Originally posted by Lusche
Maps are small, and anybody who keeps a close look at the map and has a bit understanding of the game... well it's easy to detect missions these days even without spies.
WOW!
Someone else noticed this too!
I found it pretty easy even on the big maps.
The problem probably isnt the spies. But rather and in all likelyhood someone was paying attention to the map.
By and large most missions are poorly planned and executed to begin with.
so it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out with reasonable certainty where a mission is headed.
Besides through sheer numbers
The primary reasons a mission will succeed in this game is NOT because of superiour planning and execution. That is next to non existant in this game.(Sorry for any of you that think your the second comming of Napoleon But its a hard cold truth)
When they succeed. Most of the time its because the defending country either isnt paying attention to the map beyond their immediate area and nobody takes notice untill its too late.
Or even if they do notice there simply arent enough that care beyond their immediate area. Which is what happens a majority of the time.
Occasionally you find a group who does care or just plain feels like stopping an incomming mission at that particular moment.
Of these so called secret NOE missions.
I cant even begin to tell you how many times I've see large darbars suddenly appear at a base 2 sectors back then suddenly dissapear.
Well based ont he base they appear at. And by looking at the map. there is typically only a limited number of bases they could be headed to without someone noticing.
Again. it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out where its headed.
And there have been countless times I have been NOE myself or flying at a distance and have seen large blobs of AC traveling low.
Well since there arent any birds in this game or heards of wild buffalo roaming the plains its not hard to figure out based on which way its heading if its a friendly mission going out. Or an enemy mission comming in.
Now Im not going ot say there arent spies. There probably are, on all sides. But they probably effect the game and to be more precise "Missions" Far less then people think.
Primarily because you have to have enough people that care about incomming missions to stop them.
As often as not. there arent
Example. How many times have you seen in the text buffer "Feild XXX is being attacked!" And seen someone else responde. "So defend it"
Or seen only a couple people actually try to do something about it?
Typically nobody cares about a base being attact that a fight isnt currently being going on at untill its been captured by the other side.
So. what good did the spies do?
spy,dont spy. I really dont care.
They dont effect the game that much.
you want your missions to succeed.
Plan your missions better.
Good luck though. As you wont find very many with the patience to execute a properly planned mission.
I see them happen from time to time.
but they are usually very rare
