Major status update
Iccyh
2007-02-12 19:53:00 EST
Iccyh2007-02-12 19:53:00 EST
Ok so, time for a major update as far as how we're doing and the
like.
First off, at this point in the round, we are clearly the best alliance in the game and have demonstrated it vs. everyone. We've jumped every raid we've been able, the only major alliance who's raiding we've not shut down to this point has been CI. We've won all of our jumps, we're leading the game in kills, we get quality kills outside of group situations (nice job all of you who are solo hunting). Our raiders, well, not only are you guys near tops for donations but we're *way* ahead of everyone for raids.
More than that, we're growing as an alliance. We've added a number of quality players, all of whom applied on their own after recognizing that this is an alliance they could see themselves playing in and contributing to. Welcome to all of you, it's damn nice to have you here.
Out AA right now is at over $16b, which is more than double where it was when I last posted up something like this, which is a dramatic improvement and is a huge help; thank you to all of you who have been donating.
We've also managed to figure out some of the most important equations in the game and build a fully functional port sim; we have ARD back. Huge thanks to Mardak (for providing the original code), to foamy (for working on the equations), to JPR (for coding the current version of ARD) and to everyone else who's contributed, either by letting foamy shoot at them or otherwise helping foamy and JPR.
And! We also have an incredible new site, with tons of features like being able to actually upload combat logs, upload pings and will soon have a ship db. Huge thanks to ZZ, Anubis and JPR for that (especially ZZ, <3).
All in all, we're near the top of our game and we're doing excellently. We are clearly the best in the game at the moment and it shows in everything we do.
However!
Now that we have ARD, we've been able to get a real look at what it will take to put together a raid team that can pop any level 60 outpost (upgrades or no) with ease. While we're pretty much the only alliance that should be able to see how that works at the moment, the amount it'll cost...
It's going to be roughly $10b needed per raider, and we'll still have to level the raiders. Barring a change to the game mechanics (which is very unlikely), we're going to need over $60b to be able to just one raid team, nevermind having a little cushion incase bad things happen. We'll want more than that if at all possible, though we've not yet set an amount. Raiding level 60 outposts is *expensive*.
In order to really be able to make that kind of cash and level our raiders, we're planning on changing up our raider design so that we can hit more ports. The downside of this is that ops will be longer and even individual port raids will be longer; instead of hitting ports twice between repairs, raiders will be hitting only once. While I know ops are already less than exciting and this will hardly improve things, this is the best (and likely only) solution available outside of us all going cash trading for a few weeks.
The last thing I wanted to remind people about, please be kind to your leaders. We're working our best to try and make sure things run smoothly, we're honestly doing the best we can for the alliance. Leading stuff can be quiet stressful on occasion and especially during ops and other group situations, please try and avoid adding to that.
So yeah. Questions, comments? Post up and ask. I'm especially curious as to what people think of the op stuff. Personally, I think that longer ops is a small price to pay for hunters given that the raiders are doing so much for our funding and the like, but that's just me and I *really* need to know if everyone else thinks that is workable or no.
Quote | Edit | DeleteFirst off, at this point in the round, we are clearly the best alliance in the game and have demonstrated it vs. everyone. We've jumped every raid we've been able, the only major alliance who's raiding we've not shut down to this point has been CI. We've won all of our jumps, we're leading the game in kills, we get quality kills outside of group situations (nice job all of you who are solo hunting). Our raiders, well, not only are you guys near tops for donations but we're *way* ahead of everyone for raids.
More than that, we're growing as an alliance. We've added a number of quality players, all of whom applied on their own after recognizing that this is an alliance they could see themselves playing in and contributing to. Welcome to all of you, it's damn nice to have you here.
Out AA right now is at over $16b, which is more than double where it was when I last posted up something like this, which is a dramatic improvement and is a huge help; thank you to all of you who have been donating.
We've also managed to figure out some of the most important equations in the game and build a fully functional port sim; we have ARD back. Huge thanks to Mardak (for providing the original code), to foamy (for working on the equations), to JPR (for coding the current version of ARD) and to everyone else who's contributed, either by letting foamy shoot at them or otherwise helping foamy and JPR.
And! We also have an incredible new site, with tons of features like being able to actually upload combat logs, upload pings and will soon have a ship db. Huge thanks to ZZ, Anubis and JPR for that (especially ZZ, <3).
All in all, we're near the top of our game and we're doing excellently. We are clearly the best in the game at the moment and it shows in everything we do.
However!
Now that we have ARD, we've been able to get a real look at what it will take to put together a raid team that can pop any level 60 outpost (upgrades or no) with ease. While we're pretty much the only alliance that should be able to see how that works at the moment, the amount it'll cost...
It's going to be roughly $10b needed per raider, and we'll still have to level the raiders. Barring a change to the game mechanics (which is very unlikely), we're going to need over $60b to be able to just one raid team, nevermind having a little cushion incase bad things happen. We'll want more than that if at all possible, though we've not yet set an amount. Raiding level 60 outposts is *expensive*.
In order to really be able to make that kind of cash and level our raiders, we're planning on changing up our raider design so that we can hit more ports. The downside of this is that ops will be longer and even individual port raids will be longer; instead of hitting ports twice between repairs, raiders will be hitting only once. While I know ops are already less than exciting and this will hardly improve things, this is the best (and likely only) solution available outside of us all going cash trading for a few weeks.
The last thing I wanted to remind people about, please be kind to your leaders. We're working our best to try and make sure things run smoothly, we're honestly doing the best we can for the alliance. Leading stuff can be quiet stressful on occasion and especially during ops and other group situations, please try and avoid adding to that.
So yeah. Questions, comments? Post up and ask. I'm especially curious as to what people think of the op stuff. Personally, I think that longer ops is a small price to pay for hunters given that the raiders are doing so much for our funding and the like, but that's just me and I *really* need to know if everyone else thinks that is workable or no.
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Pai Mei
2007-02-12 19:53:58 EST
Pai Mei2007-02-12 19:53:58 EST
Amongst the quality new players we also recruited duck.
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Raynian
2007-02-12 20:03:55 EST
Raynian2007-02-12 20:03:55 EST
Why must there always be a "but", "however",
or "even so"?
YOU SHATTERED MY DREAMS ;_;
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Pai Mei
2007-02-12 20:05:24 EST
Pai Mei2007-02-12 20:05:24 EST
ray, be nice to the leaders
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Miso
2007-02-12 20:34:23 EST
Miso2007-02-12 20:34:23 EST
greg, you have something brown on your nose, you may want to
attend to it
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Aegir
2007-02-12 20:43:22 EST
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Aegir2007-02-12 20:43:22 EST
Quote by: Pai MeiI lol'd.
Amongst the quality new players we also recruited duck.
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Barney the Purple Dinosaur
2007-02-12 20:50:51 EST
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Barney the Purple Dinosaur2007-02-12 20:50:51 EST
Quote by: IccyhFYI. This excludes Mak! =P~
The last thing I wanted to remind people about, please be kind to your leaders.
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Amazing Red
2007-02-13 02:50:36 EST
Amazing Red2007-02-13 02:50:36 EST
60bill for a raid team, when money is hard to make :/ seems kinda
unbalanced maybe thats just me
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DeadCanDance
2007-02-14 01:45:35 EST
DeadCanDance2007-02-14 01:45:35 EST
60 bils... sounds like we`re raiding 8002:P but if that`s the cost,
I guess we don`t have a huge choice and will have to spend another month in
boring ops;/ (Still better than 2 spent in trading)
As for the emoing... I`ll continue to emo at the leadership if we are not recruiting more newbies!
Quote | Edit | DeleteAs for the emoing... I`ll continue to emo at the leadership if we are not recruiting more newbies!
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Kinetika
2007-02-14 02:24:38 EST
Kinetika2007-02-14 02:24:38 EST
They recruited me, if that didn't teach the leadership a lesson,
I don't know what will
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Solace
2007-02-14 08:24:47 EST
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Solace2007-02-14 08:24:47 EST
Quote by: DeadCanDanceWe're continuing to approach newbies. The problem is that none of them have been very good, unless you want to fill up the roster with 1337 speakin', CS playin' AOLers who can't read.
60 bils... sounds like we`re raiding 8002:P but if that`s the cost, I guess we don`t have a huge choice and will have to spend another month in boring ops;/ (Still better than 2 spent in trading)
As for the emoing... I`ll continue to emo at the leadership if we are not recruiting more newbies!
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7-1
2007-02-14 08:26:02 EST
7-12007-02-14 08:26:02 EST
we let z0r join?!
Also can we declare on warriors yet?!
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AdmiralDanny
2007-02-14 11:05:45 EST
AdmiralDanny2007-02-14 11:05:45 EST
Solace speaketh the truth.
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V.T.
2007-02-14 14:13:14 EST
V.T.2007-02-14 14:13:14 EST
I'm messaging almost every player that signs up.
About 40% never respond.
About 10% respond once and then never again.
About 30% show their true colors as lacking linguists in the first day or two of talking to me, and don't make it to the interview.
About 20% express interest in an interview, but never show up, and then disappear.
That last 20% occasionally yields an interview.
Quote | Edit | DeleteAbout 40% never respond.
About 10% respond once and then never again.
About 30% show their true colors as lacking linguists in the first day or two of talking to me, and don't make it to the interview.
About 20% express interest in an interview, but never show up, and then disappear.
That last 20% occasionally yields an interview.
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krakatoa
2007-02-14 17:09:53 EST
krakatoa2007-02-14 17:09:53 EST
So how did you manage to message 120% of new players? Can you
let me in on your secret?
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Raynian
2007-02-14 17:17:45 EST
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Raynian2007-02-14 17:17:45 EST
Quote by: V.T.It's the last 20% right there that SOMETIMES show someone that has potential.
About 20% express interest in an interview, but never show up, and then disappear.
That last 20% occasionally yields an interview.
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V.T.
2007-02-14 17:20:17 EST
V.T.2007-02-14 17:20:17 EST
What Ray said.
Although I have harnessed "new math" in the past. I once filled up an entire 30 man wing of Random Encounter in 2 days.
Quote | Edit | DeleteAlthough I have harnessed "new math" in the past. I once filled up an entire 30 man wing of Random Encounter in 2 days.