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by --Imperator--
Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:38 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

Yes, a warm welcome to Ilkay... Now if only you hadn't started your reign with such an ambitious (though ill-advised) attack on Imperial citizens. Such boldness is freely encouraged and admired, though. Carpe diem, and all that. As an introductory lesson: never invade a more powerful empire unless y...
by --Imperator--
Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:18 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Imperial Propaganda News Bulletin
Replies: 24
Views: 28357

Imperial Propaganda News Bulletin

Welcome to the official Imperial news bulletin for Anacreon Era 3, created at the suggestion of Wayward Device. Greetings in the name of the Imperium! Our capital world, Terra (or in the most ancient of historical records: Earth), resides within the great northern nebula. The Grand Praetorian Fleet ...
by --Imperator--
Fri Mar 23, 2018 4:05 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

They have indeed... It's with great surprise that I log in today and noticed their abdication. I assumed Aurora must have either captured all their capitals or destroyed their main fleet. It seems that despite the Bug King's bold claim to fight to the death, they opted for a quick way out rather tha...
by --Imperator--
Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:13 pm
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

A brief overview of the events leading up to the conflict(s) in progress so far: Imperial fleets bordering neutral space are attacked by Empire of Mercutio. Imperium declares war in response, mounts largely unsuccessful attack which is countered due to improper placement of jumpbeacons. Mercutio sel...
by --Imperator--
Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:20 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

GNC-Peoples' Military Foreign Dispatch The Gospel of a New Century recognizes a state of war with the Empire of Mercutio, newly revealed as the returned BUGZ... The struggle for future of the galactic Northwest begins. A struggle the Imperium intends to win. As Terran Imperator Eternal I declare a ...
by --Imperator--
Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:38 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Server may be slow on Friday
Replies: 8
Views: 8695

Re: Server may be slow on Friday

There is a bug with the dark nebula layers being overlaid on top of each other flagged as priority on Ministry, which is still occurring in Era 3. There are entire sections of the map in which ramjets are bugged and cannot be issued commands . This is the only major bug so far, although the gameplay...
by --Imperator--
Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:38 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

I do wonder at the lengths a certain someone will go to fulfill this pointless feud against any incarnation of my empire. Willingly taking a massive social order penalty to wipe a one day old player off the map is certainly the epitome of pettiness, hmm? No matter. I shall return in Era 4 then, if t...
by --Imperator--
Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:17 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

Oh come now, it's a 4X game. Can you really be irked at BugKing or myself for focusing mostly on the "Exterminate" part? :D That said, Core did take me by surprise while I was offline for a few days. The Imperium was pretty much defeated by that stage (all the trade clusters were disrupted), but I s...
by --Imperator--
Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:25 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

A much smaller force of Eldritch can take out the citadels surrounding the target before the main fleet arrives while the player is AFK. That's assuming they have jumpbeacon access, otherwise I'd just send a gunship escort. Since AFK attacks are so OP, what do people think about say a 100% buff to a...
by --Imperator--
Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:33 pm
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

Yeah, they're quite weak. Same goes for starcruisers. Actually the only really effective units right now are the Minotaur (for defense and a strong but slow offense) and the Adamant/Undine (for a weaker and faster offense) And the "explorer meatshield exploit" counters everything, especially starfri...
by --Imperator--
Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:28 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Optimal tech level for efficient empire building
Replies: 5
Views: 6084

Optimal tech level for efficient empire building

Question: What is the "best" tech level? I asked this question some time ago in the Era 3 thread, but never received a concrete response. So I decided to do a little experimentation myself... Considerations: 1. For simplicity, we will only consider choosing between TL 7 (for non Earthlike, ocean and...
by --Imperator--
Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:36 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

Defection of any kind should definitely not be a mechanic. The advantage of attacking first is large enough as it is that there doesn't need to be any extra bonuses. Attacking AFK players is the best way to ensure victory and there certainly aren't any rules or even informal agreements that prevent...
by --Imperator--
Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:53 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

Entertaining indeed are the squabbles of lesser powers. Chaos and conflict is a ladder, and the Imperium's violent past and present greatness is testament to this. To the so-called Emperor of Aelion: Imperial battlefleets outnumber yours by more than 10 to 1 after your most recent defeat. Care to tr...
by --Imperator--
Sat Nov 11, 2017 1:12 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread
Replies: 392
Views: 571097

Re: Anacreon Era III Discussion Thread

Seems to be working again. Here is an updated map with the current state of the game as of cycle 4229, for anyone who needs it. The most significant recent event was a war between the Imperium and AelionRisen, resulting in uncontested Imperial victory and its replacing of AelionRisen as the dominant...
by --Imperator--
Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:35 am
Forum: Anacreon General Discussions
Topic: Players attacking then abdicating
Replies: 3
Views: 4074

Players attacking then abdicating

Recently I'm having people spawn next to my empire, take out a few undefended worlds and abdicate shortly afterwards. Namely "Federation of Sol", who even had the same capital name as me (Terra) for a while, which is why I'm guessing it was deliberate. This is getting quite annoying especially since...