Whenever I tried to attack someone who is smaller than 80% of my total mothership power, I can't

The system just won't allow me to do such a thing, it tells me that the opponent is too small

But then .... someone who is 1971% of my mothership power has successfully attacked me

2009-08-12 01:02:49
REMOTE ATTACK - BOARD!!!

Capt.Nano_Mojo(#18) boarded your fleet and mothership.
Capt.Nano_Mojo(#18) destroyed 29999 of your ships and lost 0 ships.
Capt.Nano_Mojo(#18) attack was successful and you lost 11 segments.
Your forces suffered a terrible defeat.

How can that be ???

That guy's total mothership power is 626.538.238

Mine? Less than 30 million

Even with 29999 powership, it's STILL less than 50 million !!

How can someone THAT BIG successfully attack someone that tiny ?

Huh ??

How can that be?

When I counter other people and they end up in the nebula, that's it, I can't attack them no more --- the system just won't allow me to attack no more

Why then when I am in the nebula, others can STILL counter me??

I knew that, Sir

That is why when I said 28% of the TOTAL mothership power is made up of the pships, I mean, the POST PSHIP amount !

What I mean is ---- if my PRE PSHIP DEPLOYMENT amount is 100 million, and after I add in the PSHIPS, it would ballooned to 125 million

Then I add more, until I am sure that the PSHIP power makes up MORE than 25% of the total mothership amount

How I calculate the pship power? I use any of the encounters

When I click on the encounters, I got the xxxx number of pships, and then the POWER of those pships

And then I multiply that number by 4

AFTER that, I click on the "Ranking" and look at the POST pship total mothership power

If the number is smaller than the ( 4 X pship power), then I add MORE pships

And I add it till it gets to about 28 or 29% of the TOTAL power

I just want to play safe --- that is, I even taking in account the amount of credits made by my workers, PLUS the amount of interests I got from the secret base bank

Despite all the precautions I have taken, I still having to suffer what I have shown you guys

The first few times I was thinking that maybe it's me that made the error --- I calculate wrongly or something

But after numerous times of the same thing happened, and despite the fact that I take EVERYTHING into account, and even put MORE than the 25% requirement, I still got attacked and NOT ending up in the nebula

That is why I started this thread --- because I need to be sure ----

Has the rule changed ???

And one more thing ---- Has that rule changed???

I just want to be sure, because I am tired of being attacked again and again despite my deployment of massive amount of pships and failed to get into the nebula !

The example I showed above is not the only time I got attacked for nothing ---- I've been attack A LOT OF TIMES despite the "pship deployment strategy" !!!!!

New rule? wow !

It's on the SO server, if you want to know

Your "tinyman" is indeed legendary

I have heard so much of it, and yet, I have no idea what the heck is it

That is what I mean

I deploy enough powership that make up 28% of the TOTAL mothership power !

And yet, as you all see, it's useless !!!

After all those powerships got destroyed, I still don't end up in the nebula !

What is the use of that "powership strategy" if it does NOT work ?????

I don't understand

I was told that if I deploy enough powership (25% of my total mothership power), if people attack me, I would end up in the nebula

Well.... here's the deal ........

I deployed enough powership to make up 28% of my total mothership power, and when people attack me, see the following:

2009-08-10 20:35:59
COUNTER - REMOTE ATTACK - REGULAR!!!

Vizlani(#112554) attacked your from deep space.
Vizlani(#112554) destroyed 25447 of your ships and lost 5495 ships.
Vizlani(#112554) attack was successful and you lost 148 segments.
Your forces suffered a terrible defeat.
(+1 Exp)



2009-08-10 20:36:31
COUNTER - REMOTE ATTACK - REGULAR!!!

Vizlani(#112554) attacked your from deep space.
Vizlani(#112554) destroyed 0 of your ships and lost 0 ships.
Vizlani(#112554) attack was successful and you lost 140 segments.
Your forces suffered a terrible defeat.


2009-08-10 20:37:01
COUNTER - REMOTE ATTACK - SCOUT!!!

Scouting party identified as belonging to Vizlani(#112554).
ALERT! The enemy located and scaned your secret base.


2009-08-10 20:37:55
COUNTER - REMOTE ATTACK - RAID!!!

Vizlani(#112554) tried to raid your secret base.
Vizlani(#112554) destroyed 0 of your ships and lost 0 ships.
Vizlani(#112554) raid was successful and you lost 118286845 workers and 128772591 stashed credits.
Your forces suffered a terrible defeat.


2009-08-10 20:38:14
COUNTER - REMOTE ATTACK - RAID!!!

Vizlani(#112554) tried to raid your secret base.
Vizlani(#112554) destroyed 0 of your ships and lost 0 ships.
Vizlani(#112554) raid was successful and you lost 58551988 workers and 63742433 stashed credits.
Your forces suffered a terrible defeat.


2009-08-10 20:38:33
COUNTER - REMOTE ATTACK - RAID!!!

Vizlani(#112554) tried to raid your secret base.
Vizlani(#112554) destroyed 0 of your ships and lost 0 ships.
Vizlani(#112554) raid was successful and you lost 110692534 workers and 120505069 stashed credits.
Your forces suffered a terrible defeat.


What is the use of deploying powership if that strategy just doesn't work ???????????

I was doing the System Buidling and Station Armor, I invest a lot in them

Unfortunately I didn't have enough CP at that time, so I had to stop at midway

Now that I have enough CP, and want to continue the building process........

Whoa !! Everything that I've invested is GONE !!!

Such as the Station Armor --- I've invested up to level 22 or level 23 (I don't remember), and I when I was there just now, I am back to level 0

How can that be????

1. Stacking up computers with same value may retard rather than enhance

2. Special is too big, 6 W is the most efficient

3. Shields are too big, 8 weight is the most efficient

4. Weapon is too big, 8 weight is the most efficient

You want a 400 Million design?

I can give you the one I designed myself ---> It comes with over 130 Million of Attack, 75% accuracy and over 170 Million of Hitpoints, with 52% of absorb

Gimme your budget and I'll design a ship for you

No guarantee that it would be the very best, but the ship would be good enough

If you want, I can even list the specs here for all to critique

Offer until this weekend only, and I'll design the max of 3 ships

I take it as a challenge for myself

there was a guy asking for a design

He said he got a certain budget, couldn't remember if it's a 9 Billion credit or 90 Billion

Two designs were made public

I was designing a 16 Billion ship yesterday I wanted to take a look-see, but nevermind

I designed my ship and it was killed again !

Just made a brand new ship last night, fully marined (8 billion of them)

Then went to sleep

Morning came, log in, got 4 attacks

All board attacks

After 4 attacks, my ship is gone !

Can anyone please teach me a way to play without having hammered left right and center ?

I haven't even got the chance to play with that ship and it's gone

I did withstand 3 attacks before it succumbed to the fourth, but still, how to play when all new ships I have got wiped out like that?

Edit:
I only managed to capture the 3 latter attacks, the earlier one unfortunately I didn't save

Here are the way my ship die

2009-07-19 13:02:09
REMOTE ATTACK - BOARD!!!

iantyke(#104195) boarded your fleet and mothership.
iantyke(#104195) destroyed 1 of your ships and lost 180352 ships.
iantyke(#104195)s attack failed.
iantyke(#104195) fleet was no match for your forces.
(+110 Exp)



2009-07-19 19:14:48
REMOTE ATTACK - BOARD!!!

AWSOME!!!(#99668) boarded your fleet and mothership.
AWSOME!!!(#99668) destroyed 0 of your ships and lost 0 ships.
AWSOME!!!(#99668)s attack failed.
AWSOME!!!(#99668) fleet was no match for your forces.
(+10 Exp)



2009-07-19 19:15:06
REMOTE ATTACK - BOARD!!!

AWSOME!!!(#99668) boarded your fleet and mothership.
AWSOME!!!(#99668) destroyed 1 of your ships and lost 0 ships.
AWSOME!!!(#99668) attack was successful and you lost 9 segments.
Your forces suffered a terrible defeat




Edit 2: I'm too fed up with this

You guys can have it for your own

Some weeks ago there was a thread regarding a 9 B supership design

I can't find it no more, has the mod moved it to other forum?