Spartans Vs Nonpandas

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It actually does in both cases. If you asked me if I'd rather have Kerda, who will login 2x/day and hasn't played in 30 ages, or a random war kd player -- the answer would be Kerda every time. There's value in not having monitor and bash knowledge into people's heads. CR has pretty much without a doubt been the best whoring kd (at whoring) of the last 5-10 ages. You don't always have (or want to spend) 2 ages to bring someone from a warring kd up to speed -- or have the will to micromanage them heavily. Because it will be required. Look at Octo's struggles in Sparta, who pretty much insist on making terrible hits.

This sounds familiar :-p
It's though to adapt to the whoring system if you're used to warring. Last age after our merge, we had a bunch of guys not used to whoring. Some took little time to adapt, some more. You have a few good ones who can adapt quickly, but you also have slow learners.

So if you ask me to choose between an unknown or a known, I'd probably pick the known as well. New players are always a bit of a gamble, but I have to admit that the majority of guys we had come from the war tier, did adapt fairly quick. A few did surprisingly well.

Beyond that, by late age, in the average growth kingdom, you have somewhere between 10 and 15 players in important roles -- a significant portion of core, frankly. You need a lot of players that you can trust to be an effective calf or t/m. Even upper core to some extent requires extra thought. You need to figure out the optimal builds for everyone in each of those roles, and having people who can think for themselves there is very valuable -- moreso than the difference between 3k and 3.1k acres, or hitting the whore cap 2 days earlier (especially with the current sci system).

The explore cost changes really changed the cow/calf system a lot. On one hand it's a lot more annoying (need to think 10 different options rather than 1), on the other hand it adds diversity which makes it a little more interesting

You haven't played with me yet, people put me on attacker because of my attitude not because I can't think for myself :D

I'll make a blunder here and there but that's because I'll try stuff that you shouldn't try, now I wouldn't even try it, the risks I make are usually when it doesn't hurt the KD from crowning, let's call them premeditated risks. Actually reaching 3000 acres while someone else is still at 2500 can have significant ramifications if taken advantage of accordingly. You will pump 10nwpa more because of the early advantage, you will simply be ahead for a while, until you get chained of course because you remain the biggest threat. Being active per tick can make a significant difference on its own in certain situations as well. There's not much thought involved most of the time if the correct orders are given on time and you simply follow them either. I'm out, I won't change your mind on this and you won't change mine, I speak from my experience and you speak from yours.

I have so I know :p
The difference between "the best" and "the rest" is they would skip those blunders. It's all about profit. Hitting for 200a and getting retalled isn't profitable. Hitting for 50a without a retal, is profit.
The difference between 2500 or 3000 isn't 10nwpa, it's simply having 500 acres more space. The difference between whoring to 2500 or to 2600 could make a difference in a fight.

Well this is where you are wrong.

I have crowned 4 times till now and all the 4 times I was in the leadership. You = 0?
According to me this one statement is enough to troll you for eternity!

There are leaders who lead the pack and then there's the alpha leaders who make the strategy.

I'm pretty sure Anri has been the alpha in Simians for a long time. I very much doubt you've been the alpha in Emeriti or whichever other kingdom you crowned with.

Playing in Spartans causes stress and gastrointestinal bleeding.

#truth