So, we were told that the new statistics would be posted up at some point today. Nothing has gone up so far, and as there won't be a huge number of statistical changes today, I'll just take the liberty of posting now, as this post will show that even with no outside support, and being completely surrounded by the opposition, you can still make a stand.
I logged in today to 750 untagged incomings. I don't farm, so I had nothing to use as an Attack ID to help with the tagging.
About 20 minutes after logging in, I had the majority of the fake attacks located. What appears to be every noble train located. And most nukes located too (though I can't guarantee each of these has been spotted).
The statistics from the moment the declaration occurred ingame, tell a fair deal of the story of the conflict so far:
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Side 1:
Players: Lucaya
Side 2:
Tribes: MANIC, AM
Timeframe: 13/12/2011 00:00:00 to 03/01/2012 13:30:00
Total conquers against opposite side:
Side 1: 20
Side 2: 10
Difference: 10
Points value of total conquers against opposite side:
Side 1: 149,628
Side 2: 80,530
Difference: 69,098
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I lost 2 villages today whilst I was offline. Well played by the attacker - I would have done the same. I did however manage to salvage the damage by recapping the third train to hit today.
Then, I moved on to deal with the next trains. All 3 are from the same AM member. None land for a good 30 minutes or more, so we will find out later on if these snipes have been successful or not.
The first snipe.
The second snipe.
The third snipe.
This player is able to send 300ms trains, as demonstrated via the third sniped train. Neither of the other two trains however, were sent in under 800ms. It would give more opportunity for success if you send the best trains you can every time. There was not much co-ordination, if any, between noble trains and what I have assumed are covering nukes, and so cancelling and sending again would have had little to no negative effects on your part. I would recommend sending better trains in the future.
Oh, and a fair few MANIC nobles died last night too.
The current lesson to be learned from MANIC and AM:
Faking will only get you so far. Once the fakes have all been sorted out, it is easy enough to spot the real attacks. And once you spot the real attacks, so long as you are capable of sniping and recapping, even when all the odds are against you you can prolong the inevitable. You will need to put in a little bit more effort.
I await the next wave of trains and attacks, whilst I finish dealing with the longer-distance trains. Lucaya account is still winning. Step it up