Ikariam sucks.

Ikariam Down

Just to let you all know, i've perused the forums. It is a routing issue, not a server issue. There is no ETA on when the game will be back available, all we know is that some players are able to play and some who aren't.

There is no move by Gameforge to suspend the game while the networking issue is going on. Those of us unable to play are just left to suck it up and deal in our own ways...

Embassy Troubles Again

I, again, am unable to see the alliance member list. Anybody else having the same problem?

Also, does anybody know who the little guy is in our alliance? He hasn't responded to any of my messages.

New Patch Today

..and I suddenly have corruption in my colonies. How does the corruption work?

Does anyone know what these Action Points are in each town and what they do?

You Know It's a Good Day

When you find a guy one island away....with over 7,000 marble and crystal in his warehouse....with 1 phalanx and 0 ships defending.....with a level 4 wall.....and a level 11 trading port. First time I've actually had to use all 25 of my ships at once. Plus, he's in the Top 100 of total score just two spots below Catt Weiss. A good day indeed.

#11

Wow, we just jumped 6 spots in the alliance rankings since last night. I hope it's not another glitch. I just set up my fourth town, but some other big goings-on must have gone on recently too. Thuggz 4 Life in the house! Or imagine I said something hip like that, but less 90s and more nowish.

GXC

Yet again, the Ivy League insists on making its own game rather than play ours:

GoCrossCampus

unit efficiency for defense

It's obvious from just looking at them, but if you do the math, Phalanx remain the best units for defense even compared to higher-end units and including upgrades. Because I don't want to bury the call to arms below I'll put the calculations in a comment.

questions about boats

Which ships do you find to be the most useful? Do you find yourself building up one big fleet to break blockades with or more moderate fleets at each city? I would assume that it would, but does that preference determine your choice between flamethrower and catapult ships?

Asshole Tax

Latest News: BANNED! Yes that's right, all three accounts have been BANNED from Beta World. I'm glad we could rip him off before we kicked him off.

So, while this guy won't do a damn bit of damage to me, i would like for him to know that it was foolish to even think about it. His towns are VERY spread out, and somebody is probably close to at least one of his towns.

He's actually fairly lucrative to pillage, and i'm guessing he's not smart enough to leave anybody behind. All of his towns are called Spartan Palace, and they are on the following islands:

47:26
As of 3/20 10:25pm: Only 1 phalanx / 0 ships. Lvl 3 Wall, 12 Warehouse, 8 Trading Port.

	11,690
	2,389
	1,759
	3,486
	5,055

I would love to pillage this clown but I'm about 15 hours away so it's not quite worth it for me (speedwell)

29:69
39:76
As of 3/20 8:18pm: Only 4 phalanx / 0 ships. Lvl 1 Wall, 8 Warehouse, 7 Trading Port.

	5,053
	4,440
	4,468
	196
	535

This is a lot closer for me (speedwell), so I've already got a few guys en route to pillage.

28:68 - Rest House


If you're feeling up for it, i wouldn't mind seeing him take a few beatings from various members of the alliance. I'll post spy reports when i get them.

Addendum: This guy is a definite multi. He's sending attacks from multiple accounts that are quite coordinated. For that, i've reported him. And i'll steal his resources to boot.


Dale Cooper from White Lodge has won the battle and pillages spartan palace.
Loot
Gold: 9
Building material: 2,417
Wine: 432
Marble: 211
Crystal glass: 367
Sulphur: 1,065

Dale Cooper from White Lodge has won the battle and pillages spartan palace
Gold: 43
Building material: 2,576
Wine: 440
Marble: 267
Crystal glass: 711
Sulphur: 1,102

News on Score Situation/Embassy

It's fixed

Scores!!!!

Whoa, did anybody else's score drop or change extremely?

I dropped 700 spots and 2000 points since this morning for no reason.

Wanted: cultural treaties

Anybody need a cultural exchange treaty? Call your friendly neighborhood Moonlit Knight.

Alliance woes

So...

I have three embassies and am working on my fourth. There are three free diplomatic points right now, and there will be many, many more forthcoming. So, to raise our alliance ranking, we should start recruiting. I'm trying to think of people we know who have yet to join. The list is

- Jim has a friend out there somewhere.
- Dan Bowen does not yet have embassies.
- Shyam plays, right?

I don't like the idea of opening up the alliance to people we don't know. I'm just saying that we should focus on recruiting people we know as vigorously as possible and exhaust those avenues. We are no longer constrained by diplo points, only by interest.


UPDATE - I think we should start recruiting people we don't know. Diplo points are just sitting there. Thoughts?

Will Trick For Marble Now

Anyone with marble out there willing to trade for wine or sulfur?

Top Tips

Here's a couple of tips I've learned over the past couple of days. Please feel free to share any others you have:
- Don't bother expanding your trading post past level 5. I got one of mine up to 7 (they only increase the range on the odd numbered ones). The problem is, any deals I find far away are snapped up before I get there. So unless you have some speedy cargo ships or trade treaties with people 4 or 5 islands away, don't waste the resources
-RESEARCH GLASS! It took me like 5 days, but once I had it, I shot up like 200 spots on the highscore list. When I woke up this morning, I had enough glass to instantly get fire ships & get halfway to Holiday.

JOIN THE FUCKING ALLIANCE

Four open spots and climbing.

50

T4L has hit number 50!

Museum

I just built a museum in both my main city and my colony and I'm looking to exchange a "cultural good" with someone. So anyone else with a museum....let's make this baby.

No Unknown members

Hey guys,

So we have a bunch of people that we know who aren't in the alliance. I think that we should give preference

1- to people we know
2- to people who know people we know (in the real world)
3- then to people from the game