"gamerdruid;c-2137872" wrote:
If allies truly work together then layout claims are made in a shared forum that all have access to view and write to. I've seen this used in the past.
Not everyone agrees what is a 'good' layout, some need a one to grow cash, some tib and some crystal. Seeing a layout could be done via posting a cncopt (or similar) of the layout with the claim.
This could have been done with massive amounts of cooperation between allies. They could share where the layouts are and avoid getting too close to it. The problem here is that some players don't cooperate.
I had an alliance member with a short name of "heatseeker" (not real name, I think it was a base name) attack a player holding POI belonging to the north sector.
The consequences were so great I was forced to resign from my alliance. There was an inevitable war that was the result of a noob who don't read announcements.
To me, a good layout is a 5 touch, a double 5 touch or a 6 touch. On non-forgotten attacks world, this can be tiberium based, otherwise it should be crystal based. The first base is usually designated as a credits base, there's nothing good with 1st layouts anyways.
I would also prefer to join an alliance on where everyone is a bit of a novice, to the point they know the rules and each can easily research a 2nd base within a week.
