Dec 11th 2014, 6:41:28
I got 188,689,086 networth with an explorer, but I did retal an attack on me. I did the math, and I gained about 5m networth from doing the retal. It was a great set for techers, Xinhuan made 365m networth with a techer that set.
This was before the prevalence of landtrading farmers impacted the food peak and weakened the early stocking techer strat - I stopped growing less than two weeks into the set and started stocking. I didn't mess with the oil market at all that set, or do anything unorthodox. I just started stocking on 12k about the same time that LaF's best techers would reach 18k to 20k acres and would start stocking. I made a good chunk of money reselling food, and while I missed the first food peak, I timed the second food peak perfectly and destocked at some price in the high 50s. Early in the set I got a good chunk of time stocking with tech prices at $4k and food prices under $40, and that stock was used to cycle food for profit once food prices started to climb.
I'm not sure how the explorer techer strategy would work now, but I think the landtrading farmers have messed with the food market, and get too much late set production for it to work too well. But at least it hasn't been messed up as badly as the TMBR strategy. That strategy was weak enough, and then the expenses bonus and boosting of the Commie Indy strategy only made it even harder.