Jacob Knox

To my knowledge, it is not against game rules to use a VPN so long as you are not using one to circumvent a ban or hide a multi. But that would be a question for the moderators and/or @Alex.

A valid concern, but I'm sure a system could be set in place to monitor such things.

As much as food prices increasing during global wars where radiation causes -100% food production can be an annoyance, I have to say that I'm ultimately against this and for the same reasons as @Majima Goro stated. The chokehold of losing the global food market plays a role in the political sphere. Sucks that noncombatants have to deal with it, but that's how it would be in the real world too and it's nice to have at least some realism.

I agree that improvement destruction could definitely use an overhaul, but I'm wary of some of these suggestions. Hypothetical I'm a C20, so I have a maximum capacity of 300 ships. Say I have 300 ships and I have gotten my opponent to 0. I have declared an attrition war with tactician war policy and gained superiority in all three fields. Under your proposal, I could have a modifier of around 300% if they have 1,000 infra and around 337.5% is they have 2,000 infra. That is borderline overpowered modifiers. And that's on top of the already 500-700 infra damage I would be doing (dependent on infra levels). My Feedback/Opinion I like, and agree with, the modifier based on war type. It just makes sense in my opinion. If the modifier based on infra damage were to be implemented, I would suggest raising the number from 50 infra. Possibly 100 to 150 to make it a bit more balanced. Perfectly fine with the consequences of zero infra listed. I'm 50/50 on the missile/nuke one. Would need more information. What are the proposed odds for each roll? Any other modifiers? Do nukes have a higher chance than missiles? Etcetera. I don't agree with the trifecta bonus. It's unnecessary and a bit too much, in my opinion. Kicking someone while they're down is only fun to an extent. I think if you want to lower the odds of Tactician and Guardian, keep them at the same level (like they are now). Though I could see an argument for having Guardian lower so they don't completely cancel each other out, but the other proposed modifiers would make up for it anyway. There's a debate to be had here.

Hello, and welcome to Orbis.

Yeah, I've noticed that applicants of an alliance that disband still show as an applicant of that alliance and I'm not even sure how they (the applicant) would fix that.

Welcome to PnW!

But that exception is only explicitly stated for trading and banking. Nothing else. Anything else would seemingly need to be run by @Alex first.

My only question is: why? I can see why spies are hidden. But nukes and missiles? What's the point? (Genuinely curious.)

Yeah, this is a nice idea, but it would probably be a major drag on the server and would open the server up to a sort of DDoS attack (someone posts a bunch of trade offers, the server has to check them all next turn change or something, boom server goes down or lags tremendously due to overload).

I completely agree with this. It was a pain when I had one 2.5K infra city (don't ask, I was doing something lol) and the rest were 2K. Any time I wanted to bulk import a new template for my 2K infra cities, it would mess with my 2.5K one.

I've known Palsada for some time now, ever since the first incarnation of PRIU was much smaller in fact, and I can say that he is a good man and a competent leader. So I absolutely believe that any downfalling of EoTR was either due to an inability to agree or incompetence of Julius' part. From what I've read here, I'm persuaded to believe the latter.

Who needs FA when can just MA? This post made by MA Gang.

I actually did find it refreshing to see some terms for once (including some meme-ish ones). Ever since I've been in the game (a year and a half), all I've really seen is "White peace, wars allowed to finish as combatants see fit, NAP (not always)." That has been boring as hell.

This is the full section of the rules on automation: In summation, it seems as though banking (as long as it is human initiated) and information about trades is permitted, but war declarations, attacks, and trading (among other things) are prohibited. So, in short, no.

There has rarely been a case in history where contrarianism and challenging the established order have not led to something good. Something better than the current status of society. The shackles of society are made to be broken. The clay of humanity's mentality designed to be flexible and fluid. Overcoming PTSD and phobias are extraordinarily difficult, don't get me wrong, but shall we allow them to force our metapolitics into stagnation or shall we face it head on to encourage the change Orbis needs? "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is... fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933).

Serpentis/Aurora person here who rarely ever uses Locutus because we have our own in-house bot. I'm sure the people who have been here for years and actually know Borg better than you, including the game's administrator, can speak on this topic better than you can, because (unless you're a re-roll or the appearance is misleading somehow) you have hardly been in PnW for 3 months now. Regardless, allegations are allegations and I appreciate that Alex has acknowledged them at this time. I agree with most others in that I don't think Borg would do this kind of thing.

... who? ... why?

Welcome to Orbis, friend.

Can't say I blame you lmfao. Hell, this glorious message was sent in gov chats moments after this was posted: "Where's the typo?" And sure enough, it was, of all places, in my title!

Finally, the lore copy-paste everyone has been demanding! Next step, disband!

I literally cited this line the other day lmao. You stealing borrowing from my playbook?

There is no war in Ba Sing Se Blackwater.

"Africa Proconsularis was a Roman province on the northern African coast that was established in 146 BC following the defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, and the coast of western Libya along the Gulf of Sirte." It's a "Rome better than Carthage" thing that was a subtheme in the war.