Politikan wrote:

Istalris wrote:Damn this isn't gonna go down well...
Hate to say it but, that was pretty well stolen Squirrell, next time maybe safety probe politikan?

-Istalris-

next time i will send a bigger fleet
fighting is the game and sometimes you lose
nothing bad about that

That's the spirit, Politikan.

And noooooooooo, my biggest crash to date has been surpassed.

... by ... a lot, actually.

*shakes fist at Squirrel*

Excellent work on the ninja.

Coolhand wrote:
Don't hunt what you can't kill.

Your sig says it all.

you can always try
what you lose can you build again and so you gain experience with everytime you try

You are right mate and I profit from people learning!

thx istaris... is there any other ways to use probes? i only noe the espionage way... lol... now theres the safety way...

there is no way to evade a perfect ninja defense in my last one i timed it to arrive 5 secs before the attack fleet came. the guy was smart he probed ahead 1 min before and i knew he would he has been trying to raid me for a while and it looked like it was all the same and he in the last moment i saved my cargos and my fleet arrived to kill him. there is no way to defend that, other then sending your whole fleet

Phalanx? Are fleets deployed from a moon to a planet show up in the phalanx?

Or maybe gather more Intel. If you have been spying on someone for a week, try to include the log in times. There is usually a 3 hr sleep time. Then attack just before his usual log in time. If he had fleet saved on recycle or transport mission, his fleet would be returning by now. It would be hard to try a ninja.
The problem is when when you have timed your attack when he had an all nighter.

If he is online gauge, the distance of his nearest planet and his engine levels. Compare this to your own. Will he be able to move a fleet to his planet earlier than your fleet can attack it? If he has a moon, does it have a jump-gate.
Does he have an ACS depo? Does he have any allies nearby? Do you think they are online?

Most people also have a single main fleet and some small raiders. Have you seen his main fleet parked on a planet? Is it in this Galaxy?

Intel... Knowledge is Power.

I'm still a newbie so don't take this things too seriously.

Indeed information is the key

i dun get wats a ninja attk or defence... ive read the help pages ... but nothings there or maybe i din look far enough..

I ninja is merely surprising an incoming attacking fleet with one that is much stronger than expected.