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Feb 8th 2012, 16:57:13

LOL
I used to do 3-4 grabs a day ... every day ... but now, with the smaller player base it has become much more risky that it used to be years ago.

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It pays off.
Yes having all those acres unbuilt for so many turns is inefficient but the extra acres gained more than makes up for the lost efficiency (usually).

As a side note; I could pretty much keep up NW wise without batch exploring early in the set, but by the end of the set would start falling behind because of the extra acres gained by those batch exploring.

Oh yeah, I usually run an all-x country.

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Feb 8th 2012, 16:34:48

Yes, it's called batch exploring and is quite common. The idea is just before your explore rate goes down you explore as many turns as possible. This gives you ~100 turns @ 40 acres (or whatever your current rate is) per turn instead of 1 @ 40, 3 @ 39, 3 @ 38, 4 @ 37 ....... and so on.

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Feb 6th 2012, 13:52:07

I believe admins said it was to make it a truly "solo" server.

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Jan 30th 2012, 1:59:54

Yep ... all indy bldg ... decent tech lvls for mid month ... should have done well.

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Jan 27th 2012, 15:03:35

Originally posted by blid:

What if you run out of food and money at once?

The question wasn't about changing governments. It was about running out of food or money.

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Jan 23rd 2012, 6:55:44

It depends on which server you're playing (more turns = more acres) and, as Drinks pointed out, whether you intend to rebuild MBs at the end of the set.

Old formula

IDEAL BPT =sqrt(AcresToBuildOtherThanCS*GvtCS/4)
GvtCS
Normal 1
Theo 1.4
Dict 0.7

I however use this chart
Ideal BPT
Acres ----------CS
0 -- 400 ------------ 20
401 -- 900 --------- 40
901 -- 1600 -------- 60
1601 -- 2600 ------ 80
2601 -- 3600 ------ 100
3601 -- 5000 ------ 120
5000 -- 6400 ------ 140
6400 -- 8200 ------ 160
8201 -- 10000 ---- 180
10000 -- 12400 --- 200
12401 -- 14600 --- 220
14601 -- 17000 --- 240
17001 – 20000 --- 260
20001---23000 --- 280

Not perfect but close enough to get an idea of where you want to be.

More than likely the country with 500 CS was planning a switch to jump with at the end of the set.

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Jan 16th 2012, 14:54:23

Yeah it used to be 0.4 per acre for unbuilt.

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Jan 10th 2012, 1:43:35

LOL

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Jan 3rd 2012, 20:10:11

Yes.
The advantages for each gov/strat remain until the first gov change. After that the advantages of a gov change needs to be weighed against the disadvantage of loosing 14% (or more if you're big) of everything you have that can't be put on the market.

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Jan 2nd 2012, 23:15:51

When you go to the create a country page at the top it should give the option to create a country with the same name you had last set for game A or create a new country name that must start at the bottom (B/C).

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Dec 26th 2011, 18:44:00

Well I can say commie is still always indy. And I'm running Rep Farmer in alliance.

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Dec 23rd 2011, 7:05:03

Originally posted by bakku:

yea rob, with the tech prices this set you would have won easily. lots of people getting ab'ed this set including someone who goes all-ex every set

Not sure if I'm the all-x country you were referring to bakku but yeah I got ab'd hard.

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Dec 20th 2011, 23:58:39

Yes crest23 game A

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Dec 20th 2011, 22:10:21

It seems #25 has made an enemy of a country whose whole point of playing Tourney is to make war. I know him and he's not a netter so have fun the rest of the set.

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Dec 12th 2011, 18:00:40

Last couple of sets have been won by a grabbing commie. And he busted the previous records for tourney so an all-x hasn't got a chance unless he ticks off the wrong person/people i think.

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Dec 5th 2011, 17:51:06

Well if someone is running 2 countries they should be deleted.
If someone is selling oil at a price they determine to be reasonable that's not cheating. It may not be smart but it's not cheating.

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Dec 2nd 2011, 7:08:44

I missed the end too Brink. Tried to log on at around 7 minutes 'till I thought it was going to be over. :(

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Nov 23rd 2011, 14:47:19

ut oh

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Nov 20th 2011, 0:45:46

Troops = .5
Jets/Turrets = .6
Tanks = 2
Spies = 1

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Nov 15th 2011, 0:59:24

Tech
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Nov 12th 2011, 5:44:31

I've always been told they are protected. Don't remember ever checking after the switch though.

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Nov 7th 2011, 1:28:31

You have a linked forum account, but have yet to post this week. To receive your weekly bonus of 4 points, you must post in the next 7 days.

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Oct 31st 2011, 22:58:13

He had that 20k acres since this thread was started. I was kind of surprised he was able to keep it. I really thought someone he had grabbed more than a few times would have suicided him near the end of the set. If I had done that I'm sure I would have been suicided.

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Oct 31st 2011, 22:39:10

It's kind of like flipping a coin ... if you flip 9 times and 6 times heads came up and three times tails came up what are the odds for heads coming up on the next flip? .... it's still a 50/50 chance of heads coming up.

Maybe you have just been unlucky. Also, with SDI you don't even get the same chance each time because every missile lowers SDI a bit.

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Oct 24th 2011, 22:26:03

Ok trep ... This is your "player page" on the wiki http://wiki.earthempires.com/index.php/Trep
On the right hand side of the page, in the box under your name is a link for "profile". When I clicked that link it took me to my own profile instead of yours which is here http://www.earthempires.com/gameprofile?id=717
But just now when I checked it out I realized what the problem was ... the profile link on the wiki has no id# so nvm

Edited By: Trippster on Oct 24th 2011, 22:32:48
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Oct 24th 2011, 15:36:40

crest23 ... I wasn't saying you couldn't win by grabbing, just that I have won without grabbing. There have been a couple of other all-x wins too.

trep ... check the player page for you on the wiki ... shows your accomplishments but links to my profile.

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Oct 17th 2011, 14:41:48

Pick a strat. since it is so late in the set don't expect too much though.
I'd say go Commie Indy.
Switch gov to Commie
Set production to 100% turrets
Tax rate 35%
Destroy those res & M Bases!
Build 60 CS
Build 60 farms
Build 20 CS
Build 100 Indys
build 20 CS
Sell bushels on private market when low on cash
Sell max military on public market at end of each day
Buy a few k troops & tanks
This late in the set you probably only need 160 to 180 CS total
Build CS in lots of 20
EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULD BE INDIES !!!!!
Use bonus points for extra turns
Buy techs, first concentrate on indy tech (140%-150%), then military (89%-90%)

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Oct 13th 2011, 1:03:31

I pretty much stayed in A too, but didn't become immortalized (make top 5) until the very last set @ OMac. Unfortunately, the wayback machine doesn't have that one.
Yes, it was harder to make top 5 back then. Besides the cheating and bug exploiting there were more players in each game.

I don't know how the changes @ EE have affected your strats but changing the max sell rate & the addition of the reduce expenses bonus have both helped CI to be more competitive end of set. ;D

Edited By: Trippster on Oct 13th 2011, 1:12:28. Reason: to add to
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Oct 12th 2011, 3:47:57

Originally posted by Gzisimon2:

A VERY high ranking communist attacked me three times...

All my retals (tried everything) and spy opps have failed

He's just too dam strong

I already launched my 2 chem missiles

What can i do?

Hmmmmnn, lets see ... you were hit 3x (he was wrong to triple tap you), you attempted to retal multiple times (All my retals), then you launched 2 chems at him (sounds like you hit him more than 3x). Sounds to me like the only thing you can do is pray that he doesn't get ticked off and use you as his personal land farm for the rest of the set.
What you can do to keep this from happening n e x t set ... run a stronger country .... look around yourself on the scores page, if you have more land than anyone around you (landfat) you need more def ... if you are landfat and can't buy def expect to get hit ... don't attempt a retal unless you are going to get your land back (spend everything you can if you have to).

Originally posted by Gzisimon2:

Due to a lack of defense my a**. You cant beat a communist early game, unless you are one yourself.

Please correct me if I am wrong

That depends entirely on how good you are and how good they are. Rob runs a theo and I'd be willing to bet he could retal any commie out there ... early or late game.

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Oct 3rd 2011, 13:51:13

caffeineaddict is right. Pick a strat. Pick a gov. Check some of the threads for that strat. Then if you are still unsure about something post a follow up here. Many of the strategists tire of posting the same advice over and over again. IMHO

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Oct 1st 2011, 13:37:14

Wow, that's tough.
I only have 12 top 10 but at least 1 was a win. Not due to my having a super set though. More due to Rob not having a great set. Up until the end I thought he would jump past me.

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Oct 1st 2011, 13:20:27

I was wondering who ran that country.
Congratulations oldman.

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Sep 28th 2011, 14:46:53

1 tank AB runs ... I know Assassin loves those.

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Sep 21st 2011, 22:23:56

military prices have been low the last 3 or 4 sets

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Sep 14th 2011, 12:17:46

depends on which server you are playing

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Sep 10th 2011, 1:24:40

get rid of the ent & farms build as indys
produce jets or turrets to sell
bump up BPT
buy indy tech

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Sep 7th 2011, 23:45:16

bump up BPT
start buying indy tech
you have more troops than I would carry this early in the set unless they are selling for more than jets/turrets ... even then I wouldn't produce an amount close to my jet/turret count simply because production is the same for troops/jets/turrets but NW and fighting power are less (.5 NW per troop vs .6 NW per jet/turret ... fighting power = 1 per troop vs 2 per jet/turret)

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Sep 1st 2011, 14:24:10

yes, yes, everyone should play casher

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Aug 29th 2011, 21:35:48

just making sure

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Aug 25th 2011, 0:22:24

All is right in the world again?

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Aug 20th 2011, 3:44:25

Not saying they shouldn't ... just that I hadn't seen the other thread. But now I suppose I need to rework the formulas on my spreadsheet. Good thing I've been all-x since ee started.
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Aug 19th 2011, 17:21:34

As I said those are old formulas From 2025.
According to QZs post that Mapleson referred to, allies units do not get your gvt bonus or tech bonus. He doesn't mention the @ war bonus.
Strange though, that the spreadsheet I have with those formulas has qz, & slag written all over it. Maybe they decided to change things up a bit.

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Aug 18th 2011, 17:55:23

hmm that's a possibility of 182 turns from posting/clicking bonus. Maybe I've been using those wrong. With those turns I could possibly explore another 1k acres.
Mannnn .... now I gotta do stuff to see if the extra acres would gain more NW than my current bonus useage.

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Aug 18th 2011, 17:38:36

Attacking Power SS (proper with allies) =TroopAtt2+JetAtt2+TankAtt2
TroopAtt2 =1*Min(2*Troops@Home,Troops@Home+AlliesTroops@Home/4)*GvtAtt*WeapTech%*@War?
JetAtt2 =2*Min(2*Jets@Home,Jets@Home+AlliesJets@Home/4)*GvtAtt*WeapTech%*@War?
TankAtt2 =4*Min(2*Tanks@Home,Tanks@Home+AlliesTanks@Home/4)*GvtAtt*WeapTech%*@War?

GvtAtt
Normal 1
Dict 1.25
Rep 0.9
Declaring War ( @War? )
War NOT declared 1
War DECLARED 1.1
old formula
I think it's still the same.

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