sorry for the really noob post

any critiques would be appreciated I'm just try to figure out how to play more efficiently

not sure its working out well.

i have a question about land. i think i have too much and how do people with much less land have higher nw?

also how is nw calculated?

http://wiki.earthempires.com/index.php/Game_Formulas

great thanks!

Sometimes you just have to play a few times, even the best formulated plans, and well calculated efficiency isn't always enough, timing on the market and using your turns wisely can pay off more than a perfect adherence to formulas and ratios. Knowing game dynamics is good, don't get me wrong, but reaching number one can be done numerous ways, not the least of which is by the help of some friends.

Personally I would put all that unused land toward industrial sites. Set turrets 90% troops and spies at 5% and get rid of all those tanks they're laying heavy on your upkeep, sell your max cap of turrets on the private market twice a day, and buy what you need from there. If you don't get nabbed for being land fat your a lucky duck. You should have more money to know what to do with in a few days and you'll never be low on defenses. If you feel the need to make a retaliation just buy a few hundred thousand jets, or don't sweat it and move forward. You can spend extra turns on industrial research and when you have an abundance of that sell sell sell. If your expenses get out of hand put about 400 sites on both residential and enterprise, and if you don't like your food shortages put another 400 on farms.

Don't ever do this.

Dec 12th 2014, 7:23:20
Originally posted by madmanstan7025:
Personally I would put all that unused land toward industrial sites. Set turrets 90% troops and spies at 5% and get rid of all those tanks they're laying heavy on your upkeep, sell your max cap of turrets on the private market twice a day, and buy what you need from there. If you don't get nabbed for being land fat your a lucky duck. You should have more money to know what to do with in a few days and you'll never be low on defenses. If you feel the need to make a retaliation just buy a few hundred thousand jets, or don't sweat it and move forward. You can spend extra turns on industrial research and when you have an abundance of that sell sell sell. If your expenses get out of hand put about 400 sites on both residential and enterprise, and if you don't like your food shortages put another 400 on farms.


Don't ever do this.


LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

You try not to be "fat". That means to have more acres than those around you in the scores list.

Fat countries attract the attention of predators.

The way to have higher networth on less acres is to have more military. Military and to a slightly less extent land (and the buildings on land) are the main elements which contribute to networth.

The main thing wrong with your country is all those undeveloped acres. It costs progressively more to erect buildings as your acreage grows. So by and large try to build as you grow.

This is, happily, a tough game. There is a surprisingly large amount of stuff to get to understand. That is why it has survived since the last millenium. Most people who play have played for a long time. So don't expect to do great for a while.

The single biggest determinant as to whether you will do well or badly is the amount of time you have to devote to it. Five or ten minutes a day means you will always lag behind. A couple of hours and you'll keep up. An afficianado spends quite a bit more than that.

There is fun to be had, however, whether you have five minutes a day to spare or can check in whenever you like.


(PS Two last points. You don't say whay your gov.t is. As you are going in for Industrial production you should be a Communist. Secondly, I suspect that, like many complete beginners, you think that positive cash flow is an objective. It isn't. As a Commie Indie you run a substantial deficit and you fund that from sales of military. Specialisation is the key.)

Technology really puts up good networth on low acreage countries ;)

It also makes everything you do, do it better.

Depending on what Gov you are I see a few different routs to take.

You can PM me if you like to chat it out more in depth.

The main focus is to make that land/tech work for you, put it all into once place. Don't spread yourself out or that land will be eaten by those who need it more than you do. :p

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Hi! Sorry i had to edit your post, we dont allow things that require a turn to get to be posted. With that said, i WILL BE asking our dev team to fix the auto uploads.to the country help forum boards.

We also have IRC, its the chat link at the top. Somebody there can prpbably help you as well. Asking questions and learning the game is always welcome!

Hope you enjoy your stay!

Good idea bstrong that's an important tool to guide new players 😊