How many turns to mass someone?

[Guest 36536]

I have the same offence as my target has defence, but he is a prior and has those high durability weapons (he has about 40000 of them, but I can sabotage that down to 30000). I have enough naquadah to buy several thousand turns, but I need to save some naquadah for repairs.

Also, is it more efficient to attack 1 turn at time or 15 per attack?

[DaDigi]

15

[The Xeno]

I don't mass that much, so i can't tell you how many AT you will need
(though I doubt it will be more than 3K);
However I am more than willing to offer suggestions :
It may be wise to set them to neutral before you start, as iirc, that will lower the damage you take.
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Also, if you time it right, you will be able to buy more AT should you come up short;
No need to go overboard buying your AT.
And, after your first attack, check and see how strong his M/S is.
If you think you can mass it to, buy up on your own M/S weapons to do as much damage as possible.
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What did this guy do to you anyway?

<SelfEdit> Dadigi, are you sure about the 15AT?

[Angelus Errare]

1 attack is the best to use when massing, you don't cause a lot of damage as a 15 attack would do, but you would have a lot more attacks to use with only 1.

[JIX]

i've done alot of massing since i joined this game way back last year

use 15 attack turns each time untill the defence is gone then use 1 attack turn each time to finsh off the super units and mothership

you'll need a good 700 turns if your strike is ruffly the same as the defenders defence and about double that if there ascended

(i would'nt advise massing someone ascended its alot more costly if your a basic race)

[LBWMTE- D4rk S1de]

1 attack is the best to use when massing, you don't cause a lot of damage as a 15 attack would do, but you would have a lot more attacks to use with only 1.

it used to be like that, but forum levelled it out a while ago, but 1 kills moe supers, but its doing weapons damage at the same time.

[The Xeno]

Ahhh that explains it.
Ty Evil/Jix/DaDigi

[DaDigi]

Mhm.

[Guest]

what do you guys mean by mass attack what is this? does is it possible to completely destroy somebody?

[Reeb]

Yes, it is possible to completely destroy somebody's defense and spies. You can also sab away their attack weapons, but it takes a while. You can't kill miners, and you can't kill attack troops or anti-spies as the agressor.

[Lashley]

wot is the point exactly of massing?

[The Xeno]

Destroy enemy defense weapons (primarily)
It also can have the side effects of killing enemy spies (if you have a high Anti-Covert) and defensive units.