Celeste Aserad
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Posted - 2012.05.23 18:42:00 -
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Manssell wrote:Before I file the bug report, there seems to be something really weired with the way wars are billed. Or I missed something (this is probably the case).
Last night I war deced an alliance consisting of 3 corps totaling 9 people. I paid the bill of 50mil and got a mail saying I would owe another 50mil next tues. All well and good. Then today I get a mail saying I have also declared war on another crop I have never heard of. When I check the info, this new corp shows it joined the allince I had deced today, yet the alliance I deced does not show them as a member. The mail also said I will owe 100mil next wed (I guess on top of the 50mil I owe on tues) to continue the war with this corp... a corp that has 16 members!
Can someone explain (dev please) what the bloodyell is happening?
I am not a dev, but this is what I believe is happening:
In inferno they fixed the way wars move with corps.
1: You decced an alliance with 3 corps.
2: 1 war is set up for the "you vs alliance x"
3: A 4th corp join the alliance, realizes that they are in war with you, then bails out of the alliance again.
When doing this, the war moves with them and a separate war is set up between you and corp 4
You now have two wars:
1: you vs alliance x (50m)
2: you vs corp 4 (50m)
As the minimum pay is 50m pr war, the total will now be 100m and that is what you are seeing in your mail.
Quote:As before, the number of non-mutual wars the aggressor has declared acts as a multiplier (for each war). New wars are created now when a corporation leaves an alliance (to get rid of the dec shield exploit), but these new wars are not counted as cost multiplier. As an example, Alliance A declares war on Alliance B, if 10 corporations in Alliance B leave the alliance, then a new war is created for each of these 10 corporations, but these new wars do not add a x10 cost multiplier to the war cost for Alliance A. - http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=42269
I guess the new anti-shedding mechanics can be exploited that way. If a small corp A deccs Alliance X (with 10 corps), then every corp leaves the alliance, corp A will now have 10 separate wars instead. I guess it's not a problem for the most part, although it can get crippling for a small corp with a poor economy. |