The current rule set has rendered the military base obsolete
no one, and I mean no one, plays it any more

consequently I suggest we change it's function to bring it back into the game
we could use MBs to increase the % of buildings captured
we could use MBs as cyber bases that allow players to raid the public market
we could use military bases as weapon enhancement vehicles like weapons tech
we could do absolutely positively nothing and let yet another complexity of the game become anachronistic

X (fill in your favorite poster) is a fluff daddy pin kitten

I actually agree with you on this one. Especially in express, the military base is pretty useless.

the mb just needs to be buffed up the current use of it is fine its just to weak for a short period, I suggest buff it up by 40% of its current amount.

I do not believe the current use can work because GDI has destroyed the demand for tanks and troops. Oh no, here goes off on GDI, again. No just an observation as to why no one plays the MB strat. If we empower the MB to buy turrets and jets at a lower price we reduce the competitiveness of industrial strats and further empower techers and cashers. Hopefully nobody wants that result.

I think the ability to raid the public market would be so cool.

Troops still have demand. They have dual usage. Can be used to strike and defend. Its also generally cheapest per networth to buy than jets.

So there is still demand for troops.

Tanks on the other hand are inefficient. Costs too much to buy for amount of networth gained and military upkeep costs also high.

lets make the servers even more different, and increase the already steep learning curve!

hang in there mr you will catch on eventually

and you apparently never will.

Catch on to what? That you are a moron? Old news.

actually tanks and troops are still in demand a lot of people like to break gdi still while growing so they keep these to reduce the risk.

if you check the market volume for both troops and tanks, you will see a marked decline in the demand for both

the statement that the game is just too complicated makes no sense to me
the implication that Express has to have not have useful MBs because players can not learn to distinguish between servers also fails to persuade.
mrford has said several times that he can not keep up with the rule changes and apparently his trainee scott agrees but I see no need to oversimplify what can be a great game

Stop making fluff up and you might be taken serioisly.

If MB's gave quicker time to market, & faster return of PS's attacks...might be nice, or a tech that did this...also the original medical tech that gave faster rediness return....

If you are around at the end of the set, you will see a marked increase in the demand for troops and tanks.
If you do not like MB's, don't use them.
Why don't you fluff about the fact that we do not have jeeps for our troops?
If the game is not great enough for you as it is, we would like to see you leave.

It seems earf is back.

i played theo mbr on express sometime last year, selling only troops n tanks n I was in top 20.

I remember using lesser than 900 turns, just a lot of logging into to buy n sell lol

MBR can still play, it's just very difficult. However, nerfing it's functionality to be more viable for express is not a horrible idea. Communist was nerfed to help with selling of goods. Don't see why modding MB would be so bad if it's something within reason.

Also, try throwing up 25-30% your land as MBs for CI, might work out cutting your upkeep if it's more productive than increased industrial production. Less upkeep results in lower priced sales for greater profits? :-P

I build 1 base every set just for fun :)

Old-school earthquake prevention!

Does it work?

It was widely accepted it did in 2025. Don't know about EE.

qz/pang has said that it doesn't work.

Too bad. End of set earthquakes really hurt.

Negative events doesn't add value to the game.

anything that speeds up the game, i agree with.