Fingal
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Post by Fingal on Sept 16, 2007 8:57:36 GMT
Do we have any idea about the schedule of new oceans opening up?
Did any players succeed in gaining a small cluster of isles in the xx.100.xx sector of the fringe oceans?
If they did we could use their cluster as an alliance toehold... This would require a great degree of cooperation... Everybody pumps the cluster with resources to maximise the development of the isles... We keep feeding it resources with the aim of building upto 10 coloships per isles with supporting fleets. When a new ocean births then the coloships will be first on the scene for the whole alliance. People 2 or 3 days away can then take the infant colonies in a more leisurely fashion.
So OPERATION TOEHOLD.... Discuss?
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digital
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Post by digital on Sept 16, 2007 10:44:08 GMT
This is an excellent idea.
I have 2 (nearly 4) islands in ocean 43 due to something very similar to this.
It would take 17.5 people to send 2000k gold and 1500k lumber per day to keep an isle stocked up and coloship producing.
If we had a core group of people that sent resources then this would be extremely viable. It would also cut down on colo disputes.
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Post by DrieZ/Cesium on Sept 16, 2007 11:13:46 GMT
I have 4 islands in western O43 and a cluster of 6 older islands in eastern O42 (these can already produce colos )
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Post by 2kcastle on Sept 16, 2007 11:58:45 GMT
I think its a great idea but we need to look at how likely it is that we'll get any new oceans after these ones. Assuming that digg aren't going to do this again for a little while, i think that the number of new players who've joined but won't play and the number of existing players that will grow bored and quit will mean the number of isles in each ocean will fall quite dramatically especcially in the newer oceans, that means that even if digg promote the game again on their front page all the other oceans will have to fill up first before we get a new ocean.
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Ruku
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Post by Ruku on Sept 16, 2007 13:06:24 GMT
I do think it would be a good idea, but I also think that it would just be more of a 'fad' thing before people get bored of the idea, lazy or just simply forget.
I would however like to see this progress, but as 2kcastle said, we have no idea about when the next oceans will open, if they will at all.
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Post by McGoogus on Sept 16, 2007 15:42:51 GMT
o61 and o8 will probably open up when/if DIGG decides to hit the front page again. A good couple of months til they pull that stunt again, so we can really stock up on colos if we want to.
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Post by conkeror on Sept 16, 2007 20:37:54 GMT
There is only a few rulerless islands left in the corners of o51. There is still a good bunch in the southwest corner of 042 tho.
I am already in o51 but my southmost island is 51.60.7. Is is worth it that i try to get an island or two more to the south or am i better off stay grouped ? I want to get 4 more islands before taking a break of coloing so i still have time to change my plans.
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Post by SkulkrinBait on Sept 18, 2007 11:45:39 GMT
Nice idea, we need advance warning of the next ocean, anyone know how it works?
I've about 20 colos left over from last time!
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Post by williham on Sept 18, 2007 20:37:58 GMT
Sounds excellent, Im a long way from there though (o11, 21 based) so any transports from me will need vast planning ahead... :/
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digital
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Post by digital on Sept 18, 2007 23:52:18 GMT
Not necessarily, any excess gold can be pumped into Stoners so that they can be distributed to the newly colonised isles.
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Post by FrieZ on Sept 19, 2007 4:11:36 GMT
Not necessarily, any excess gold can be pumped into Stoners so that they can be distributed to the newly colonised isles. I like this idea, I am more than willing to participate in fortifying new isles in the newly opened oceans.
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Post by FrieZ on Sept 20, 2007 3:31:08 GMT
If any players have around 3 colony ships and are near o52 I am willing to pay 10 catapults per isle that they colonize, build the main house, and then let me overcolonize.
(10 catapults for each 1 pt isle). Send me a PM on here or an IGM. I would like to get my foot in the door of the outer oceans.
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Post by williham on Sept 20, 2007 18:24:38 GMT
I'll second that deal, I need a foothold in ye outer rims.
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conkeror
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Post by conkeror on Sept 22, 2007 0:09:33 GMT
I have an extra colo ship i can use to do this. And I dont mind keep building more as well but not at a crazy rate like last week.
I dont mind holding myself an island for toehold purposes, but i would like to trade the islands ownership for the gold it cost to build a colo, since i have stopped building warships for over a week already to build colos and a couple merchants.
There is still a couple isles left in the southwest and southeast corners of o52.
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Post by Fingal on Sept 23, 2007 10:50:15 GMT
Fleets running to:
Your fleets Status Arrival Attack on unnamed (52:100:5) 3 days Attack on unnamed (52:100:7) 3 days Attack on unnamed (52:99:15) 3 days Attack on unnamed (52:98:3) 3 days
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