It would behoove you not to take netting advice from this clown suicider that constantly finishes outside the top 100 with his landtight dictators.

Let's use gogy as an example. He is the perfect case study. Uses the same name so can be easily tracked. Plays govts (dem/tyr/dict) designed to rape (high weapons/mil strat/defense bonus) and almost always only top feeds. Plays practically every server and every set (so has practically the most experience, timewise, of the game).

How does he finish?

I guess it doesn't matter how he finishes.... As long as he's having fun playing the game.

So with the "Ramp-Up" effects gone, does this make special attacks useful again in Primary wars? Or does the new changes still nerf the ability to kill/cripple countries in Primary?

One of my big complaints was that I had no real way to combat these thief countries who just stole your tech/money the whole set. Since special attacks were worthless in damage and raising my SPAL to the level needed to hit them back efficiently with spies meant dropping a ton of land.

Can we finally get back to putting these kinds of players in check by hitting them with special attacks that do more than tickle their junk? Also, does Bomb Buildings still destroy considerably more buildings for less turns than BR/AB runs?

Bomb buildings only work well if you have the same type of buildings as the guy you are bombing.

Unles something has changed in the last few sets this is false false false

I agree with Bobby on this one, bomb structures are devastating, at least to your cs count.

Yep, Xin is wrong on this one. In Tournament some guy killed like 100 buildings with bomb structures and I lost 6bpt, it's pretty wild. BUT bomb structures IS even more deadly if you have the same buildings.

To respond to OMA: Yes, now you can wreck substantial buildings from the first go and don't have to try to "ramp up" over 80 turns.

"Well" being a relative term. I meant that they work really well if you have the same building types.