no big deal

quote:
I don't often get fleets of +20 experience, unless I use the training facility. Which is exploiting the AI, andd too slow vs human.

Really??? I just finished an all human game were they were absulutly crucial to my victory.

David

Not a rant, but you are entitled to your opionion!

About the "bit simplistic" part, oh yes! Intended to be.

And the quote you presented was not a statement I had ever made, even though you seem to imply it was by not providing its source.