Good or Bad?

lmao... first, let`s clear up the misconception you seem to have that it matter to me whether my statements have any value to you or not or that anyone has to prove anything to you...

Second, ur theory of another way to win in the game... i repeat my point it does not validate unfairness

and third, your last paragraph just repeated what you posted of mine that was of no value, just w/ more words.

"besides, it`s gone and i`m glad as most people that have been on that list"

I am unaware of any proof of that so that comment means nothing to me.

To me its value lay, as I said before, in the fact that it wass in a way another way to "win" or succeed in this game. Launch UW, complete Missions, go to a few hundred mills pr, get your name on the Richest Empires list...

I guess the bottom line is that that value is lost on you Cannabis so that`s where we seem to differ :S You see no value in it, I see great value in it and I don`t think either of us are going to change so meh.

if you look at my previous posts then yes, i would be one of the "rich" players as you call them since i have stated i stockpile minerals and make billions easily... and i still see no good point... if your good point is that you get to see your name up in lights as Saga put it... that would not validate unfairness... besides, it`s gone and i`m glad as most people that have been on that list

I believe the good outweighs the bad by a long shot on this point.

I would think by all this arguing in defense of its removal that you would merely be proving that you are a rich player and therefore negating the point that you are advocating in the first place. o.o

that`s fine... as did i, still doesn`t negate the fact that it was unfair... which was the point, was it not?

... I`d take it like a man and work my way back up...

Uber, and how would you feel that after working so hard to get a nice foundation for your empire, you get on the rich list only to have some fool spam you w/ arti`s for no good reason... i had someone spam me once and when asked why the reply was "I wanted to restart and didn`t want my arti`s to go to waste"... that statement alone proves my point about the rich list being an unfair advantage, he would have never known whom to use them on if it weren`t for that list...

Razgriz, if you didn`t take the time to read my previous posts then save your dribble but i`ll repaste for you now since i`ve already covered that point and it seems to have escaped you...

"I as the receiving empire have nothing to warn against it... you could arti spam billions away before i notice and put a Kho shield up..."

and i hope what you`re insinuating isn`t to have a Kho shield up 24/7 cuz that would be one of the most m0ronic ideas i`ve heard on here and i`ve heard some jewels... i would restart "The Ultimate N00B quote" thread just for you, lol... w/ Saga`s monkey`s permission of course...

Well I think the real issue is OP (overpowered) artis... basically what you are saying is you are happy that stephen has done something very simple basically to get around fixing the real problem o.O

So I spose I understand where you are coming from but I`m still really cut by its removal =(
A large part of the fun I have gained from this game has been in trying to become one of the richest empires on the fast server (I make about 8 million per turn) and from watching a close friend of mine gradually become the richest empire on all of normal server.

It may benefit you on the faster servers but I`m really heartbroken to see it cut regardless because I think regardless of what someone CAN do to you it should be put back. Think of the fun of working your way up from a brand new empire on RT as a n.oob then one day to find yourself at number 20 on the Richest Empires list for the entire server! Now that`s way cool and it`s a crying shame to see it just cut away one day as if it meant nothing.

actually rich list was good, its like ranking ...some people mainly new players see how high they can get their ranks before realizing they wasted their time :P same here with rich list...

I`ll agree w/ your first point mainly cuz i don`t know... i played slow once and it was well... too slow, lmao... i`d run out of turns then be like... okay, now what do i do, lol... so maybe i don`t agree as much as i don`t disagree as i don`t know.

What`s a few billion? I make a decent amount of cash per turn, thus i make billions easily however, let`s say i have 500 billion, w/ just one major i`d lose 15 billion and for those of you that go way back to the arti coalition we know the magic number is 24... so w/ only 24 majors i`m standing to lose at least half my cash... that`s 250-360 billion at least (I`m not doing a running calculation, only as example)... now it becomes an issue as we`re not talking a couple of billion... as far as the intel re your PR, whose to say i didn`t sell minerals right before i climbed to 100+ PR... i might be sitting at 100+ PR w/ fodders for all you know, you don`t have to be rich for that... the point i`m making is that when you attack you`re taking a chance which should be the same way w/ arti`s...

"well that is basicaly exactly what my example is saying. Maybe you should waste your fleet by mistakenly attacking someone from 1/20th of your power - that should be fair by your logic. Think of the Richest empires list as valuable intel just like power rating is valuable intel."

PR valuable info? Really? all it tells you is the power of the fleet they have... it`s still up to chance ranging anywhere from stacking to spams to SB`s... when you attack you`re still taking a chance that you`ll get pwned... thus the rich list caused an unbalance due to the fact you`re getting MY empire info w/out my consent! Thus making your arti spam more effective... think of it like knowing someone was at 100 mill PR w/ nothing but fodders, would you even hesitate to hit them? No! But because they`re sitting at 100 mill PR you`re gonna think twice as to what stack you`re gonna hit with.

Do you understand now why it is unfair?

For one thing Cannabis I think this arguement refers almost wholly to RT and maybe ultra server where people have the turns to sit around and stockpile artifacts. On the slower servers this kind of stuff just doesn`t happen, at least not that I have heard of. I`ve been on the richest list and had fedmates on the richest empires list for ages and people accept that. They don`t spam each other to death with artis out of jealousy or w/e
So basically this removal should not apply to the slower servers period.

As for the faster servers what`s a few billions??????? If they spam you with artis just spam them back. Obviously they can tell if you are rich with or w/o that list if they see you regularily going to 100 mil pr or w/e (unless ur maru or viral...)

As to your response to my little example you say "Fair is fair, thus if you want to use dineros on someone you should take the chance that they will go to waste due to whomever not having that much cash..." well that is basicaly exactly what my example is saying. Maybe you should waste your fleet by mistakenly attacking someone from 1/20th of your power - that should be fair by your logic. Think of the Richest empires list as valuable intel just like power rating is valuable intel.

an unfair facet maybe... w/ your example... how would you like to attack someone having a PR of 1 mill and they have a PR of 20 mill? would that be fair? Fair is fair, thus if you want to use dineros on someone you should take the chance that they will go to waste due to whomever not having that much cash... the rich list was just a way to target people unfairly. Let`s say were out battleing and i pwn you every time... you get mad cuz you cant beat me in battleing, so you check the rich list and see that i`m on it so you decide to arti spam me... does that not give you an unfair advantage? I as the receiving empire have nothing to warn against it... you could arti spam billions away before i notice and put a Kho shield up... so explain to me how it`s fair? It`s certainly your decision whether you would like to arti battle but it should be up to chance like when you attack someone. You give me a good argument i might listen, emphasis on "good"... other than that go kick some rocks.

meh... Cannabis it just added another facet to the game - another way to publickly compete with other players which is exactly what this game needs - a reward for pursuing alternate goals in this game besides sheer fighting all the time.

Maybe your power rating should be known by only you! That way we could all appear to be under n.ewbie protection but it would be like a game to find out who really wasn`t!!! Yey!

GK, first learn how to spell... reading your dribble and horrible spelling is excruciating...

Second, why don`t you make a point instead of jumping on everyone`s point? HB, made a very valid point that this is imbalance due to the fact that it gives you a clue into someone`s empire which should be private... no one should know how much money i have unless I choose to tell them, which is the same thing as a stack... how about if there was a page which showed how many borrely`s/herc/pyth`s/whatever and the place they were at in their stack? Would that be fair? By your argument it would balance things out becasue lower level empires would know what you have in your stack and attack you accordingly... man try and see the big picture here... ur a big boy, i know you can do it!

DoomFrog, i totally agree with you.
I`ve never fought of it like that, but your wright.....
IT puts balance into the game :)

Somone`s a saw loser
*wanders who*

DF... there is no stats page that shows someone how many hercs you have so they know when to build so many queens to destroy them... the rich list is effectively this... tells you when they have how much money and when you should attack them with dinero`s to be most effeceint. I think you`re missing the point.

i think anyone who is whining about being dinero`d on the rich list is missing one of those vital points in the game
checks and balances
there will always be a way to bring everyone to an even playing feild, even if they dont like it, always a way to beat something, such as queen > herc thus dinero > the rich

GK the fact that you and Raz both agree automatically invalidates anything you`ve said and or will say... i think.