Mar 19th 2011, 0:37:07
Ivan,
"Numbers advantage - this won the war for ECM" - it had a large contribution, but was not the only deciding factor.
"FS killrates - imposible to wall during the FS/initial runs due to lag" True. But it was the same for both sides so was not a contributing factor to the outcome of the war.
"Target selection - killing finishers/midbreakers is fun and all but doesnt matter when all your breakers are dead and they would have been without the number advantage" - See below
"Nothing wrong with our strategy, dont need to keep 8m troops and 5m + turrets when all your breakers/midbreakers are dead"
SoF, for being such a good war alliance, were not able to counter the numbers advantage in any way shape or form, so something clearly IS wrong with your strategy. You did not adapt your country setups when you saw that ECM had a numbers advantage and did not either forsee or ignored that they could have the ability to outlast your breakers. That was another significant factor to the outcome of the war.
Running 10k tyr techer->farmer with massive SDI/SPAL/Missiles/Breaking power is great for a FS on an unsuspecting target, or a war where you will gain a significant advantage within a couple of days. A longer war obviously needs different planning, and that did not happen effectively enough in SoF. I'm not saying it would have changed the outcome but it definately contributed to that.
"Numbers advantage - this won the war for ECM" - it had a large contribution, but was not the only deciding factor.
"FS killrates - imposible to wall during the FS/initial runs due to lag" True. But it was the same for both sides so was not a contributing factor to the outcome of the war.
"Target selection - killing finishers/midbreakers is fun and all but doesnt matter when all your breakers are dead and they would have been without the number advantage" - See below
"Nothing wrong with our strategy, dont need to keep 8m troops and 5m + turrets when all your breakers/midbreakers are dead"
SoF, for being such a good war alliance, were not able to counter the numbers advantage in any way shape or form, so something clearly IS wrong with your strategy. You did not adapt your country setups when you saw that ECM had a numbers advantage and did not either forsee or ignored that they could have the ability to outlast your breakers. That was another significant factor to the outcome of the war.
Running 10k tyr techer->farmer with massive SDI/SPAL/Missiles/Breaking power is great for a FS on an unsuspecting target, or a war where you will gain a significant advantage within a couple of days. A longer war obviously needs different planning, and that did not happen effectively enough in SoF. I'm not saying it would have changed the outcome but it definately contributed to that.