Posts by OzzY

  • Why are expeditions returning so much loot in the new universe?

    Hi TasmanskiZwierz


    Expos are now the most profitable aspect of OGame for any universe, so what you’re experiencing is the new norm.


    If it’s a quiet ‘PvE’ experience you want from Ogame, then I’d suggest not joining the new universes.

    They’re the most active and being crashed is probably more likely.


    As a suggestion, I’d recommend joining an older uni and keep yourself unprofitable, that way I’d expect you’d have a fairly peaceful time. Have a look at different communities too, like .US to see all different uni types. There could also be dormant accounts waiting for new owners if you ask around, rather than starting from scratch! Lifeforms will eventually be on every uni too.


    If you want anymore info/help, send me a PM :smile2:


    Cheers,

    OzzY

  • New version 9, Debris Field from Expedition combats has now a limit... What are the thoughts of the player base

    Quote from Erabus

    Instead of captions based on points of number 1, the captions could be done

    for collector on points of number 1 in economy

    for disco on points of number 1 in research

    for general on points of number 1 in military

    I don’t mean to be off topic, but this is an interesting concept across the board, not just for expos, but for their class bonus’s too :hmm:

  • Why are expeditions returning so much loot in the new universe?

    They’re not useless, you can use them in attacks (good for farming), or scrap them in the scrap merchant for a return of 25% of the cost, give the merchant some DM and the % increases to a maximum of 75%.


    Also, fleetsave effectively if you want to keep the fleet you find from expos, it’s extremely profitable and hunters will be all over it when you get enough ships! Safest way is deploying between moons, you can recall if necessary and it won’t be detectable providing you didn’t fs and immediately log off :biggrin:

  • Why are expeditions returning so much loot in the new universe?

    Yes, it’s all based on the points of the top player in the uni and the points at which the res/ship finds increase are done in stages:


    - rank 1 has less than 10,000 points

    - rank 1 has less than 100,000 points

    - rank 1 has less than 1,000,000 points

    - rank 1 has less than 5,000,000 points

    - rank 1 has less than 25,000,000 points

    - rank 1 has less than 50,000,000 points

    - rank 1 has less than 75,000,000 points

    - rank 1 has less than 100,000,000 points

    - rank 1 has more than 100,000,000 points (maximum gain)


    The best combo to send is LC, 1 probe, 1 Pathfinder (to double the res/ship finds), and a combat ship.


    The amount of LC to send depends on the eco speed of the uni, being discoverer class, sending a pathfinder, and the points of the rank 1 player (as above). In the uni I play, 8x eco speed and rank 1 has over 100m points so the max res find for me is 120million metal.


    The combat ship you send should be based on what ships you want to find, the highest combat ship you send can find a ship one tier higher and all ships below that, so a battleship can find battlecruisers, a destroyer can find reapers etcetc.


    And yes, there is a very small chance (I think it’s about 0.2%) that the entire expedition is lost.


    Hope that helps :biggrin:

  • Why are expeditions returning so much loot in the new universe?

    That’s right.


    When you last played, expos were a fairly pointless exercise. DM wasn’t as game breaking.


    Now, the best style of play to develop fast is expo miner, have max expos flying constantly and build up mines. You can’t beat the income you get from expos now, in a 8x eco uni, the max res find is around 120m metal! Accounts with billions of points will become a more seen thing now with lifeforms too only boosting income (mostly benefiting expo and miners again)!

    DM is a different story now, you have high metal mines and DM to buy 100odd res packs when they’re on sale, you’re guaranteed a top spot in a new uni coupled with the above!



    Edit:


    this could help you, but will be outdated with the new lifeform bonus’s, so use it as a ‘base’ guide:


    https://expocalc.universeview.be

  • Lifeforms Guide

    Good Morning,


    I’m thinking about creating a website which will provide the community with any information they require about Lifeforms.


    It will take a while to develop, but with the amount of content Lifeforms is going to bring to Ogame, something like this needs to be made for the community.


    Can a ADMIN/MOD/COMA let me know if I can be in touch with someone that can provide answers on any questions or technical info I might need to create this, as that would be the most valuable and accurate information to use?


    Thanks,

    Rob

  • Lifeform Update

    Hi,


    I see the new universe will have the new Lifeform update and separate GY. Does this mean that Lifeforms will or won’t be applied to all universes after some time? Or that’s not known yet?

    Thanks,

    OzzY

  • Planet destruction

    Apologies for my abruptness before, as it’s nice to see new ideas floating around, but here’s my two cents on the idea:


    - Planets are the staple of every account, and some have been worked on for years, being able to destroy them would make more people quit and kill the game faster. Mainly due to the high volume of expo/miner players in the game and low volume of fleeters, something that will likely never change.

    - Your point that it would take a lot of RIPS to destroy a planet and small chance to destroy, try telling that to accounts that have millions of RIPs, some from legitimate play and others not. How would that be fair for current players not in the top rankings or new players looking to start?


    You say it will promote more of a level playing field, unfortunately something like this would promote a few stupid strong accounts bulldozing over every account in every uni… :missilelauncher:

  • New uni announcments

    I noticed EN/ORG hasn’t had a new uni in a while, and other communities have had a couple unis since EN/ORG’s last uni! I wonder why… :hmm: