President Pierce

[quote name='Viluin' timestamp='1347516047' post='3029633'] It is rare that I find someone who doesn't know how to press the nuke button. [/quote] Nukes or no nukes. Anarchy or no anarchy. Your a shell of your former self and flee to these boards to try and grasp at whatever straws you think you can find to make yourself remotely relevant. When it is all said and done though do you see any circumstance in which you are better off for doing this? Even if you find a way to deal more damage then you receive those who pummel you will receive aid and go back for seconds and thirds. You are on an island and no matter how much bragging you do or however you believe you've gotten one over on us today in the end the result remains the same. You lose. So go ahead and post about your "glorious" accomplishments. If that is how you rationalize your demise have at it.

And another alliance enters the fray....best of luck.

As this weeks guests have at some point been members of one of "the" Orders, how do they see this conflict impacting that relationship? Also, how does Random feel about speculation this whole conflict is in fact his fault?

Wrong. Peace mode should still exist but like I said if they get caught spying they should be dragged from peacemode. This allows peacemode to exist exactly as it does now, allows peacemode nations the ability to spy and be spied on, and also offers a punishment for them if they get caught. I'm pretty sure that the proposal of dragging a nation from peace to war mode if caught meets everybodies objections about peace mode. If theres anything it doesn't cover please somebody share. Again, when you enter a trade agreement your offered the chance to trade "in secret" or "open". If your not actively "hiding" yiour trade tie it should in some form be free game to spies. It also forces people to really get in touch and keep good ties and communication with thier trade partners. Anybody complaining about this suggestion is just crying because they MAY(again it doesnt force a drop) have to take 2-3 days and find a new trade ally or trade in secret. Thank you. Anybody that is complaining that "But..I might lose nukes or tech or infra...or have my trades exposed!" can simply hulk up on defence. No different from buying tanks and nukes for defence when your surrounded by people that have them. Nukes cost a decent bill chunk yet a lot have them for defence.

Few short points... 1) If Admin feels the new feature is ready to release he should release it regardless of if there is a war or not. Wars are a choice we as players make good or bad going into it and should not influence a game feature that involves players not involved in the war. This "OMG theres a war you cant do this!" argument is just selfish and wrong. 2) Peace mode nations should be spied on and be able to spy. Even Canada has spies...when was the last time you saw canada get uppity and hostile? Now, I agree there should be some sort of penalty for peace mode nations spying but not being able to be declared war on and that solution is really quite simple- if a peacemode nation is caught spying(pick a % of spies) then they are forced into war mode. In terms of the one player posting "OMG if i go on vacation i can find my stuff gone". Then just hulk up your defences. 3) Let's not get carried away with the prices. It seems that all of us longtime players that make a decent amount of cash wanna just keep upping everything to prevent our enemy or possible enemy from getting it. Well learn to cope. These things should be affordable. A dude with a $10 backback and $20 worth of cleaning supplies with a quick trip to Home Depot can do some serious damage and it doesnt cost as much a nuclear weapon. 4) Different prices are insane. I saw the argument that little nations should get them cheaper....thats ridiculous. I have a boatload of technology(heck accroding to the little pics I dominate outterspace) and infra and people and military stuff...but not the capability to fund a spy network at the same cost as somebody with 1 tenth my tech and whatnot? Thats just a ridiculous concept. 5) Intel agencies should have an impact but I started a topic on this yesterday and admin said it'd be in so +1 me lol 6) The trade partner revelation is brilliant. This should work along side what we already have. If you "trade in secret" then your trade info should be left secret from spies but if you trade openly-just as you can be sanctioned, you should be able to have your ties revealed. Does finding new trades suck? Yes, yes it does. But this doesnt eliminate trades itself. Plus it adds a very interesting dynamic in keeping close contact with your trade partners and such. losing trades is bad but you can rebound and it makes the game have that much more "risk". We're all comfortable just chillaxing and buying infra, everything can't always be sunshine and smiles. edit-added my opinion of the trade partner revelation.