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Ultimate/ Planned Capital Ship Battle (5) **POSTPONED**
There will be an Ultimate Capital Ship Battle (5)Saturday, June 4, 2005, at 7pm GMT. Use Daylight Saving Time (where applicable) to translate the time. We will be using Scenario 1 for this battle.
The final rules can be found here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/7/10404
I’m canceling the battle for this week for various reasons. Basically it doesn’t seem like anyone is having fun anymore. The bots kill the cap ships to fast, even if we do keep our ship alive long enough to start the battle. Also its a holiday weekend in the states so I know people are not gonna want to play as much this weekend.
Like I said I understand this is a test of the cap ships, but the amount of effort it takes to plan these battles and spend hours escorting our ships seems unreasonable. Unless some changes are made to the cap ships it doesn’t seem worth the time or effort to have a weekly event. See more here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/10446#119961
I once again want to thank the developers and guides for their help. Without them we wouldn’t have a game at all.
If you want the time changed for the next battle let me know. And I’ll post here again closer to the battle.
As always your suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome.
JB
The final rules can be found here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/7/10404
I’m canceling the battle for this week for various reasons. Basically it doesn’t seem like anyone is having fun anymore. The bots kill the cap ships to fast, even if we do keep our ship alive long enough to start the battle. Also its a holiday weekend in the states so I know people are not gonna want to play as much this weekend.
Like I said I understand this is a test of the cap ships, but the amount of effort it takes to plan these battles and spend hours escorting our ships seems unreasonable. Unless some changes are made to the cap ships it doesn’t seem worth the time or effort to have a weekly event. See more here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/10446#119961
I once again want to thank the developers and guides for their help. Without them we wouldn’t have a game at all.
If you want the time changed for the next battle let me know. And I’ll post here again closer to the battle.
As always your suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome.
JB
Just reminding you :)
If you want the time changed post here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/7/10441
JB
If you want the time changed post here:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/7/10441
JB
I'm leading the Itani forces for the next battle. If you are an Itani Please contact me at least 1 hour before the beginning of the battle. You can also join the IA forums here: http://www.itanialliance.com/forums/index.php
UIT and Serco leaders please post any instruction here. The next battle is Senario 1 (everything happens in B8) so it should be fun and easy to arrange.
Make sure you read the rules before the battle.
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/7/10404
And there might be a time change. If so I will announce it tommorow.
(TO the Serco: Please pick a leader now. The leader only has a couple of things to do, but most importantly they have to know where thier cap ship is.)
JB
UIT and Serco leaders please post any instruction here. The next battle is Senario 1 (everything happens in B8) so it should be fun and easy to arrange.
Make sure you read the rules before the battle.
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/7/10404
And there might be a time change. If so I will announce it tommorow.
(TO the Serco: Please pick a leader now. The leader only has a couple of things to do, but most importantly they have to know where thier cap ship is.)
JB
Ok I'm changing the time of the next battle to Saturday, June 4, 2005, at 10pm GMT. Thats 3 hours later then usual.
Itani please be ready to help defend/heal at 9pm GMT.
I will be in the game at least 1 hour before it starts.
See you all tommorrow.
JB
Itani please be ready to help defend/heal at 9pm GMT.
I will be in the game at least 1 hour before it starts.
See you all tommorrow.
JB
Thank you all for participating we had a great fight. We only had 21 official participants. But over 30 people participated in the battle. The UIT won the battle again :(
[06/04/05 19:02:24] [205]<Jestatis Bess> START NOW
[06/04/05 19:07:58] [100]<Joyce Sanders> Protaris is down!
[06/04/05 19:19:46] [100]<Jestatis Bess> UIT SHIP DEAD :)
UIT: 17:22
Serco: 5:34
Itani: disqualified
The Itani ship died in a storm again. This time it warped into an asteroid. :( (Developers you really need to help us here.
Only prize money was given out to those who registered. No guide was online to hand out Combat XP :(
Special thanks to “Guide66576” for spawning the two sets of cap ships. Also thanks to Joyce Sanders and Dr. Lecter for leading the UIT and Serco respectively.
See you for the next battle. I’ll post the next date and time here.
Quote from the battle:
<who? me?> i am the leader!
<Jestatis Bess> "who? me?" are u with your cap ship?
<who? me?> should i be?
<Jestatis Bess> "who? me?" u need to find your ship
<who? me?> i did
<who? me?> *died
[06/04/05 19:02:24] [205]<Jestatis Bess> START NOW
[06/04/05 19:07:58] [100]<Joyce Sanders> Protaris is down!
[06/04/05 19:19:46] [100]<Jestatis Bess> UIT SHIP DEAD :)
UIT: 17:22
Serco: 5:34
Itani: disqualified
The Itani ship died in a storm again. This time it warped into an asteroid. :( (Developers you really need to help us here.
Only prize money was given out to those who registered. No guide was online to hand out Combat XP :(
Special thanks to “Guide66576” for spawning the two sets of cap ships. Also thanks to Joyce Sanders and Dr. Lecter for leading the UIT and Serco respectively.
See you for the next battle. I’ll post the next date and time here.
Quote from the battle:
<who? me?> i am the leader!
<Jestatis Bess> "who? me?" are u with your cap ship?
<who? me?> should i be?
<Jestatis Bess> "who? me?" u need to find your ship
<who? me?> i did
<who? me?> *died
Gah. "Who? Me?" Is useless even as a locator beacon. Heh.
I'd like to be impressed at the length of time that the small Serco force was able to defend their capship for.
The IDV "Itanic" was caught in ONE ion storm. ONE! and it was too much for it. Bots had ripped it to about 40% when I got the call to come to it while still IN-STORM and heal it. I saw the thing stuck on an asteroid in Edras I-7 I think, three seconds after I warp in, BOOM.
lame Lame LAME LAME! L A M E!!!
When the whole Hive thing is done, I hereby request that the nice happy folks at Guild software simply alter the /navroute for the capital ships to "safe' routes that NEVER have a CHANCE of going through 'roid fields.
I can see the capital ship builders now, delivering the completed IDV "Itanic" to the Itani Defense Forces:
"Well, here you go, supreme commander of Itani Defense Forces! Your brand NEW capital ship!"
"Well, thank you Mr. Shipbuilder. Anything special I should know about this fine ship?"
"Sure sport. There's alot to keep in mind. First off, it don't exactly turn on a dime, OK? It's the largest ship around, but it only has enough power to travel about 40 m/s. Oh, and the guidance system likes to head INTO asteroids and not around them, so we recommend that you never take this baby NEAR any asteroid fields..."
"Wha?..."
"Oh, and those turrets don't have a very good range, they can barely fire past the nose of the ship - Heh! Those crazy ship designers..."
"Now wait just a minute..."
"Easy there, tiger, I'm not done. Try to keep any kind of maneuverable fighter AWAY from these ships. Those turrets can't hit ANYTHING that dodges well, and they're not really armored too good."
"Now SEE HERE!..."
"Now don't go gettin all hot under the collar, there, slick. One more thing: those cheap Hive bots can TEAR your multi-billion credit ship to SHREDS. So keep it away from bots as well, cause it's basically defenseless against them."
The shipbuilder drops the keys in the hand of the Itani Defense Commander, who is fuming at the inept design of his capital ship, saying "Well would YOU explain to me, sir, WHAT THE HELL I AM SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS BOONDOGGLE OF A SHIP?!?"
The shipbuilder crosses his arms, smacks his lips and says "Welp, for all its faults, it SURE DOES look purty orbiting the station, eh?"
I'd like to be impressed at the length of time that the small Serco force was able to defend their capship for.
The IDV "Itanic" was caught in ONE ion storm. ONE! and it was too much for it. Bots had ripped it to about 40% when I got the call to come to it while still IN-STORM and heal it. I saw the thing stuck on an asteroid in Edras I-7 I think, three seconds after I warp in, BOOM.
lame Lame LAME LAME! L A M E!!!
When the whole Hive thing is done, I hereby request that the nice happy folks at Guild software simply alter the /navroute for the capital ships to "safe' routes that NEVER have a CHANCE of going through 'roid fields.
I can see the capital ship builders now, delivering the completed IDV "Itanic" to the Itani Defense Forces:
"Well, here you go, supreme commander of Itani Defense Forces! Your brand NEW capital ship!"
"Well, thank you Mr. Shipbuilder. Anything special I should know about this fine ship?"
"Sure sport. There's alot to keep in mind. First off, it don't exactly turn on a dime, OK? It's the largest ship around, but it only has enough power to travel about 40 m/s. Oh, and the guidance system likes to head INTO asteroids and not around them, so we recommend that you never take this baby NEAR any asteroid fields..."
"Wha?..."
"Oh, and those turrets don't have a very good range, they can barely fire past the nose of the ship - Heh! Those crazy ship designers..."
"Now wait just a minute..."
"Easy there, tiger, I'm not done. Try to keep any kind of maneuverable fighter AWAY from these ships. Those turrets can't hit ANYTHING that dodges well, and they're not really armored too good."
"Now SEE HERE!..."
"Now don't go gettin all hot under the collar, there, slick. One more thing: those cheap Hive bots can TEAR your multi-billion credit ship to SHREDS. So keep it away from bots as well, cause it's basically defenseless against them."
The shipbuilder drops the keys in the hand of the Itani Defense Commander, who is fuming at the inept design of his capital ship, saying "Well would YOU explain to me, sir, WHAT THE HELL I AM SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS BOONDOGGLE OF A SHIP?!?"
The shipbuilder crosses his arms, smacks his lips and says "Welp, for all its faults, it SURE DOES look purty orbiting the station, eh?"
The IDV "Itanic" was caught in ONE ion storm. ONE! and it was too much for it. Bots had ripped it to about 40% when I got the call to come to it while still IN-STORM and heal it. I saw the thing stuck on an asteroid in Edras I-7 I think, three seconds after I warp in, BOOM.
I can see it now...
*phone rings*
Lebermac: Hello?
Itanic: Hi. We're stuck in an Ion storm.
Lebermac: AGAIN?!
Itanic: Um....yes. Yes, we are. So...uh...
Lebermac: ...
Itanic: I know you're a civilian and all...but could you give us a hand?
Lebermac: Ya ya ya...I'll be right there...
*leber arrives*
Itanic: ICEBERG OFF THE PORT BOW!
Itanic: MAN OVERBOARD!
Lebermac: grumble...
Itanic: Foom!
Lebermac: bah...
I can see it now...
*phone rings*
Lebermac: Hello?
Itanic: Hi. We're stuck in an Ion storm.
Lebermac: AGAIN?!
Itanic: Um....yes. Yes, we are. So...uh...
Lebermac: ...
Itanic: I know you're a civilian and all...but could you give us a hand?
Lebermac: Ya ya ya...I'll be right there...
*leber arrives*
Itanic: ICEBERG OFF THE PORT BOW!
Itanic: MAN OVERBOARD!
Lebermac: grumble...
Itanic: Foom!
Lebermac: bah...
LOL LeberMac LOL
When I started the cap ship battle I knew the ships was in its testing phase. But as always you are right, it’s ridiculous. We were doing quite well till Edras I7 (It think). There is NO WAY A CAP SHIP SHOULD DIE IN ONE STORM. Not 2 or 3 storms just 1 storm. And only 2 people with the ship. I know the cap ship is useless and so does everyone else. But still 1 storm and BOOM!!! That’s crazy.
I would like to plead with the developers: Please fix the darn ship ASAP. Like we said 2 weeks ago, it’s no fun for anyone if our ships can’t get to the start of the battle or if our ship dies in a storm immediately (happened 2 weeks ago).
Please, Please and PLEASE fix it now. I see no point having the cap ship battles if the UIT always win by default. (By default I mean the Itani ship dies early and the Itani are ALWAYS going to kill the Serco ship first. ALWAYS!!! The Serco can’t win even if they did have the numbers)
We as players are adding content (I would say good content) to your game (I might say our game). We need your support to make this work. I know you are busy, but if you aren’t going to fix the cap ship path finding at least come in game and help us out. DevWarp the cap ships to their ready position for us. It will only take you 10 min but it would really mean a lot to us. And instead of wait 1 to 2 hours we could start immediately.
Support goes both ways. We support you, can you please support us too.
I more thing :) Guides where are you? The cap ship battles can’t work without a guide online 1 hour before the battle till its conclusion. I/We need you too. Where were you? I still thank “Guide66576”, but s/he didn’t stay for the conclusion to award combat xp :(
I said my peace. I will continue the cap ship battle weather we get any help or not. But I would like some help here.
As always your suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome.
JB
When I started the cap ship battle I knew the ships was in its testing phase. But as always you are right, it’s ridiculous. We were doing quite well till Edras I7 (It think). There is NO WAY A CAP SHIP SHOULD DIE IN ONE STORM. Not 2 or 3 storms just 1 storm. And only 2 people with the ship. I know the cap ship is useless and so does everyone else. But still 1 storm and BOOM!!! That’s crazy.
I would like to plead with the developers: Please fix the darn ship ASAP. Like we said 2 weeks ago, it’s no fun for anyone if our ships can’t get to the start of the battle or if our ship dies in a storm immediately (happened 2 weeks ago).
Please, Please and PLEASE fix it now. I see no point having the cap ship battles if the UIT always win by default. (By default I mean the Itani ship dies early and the Itani are ALWAYS going to kill the Serco ship first. ALWAYS!!! The Serco can’t win even if they did have the numbers)
We as players are adding content (I would say good content) to your game (I might say our game). We need your support to make this work. I know you are busy, but if you aren’t going to fix the cap ship path finding at least come in game and help us out. DevWarp the cap ships to their ready position for us. It will only take you 10 min but it would really mean a lot to us. And instead of wait 1 to 2 hours we could start immediately.
Support goes both ways. We support you, can you please support us too.
I more thing :) Guides where are you? The cap ship battles can’t work without a guide online 1 hour before the battle till its conclusion. I/We need you too. Where were you? I still thank “Guide66576”, but s/he didn’t stay for the conclusion to award combat xp :(
I said my peace. I will continue the cap ship battle weather we get any help or not. But I would like some help here.
As always your suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome.
JB
I missed the battle since the new time was a wee to late for me.
I can see how the UIT are benefitting from the stubborn "HEAT ALL SERCO" attitude of the Itani, though.
Maybe if the serco hired mercenaries (Teh Syndicate comes to mind) to attack the UIT ship while they defend their own, they might be able to scrap a win, since by their own numbers they can't possibly do it.
Then again, seeing the Serco nation coherence (or lack thereof), I'm surprised more than two show up at these things! so they might not be able to cough up the cash to hire quality mercenaries.
In which case, you can hire me ;)
I can see how the UIT are benefitting from the stubborn "HEAT ALL SERCO" attitude of the Itani, though.
Maybe if the serco hired mercenaries (Teh Syndicate comes to mind) to attack the UIT ship while they defend their own, they might be able to scrap a win, since by their own numbers they can't possibly do it.
Then again, seeing the Serco nation coherence (or lack thereof), I'm surprised more than two show up at these things! so they might not be able to cough up the cash to hire quality mercenaries.
In which case, you can hire me ;)
Yes, Serco please hire the syndicate. To paraphrase Martin, "They may be incompetent, so withhold payment until the job is complete..."
Perhaps with the combined mental superpowers of "Who Me?", "Thesaadri", "[syn]n00b" and "0", they will be able to locate the capship this time and manage to avoid being disqualified.
Perhaps with the combined mental superpowers of "Who Me?", "Thesaadri", "[syn]n00b" and "0", they will be able to locate the capship this time and manage to avoid being disqualified.