errrrm why does this happen

[purekilla2k]

i have 532000 hawks and im foiled with hawk battles vs someone with 32000 hawks.... and no shield.....i have full health yet nothing works now why does this happen!

[Kraken]

i dont know, but TheDevineLordOfHell (#63) ......is going to die because of his 29 murders today. how sad that this has to happen....

[Ruddertail]

purekilla, it's all about ratios, not hawk numbers. Ratios are based on hawks, huts and land.

Kracken, 30 murders? Isn't that a bit over agressive? If it was 100, or he'd done this three or four days in a row, but one time for 30 murders, that's not something that's

[Kraken]

hmmm. i would agree, however, i feel that it is just the start. 30 murders today...20 murders tommarow....40 the next. forget it. im not going to sit there and let it happen.
death.

[purekilla2k]

o sry bout that kraken *laughs* i was just trying to waste some turns (yes that is me) im 100% hawks and my ratio was from 13k land hut/hawks to 2k land with 500k hawks so my ratio was extremely good

[Ruddertail]

Yes, but if you have 100% huts with 150 hawks cramed into each hut, and they have the same, you're still going to fail a hawk battle. Hawk battles require a significant offensive ratio, which means your ratio must be much better then theirs. Can you espy this person?

[purekilla2k]

yes i can it annoys me because i know his build because i am teaching him to play (ruckus(my friend from pwd site)) and i cant break him in hawks when he is a food masser...

[Ruddertail]

How much land does he have?

[purekilla2k]

Ruckus (#68)
Turns 50 (max 500)
Turns Stored 0 (max 250)
Rank #12
Workers 33,555
Land Acres 13,337
Money $149
Food 96,451,940
Runes 1,113,425
Networth $15,602,294
Era Northlands
Race Mole
Health 26%
Tax Rate 10%
Mice 2,051,094
Squirrels 1,414,062
Hares 479,417
Otters 216,541
Hawks 53,064

Espionage, Murder, Poison, Destroy Runes, Destroy Structures, Hawk Battle, Steal Cash, Rob Granaries

he just ran turns so hes got a few more hawks hes running 10% huts 90% foragers

[Ruddertail]

It says hawk battle there. But you can't?

[purekilla2k]

everytime its foiled uless i have 100% health it works once then fails forever after

[Ruddertail]

You must barly have a winning ratio, when your health goes down, it affects your hawks, and drops your ratio enough. The hawk battles don't help. Try murdering him 10 - 15 times to drop his ratio, then hit him again. But you're better off looting and buying your troops.

[purekilla2k]

but its easier to break people in hawks once i get the hawk heros :*laughs*:

[Kyrodo]

it's easier just to mass a troop then take land, I never use hawk battling >_< (I'm running up hawker strat on one of the servers now...)

[Ruddertail]

Yeah, but hawk battling kills off a lot of hawks, messing up your ratio. You lose 9 or 10% of your hawks each time. So if you have great ratio when you started, and do 20 hawk battles, you're in pretty bad shape when you finish.