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Basics Government F Land 9,000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $-171,000 Net Food 90,900 Money $28,000,000 Food 77,000 Oil 0 Turns 121 Turns Played 808 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 100% Medical 100% Business 100% Residential 100% Agricultural 174.57% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 45 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 300 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 9,000 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 110	Military Spies 75,000 Troops 0 Jets 0 Turrets 1,500,000 Tanks 0 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 1 Chemical Missiles 1 Cruise Missiles 0

nice farmer overall. stinks that farmers have to play so def high, but meh.

After 800 turns, i'm suprised your agr tech lvl isnt a bit higher.

You might consider, if its cheap enough in terms of cost vs expenses, buying weapons tech instead of a lot more defense as the round goes on. as tech 's floor price is 1k, you can also sell some at end of set to buy mili for hat extra bit of nw. also assume u have two good def allies. have found that not many avid grabbers get off allies so def allies really do help.

No agri tech on the market. Put a standing order in before i logged last night but ran short of cash casue some idiots are selling bushels for cheap as chips

Have an order in for 50k.
Usually get my agri to about 130-150k and then stop for an express server.

Only got 1 def ally cause Pain hasnt accepted it yet haha. So looking for another def ally if anyone is keen.

And weapons tech will come into play soonish. Usually run around 120% once i get to about 1m or 1.5m turrets, depends how i feel.

Other than that, havent been around much this set, so have definently ran better farmers before.

havent had the time to even play express since the christmas set. wish i did, love the game.

Now that i have new duties, seem to have even less time to play :-)

tho, yea. had a sneaky feeling that market must be empty. not many techers tech it, i always made most my income as techer from agr/indy with bus/res selling at about half the price.

Just bought the agri and military tech market out again. Still only at 100k agri tech and 70k military tech.

Have standing orders for both.

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Basics Government F Land 10,000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $-226,000 Net Food 119,000 Money $490,000,000 Food 900 Oil 0 Turns 2 Turns Played 1047 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 88.98% Medical 100% Business 100% Residential 100% Agricultural 199.98% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 45 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 300 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 10,000 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 26	Military Spies 120,000 Troops 0 Jets 0 Turrets 2,000,000 Tanks 0 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 1 Chemical Missiles 1 Cruise Missiles 0

In future sets, I would consider getting more than 45 bpt. 45 * 45 * 4 = 8100 A

Personally I don't like to keep that much cash on hand out of fear of grabbers or people bombing banks. Did you plan on purchasing tech through SOs with that money?

the danger of bombing banks in express is minimal

until you have $1.4B on hand the reward to the bomber does not justify the use of one of the rare valuable spy ops
he could obtain far more by stealing tech or raiding food stores

at $400M the reward would be less than $1m

Slag, Drinks and I have gone round and round on bpt, and he has convinced me. I don't doubt him any more.

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Basics Government F Land 10,000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $-286,000 Net Food 140,000 Money $30,000,000 Food 130,000 Oil 0 Turns 0 Turns Played 1210 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 85.08% Medical 100% Business 100% Residential 100% Agricultural 208.19% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 45 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 300 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 10,000 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 26	Military Spies 140,000 Troops 0 Jets 0 Turrets 2,500,000 Tanks 0 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 1 Chemical Missiles 1 Cruise Missiles 0

Slagpit: Check my comment above my status. There was no more tech on the market and i had standing orders for about 100k tech and 500k turrets. So that was the majority of my cash on hand :)

And as for the BPT arguement. I run less BPT because early on i want more cash than i would in alliance/FFA etc. Because farmer is weak in the first 300 turns. Therefore if i beef up BPT to 55 or 60 early on. Then I cant afford turrets and always get hit at this early stage.

Therefore i have about 40 BPT at 4k acres,

Which means since ill prob only be reaching 14000 acres, about a 50 BPT would have been optimal.

But I have ran 50-60 every other set, so im trying something different.




As for what Vic was refering to. We had a discussion in our alliance forum. And basically my arguement was for an all explore farmer around 70 BPT is otpimal during the set. Because the last 3 or so days before you want to switch, you spend turns building CS. Which will boost you up to over 100 BPT for the switch. (While a casher would probably prefer the 100 BPT early on, because those last 3 days it wants to cash turns, not have to build CS's)
However i wont be switching to TMBR in express, so that doesnt apply in this case.

My military tech is probably all ill be buying this set. maybe another 25k just before switching.

Will boost turrets to 3m next login.

And have started stocking bushels. If they sell, then its a bonus for me :P
Your goods for sale:
In Route: 19,324,000 Bushels on sale for $55 each

now everyone else knows to stock theirs at $54 with chance of selling :P

I've heard arguments for running less than the "optimal bpt" in short sets, but it's very easy to mass explore as a farmer in express. I've seen all-X farmers go past 16k acres, which makes it hard to justify 45 BPT.

What I typically do in the first few days is builds 20-60 cs right at the end of my turns. That way you end up with more bpt (good for the long run) and more turrets/acre (good for the short run).

I agree with the general form of your argument about 1a TMBRs.

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Basics Government F Land 10,000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $-393,000 Net Food 160,000 Money $180,000,000 Food 150,000 Oil 0 Turns 0 Turns Played 1621 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 85.53% Medical 100% Business 100% Residential 100% Agricultural 200.9% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 119.31% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 45 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 300 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 10,000 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 14	Military Spies 210,000 Troops 0 Jets 0 Turrets 3,000,000 Tanks 0 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 1 Chemical Missiles 1 Cruise Missiles 0

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Basics Government F Land 10,000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $-3,390,000 Net Food 139,000 Money $130 Food 150 Oil 0 Turns 2 Turns Played 1783 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 84.74% Medical 100% Business 100% Residential 100% Agricultural 200.9% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 119.31% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 45 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 300 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 10,000 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 14	Military Spies 230,000 Troops 6,800,000 Jets 5,600,000 Turrets 4,700,000 Tanks 2,300,000 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 1 Chemical Missiles 1 Cruise Missiles 0

Always Miss the Last 3 Hours (#38)
Networth: $16,163,148


And now im off to work. Terrible finish because i just woke up, didnt have time to sell my bushels on the public market, therefore couldnt convert to theo.