July/August 2013 Talk - Earth Empires Forum

blid

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Aug 6th 2013, 1:48:32

Tbh tech should be $3000 for the first part of every round. It would balance out EVERYONE. Techers suddenly have a chance to win. Cashers are finally slowed down! Farmers are likely to get a nice boost on account of the rich techers. Yeah, that's what we need.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Qazulight

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Aug 6th 2013, 4:18:41

I read somewhere, thought it was last set that someone was stealing money via spy ops, but when I read the help it says that you can destroy money, but you can take it. The only beneficial spy op is the steal tech op. (I forget he proper name)

Cheers
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h2orich

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Aug 6th 2013, 4:35:42

You are able to steal cash from solo servers.

You destroy cash from team servers even using the same bomb banks op

BobbyATA

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Aug 6th 2013, 11:09:11

I can't seem to predict this market. Didn't we all think this was a horrible set for cashers for a second? Doesn't seem like it anymore!

silentwolf

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Aug 6th 2013, 11:25:19

there goes my reset as expected. But not going down alone.

c ya fellas next set.

BobbyATA

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Aug 6th 2013, 11:28:14

Originally posted by silentwolf:

there goes my reset as expected. But not going down alone.

c ya fellas next set.

what happened?

PaleMoon

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Aug 6th 2013, 11:33:29

Hit:
2013-08-03 10:52:51 PS BiBiGoN (#81) Enterprise NX01 (#70) 1252A (2098A)

Retal:
2013-08-05 23:47:15 PS Enterprise NX01 (#70) BiBiGoN (#81) 2039A (2968A)

ROR:
2013-08-06 09:06:00 PS BiBiGoN (#81) Enterprise NX01 (#70) 3207A (4583A)

"imo the true issue over there is and always has been palemoon." - Vic (Mr. Clear)

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blid

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Aug 6th 2013, 12:44:24

Bibigon is like Gogy, they're both loose cannons

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Xinhuan

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Aug 6th 2013, 15:39:50

Originally posted by BobbyATA:

I can't seem to predict this market. Didn't we all think this was a horrible set for cashers for a second? Doesn't seem like it anymore!

It looked like a good tech set too, now it just looks horrible for techers.

BobbyATA

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Aug 6th 2013, 15:58:20

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Originally posted by BobbyATA:

I can't seem to predict this market. Didn't we all think this was a horrible set for cashers for a second? Doesn't seem like it anymore!

It looked like a good tech set too, now it just looks horrible for techers.

Yea, I think there was a small number of guys who do 1 topfeed a day and tech 30+ turns early set this set, so tech looked good. But there were actually a few players who really know how to play techer so once they got larger and started really teching, tech looks much worse.

Now I'm trying to figure out what food will do heh=)

Xinhuan

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Aug 6th 2013, 17:12:29

"figure out what food will do"?!?

There are only 2 farmers above 20k land, and you have to figure out what food would do?!?

I was going to play a farmer this reset, but decided not to because Rob was also going to play a farmer, so me playing farmer would be 4 large farmers - a bad life choice. Rob then quit a week in, so that leaves the current 2 large farmers - an equally bad life choice not to have played a farmer LOL!

There are some mitigating factors though - Herbs and metgyl both quit as well - they were both cashers. Tech/food/oil/military would all be higher than they currently are otherwise.

BobbyATA

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Aug 6th 2013, 18:21:30

I think 2 large farmers=good farm set. 3 large farmers=normal. 4 or more=bad farm set.

Now, the set we have 1 farmer...that will be interesting=) But still the large farmers are maybe 1/3 of total food market I think.

BobbyATA

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Aug 6th 2013, 18:28:55

also, I think there are 3 farmers over 20k land? ( imay have someone's strat wrong tho looking at eestats now)

Serpentor

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Aug 6th 2013, 19:50:32

We need to drop some indies! After everyone avoiding Indy like the plague last set, it ended up being decent. Now we're flooded with indies. I'm going on an Indy farming spree. Oh, guess not, oil is $5 biggillion per barrel ATM. Lol

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blid

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Aug 6th 2013, 19:57:43

But there's only 3 indies near the top. Must be a lot of smaller ones.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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Serpentor

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Aug 6th 2013, 20:07:53

There were tons of good size indies earlier compared to last set. I think the market is slowly killing off the lesser ones now.

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eManny

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Aug 6th 2013, 20:32:35

When do prices for goods skyrocket typically? 1 week before end of set?

qwertyh

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Aug 6th 2013, 21:03:27

I am beginning to hate this set a lot

Serpentor

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Aug 6th 2013, 22:56:57

On the last day, maybe two.

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eManny

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Aug 6th 2013, 23:50:38

are the prices going to stay at $98/jet? that seems ridiculously low...

And bushels will drop or what?

Silly questions probably but I haven't played in like 10 years lol ;))

blid

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Aug 6th 2013, 23:55:00

They'll go up from that in the last week or so but only get to $150+ on the last day or two. Bushels will crash under $40, probably down to $37 or so.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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eManny

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Aug 7th 2013, 0:02:08

When abouts to bushels crash? 2 days before the set, or 1 week before?

Trying to figure out a stockpile strategy, which likely will fail ;) haha

blid

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Aug 7th 2013, 0:46:21

Bushels crash whenever the first techer decides to jump. That's when the military prices will push back up as well.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

eManny

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Aug 7th 2013, 1:02:56

Will there be enough units on market for a jump? Doesn't seem like the game is as big as it used to be (Primary used to have 5K + when 'mehul' was running things).

There are currently no jets on market for example.

So how does this work?

Xinhuan

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Aug 7th 2013, 3:06:45

Almost usually yes. All the top players will have over 50k land and can jump fully from their PM in under 1-2 days. Public prices rarely go past $280/NW at EoS (i.e still cheaper to buy turrets from PM).

Last set was unusual and it went to about $350/NW because there was just so little indies last set.

Serpentor

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Aug 7th 2013, 5:19:36

This set there are too many again. That's why there is too much military and prices are at blowout prices.

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BobbyATA

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Aug 7th 2013, 12:26:53

Originally posted by Serpentor:

I'm trying to help ya out. You aren't grabbign lately!

eManny

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Aug 7th 2013, 16:00:16

Does the private market refresh based on turns given or turns spent?

eManny

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Aug 7th 2013, 16:05:12

And another question. Is this the point in round where people jump in NW to start feeding on the top 50? Or are they jumping to defend against possible topfeeds/retals?

Ive noticed some players jumped 7M in 2 days

blid

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Aug 7th 2013, 16:08:23

Originally posted by eManny:

Does the private market refresh based on turns given or turns spent?

Refreshes with turns given, but existing goods decay with turns given as well

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

h2orich

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Aug 7th 2013, 16:13:24

The private market refreshes every turn.
3 x land for troops
2.5 x land for jets/turrets
1 x land for tanks

With every passing turn it decays at a rate of 1.5%.

Serpentor

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Aug 7th 2013, 17:12:43

Heh, bobby. It's almost 50/50 if you can even sell goods right now. And when/if you do sell, oil is $650 or $900 something. Lol. It's been several days or something where I've sold a partial order or nothing or had to recall etc. market is killing us. Especially at this point in building costs. Lmao it's pretty funny.

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LATC

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Aug 7th 2013, 19:04:14

It's a good day to be a casher

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

Serpentor

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Aug 7th 2013, 22:18:58

Or farmer or oiler or techer

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qwertyh

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Aug 7th 2013, 22:36:05

Fascism!

PaleMoon

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Aug 13th 2013, 9:57:37

Hit
2013-08-11 20:03:42 PS What is this a center for ants (#55) Brandenburg (#96) 1343A (2548A)

Retak
2013-08-13 09:43:03 PS Brandenburg (#96) What is this a center for ants (#55) 4589A (6550A)

Ouch - someone will be crying into their appletini tonight, eh?

"imo the true issue over there is and always has been palemoon." - Vic (Mr. Clear)

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blid

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Aug 13th 2013, 11:55:12

Heh I thought that one was coming. I think Brandenburg had missed 2 days and looked "lower" than he really was.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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blid

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Aug 13th 2013, 12:09:45

Haha #111 is doing really well - that's the farmer who sent 'now im nothing' a tech alliance, hahaha

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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h2orich

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Aug 13th 2013, 13:32:27

#111 deserves to be suicided for tech leeching for 72 hours.
Oh yeah, btw he did not send the tech alliance, I think its the other way round.

blid

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Aug 13th 2013, 13:53:47

I don't think he got any tech, now im nothing said he would tech indy only for all three days. Unless he had other tech allies too.

Originally posted by now im nothing:

fluff holding my turns. This guy told me he had a slot open and he had been trying to fill it all set. I have that mesage in my folder. fluff this set and fluff that guy

lol.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

oldman

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Aug 13th 2013, 13:58:29

Military prices are making a U-turn.
The inevitable tech prices crash is about to start (or have started).
Food price is just going to continue go up.
Oil is taking a hit but should rebound soon when the demand catches up again.

Interesting set.

blid

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Aug 13th 2013, 14:17:28

I don't think oil is going to go back up. I think producers and indies, etc. have adapted and we'll be consistent from here out until the crash.

I think food will hold pretty steadily as farmers grow, and, if tech prices crash, techer demand will drop somewhat. I am not sure if we will see a big tech crash, though. I haven't spied on Gogy but he's started attacking again and may have converted to farmer which would be a pretty big swing in production from tech to food.

And yep, I've noticed military sold out a few times lately. The low prices got too low and aren't holding up. The growing farmers and cashers are going to drive the prices up to something better for indies.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Xinhuan

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Aug 13th 2013, 14:56:33

Originally posted by oldman:

Inevitable tech crash? hahahaha!

No!

Xinhuan

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Aug 15th 2013, 14:37:07

Qwertyh deleted his country. Anyone knows why?

blid

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Aug 15th 2013, 15:20:53

He couldn't live with himself after what he'd done. It was a real Tell-Tale Heart scenario.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

blid

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Aug 15th 2013, 20:11:13

You guys think this'll escalate?

2013-08-15 18:57:15 PS Under the volcano (#147) The End (#174) 3296A (4725A)
2013-08-14 22:21:37 PS Under the volcano (#147) The End (#174) 4025A (5472A)
2013-08-14 13:34:25 PS The End (#174) Under the volcano (#147) 5683A (8093A)

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Chewi

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Aug 15th 2013, 20:16:23

Nope! Stock more food!

LATC

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Aug 15th 2013, 20:16:39

If it does, let me know right before it happens =D

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

blid

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Aug 15th 2013, 20:40:29

Does the typical topfeeder think their target shouldn't be allowed to retal more than once? Even if one hit doesn't recover their land? Or are they just daring the person to break GDI? Hoping they do and there's a war, or hoping/believing they don't have the guts?

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.