Quick update. We have received some nobles in retaliation although...
I suppose I would simply quote from a Skype conversation with a completely new player who hasn't played this game for more than 2 months that we are mentoring.
[X:XX:XX XM] Barbara Hayes: did the noble die?
[X:XX:XX XM] Rep: Yes
[X:XX:XX XM] Rep: we lost X of our defense, spread over several villas
[X:XX:XX XM] Rep: worth it i suppose
[X:XX:XX XM] Rep: well worth it in fact
[X:XX:XX XM] Barbara Hayes: so there was a large entourage?
[X:XX:XX XM] Rep: Yes, a pretty large one
[X:XX:XX XM] Barbara Hayes: still wonder why just the one noble
[X:XX:XX XM] Rep: Precisely...
[X:XX:XX XM] Barbara Hayes: and then, two later in a different place.
[X:XX:XX XM] Barbara Hayes: it doesn't make sense. one would think such a well regarded tribe would have some coordination, internally.
The two later she mentions refers to the other 2 nobles aimed at one of the villes we capped in the previous ops. The pre-nuke without rams from mssnight on the villa landed a few minutes ago and over 1.5 hours before his actual nobles arrive.
The inexplicable lone noble escorted by a full nuke to a 100 loyalty village
The 1.5 hour early pre-nuke
I understand that its no longer the early game stage and the loss of a nuke or two is really no big deal but that's all the response we are getting so we might as well just put it up. Furthermore, if Vodka! are planning an op on us, why randomly blow all these close-range nukes/nobles? To kill defensive troops? Those troops that were killed will take less than half a day to replace while the nuke will be out of order for about 10 days!
Alright, alright, calm down. I made a mistake... it happens to us all
@Sir F - Will you be deleting when the uni/w.e starts?
That is very likely. Both Ben and I can stay around a little longer (although less active) and could probably pull in another player to take over if required but it is unlikely that we will stay unless the world really promises enough for us to stay. We play 1 or 2 worlds a year, staying in each for about 2-3 months (We are from different countries with different breaks from education) under a different pseudonym (although we are in fact easily recognizable) and generally play just to wreck some havoc and get a good fight. Months and years of nobling barbs, internals and players with 40% morale do not appeal to us.
