Quote Originally Posted by ChickenHawk07 View Post
It was a coordinated attack Jet, as Pasrons and I both began attacking your colonies in concert. It took planning and timing. That's another thing that makes this game so awesome, the political back room deals that go on. I had been feeding him into on you for a long time. Try to find another game on iPhone that gets even remotely close to this one, and I'll pay for your wasted $2. And yes, I say you don't know how to defend your colonies. You and I only had a loose alliance, no Protection guarantee or trade routes were established. So for you to ignore Defense Orbitals and Advanced Orbitals, which cost Zero RO to produce, was foolish. The game offers so many possibilities. There's a warlord out there in Ningal, Alzalhimer, or something like that, who has almost 2,000,000 points. You had something like 500,000... So it's obviously possible to be successful as a warlord.
Dude, you don't get it. I'm glad you have come up with a narrative about back room deals and political intrigue that makes you happy, but the reality of the game is not nearly as interesting. Either you or Parsons could have destroyed me singlehandedly at any point, because you both were playing more than me, and at least one of you was a Trader. You say you were feeding him intel about me for a long time? What intel? All my systems and activities were plainly visible to anyone with a probe, no secrets there. You say you only lost 63 battleships attacking my home world -- I didn't even have 63 battleships in total! There was absolutely nothing interesting that happened during that game. I was mostly sitting around waiting to see how much RO I could generate with rank 9 in AMC.

The gameplay is so linear and predictable you can literally plan out your timeline on paper before the game starts, and that's it. The only variable is whether you will spend the time to optimize your expansion management so that you hit your milestones faster than the next guy.

Anyways, whatever. Clearly you find that fun and "intriguing." I find it annoying and banal.