October/September 2012 Talk Thread

OneMansArmy

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Oct 10th 2012, 2:55:42

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

But you can BURN oil! Muahahahahaha!

Does "Raid oil reserves" steal oil? I've never seen anyone use this before.

According to the spy op Help text it does!

"Raid Oil Reserves - Oil is an essential commodity for any nation-state who wishes to engage in war. By burning small pockets of these reserves, you can slowly diminish an opponent's ability to conduct effective war campaigns. In addition, your operatives will capture a small portion of your enemy's reserves. "

Raid Food Stores, Bomb Banks, and Espionage also capture portions of their respective goods.

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VivaNick

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Oct 10th 2012, 3:00:02

LoL, I dont think stock oil is safe, because oil cannot sell in private market, at the end of set u cant sell = gg.

Reroll

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Oct 10th 2012, 4:49:54

almost towards the end of each reset, oil's liquidity is almost zero.

h2orich

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Oct 10th 2012, 4:55:08

"Raid Oil Reserves - Oil is an essential commodity for any nation-state who wishes to engage in war. By burning small pockets of these reserves, you can slowly diminish an opponent's ability to conduct effective war campaigns. In addition, your operatives will capture a small portion of your enemy's reserves. "

Does this only steal oil or does it destroy oil rigs as well?

OneMansArmy

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Oct 10th 2012, 6:30:54

Originally posted by h2orich:

My take on it was you are both Burning (Destroying) and "In addition", Capturing (Stealing) your enemy's reserves. My guess is your spy's can burn a lot more than they can steal.

Other than Earth Empires I also play Battlefield games:
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VivaNick

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Oct 10th 2012, 9:06:28

Originally posted by jedioda:

If bushel price is high
You continue to grow
You can buy military instead of stocking
... And others will stock less food

Just notice this, thanks!

herbs12

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Oct 10th 2012, 17:28:23

This set is weird, there is so many little rainbows and little countries. The market prices are falling to fast it seems. Tech has crashed so bad lol and bushels have dropped down to 41 already, with a one week spike. Military prices are still decent for some of the bigger producers. But will fall down to low 100s soon. Wait why am I complaining I'm a cashier lol.

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Oct 10th 2012, 19:12:25

I'm glad i got out of the teching business LOL YIKES!

Mess with me you better kill me, or I'll just take your pride & joy and jack it up
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blid

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Oct 10th 2012, 21:51:53

Originally posted by herbs12:

I think bushels aren't going higher because it's a bad tech round, so there isn't as much stocking going on. Still is weird to me though that tech prices are so poor.

My Republic record really ought to get broken this round, it's one of the best cash rounds I've seen. And will any commie break 140m? Ehh, I don't think so. It's been a long time without a commie posting a score like that. So, casher will win the game, and claim the title of most dominant Primary strategy.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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Oct 10th 2012, 21:57:41

last three sets

Top commies
Round 16: QWOP (#119), $110,964,067
Round 15: FRANTIC (#199), $125,058,104
Round 14: Chipotle makes you fat (#298), $116,307,472

Top cashers
Round 16: Crazily Insane (#182), $131,015,782
Round 15: Common Abnormality (#151), $138,614,253
Round 14: crown of the valley (#31), $138,231,116

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.

OneMansArmy

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Oct 10th 2012, 22:01:57

Originally posted by KoHeartsGPA:

I'm glad i got out of the teching business LOL YIKES!

Yeah, my stocking as a techer pretty much didn't happen at this point, at all.. Everything I made went into military to protect the land I grabbed, which still wasn't enough to ward off some grabs from the top guys on me this set.

I am considering just going reseller if military prices improve just to practice the whole private market deal. I never really used the private market before except to sell stuff in an emergency cash situation or at the very start..

Other than Earth Empires I also play Battlefield games:
http://www.youtube.com/user/UneManArmy/featured

Xinhuan

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Oct 11th 2012, 2:26:52

Commies are unlikely to break 130m if the jet/turret price dips to $100 and under in a week.

VivaNick

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Oct 11th 2012, 3:47:46

Can some1 advice, casher should add expenses bonus or turns + Cash bonus :p

blid

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Oct 11th 2012, 3:50:30

i dont think it matters viva

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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VivaNick

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Oct 11th 2012, 4:01:23

Haha... what do u do? Expenses or TurnBonus =x

blid

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Oct 11th 2012, 11:01:23

I did expense the set I won but I don't think it really makes a difference much.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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VivaNick

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Oct 11th 2012, 13:02:25

Ok...

oldman

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Oct 11th 2012, 13:24:58

I would go with expenses.

Xinhuan

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Oct 12th 2012, 0:49:20

On Alliance, I'll say turns bonus, then PCI bonus.

But on Primary, I'll probably say Expenses.

herbs12

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Oct 18th 2012, 18:31:25

What about going PCI boom for a theo cashier compared to expense? I have wondered this the entire set. The reasons behind the boom is the already -20% to military cost and the huge killer of a theo cashier is the food consuption. So that boom really helps out there. Im sure expenses would still in the end make more of a profit then the PCI boom, but having the boom also helps with the huge surge of cash to keep your tech levels at a very high percentage all set. Rep I could see the expense as best option, but for theo all in all I still lean to the PCI boom.

blid

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Oct 18th 2012, 18:33:43

does Theo actually have a -20% expense bonus, or just a -20% private market? if it's the former, I never noticed. But anyway, i think booms would work well for a theo either way.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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herbs12

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Oct 18th 2012, 18:38:00

Im not sure Blid I thought it went down in the expense cost as your military is 20% cheaper, so expenses would be down 20% in upkeep. I would really like somone to come confirm this for myself.

oldman

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Oct 18th 2012, 23:28:51

Theo -20% is only for private market prices, not for your expenses. Go for booms at this point of time, a simple calculation will show you booms are worth much more than expense bonus right now in the game.

blid

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Oct 19th 2012, 1:10:22

Originally posted by blid:

All 100m top ten! You heard it here first!

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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crest23

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Oct 19th 2012, 2:46:25

All 100m top 15! You heard it here 1st.

The Nigerian Nightmare.

Rob

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Oct 19th 2012, 3:48:55

Not more than 12 over 100m. And I wont be one of it :(

oldman

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Oct 19th 2012, 16:13:33

I see about 12-13 countries with potential to crack 100M, so I guess we'll most likely see a top10 full of 100M this set for the very first time, unless something screws up.

jedioda

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Oct 19th 2012, 16:50:18

Up to now, who stocked something ? (I have no stock at all !)

blid

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Oct 19th 2012, 16:51:06

the techers!

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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blid

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Oct 23rd 2012, 2:44:35

Last set, 50m makes the top twenty. This set, there's already ten countries over 50m, with 10 days to go.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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Xinhuan

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Oct 23rd 2012, 3:16:37

Probably because there are significantly less wars among the top countries and less topfeeders this set. A lot less double tapping as well I think, coupled with the lower oil and lower food prices.

OneMansArmy

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Oct 23rd 2012, 4:37:37

Dont forget the lower tech prices too! :(

Other than Earth Empires I also play Battlefield games:
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Reroll

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Oct 23rd 2012, 5:03:16

Last two sets was better for casher. Tech was decent, bushel was around $39-$41 and military was like below $100. Not to mention there is not so many big casher around. ^^

It is a challenge to hit over 150m NW imo.

blid

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Oct 23rd 2012, 14:54:55

Two sets ago was the best one, where you slept through the finish. This set did have cheaper tech than last one though. And, food is high now, but I still expect casher to be king.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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crest23

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Oct 24th 2012, 2:26:30

Originally posted by crest23:

All 100m top 15! You heard it here 1st.

Subtract one from this, someone couldn't have made it into Harvard.

The Nigerian Nightmare.

oldman

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Oct 24th 2012, 12:58:58

is that a sign for the elections results? hmmm

Xinhuan

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Oct 25th 2012, 9:40:39

I feel like right now, earthquakes will be the determining factor for the relative finishes of the 4 big commies that are relatively neck-in-neck.

crest23

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Oct 25th 2012, 12:28:37

Originally posted by crest23:

All 100m top 15! You heard it here 1st.

Subtract one from this, someone couldn't have made it into Harvard.

Subtract 2 more. 12 now will be 100 mill.

The Nigerian Nightmare.

blid

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Oct 26th 2012, 3:04:54

Well Hurricane Sandy is gonna probably knock me off the net for like 3-4 days hahaah

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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crest23

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Oct 26th 2012, 3:58:25

Yikes! Say it aint so!

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blid

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Oct 27th 2012, 5:33:17

It's lining up perfectly for me to miss the last four days of the set. Power will go out by Monday and probably not be restored until near the end of the week.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

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KoHeartsGPA

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Oct 27th 2012, 6:19:05

Originally posted by blid:

Well Hurricane Sandy is gonna probably knock me off the net for like 3-4 days hahaah

*aims turrets @ blid's country* :p

oldman

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Oct 28th 2012, 4:04:00

hopefully Sandy won't be as devastating as it sounds.

KoHeartsGPA

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Oct 28th 2012, 5:01:29

Originally posted by jedioda:

Up to now, who stocked something ? (I have no stock at all !)

Missiles count? Got over 3 dozen of them :p

OneMansArmy

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Oct 28th 2012, 6:07:16

Originally posted by KoHeartsGPA:

Originally posted by jedioda:

Up to now, who stocked something ? (I have no stock at all !)

Missiles count? Got over 3 dozen of them :p

#151 told me that he would like your missiles to hit him. =D

Other than Earth Empires I also play Battlefield games:
http://www.youtube.com/user/UneManArmy/featured

KoHeartsGPA

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Oct 28th 2012, 6:13:34

O.O tell him to do couple blk ops on me and i'll hand deliver them all to his front door :D

blid

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Oct 28th 2012, 16:07:33

Originally posted by oldman:

hopefully Sandy won't be as devastating as it sounds.

http://forums.accuweather.com/...1166-1351435391_thumb.jpg

Avalon, NJ.

And the storm hasn't even hit yet.

Hey mods, can I appoint another player to run my country while I'm dying in the hurricane?

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.