hi everyone,

old earther coming back for one tourney reset then vanishing for a while. I'm dusting off a c/Indy. What sort of turret count do I aim for at turn 100 with 76cs?

30kish?

if 100% turrets prod. then more.

sorry this is late but i run 40cs @100 turns with ~ 46k turrets.

question > what's the best way to keep military costs down? and not lose too much money, after turn 1200 of running the commie/indy strat?

suggestions with specific details would be most appreciated

keep selling twice a day.

Max out military tech. You should be purchasing your troops and tanks off your private market rather than producing them or buying them off the public market, so military tech will help a lot there. And it will cut your military expenses per turn, too. Also get your business and residential techs up, but they are a lower priority than military tech.

And yes, like Marshal said, keep selling twice a day.

would building few enterprise zone and residences help lowering upkeep cost or military/residential/business techs enough?

no, since your income comes from military sales.

Buy military, business, and residential technology in addition to industrial.

How do we decide how many tech to buy. Buying too much tech will make our networth as Commie indy suffer. Buying too much tech can impede our growth.

When you reach 159%, stop buying.

any other advices for a comm indy?

get land early...you will be bigger than everyone at the beginning of the set so flex ur muscles and get ur land early.

Don't get your land early, get your bpt up and your indy tech up early. If you don't, then you'll be passed by the techers and cashers. You should have 60 bpt minimum by the time you reach 5k acres.

And I think 158% indy tech might be enough. My indy is at 158.5% tech, and I'm thinking I might be done buying indy tech.

is it better to explore or land grab? at what point is it optimal to start land grabbing and stop exploring?...

as c/i you basically grab oop.

would it be wise to keep on buying tech beyond the 159% level?

not really, better spend money on stocking up.