How to attack someone 10 times smaller than you?

[plug]

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 ?

[Spayed]

be probably powered down and then back up

[Nicholas Duo Wolfwood]

If I recall . . . When your attacking someone, isn't it based on fleet? That would indicate that the person's fleet isnt their primary source of power.

Either that or they do what I do. Run their way up the ranks raiding secret bases of all the people with 0 ships in an effort to jack workers.

[The-Joe]

Mothership Attack from the system. If warp disruptors is researched, or the attacker is very lucky.

[TNTTony]

Plug spayed is right. Nano most likely powered down (ie. reserve or sold his mains), attacked you and powered up again.

And Joe, I believe warp disruptors is only for full assaults not remote. EDIT: Sorry I see you meant full assault when you said mothership attack from system.

[Fatal Intuition]

how does that many pships not give you even 20 mill power, thats a small pship

[The-Joe]

Sorry, did not see the remote attack...  was not paying attention. But you can hit from system attacks targets way below you, if they are not warped.

[TNTTony]

Question answered, topic locked.