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Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:36 am
by Dagr
Do you're defensive troops come home day after day in sweat and blood just to protect a little bit of Naquadah? They're probably not even getting paid half of what they deserve on top of no benefits. Well how about you offer your troops some paid vacation time this summer?
Just a thought that popped into my head. Have an option to not send in defense soldiers. This could allow for a player to keep all of their defense while in war. Once the war was finished they could use their defense again. I realize this is a rather crude idea for the moment but maybe something good can be formed from it.
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:39 am
by Ra
So encourage snipers even more and.. make war totally pointless?

Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:41 am
by Iƒrit
lol a big NO!!
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:44 am
by Dagr
The idea is to preserve defenses so you just don't mass and be gone. I know it wouldn't work the way I suggested it.
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:45 am
by Doc
No.
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:46 am
by ƒëmmë ƒatalë
well how about a infinitive strike too then, or spies that never die or a MS that cant be crashed?... well you get the idea
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:49 am
by Dagr
What if there was a tech you could buy that would set them on vacation after taking so much damage? It would have to be expensive and only be used once then repurchase.
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:50 am
by Iƒrit
or how about you take your losses and raid/farm naq and rebuild....
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:52 am
by Dagr
That takes away from wars I think. Once you mass away a defense theres not much left to the war.
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:57 am
by Iƒrit
The Voiceless One wrote:That takes away from wars I think. Once you mass away a defense theres not much left to the war.
you could mass there defense and then rebuild one yourself....or you could jut sit with 0 defense and mass any of there defenses and spies and farm them, thats what most people do...
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:03 am
by Dagr
I know and I wanted to see if there were any other possibilities out there. Clearly this isn't one.

Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 5:35 pm
by Sarevok
Now hold up you lot. What's the difference between starting with a defence, having it massed, and never rebuilding it during a war, to shifting it elsewhere and having it when the war is over?
Most of the time, the only time people have a defence close to that which they have out side of war, is either when the war starts or when there is a vendetta with a set defence requirement.
I don't see the problem. If your being massed by a sniper, you can transform YOUR account into a sniper account instantly, saving your defence for someone that is honourable.
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:14 pm
by ƒëmmë ƒatalë
if you have a none destroyable def, then you suffer no loses.. where as having to rebuild after a war still costs you.
the enemy would know they had nothing to lose, so massing would lose its advantage.
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:23 pm
by Juliette
The Voiceless One wrote:What if there was a tech you could buy that would set them on vacation after taking so much damage? It would have to be expensive and only be used once then repurchase.
There is, it's called Nox. Use it properly, and it does EXACTLY what you say.
Except that most of the time, your defence is too quickly brought down for Nox to save some of your defence..
Re: Defense Vacation
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:25 pm
by Sarevok
ƒemme ƒatale wrote:if you have a none destroyable def, then you suffer no loses.. where as having to rebuild after a war still costs you.
the enemy would know they had nothing to lose, so massing would lose its advantage.
So we can't kill spies, AC, MS, and sab attack weapons?