Which was? Having certain targets to get easy kills off of?
Having certain targets that send out all their units except those which get good convert rates into gargantua.
Spy Report on AAA
Battle Report - Defending AAA
[close] 22,000,000 hostile Scrap Bot attacked, killing 11,616,675 allied staff.
[raised] The scrap bots quickly went through the remains, constructing 659,093 Gargantua.
[close] 332,330 allied Striker attacked, killing 16,770 hostile staff.
Died: 16,770 enemies dead. 11,616,675 friendlies dead.
Converted: 659,093 friendlies converted.
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Sun 30th Jun, year 4. Dawn Outgoing Friendlies
You sent 7,347,254 employees to defend Government HQ [1], they are set to arrive in 8 ticks.
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Sun 30th Jun, year 4. Dawn Defending AAA
Battle Report - Defending AAA
[middle] 2,742,572 allied Political Mastermind attacked, distracting 514,782 hostile staff.
[middle] 250,000 allied Hippy Van attacked, distracting 170,382 hostile staff.
Distracted: 685,164 enemies distracted.
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Sun 30th Jun, year 4. Early hours Defending AAA
Battle Report - Defending AAA
[range] 2,742,572 allied Political Mastermind attacked, distracting 506,520 hostile staff.
[range] 250,000 allied Hippy Van attacked, distracting 171,297 hostile staff.
Distracted: 677,817 enemies distracted.
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Sat 29th Jun, year 4. Evening Unknown
We were unable to get any specific data on this news.
Sat 29th Jun, year 4. Noon Incoming Friendlies
News from your sources is that in 4 ticks, 3,500,000 people from CCC will arrive to defend you.
Sat 29th Jun, year 4. Dawn Incoming Hostiles
News from your sources is that in 4 ticks, 22,000,000 people from BBB will arrive to attack you.
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AAA is a pom with an unjustifiable ratio of newsvans to other staff for a legitimate player (6m news to 2m pom).
CCC is a striker with an unjustifiable ratio of strikers to other staff for a legitimate player (3.5m striker to 100k apache).
BBB sends pure scraps at AAA. CCC sends pure strikers to defend AAA, conveniently on the close tick only.
When BBB's scraps reach attacking for 1, AAA sends out all troops except the news vans. He sends out his poms and gurus, and the incoming was sent eta 4 not 5, so he's clearly not keeping newsies home to save his land.
If that isn't enough, this has been observed to happen several times this round *and* last round.