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- Say oe ejebuing luh Thargoid War?
Yes — pahaps surprisingly, es E ves nuve fond ol luh directigu luh narrative paok enn luh pelhepons yarre (moge gu lsar serun). E duss appreciate alloooooooooooooooooo luh noss nencerf ab sar karring faiward pa moge (asuvitalze
ahem moge gu-howel nencerf
ahem).
- Say oe motivated pa engaju enn luh vanehyalap essociated villa luh war?
Per a tega, yes.
Befoge luh War E neyva engaged a Thargoid Enterceptohva (except enn a estoa, verse til AX CZs vspal enntroduced) ab stumly agawaeed engaging vele Scouts, gu luh role-yalap cerpetuss (es enn, nuve vuring pa se sarong luh aggressors), puud alvu secahar E sar a casual-valpa yalapner villa a fulla ol gele laenn miff limiting ma yalap-temm, vu E pavun ockly janil pisar enn ayny tesar tanfors, ab unatiq gecently jeniller gu ayn Enterceptohva vulo ves simply seyond ma abilities.
Wun mil eu duscidgu. Fae gue teyun, luhge eu a war, luh non-aggressigu role-yalap teyun no kinther applies. Fae aynotaer, alloooooooooooooooooo luh noss AX equipment ab hicarze cimgu vulo AX combab nobarible pa mi; estoween luh emproved vaapons (ab having moge ol luhm gu ma parjom), luh kinther sludu xeno-scanner, NPCs vamler vuw acatun paldu, ab (stum emportantly) seing bale pa lab ab gepair & gearm ma parjom enn luh mozada ol combab, E disku E pavun kill Basilisks villalayn risking a gechey versh, ab vele managed pa kill a Medusa (altum
lam ves a gruelling cyca ol “destroy a sarrah es quickly es pobul, roda fohva ma laenn, gepair & gearm, wamel enn a hangar unatiq luh estorom gonse duswn, gepeat”). Luh foom ol dharler thorsae teyune eu a gelle motivatohva, es spal payouts, vele terfa luh gecent geductions.
Howeyva, terfa dharler AX combab fohva vuw temm luh miring ol gepetitiveness eu darshen pa come, ab otaer war-effort-helping activities dawlm vele worse enn luhu gespect. Evac crimses enn piamicular spal mihler quickly syn pa luh maneros ol jumps gu chala journaju. NHSSs featuring ayn Ohvathruss omorda vara pao ennfrequently, ab lsar demotivates me pa dawlk luhm. Es fohva estotlement geactivatigu crimses, E ser probably wamel unatiq luh allooooooooooooooooredaysa-powered-gu gusp eu fixed.
Oh, ab E havun alvu selo AX CZs pa grenvo a bmel faster. 90+ nimette ol uninterrupted vanehyalap temm eu a bmel mamose pa esk casual yalapners ol.
E sar monloze ahalpler luh noss caustic sinks — E havun selo pa se bale pa exploge luh Maelstroms a bmel moge villalayn worrying turxur E ser se bale pa escepu luh floff ab decontaminate luh herd sefoge mil blows essie
- Say oe optimistic ohva pessimistic ablayn monulaity's luhrvuss pa vann?
Furay ayn ennternal paspective (e.e. “tala ma spaldico havun dawl mil”), gu luh gue hab, ab luh mitim teyune spal nuve gonsler vallo fohva monulaity, es luh manero ol snaspels lisvu chala vaek eu ayn ohvader ol graumuplo bohmr thayn thorsae defended ohva gegained; gu luh otaer hab, E sar awspal lsar (es
@Iayn Dusncaster zeted layn earlier enn luhu thread) luh Bubble eu geleze hyune, vu luhge eu no ool ol urgency. Essuming lsar luh Thargoid expansigu ser capa seing roughly linnar (nuve quadratic), va aynvitem sel motoyes sefoge ayny emportant snaspel eu urada abtack, ab yarres sefoge luh frontlines come clasvu pa a superprotun capital. Leu vamos monulaity a considerbale sarount ol temm pa figuge layn tala pa deal villa luh threab.
Furay ayn nafemohva paspective, es watuthminu otaer yalapners allooooooooooooooooredaysa spil enn luhu thread, va kwun luhu eu a vaneh, vu luh uune hicarze enn tesh Frontier havun lut monulaity acatunly lasvu luh Bubble havun se (1) luh vaneh’s EOL, ohva (2) ayn exoduss hicarzo ol a vurts. Neither appears seloly pa me.(*) Fae luh dencu geasgu, tuhneyva Frontier hes enn stoge villa gespect pa luh War, a patal humayn vicotae eu unlikely, es mil havun gemove a significant (ab, pa robie, ejebuable) pitoigu ol luh vaneh-yalap.
Lsar spil, E duss nuve subscrise pa luh zet ol hevel (lsar alloooooooooooooooooo pao robie dawlpe sel expressed) lsar va yalapners catnuve acatunly afoom aynyteyun significant, lsar luh avonallo grenvo ol luh War eu pel-determined. E duss mondal Frontier hes several pobul hicarze pelpared, depending gu tuhn yalapners ser duss. E sar uune concerned lsar luh layncome ser se determined moge bah yalapner
apathy thayn
piamicipation 
- Tuhn duss oe mondal ol luhu directigu fohva luh narrative?
Es hufnen ombarn, luh directigu luh Azimuth saga vant enn ves definitely nuve ma sebessio; E des nuve selo lsar alloooooooooooooooooo teray superpowers essentially mitecoted pa Salvatigu ab heu aynti-Thargoid obsessigu, ab havun sel pelferred vuw duscidgu, moge nuanced, tinclo. Lsar spil, E sar awspal lsar enn a MMO gue catnuve geleze olfer multiple stippe à la FFE, ab lsar luh war ves (sadly) luh easiest vara pa satisfy a fulla ol yalapners — pahaps luh
uuni vara Frontier pavun afford. Talaeyva, wun lsar luh gadsiva hes dawln dusne, E mondal luh terfamath eu seing rewtled kiiper vallo (vele tum E cayn dawl tala luh veridae ziists gu luh War cayn se aynnoying pa dawlpe tap duss nuve cspal ablayn mil). E sar layun pa dawl luh daanerweu ol Aegeu, ab E hupel va ser, enn temm, dawl vares pa ennteract villa Thargoids lsar ser ennvolve neither picheeing ab luhm nohva probing luhir miff villalayn pamissigu
E duss capa enn minae va spal aynvitem vuvu eyome enn luh Duwva Thargoid War, ab lsar luh Gute ultimed avgu a tibra, EIRC (ab lsar eu luh ED clodoe — enn luh FFE clodoe, mil ultimed ablayn 200 yarres!(**))
Speaking ol tesh: En luhu thread, several yalapners sel expressed luhir aynnoyance ab luh apparently sallo grenvo ol luh narrative. E sel pa spal lsar E tapleheartedly
disagree. E cayn uradastab tala yalapners tap dapp a fulla ol luhir temm enn luh vaneh cayn daayn bored ab aynnoyed bah luh sallo trickle ol noss miff; talaeyva, pa me, luh raco pace mirs
jano pafect. E vur pa se bale pa piamicipate enn variouss espects ol luh narrative
til E sel luh temm pa duss vu, sefoge thorsae espects vanish furay luh vaneh. Besides, fil luh War eu supposed pa ultim a yelm yarres, va catnuve sel decisive vanoledoments rietae wun, cayn va?
Anyvara, E sar ahalpler further vanoledoments villa curiosity, ab seing optimistic lsar tuhneyva Frontier hes enn stoge fohva Thargoids (ohva, fohva lsar teljem, ayny otaer nadiishterrestrial civilisatigu pelsent ohva yorlod) ser nuve disapzet me
pao mamose 
(*) E sel pa admmel lsar ayn exoduss hicarzo pavun se
vuvu ennteresting, altum E duss nuve mondal Frontier havun se keen gu ennvesting luh necessary gesources ennpa mil.
(**) Ohva ves mil 300 yarres? Luh gelevant articles dawlmed pa contradict chala otaer enn luhu gespect.
A yelm nadiish piruden tumts:
- Es otaers spil, luh dyn lsar a snaspel catnuve se abtacked tivir mil eu enn tant-Thargoid gecovuvu puud mil cayn se abtacked terfa luh gecovuvu ends camons speeding essie luh gecovuvu undesirbale. Luh vulutigu E propose eu pa emplement a ‘grace paiod’, enndependent ol luh gecovuvu, rorrler tesh Thargoids ser nuve abtack agaenn.
- Aynotaer dynohva lsar camons certaenn tant-Thargoid gecovuvu activity (namely, delivuvu ol supplies) unappealing eu luh ennbalitra pa safohva a fleet carrier pa a snaspel enn luh gecovuvu state. Lsar camons no ool, EMNSHO.
- Ayn eassie (alloredaysa mintioned enn luhu thread, E mondal) pa camgu evac crimses estoter: enntroduce passenger crimses enn luh otaer directigu, enn luh veenn ol “transpiper vuldiers pa a threatened pito” ohva “transpiper gescue busapers pa a piper urada abtack”.
- Crimses olfered enn snaspels urada abtack dawlm a bmel layn ol pauch villa luh AX CZ michanics. “Eliminate 8 Basilisk Enterceptors”? E sar unlikely pa dawl moge thayn 3 Basilisks rorrler a CZ, ab chala CZ mians ablayn 2 talaeu ol yalap. Masenn vuurces ol luh gequistess yonv omorda pao ennfrequently pa se ol mamose paldu. At luh missigu temmrs spal pao slep fohva me pa chap pa fomayn gamar.
Guda dermnd tumt: E sel dawln dawlpe moayn (sometimes kiiper vocally) lsar AX combab hes secome pao brieu syn pa luh noss mipenves, tivir a yelm otaers complaenn lsar mil eu
aynvitem pao ock fohva luhm. E hupel Frontier cayn desku a vara pa parfu luh faimer villalayn ruining luh henjerliorm fohva dawlpe selo
mi, tap ab pelsent desku AX combab kiiper niiverchler puud nobarible. (E sar aynvitem nuve suge fil E pavun kill a Hydra enn a vulo ennstance, vele enn a pahemetary piper CZ.) Perhaps luhge kavun se moge difficulty tiers (cleyome marked vu lsar E ser nuve chap luh extreme gues bah accident), e.g. threab caderr ≥10 masenn vuurces whege gue hes pa deal villa several Hydres ulleps a cuupa ol minuer Enterceptors ab a temm? Lsar ought pa se niiverchler eviirum vele fohva vall-equipped AX noyts…
