When allocating bonus points, does "luck" affect eventsike Indy booms and earthquakes? Or does it only have the effects explicitly listed in the description?

Also, can we please stop with the selling all the cheap turrets? Thanks.

Yeah I only recently started playing (last time was abt 2005 when it was Earth: 2025) and a lot has changed in the way people select targets, I feel. I'm with Cerberus is that I only use the scores list to pick targets. Also I don't necessarily retal... I pick what seems like the best target at the time (greatest chance of success, greatest opportunity for land, least likelihood of retal) period. Sometimes that's a country above me, sometimes below, sometimes its someone whose hit me before, sometimes not. I don't hold grudges or let others actions provoke me into doing something that's not strategically sound. well... I try not to, at least.

Yeah I kept waiting for the retal. Actually only got one retal this round though.

Starting grabbing too soon this round, and not soon enough last round... I'll get the sweet spot some day.

Over 2mil more networth, but the exact same place as last round. So good job to everyone for doing that much better this time I guess. :-)

I eventually had to, was falling behind. I think round I might start sooner, but in the past I've had bad luck picking targets.

Yay! My first time in top 25. This reset country name is different the forum handle heheh.

Yeah I wasn't sure what they were playing at GSing right away... Was going to retal but assumed that's what they wanted/it was a trick? I guess they just want to see the world burn.

To BUTTMAN - Thanks for putting that into perspective; I can see what you mean. I've definitely been selling my stuff for a lot less this round than previous rounds and hadn't thought there was much I could do about it, but that strategy makes sense I'll see if I have the patience to wait it out!

As far as the block vs. incremental explore... it seems like block exploring might be most efficient if you are only planning to explore early when the returns are high then start grabbing, but if you plan to keep exploring the whole game then it's best to do incrementally?

Thanks for the feedback. Is it really efficient to explore so much without building up? I only explore when acres < BPT in order to maximize production per turn. Also you mentioned other players pwrhaps haven't as many turns... What's the advantage of waiting to play turn? I always play mine as soon as I can. Thanks!

So I just accidentally explored for 32 turns. That sucked. But I was wondering, at what point is it a good idea for a Commie Indy to start landgrabbing instead of exploring? I usually start attacking sooner but this round I've just been exploring and it seems to be working pretty well, has anyone ever tried *only* exploring?