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Interesting, although I think there are some practical limitations to this result:
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Interesting, although I think there are some practical limitations to this result:
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(a) No Magpie spammer is going to stop at 2k in Magpie, and the matchup is only going to get better for Ettin.
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(a) No Magpie spammer is going to stop at 2k in Magpie, and the matchup is only going to get better for Ettin.
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(b) In my experience it is not common for Magpies to get the opportunity to make a direct run at Ettin with nothing else going on. The more likely scenario is that Magpie comes in to engage something else, and takes some attrition from Ettin and other AA and flex-AA in the vicinity.
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(b) In my experience it is not common for Magpies to get the opportunity to make a direct run at Ettin with nothing else going on. The more likely scenario is that Magpie comes in to engage something else, and takes some attrition from Ettin and other AA and flex-AA in the vicinity.
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(c) In the long run Ettin takes advantage of shields and cloakers.
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(c) In the long run Ettin takes advantage of shields and cloakers.
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Also:
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Also:
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[quote]Ettins was attack moved to the front as players tend to use them
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[quote]Ettins was attack moved to the front as players tend to use them
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Magpies are allowed to repair to full after each run as is normal practice for air player
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Magpies are allowed to repair to full after each run as is normal practice for air player
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Ettins were not repair to full but the result should not have change much even if they were[/quote]
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Ettins were not repair to full but the result should not have change much even if they were[/quote]
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These
are
some
pretty
favourable
assumptions
for
Magpie.
Certainly
if
I
had
reason
to
believe
that
the
Ettins
were
the
actual
target
of
a
Magpie
attack
they
would
be
retreating
until
the
Magpies
began
to
fire,
and
certainly
not
advancing.
The
difference
between
Magpie
getting
to
close
the
distance
at
(
252+96)
=348
and
(
252-96)
=156
relative
movespeed
is
pretty
significant.
And
if
I
don't
have
repair
capability
on
hand,
what
am
I
even
doing
playing
Tank
factory?
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These
are
some
pretty
favourable
assumptions
for
Magpie.
Certainly
if
I
had
reason
to
believe
that
the
Ettins
were
the
actual
target
of
a
Magpie
attack
they
would
be
retreating
until
the
Magpies
began
to
fire,
not
advancing.
The
difference
between
Magpie
getting
to
close
the
distance
at
(
252+96)
=348
and
(
252-96)
=156
relative
movespeed
is
pretty
significant.
And
if
I
don't
have
repair
capability
on
hand,
what
am
I
even
doing
playing
Tank
factory?
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It is also important to remember that air players do not take and hold mex in the same way that land players do, and (especially if they are highly rated in a smaller game) are obliged to have a *big* impact on the game in order to justify their choice of an air factory.
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It is also important to remember that air players do not take and hold mex in the same way that land players do, and (especially if they are highly rated in a smaller game) are obliged to have a *big* impact on the game in order to justify their choice of an air factory.
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Magpie is not countered by Ettin or at least any less than 4 Ettin