Red defence - Revision history

87.236.7.98 at 11:09, 16 June 2010

2010-06-16T11:09:55Z

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	'''Red defence''' has two meanings in the Planetarion universe. The first refers to ~~Asteroid Capture~~ and ~~attempts~~ to ~~spoil~~ an attacker's ~~Roid Cap~~. The second is in reference to rounds that involved [[Subversion]] ~~(typically by the [[Race]] of Zikonians)~~ as a ship type.		'''Red defence''' has two meanings in the [[Planetarion]] universe. The first refers to [[asteroid]] [[Ship Type#Astropod\|stealing]] and is used to attempt to reduce an attacker's roid cap. The second is in reference to rounds that involved [[Ship Type#Subversion\|subversion]] as a ship type.

	~~Red Defence~~, in the context of spoofing roid capture, is a tactic used when defensive ship availability is low. Since it is possible to lower the number of roids lost by taking advantage of the game rules discouragement of overkilling a target, the roid capture percentage (prior to PAX) of attackers can be lowered by having friends/allies join in on the attack - thereby increasing the Value of the attacking fleet and due to the [[Roid Cap Formula]] it would reduce the amount of roids lost. Post PAX; the game mechanics has been altered such that Alliance members and Galaxymates cannot attack you, and the [[Roid Cap Formula]] was altered to reduce the effective '[[piggybacking]]'. The current situation is perhaps best demonstrated by an example; Attacker 1 sends a fleet twice as large (in [[Value]]) compared to Attacker 2. Attacker 1 will be allocated 2/3 of the maximum 25% cap, whilst Attacker 2 will be allocated only 1/3. However, if Attacker 2 does not send Pods in their fleet, they are unable to capture their proportion of the roids. In this case, the Attacker 1 will still only capture 2/3 of the 25% cap, whilst Attacker 2's cap is 'lost' and the Defender will loose fewer roids. However, this requires the co-operation of an out-of-alliance mate (though sometimes Sister Galaxies may arrange something like this, where members from Galaxy 1 attack Galaxy 2 in order to reduce cap).		Nowadays, red defence has gone all but extinct.

	~~Red Defence~~, in the context of [[Subversion]], was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]] ~~(introducted in R12)~~. [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby ~~when~~ an enemy ship was ~~stunned~~, it would be converted to firing on its own side, ~~however~~ as part of the combat engine any unit that had been ~~Subverted was~~ no longer ~~able to~~ be destroyed. This quirk was soon exploited by Zikonian players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet ~~that~~ would contain ships that would arrive only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, as they were ~~easilly~~ stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible. This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many ~~insteances where Defenders~~ were ~~worked over in a severe fashion,~~ and ultimately lead to the removal of ~~Subversion~~ and the re-introduction of ~~Stealing~~ for Zikonians.		==Reducing roid cap==
			Prior to [[PAX]], one could only gain the maximum number of roids by sending a fleet that was in proportion to the target, discouraging overkill. If defense was running out, players could instead attack their own alliance, thereby increasing the size of the attacking fleet, reducing overall roid cap.

			During the PAX-era, the roid cap formula was changed. Currently, every attacking fleet gets a percentage allocated to it according to the value of the fleet as compared to that of the value of all the attackers. Each attacker then gets a chance to steal roids, if there are any pods in the fleet. If there aren't, the fleet does not cap anything. This mechanism can be used to reduce overall cap by [[piggybacking]] an attacker with fleets without pods. Unlike pre-PAX, however, this must be done by players in different alliances, because it's no longer possible to attack your own galaxy or alliance, nor the alliances you're [[NAP]]'ed with.

			==Subversion==
			In the context of [[Ship Type#Subversion\|Subversion]], red defence was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]]. [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby if an enemy ship was attacked by a subversion ship, it would be converted to firing on its own side. However, as part of the combat engine, any unit that had been subverted could no longer be destroyed.

			This quirk was soon exploited by [[Zikonian]] players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet. The defnding fleet would contain ships that would arrive, only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, because they were traditionally easily stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible, offsetting their major drawback.

			This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many instances in which defenders were wiped out and ultimately lead to the removal of subversion following [[round 12]] and the re-introduction of [[Ship Type#Steal\|stealing]] for Zikonians.

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109.76.91.36 at 18:38, 28 May 2010

2010-05-28T18:38:36Z

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	Red Defence, in the context of [[Subversion]], was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]] (introducted in R12). [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby when an enemy ship was stunned, it would be converted to firing on its own side, however as part of the combat engine any unit that had been Subverted was no longer able to be destroyed. This quirk was soon exploited by Zikonian players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet that would contain ships that would arrive only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, as they were easilly stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible. This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many insteances where Defenders were worked over in a severe fashion, and ultimately lead to the removal of Subversion and the re-introduction of Stealing for Zikonians.		Red Defence, in the context of [[Subversion]], was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]] (introducted in R12). [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby when an enemy ship was stunned, it would be converted to firing on its own side, however as part of the combat engine any unit that had been Subverted was no longer able to be destroyed. This quirk was soon exploited by Zikonian players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet that would contain ships that would arrive only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, as they were easilly stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible. This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many insteances where Defenders were worked over in a severe fashion, and ultimately lead to the removal of Subversion and the re-introduction of Stealing for Zikonians.

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109.76.91.36 at 18:32, 28 May 2010

2010-05-28T18:32:00Z

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	Red Defence, in the context of [[Subversion]], was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]] (introducted in R12). [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby when an enemy ship was stunned, it would be converted to firing on its own side, however as part of the combat engine any unit that had been Subverted was no longer able to be destroyed. This quirk was soon exploited by Zikonian players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet that would contain ships that would arrive only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, as they were easilly stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible. This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many insteances where Defenders were worked over in a severe fashion, and ultimately lead to the removal of Subversion and the re-introduction of Stealing for Zikonians.		Red Defence, in the context of [[Subversion]], was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]] (introducted in R12). [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby when an enemy ship was stunned, it would be converted to firing on its own side, however as part of the combat engine any unit that had been Subverted was no longer able to be destroyed. This quirk was soon exploited by Zikonian players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet that would contain ships that would arrive only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, as they were easilly stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible. This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many insteances where Defenders were worked over in a severe fashion, and ultimately lead to the removal of Subversion and the re-introduction of Stealing for Zikonians.

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Ultimate Newbie: Typoes, adjusted links etc.

2005-11-08T05:22:05Z

Typoes, adjusted links etc.

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	'''Red defence''' has two meanings in the Planetarion universe. The first refers to Asteroid Capture and attempts to spoil an attacker's Roid Cap. The second is in reference to ~~roudns~~ that involved Subversion (typically by Zikonians) as a ship type.		'''Red defence''' has two meanings in the Planetarion universe. The first refers to Asteroid Capture and attempts to spoil an attacker's Roid Cap. The second is in reference to rounds that involved [[Subversion]] (typically by the [[Race]] of Zikonians) as a ship type.

	Red Defence, in the context of spoofing roid capture, is a tactic used when defensive ship availability is low. Since it is possible to lower the number of roids lost by taking advantage of the game rules discouragement of overkilling a target, the roid capture percentage (prior to PAX) of attackers can be lowered by having friends/allies join in on the attack - thereby increasing the Value of the attacking fleet and due to the [[Roid Cap Formula]] it would reduce the amount of roids lost. Post PAX; the game mechanics has been altered such that Alliance members and Galaxymates cannot attack you, and the [[Roid Cap ~~formula~~]] was altered to reduce the effective '[[piggybacking]]'. The current situation is perhaps best demonstrated by an example; Attacker 1 sends a fleet twice as large (in [[Value]]) compared to Attacker 2. Attacker 1 will be allocated 2/3 of the maximum 25% cap, whilst Attacker 2 will be allocated only 1/3. However, if Attacker 2 does not send Pods in their fleet, they are unable to capture their proportion of the roids. In this case, the Attacker 1 will still only capture 2/3 of the 25% cap, whilst Attacker 2's cap is 'lost' and the Defender will loose fewer roids. However, this requires the co-operation of an out-of-alliance mate (though sometimes Sister Galaxies may arrange something like this, where members from Galaxy 1 attack Galaxy 2 in order to reduce cap).		Red Defence, in the context of spoofing roid capture, is a tactic used when defensive ship availability is low. Since it is possible to lower the number of roids lost by taking advantage of the game rules discouragement of overkilling a target, the roid capture percentage (prior to PAX) of attackers can be lowered by having friends/allies join in on the attack - thereby increasing the Value of the attacking fleet and due to the [[Roid Cap Formula]] it would reduce the amount of roids lost. Post PAX; the game mechanics has been altered such that Alliance members and Galaxymates cannot attack you, and the [[Roid Cap Formula]] was altered to reduce the effective '[[piggybacking]]'. The current situation is perhaps best demonstrated by an example; Attacker 1 sends a fleet twice as large (in [[Value]]) compared to Attacker 2. Attacker 1 will be allocated 2/3 of the maximum 25% cap, whilst Attacker 2 will be allocated only 1/3. However, if Attacker 2 does not send Pods in their fleet, they are unable to capture their proportion of the roids. In this case, the Attacker 1 will still only capture 2/3 of the 25% cap, whilst Attacker 2's cap is 'lost' and the Defender will loose fewer roids. However, this requires the co-operation of an out-of-alliance mate (though sometimes Sister Galaxies may arrange something like this, where members from Galaxy 1 attack Galaxy 2 in order to reduce cap).

	Red Defence, in the context of [[Subversion]], was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]] (introducted in R12). [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby when an enemy ship was stunned, it would be converted to firing on its own side, however as part of the combat engine any unit that had been Subverted was no longer able to be destroyed. This quirk was soon exploited by Zikonian players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet that would contain ships that would arrive only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, as they were easilly stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible. This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many insteances where Defenders were worked over in a severe fashion, and ultimately lead to the removal of Subversion and the re-introduction of Stealing for Zikonians.		Red Defence, in the context of [[Subversion]], was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]] (introducted in R12). [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby when an enemy ship was stunned, it would be converted to firing on its own side, however as part of the combat engine any unit that had been Subverted was no longer able to be destroyed. This quirk was soon exploited by Zikonian players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet that would contain ships that would arrive only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, as they were easilly stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible. This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many insteances where Defenders were worked over in a severe fashion, and ultimately lead to the removal of Subversion and the re-introduction of Stealing for Zikonians.

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Ultimate Newbie: Added Subversion, and example of current spoofing.

2005-11-06T09:13:10Z

Added Subversion, and example of current spoofing.

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	'''Red ~~defense~~''' ~~is a tactic used when defensive ship availability is low~~. ~~Since it~~ is ~~possible~~ to ~~lower the number of roids lost~~ by ~~taking advantage of the game rules discouragement of overkilling~~ a ~~target. The roid capture percentage of attackers can be lowered by having friends/allies join in on the attack~~.		'''Red defence''' has two meanings in the Planetarion universe. The first refers to Asteroid Capture and attempts to spoil an attacker's Roid Cap. The second is in reference to roudns that involved Subversion (typically by Zikonians) as a ship type.

	~~This~~ tactic ~~was more efficient~~ in ~~pre~~-[[~~PAX~~]] ~~rounds when~~ members ~~of your own [[alliance]] could~~ attack you, and the [[~~roid capture~~ formula]] ~~reduced~~ maximum ~~available~~ capture ~~based on~~ the [[~~value~~]] of attacking ships ~~present~~.		Red Defence, in the context of spoofing roid capture, is a tactic used when defensive ship availability is low. Since it is possible to lower the number of roids lost by taking advantage of the game rules discouragement of overkilling a target, the roid capture percentage (prior to PAX) of attackers can be lowered by having friends/allies join in on the attack - thereby increasing the Value of the attacking fleet and due to the [[Roid Cap Formula]] it would reduce the amount of roids lost. Post PAX; the game mechanics has been altered such that Alliance members and Galaxymates cannot attack you, and the [[Roid Cap formula]] was altered to reduce the effective '[[piggybacking]]'. The current situation is perhaps best demonstrated by an example; Attacker 1 sends a fleet twice as large (in [[Value]]) compared to Attacker 2. Attacker 1 will be allocated 2/3 of the maximum 25% cap, whilst Attacker 2 will be allocated only 1/3. However, if Attacker 2 does not send Pods in their fleet, they are unable to capture their proportion of the roids. In this case, the Attacker 1 will still only capture 2/3 of the 25% cap, whilst Attacker 2's cap is 'lost' and the Defender will loose fewer roids. However, this requires the co-operation of an out-of-alliance mate (though sometimes Sister Galaxies may arrange something like this, where members from Galaxy 1 attack Galaxy 2 in order to reduce cap).

			Red Defence, in the context of [[Subversion]], was designed to exploit an interesting (and unintentional) quirk of [[Subversion]] (introducted in R12). [[Subversion]] was a kind of "Stealing EMP", whereby when an enemy ship was stunned, it would be converted to firing on its own side, however as part of the combat engine any unit that had been Subverted was no longer able to be destroyed. This quirk was soon exploited by Zikonian players, who would send an attacking fleet consisting of Subversion ships, in addition to a Defending fleet that would contain ships that would arrive only to be subverted and then fire on the 'real' defenders. This was especially effective when Xandathrii ships were used, as they were easilly stunned and inflicted high damage, and when subverted became indestructible. This 'abuse' of the combat system lead to many insteances where Defenders were worked over in a severe fashion, and ultimately lead to the removal of Subversion and the re-introduction of Stealing for Zikonians.

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Banned at 16:08, 9 January 2005

2005-01-09T16:08:39Z

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	~~Against impossible odds,~~ defensive ~~ships being~~ low, it is possible to lower the number of roids lost by taking advantage of the game rules ~~sneering on~~ overkilling a target. The roid capture percentage of attackers can be lowered by having friends/allies join in on the attack.		'''Red defense''' is a tactic used when defensive ship availability is low. Since it is possible to lower the number of roids lost by taking advantage of the game rules discouragement of overkilling a target. The roid capture percentage of attackers can be lowered by having friends/allies join in on the attack.

			This tactic was more efficient in pre-[[PAX]] rounds when members of your own [[alliance]] could attack you, and the [[roid capture formula]] reduced maximum available capture based on the [[value]] of attacking ships present.

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80.221.26.80 at 11:27, 9 January 2005

2005-01-09T11:27:29Z

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Against impossible odds, defensive ships being low, it is possible to lower the number of roids lost by taking advantage of the game rules sneering on overkilling a target. The roid capture percentage of attackers can be lowered by having friends/allies join in on the attack.

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