A Reflection Of massing - the physical symptoms
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:40 am
Background - so as you know I am apart of the Endgame alliance that as most people know masses a lot of defences when the glory is usually bountiful kills.
But yesterday some of you may be aware I was tasked with massing a player called Ryu from the alliance Ghost riders his initial defence was 150trillion defence with over 450million armed supers and wepons. I geared up and massed him initially using double strike - getting him down to around 45/50trillion defence. It was just me - i was online massing and it was going well, my heart rate was calm my pulse normal, wasn’t excess sweaty palms just cool calm and collected - I knew I was making some massive grounds. BUT ryu came online and ppt’d. I waited for 3 hours rebuilding, re raiding my forces in order to await the end of alliance ppt.
3 hours past I knew ryu was online - he dropped rank to 6k I contemplated what he may be doing he dropped ppt I began instantly hitting ryus rebuilt defence of 94trillion he was unable to continue with his plan and raid people - I got 5 hits in he alliance ppt’d again. I was frustrated my emotional reaction was like disaster my alliance mates offered some advice on how best to tackle the next drop so I rebuilt my forces and rebuilt my strike by this point my double strike was well over and realised I would need to maintain a 140trill strike in order to beat ryu.
Gathered my thoughts and felt more secure in my thinking I knew what needed to be done - I’ve massed bigger before I got this. - 3 hours passed (6hours total) ryu remained in 6k ranks and within private messages I knew what his plan was to raid he needed a seller and time was against him and at this point it was always in my favour. He dropped he I began instantly hitting he raided and as I was axing through his defence he had 200mill additional uu(he was nox and he was to far to raid) he allaince ppt’d instantly after getting the uu. My emotions were high - I was stressed thinking almost 6hours have passed and I’m back to square 1 so to speak, I had rebuilt retrained my forces and maintained 140trill strike.
At this point - another player in Ghost riders dropped Qacol I was impressed and at the same time slightly nervous as qacol defence is 111trill - at this point my thought process is going crazy I may end up getting sandwiched by qacol and ryu and while I had my team behind me it would be a struggle to mass both defences on nox at the same time while they both had over 100trill defences. I noticed at this point ryu had managed to gather 200million mercs and before I knew what was happening his defence was back to 150trillion.
I felt crushed - beaten - and was frustrated I had wasted so long for nothing. But with support from my team I gathered my strength I bought more units and had to build big knowing I had no double strike. My army jumped - it was now 247trillion raw strike - 549mill supers armed and dangerous but I was stuck I could not mass anyone I dare not farm for the price of weps repair was to much so I sat there waiting refreshing the ghost rider allaince rankings and suddenly I noticed 3trillion of my naq gone I quickly looked it was mcdeadly from delta - a surprise attack while it was a failed attempt due to me doing a temporary ppt there was damage done he reduced my defence from 34trill to 26trillion the damage was there I had no free units to defend with I was not going to waste my time - I instructed flux to take care of him and suddenly mcdeadly ppt’d - my emotions were high I knew I couldn’t drop ppt early I knew I had to stay focused on the prize so I waited Flux was getting massed heavily by rodwolf - Robert there was to many variables I couldn’t account for - so we alliance ppt’d just before ghost riders ppt ran out - it was time for ryu to wait. At this point the roles were reversed I was no longer waiting I was the hunter I knew ghost riders had no more alliance ppts (9hours later) I knew what needed to be done. The problem was - who was else was waiting.
- flux dropped alliance ppt to scope out what was happening instantly Robert and rodwolf were hitting - I knew rodwolf wasn’t going to be a threat to me (but the level of unpredictablity with being faced with the prospect of over 500milion wep kill) it was a risk I wasn’t prepared to take - flux regathered his strength from raiding and was ready. The plan was in motion then suddenly flux realised he only had 5covert capacity left from his fighting with rod and Robert - we alliance ppt’d. And ryu was still waiting.
We came up with a new plan - instead of flux being the one to sab ryu drah was going to be the one - but he wasn’t online and suddenly the hunter was becoming nervous. We decided that we would just go through with the plan without drah there would be no need to sab (as ryu was nox and his strike weps were badly damaged we knew it would be difficult to get his defence weps damaged to the point they were able to being sabbed)
2 hours into our ppt - we decided it was time...
A call was made - we were ready my strike sitting at 247trillion and 549million army trained supers it was now or never. My heart was racing, palms sweating, I knew what had to be done! I did the first hit - WIN this was good second hit WIN I thought yes!! We got this... 3rd,4th and 5th we’re losses I lost over 14million per hit I needed to rebuild I sacrificed my covert knowing I risked being sabbed I rebuilt and carried on - Robert began a fury of attacks against me I managed to defend them but on occasion my naq was being stolen I was quick to repair and retake out naq. I saw ryus army being depleted losing well over 400million in the first fury the onliner had begun!!!
Flux defended me - he massed Robert then rodwolf massed Flux it was a 2v1 but flux managed to keep them distracted on him rather than me.
I needed uu I was running low I sacrificed to many covert I was taking from anti covert I was suddenly not killing spies - I needed a plan I needed some help otherwise this was going to be over quickly I saw ryu being sent uu or buying uu - during the nox I was able to get uu sent to another high ranked player - I raid massed him I knew he was off nox I needed that uu stopping quickly to repair and do one more hit on ryu to let him know I was still there. I got the uu I rebuilt strike I was taking heavy losses I was taking heavy repair bills on wepons but I knew I had to keep going.
Drah came online - he sent me some uu - he sabbed ryu strike out killing some defence weps flux managed to get a few sabs in i was still being massed ryus defence was down to 22trill I sold weps to afford my naq bills my heart was racing it was then we realised Robert was blocking me he was hitting ryu - in order to stop my hits going through ryu rebuilding defence ever so slightly I got more uu - I rebuilt and continued ACing through his defence my heart was racing I knew this would end in one way - Ryu being phased.
20more hits came - ryu phased the job was done - the defence was 10t with 1 mill spies there was nothing further that could be done except now the hunter was Now again the waiting.
Ryu knew he was phased and took quick action he managed to get himself back to trade cap and rebuilt a few minutes later ryu was back to raid cap this was it I knew he could have been massed again his phase meter cancelled but I waited - I felt bitter dissapointment at the fact I was unable to 0 ryu during the onliner but he did his defending job well making it very unlikely he would’ve been 0d online during nox.
I knew I wanted to see that 0 I needed to see that 0 I felt a bizzare sensation perhaps disappointment perhaps regret but I knew what needed to be done! - I waited until I knew everyone was asleep - I massed ryus rebuild
But something was wrong? He phased - his wepons damage listed 36/ I waited again thankfully only 16minutes but i was thinking what if he comes online what if he repairs allaince repair? So I watched the clock go by minute after minute spying constantly checking the defence weps
Turn change - I did one hit, I did two hits and finally!!!!!!!
The forces of Ryuujin Jakka~ fought back with all they could, and managed to inflict 3 damage
Relief, satisfaction, happiness took over as well as tiredness - the job was done! The defence was 0d the determination to get ryu 0d was over I moved on back to bed!
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That was my reflection - I think it shows that this game for as mutch as it’s text and very little graphics you (the human body) gets all pumped you get focused on something so much you need to do it.
It shows that this game can provide you so many emotions and it also shows the importance of team work it shows the benefit to having a team that has your back that shares the same goal as you (in that one instance)
So my question to the gatewars players or massers have you experienced physical symptoms from this game after massing during onliners - or when your planning a big strike how do you feel mentally when you go in with your team!
Please do share
But yesterday some of you may be aware I was tasked with massing a player called Ryu from the alliance Ghost riders his initial defence was 150trillion defence with over 450million armed supers and wepons. I geared up and massed him initially using double strike - getting him down to around 45/50trillion defence. It was just me - i was online massing and it was going well, my heart rate was calm my pulse normal, wasn’t excess sweaty palms just cool calm and collected - I knew I was making some massive grounds. BUT ryu came online and ppt’d. I waited for 3 hours rebuilding, re raiding my forces in order to await the end of alliance ppt.
3 hours past I knew ryu was online - he dropped rank to 6k I contemplated what he may be doing he dropped ppt I began instantly hitting ryus rebuilt defence of 94trillion he was unable to continue with his plan and raid people - I got 5 hits in he alliance ppt’d again. I was frustrated my emotional reaction was like disaster my alliance mates offered some advice on how best to tackle the next drop so I rebuilt my forces and rebuilt my strike by this point my double strike was well over and realised I would need to maintain a 140trill strike in order to beat ryu.
Gathered my thoughts and felt more secure in my thinking I knew what needed to be done - I’ve massed bigger before I got this. - 3 hours passed (6hours total) ryu remained in 6k ranks and within private messages I knew what his plan was to raid he needed a seller and time was against him and at this point it was always in my favour. He dropped he I began instantly hitting he raided and as I was axing through his defence he had 200mill additional uu(he was nox and he was to far to raid) he allaince ppt’d instantly after getting the uu. My emotions were high - I was stressed thinking almost 6hours have passed and I’m back to square 1 so to speak, I had rebuilt retrained my forces and maintained 140trill strike.
At this point - another player in Ghost riders dropped Qacol I was impressed and at the same time slightly nervous as qacol defence is 111trill - at this point my thought process is going crazy I may end up getting sandwiched by qacol and ryu and while I had my team behind me it would be a struggle to mass both defences on nox at the same time while they both had over 100trill defences. I noticed at this point ryu had managed to gather 200million mercs and before I knew what was happening his defence was back to 150trillion.
I felt crushed - beaten - and was frustrated I had wasted so long for nothing. But with support from my team I gathered my strength I bought more units and had to build big knowing I had no double strike. My army jumped - it was now 247trillion raw strike - 549mill supers armed and dangerous but I was stuck I could not mass anyone I dare not farm for the price of weps repair was to much so I sat there waiting refreshing the ghost rider allaince rankings and suddenly I noticed 3trillion of my naq gone I quickly looked it was mcdeadly from delta - a surprise attack while it was a failed attempt due to me doing a temporary ppt there was damage done he reduced my defence from 34trill to 26trillion the damage was there I had no free units to defend with I was not going to waste my time - I instructed flux to take care of him and suddenly mcdeadly ppt’d - my emotions were high I knew I couldn’t drop ppt early I knew I had to stay focused on the prize so I waited Flux was getting massed heavily by rodwolf - Robert there was to many variables I couldn’t account for - so we alliance ppt’d just before ghost riders ppt ran out - it was time for ryu to wait. At this point the roles were reversed I was no longer waiting I was the hunter I knew ghost riders had no more alliance ppts (9hours later) I knew what needed to be done. The problem was - who was else was waiting.
- flux dropped alliance ppt to scope out what was happening instantly Robert and rodwolf were hitting - I knew rodwolf wasn’t going to be a threat to me (but the level of unpredictablity with being faced with the prospect of over 500milion wep kill) it was a risk I wasn’t prepared to take - flux regathered his strength from raiding and was ready. The plan was in motion then suddenly flux realised he only had 5covert capacity left from his fighting with rod and Robert - we alliance ppt’d. And ryu was still waiting.
We came up with a new plan - instead of flux being the one to sab ryu drah was going to be the one - but he wasn’t online and suddenly the hunter was becoming nervous. We decided that we would just go through with the plan without drah there would be no need to sab (as ryu was nox and his strike weps were badly damaged we knew it would be difficult to get his defence weps damaged to the point they were able to being sabbed)
2 hours into our ppt - we decided it was time...
A call was made - we were ready my strike sitting at 247trillion and 549million army trained supers it was now or never. My heart was racing, palms sweating, I knew what had to be done! I did the first hit - WIN this was good second hit WIN I thought yes!! We got this... 3rd,4th and 5th we’re losses I lost over 14million per hit I needed to rebuild I sacrificed my covert knowing I risked being sabbed I rebuilt and carried on - Robert began a fury of attacks against me I managed to defend them but on occasion my naq was being stolen I was quick to repair and retake out naq. I saw ryus army being depleted losing well over 400million in the first fury the onliner had begun!!!
Flux defended me - he massed Robert then rodwolf massed Flux it was a 2v1 but flux managed to keep them distracted on him rather than me.
I needed uu I was running low I sacrificed to many covert I was taking from anti covert I was suddenly not killing spies - I needed a plan I needed some help otherwise this was going to be over quickly I saw ryu being sent uu or buying uu - during the nox I was able to get uu sent to another high ranked player - I raid massed him I knew he was off nox I needed that uu stopping quickly to repair and do one more hit on ryu to let him know I was still there. I got the uu I rebuilt strike I was taking heavy losses I was taking heavy repair bills on wepons but I knew I had to keep going.
Drah came online - he sent me some uu - he sabbed ryu strike out killing some defence weps flux managed to get a few sabs in i was still being massed ryus defence was down to 22trill I sold weps to afford my naq bills my heart was racing it was then we realised Robert was blocking me he was hitting ryu - in order to stop my hits going through ryu rebuilding defence ever so slightly I got more uu - I rebuilt and continued ACing through his defence my heart was racing I knew this would end in one way - Ryu being phased.
20more hits came - ryu phased the job was done - the defence was 10t with 1 mill spies there was nothing further that could be done except now the hunter was Now again the waiting.
Ryu knew he was phased and took quick action he managed to get himself back to trade cap and rebuilt a few minutes later ryu was back to raid cap this was it I knew he could have been massed again his phase meter cancelled but I waited - I felt bitter dissapointment at the fact I was unable to 0 ryu during the onliner but he did his defending job well making it very unlikely he would’ve been 0d online during nox.
I knew I wanted to see that 0 I needed to see that 0 I felt a bizzare sensation perhaps disappointment perhaps regret but I knew what needed to be done! - I waited until I knew everyone was asleep - I massed ryus rebuild
But something was wrong? He phased - his wepons damage listed 36/ I waited again thankfully only 16minutes but i was thinking what if he comes online what if he repairs allaince repair? So I watched the clock go by minute after minute spying constantly checking the defence weps
Turn change - I did one hit, I did two hits and finally!!!!!!!
The forces of Ryuujin Jakka~ fought back with all they could, and managed to inflict 3 damage
Relief, satisfaction, happiness took over as well as tiredness - the job was done! The defence was 0d the determination to get ryu 0d was over I moved on back to bed!
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That was my reflection - I think it shows that this game for as mutch as it’s text and very little graphics you (the human body) gets all pumped you get focused on something so much you need to do it.
It shows that this game can provide you so many emotions and it also shows the importance of team work it shows the benefit to having a team that has your back that shares the same goal as you (in that one instance)
So my question to the gatewars players or massers have you experienced physical symptoms from this game after massing during onliners - or when your planning a big strike how do you feel mentally when you go in with your team!
Please do share