So would that mean that 11:10 is viable more often for a rep than a demo because of higher food costs? (6% commission)

I interpreted celphi's post as meaning player A has first strike always because player F attacking A while A is attacking E would look like co-ordination between E and F, when really F is saving his own skin. Since that would look like co-ordination, F has to wait for A to strike first to do anything.

Sorry if I put words in your mouth celphi, that's how I interpreted it.

http://wiki.earthempires.com/index.php/Game_Formulas

The section "GDI penalty." I don't know if the wiki is player made though.

I would think booms would be better early on, spiraling up. But what do I know lol

That seems cheaty to me, you're right I wouldn't like it haha.

Huh, I didn't know that was a rule. I wouldn't have asked someone for help anyways though since I specifically picked a server where everyone's for themselves, but still, glad I know now lol.

Btw, going slightly off-topic, I get messaged last round by a guy saying he was willing to "trade," I'm assuming he meant land trade. I don't know what land trading is but it sounds like something that would be against the rules.

In eestats, does a DR of 1 mean 1% less gains and a DR of 10 mean 10% less gains?

Sorry guys I meant 3rd attempt lol. 17mil finish not 30mil finish. If I got 30mil already I'd be speechless haha

Well I don't really think the fact that they go past $2B is the problem. Sure, the bots should do better by holding close to $2B and stocking with the rest of their cash, but I wouldn't think the point of the bots should be to do the very best they can no matter the risks, I think the point should be to use the bots to improve the game. I don't think most normal players would hold 2B on hand unless they were on top and willing to risk it, most players would continue stocking below 2B so their money doesn't get stolen from them. If the bots played this way and stocked until under $100mil then I believe it would bring back the complexities of the bushel market instead of a flat rate throughout the entire set like last set. (Also, bots with 2B would be great bomb banks targets)

I like the idea of having different kinds of bots, definitely better than all LGers, all dumb, or all strong. I must have missed BSTRONG's post. Maybe diversify their stocking habits too? Some risk it with 2B, most stock completely, and some don't stock at all and buy units?

3rd :P Thank you (butt)man :) Congrats netsquatch on a great finish!

Honestly, I don't like the idea of having bots in the game, especially since the game isn't inactive. I know the idea was to give attackers more targets so the newer players can get a chance, but if a player's willing to learn it doesn't take too long to get out of the complete noob stage. Just doesn't seem worth it for the downside of randomized market prices and randomized retaliation from a bot that can't understand diplomacy and emotion. I'm sure the randomized market could be improved with time, but you can't really give a bot emotion. Just my 2 cents :P

I also I don't like the idea of bots attacking targets based on an acre, nw, etc. formula (couldn't remember the formula) because if the point of the bots was to help new players, why implement something that would mostly target new players who don't know better? Also, having bots that attack in this way limits diversity of strategy, some people might like to take bigger risks for higher rewards and try to sneak past the other players, or any number of other strategies that require a low nw/acre ratio for a period of time. You can't possibly attempt these strategies when there are bots that can always calculate whether you're a good target or not and attack without fear of consequences (it's just a program). I personally think the bots shouldn't landgrab on their own at all and should just retal.

If the bots have to be in the game they should atleast not have the ability to landgrab, I feel like that would break the game. (I meant to stop with the first paragraph but I rambled on lol)

Sounds like a bot name haha

Merry Christmas!! :)

Bazinga!!

This was my first time playing this game and I got 13mil. Is that decent for a newb? lol I have no clue

I also noticed I had WAY less land than anyone in the top.... 60 lol. I figure I should focus more on land next time.

Congrats tech for 3000!! Don't really know who you or anyone else is yet though, soooo :p

Thank you a lot! I had no clue lol. By the way I've only played express and express is probably the only server I'll ever seriously play, so what is the sale cap there for units?

Or is the sale cap the total max you can have no matter how many sales you have at once?

I am a new player and I was wondering what the market cap is? I wanted to basically store millions of food/oil on the market but I don't know the limit. Also is a one time limit as in, x food for one turn, then x food for another turn, with x being the sale cap?

Thank you for the really quick reply :) I sent qzjul a pm, thank you

Sorry, newb here, don't know if this is the right place to post this thread. But I joined yesterday and haven't received my confirmation e-mail yet. I tried getting it resent but that didn't work.