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How does sabbing work?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:46 am
by EdwardThatch
I'm getting ready to mass a planet thief, and he's unascended with a 32 mill army. He has over 12 mill super defenders and a bunch of mercs so it's more cost effective for me to sab him rather than straight out mass. I've only sabbed once before and that time I lost 0 spies but my covert was much larger than his. The guy I'm planning to mass has about 20 mill weapons and little to no covert so I don't plan on losing many agents. How many should I train with my covert level at 27?
Re: How does sabbing work?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:47 am
by don becks
try this link to calculate all you want to know
http://www.arvystate.net/calc2/index.php
Re: How does sabbing work?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:51 am
by EdwardThatch
Kinda confusing format, but I think I get it. Will I still lose spies on a successful sab?
Re: How does sabbing work?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 5:11 pm
by Lord Blackhole
You lose 5% of spies if successful.
50% if fail.
Enemy will detect all failures.
Enemy have a small chance detecting the name of attacker if successful, the chance decreases if you over send.
Re: How does sabbing work?
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:57 am
by Heru ur
he's got 12mil SS defenders? have they got weapons? as i dont think you should try and sab until you get rid of his defence.
Re: How does sabbing work?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 4:29 pm
by Lord Blackhole
Heru ur wrote:he's got 12mil SS defenders? have they got weapons? as i dont think you should try and sab until you get rid of his defence.
That depends whether it is cheaper to sab or mass down the defence.
Re: How does sabbing work?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 4:57 pm
by muffafuffin
sabbing would be my though it he is sitting on that many defenders. sab those weapons out in huge amounts then kills massive amounts of defenders with minimal losses.
but definately use the calculator. incredibly convenient to know how many you need so you dont use more then you need.
Re: How does sabbing work?
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:44 pm
by WeaponX
mass him, kill the 12 mil supers, put a hurting on him! dont ust sab, that alone is not worth doing. massing gets rid of his defense weapons AND defenders, a better bargain even if costs you more than sabbing alone.
i think killing off 1/3 of his total army size would be a laugh riot for you in the long run. besides he stole a planet, the only way to teach not to do that again is to mass him into the ground kill as many spies as possible strip him of his planets...
only when they lose more from you than they gain from you do they move on to someone else. this isnt always the case though but its worth a try.