Sorry for the newbie questions but...

[Ragnarok]

"6) Two fairly long threads talked about the horrors of playing against players using the Talisman. Hopefully, PBW hasn't suddenly become filled with Talisman Users... Roughly, what percentage of PBW players use the Talisman?"

"Dunno."

I'm not for sure about this. But I'd venture to say that almost 50% of PBW players use it. Although I have a feeling that's going to be dropping a little bit. People are starting to figure out how to beat the talisman, thus the people playing with the talisman will see that it's starting to become a waste of resources and racial points as it's not becoming as effective as before. Although it's still great to have, you never miss. But from those threads that you've seen you can make it so you hardly ever miss without the talisman as well. Load up on fleet exp. and combat sensors and ship exp. Many ways to get up to like a 95% chance to hit. That's plenty chance to hit a ship.