Jupiter started April 19th, but in ogame points accelerate rapidly, so its not a huge surprise they are that many points ahead. All ranks will fluctuate wildly for now, they'll settle in after 2 weeks or so.

Randomaccount#77123

United States5003 Posts

April 24 2011 00:43 GMT

#163

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Satallgeese

United States239 Posts

April 24 2011 00:53 GMT

#164

Just applied to the alliance in Jupiter after playing for about an hour, looking forward to this timesink, haha, doesn't take hours of thought (minecraft) and you can tab out and still make progress! I applied under the name Mal

Blisse

Canada3710 Posts

April 24 2011 01:54 GMT

#165

I'm annoyed it takes so long to start up! Really weeds out a lot of gamers, you know?

Satallgeese

United States239 Posts

April 24 2011 02:02 GMT

#166

Hahaha, I know what you mean. Sitting here, waiting for minerals isn't that entertaining, but if you're really that desperate to make progress, than open up another tab, watch a series in the NASL, than go back to ogame, xD

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

April 24 2011 02:09 GMT

#167

I've been playing this game since it's conception in the non german world and have handled every kind of top account (still playing in uni 1 weee) so if you have any questions about this game feel free to shoot me a pm

atombombforpeace

United States408 Posts

April 24 2011 02:11 GMT

#168

Have you ever ran double mobiles? I'm tempted to do so later on, and some base info would be helpful.

musai

Canada552 Posts

April 24 2011 04:13 GMT

#169

so some guy is attacking me, i pretty much have no army, what should i do?

creepcolony

Germany362 Posts

April 24 2011 04:19 GMT

#170

Probably you dont have any ships yet, so send him a message tell him your on and active and not a profitable target.

Spend as much resources as you can to minimize his profit/your losses.
If you do this constantly he probably will stop attacking you since it just wont yield enough profit.

Im new myself, but thats what i read you should do in that case.

edit: And to make you even more of a bad target you can at a certain point start building some defenses. Someone said you probably should start between 30-40 points, which seems to be true.
Im atm at 36 points and will soon start building a few rocket launcher.

musai

Canada552 Posts

April 24 2011 04:32 GMT

#171

yea i msged him that i was online, he gave me some random reply - 'thats awesome'

but yea i pretty much cleared my resources

atombombforpeace

United States408 Posts

April 24 2011 04:47 GMT

#172

Well at this point you should invest in robotics+shipyard so you can build a rocket launcher if needed. The best defence though is to have as little resources as possible so people don't have a reason to attack you.

PhuxPro

United States294 Posts

April 24 2011 04:54 GMT

#173

On April 24 2011 13:32 musai wrote:
yea i msged him that i was online, he gave me some random reply - 'thats awesome'

but yea i pretty much cleared my resources

Next time, instead of sending the vague message that your attacker won't profit from you, say it straightforward.

"I'm online and spending my resources right now. You will waste a lot of deuterium to come here and raid ~250 metal." That sends a much better message.

Also, if you plan on saving those resources up, you can spend it on a resource structure, facility, or research, and cancel its progress by clicking the red X on the picture. You will get a 100% refund for it.

Be cautious about when the attack is coming, and when you will cancel it. I usually wait until the attack countdown hits 4-5 minutes until I hide my resources. Don't make the same mistake I did a long time ago of starting a 10 minute building when an attack is 20 minutes away. I was safe, but the upgrade actually went through. I needed to wait for more resources (which would have been a shorter wait if I didn't even try to hide my resources in the first place) to upgrade what I actually wanted to upgrade.

Do not hide your resources via building ships or building defenses, because you will NOT get a refund if you cancel those.

Poyo

Canada790 Posts

April 24 2011 06:41 GMT

#174

I've got 1 light fighter escorting my small cargo ship on its first raid lol, going in blind! hopefully I don't get slaughtered haha.

Edit:
Success!! coming home with 1600 crystal 1600 metal 1600 deut..

^^

SkelA

Macedonia13090 Posts

April 24 2011 09:47 GMT

#175

Can I get antigame addon working for Opera? I dont wanna switch my browser just because of Ogame.

Bartuc

Netherlands629 Posts

April 24 2011 11:53 GMT

#176

Rather than raiding inactive players, is it also decent strategy to conduct expeditions with some small cargo ships?

Phayze

Canada2029 Posts

April 24 2011 12:33 GMT

#177

Got my friends to start playing this 6 years ago in Computer Science class. Would have a row of computers with o-game on it. The programming was so basic back then (pun intended). Starting it up again + applying to the alliance. Shocked I didnt think of starting something like this myself, ogame was good times. Nothing like a "friend" sending a fleet of ships across a galaxy, taking a week to even get to your home planet, just for the lols.

underscore

252 Posts

April 24 2011 13:50 GMT

#178

As a newb should I do the whole tutorial so I get the rewards?

TheDeli

France110 Posts

April 24 2011 14:03 GMT

#179

The tutorial should help you figure out the basic opener so yes.

Anyway, because it's a speed universe (and because I'm more interested in BW & SC2) I'm not playing there anymore. But if you want to play a macro-style that has a somewhat viable self-sustainance in all three fields (macro, ships, researches), you may contact me. (former top50 in a "recent" universe / top150 in an old uni back when I was a noob)

But in general: Have some ships at the ready to attack inactive players. They're one heck of a fridge. Oh and you *need* to get there first so think about your combustion/impulsion tech if you choose that path!

Valckrie

United Kingdom533 Posts

April 24 2011 14:09 GMT

#180

Ah I remember this game from ages ago... the days when I grinded browser games like tribalwars and such.. in the end for me it was a total waste of time, even more so than other games