planet spying question

[Poena]

ok i know this is a stupid noob q to ask and i should know better by now. but i dont. Why is it that when i spy someone with a planet, even if i send all my spies and my spy level is 4 or more times higher than the player i'm spying, I still cant see a single detail on that planet?

all I'll get is

planet name ?? ?????????? ???? ?????? ???????

occasionally i'll get size of planet, but not how many defenses and pretty much never the type of planet.

it's annoying.

[Fallout]

planets are hard to spy
u have to try again and again and again.

PS! never spy someone who's naq u don't see

[GAT-X207]

ya if u see ???? in naq or armysize column-dont try spying.

[Poena]

i know when to spy and not to spy. that's not the question. even if my covert ability (capacity, power, number of spies, covert level, you name it) is umpteen times more than the player i'm spying, and i can see ever single stat the player has on first try.. i STILL cannot see squat about the planet. It's the only place i'll see any ???? at. Just trying to figure out why. Love them head scratchers.

[Dragonians]

just keep spying and u will eventually see the attributes just keep a track of whaich parts u have seen

[Anarchy_]

it normally takes a while to get all the detail of a planet. im unsure why its this way but it is

[Poena]

thanks, have tested this and your right. multiple tries it eventually gives up a bit of info here and there. added up its enough.

[_Rube_Dragon_]

yea i think it is just about chance combined with your spy level