Do people still actually spy?

[Dave_rocks]

In the past three weeks since becoming an LG+1 i have been hit numerous times for naq, i was wondering

DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY STILL SPY ON OTHERS?

why do i ask this, out of these many attacks have been numerous members of what was once CoP as well as numerous others all with at least triple my army size, yet i have defended the majority of these attacks against me, but it has led me to wonder, how then could they not know my defense was larger than their strike if the had 've spied.

and if you dont spy why not? is it just your too lazy to look? or dont really care if you lose the battle you lose?

just wondered what the general community thought/did

Dave

[V|per]

I always spy, except when I don't have any more covert capacity. But even then I always check with 1 turn.

[Turkey]

I dont spy if raiding, just test with 1 AT.

I spy when farming for naq always. Also this sometimes gives me good raids like today I raided over 300k UU from 2k ATs. If I hadnt been spying them for their defense to see if I could take the naq I would of got those raids!

[Anarchy_]

less then 1mill army and i usually 1 turn them to c if their def is good or not otherwise i spy most of the time

[Dave_rocks]

I always spy, except when I don't have any more covert capacity. But even then I always check with 1 turn.

lol, yeah i know that from my attack logs lol,in fact that was yesterday

and turkey i was talking mainly naq hits not really raiding,


Dave

[~Phoenix~]

Always.

[Mordack]

Always.

Ditto.

[Snow Wulf]

i asume you waren't working on your rank a lot. People tend to just blind hit people who's rank is significantly low. And some are just plain old lazy to spy first

[FaRmLaNd]

I always spy unless I'm out of covert turns.

[Fear Of The Duck]

I always spy. Good intel is the basics.

[Lord Dougy]

does anyone else think this is a pointless poll?
coz ur got to be stupid if u dont recon most of the time or out of covert turns?

[Cole]

I always spy. Good intel is the basics.

Same here...

[Taure]

I don't ever spy.


The reason? I'll explain it here.

Suppose I come across a person who I want to take naq off. There is the chance that they are stronger than me, or that they are not.

If I attack and they are weaker than me, I get the naq. If they are weaker than me and I spy, I still get the naq, but at the cost of a covert turn.

If they are stronger than me, then I'll lose more units through an unsuccessful spy than I would have if I had simply attacked and failed.

In both situations, spying leads to a higher cost for me. Therefore, I don't spy. Hitting them with 1 turn is so much easier, and cost effective.

[~Phoenix~]

I don't ever spy.


The reason? I'll explain it here.

Suppose I come across a person who I want to take naq off. There is the chance that they are stronger than me, or that they are not.

If I attack and they are weaker than me, I get the naq. If they are weaker than me and I spy, I still get the naq, but at the cost of a covert turn.

If they are stronger than me, then I'll lose more units through an unsuccessful spy than I would have if I had simply attacked and failed.

In both situations, spying leads to a higher cost for me. Therefore, I don't spy. Hitting them with 1 turn is so much easier, and cost effective.

What a big waste of time and computer space, you do realzie you get 3 covert turns every 30mins right?

[Milenko]

It's better to be safe than sorry. I always spy first unless I know they have no def.