Doubtful of my top 10 goal

Turret and jet prices are in slumps :o

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I'm just a Vanguard index fund guy with most of my money in VTSAX (Total Stock Market) and a very small percentage in VBMFX (Total Bond Market)

The bond fund doesn't do much of anything and obviously the total market fund has done well.

I know then say you can't time the market but would it hurt to try and shelter some of that money in case of a correction?

Hello

Bonus turn post...

Hoping to make top 10 this round with the help of what i learned here on the forum

Ah ok, I thought that was too low.

Are troops not the best bang for your buck when it comes to raising NW at the end of a set?

So we're close to the end in Primary and I was trying to research what the best bang for my buck is in terms of boosting net worth in the final hour.

I came across this guide that says Spies are only worth .3

Is this accurate? I find it extremely low

It also said the following

Troops 2
Jets/Turrets 2.5
Tanks 8

the end is near bonus

Gee, I wish I had done that sooner then maybe you wouldn't have grabbed me LOL

Great info, guys I appreciate it. I'm interested to see how I finish this set. Will definitely be a lot more prepared for the next one :)

Alright, Marshal you've been super helpful to me this whole set, I appreciate it.

The end is near and I am no long able to stay in the top ten even after i use my turns (which is fine, i'm happy i got this high)

I'm now just wandering what the typical end game strategy is? Do you just keep attacking all along? Send all your missiles to the guy above you? keep all military or sell it? buy tech? I've also seen mentioned about stocking/de-stocking but i have no idea what that is/involves

Is military strategy tech worth buying?

I'm starting to notice i am building up a lot of money.

I have been purchasing the following tech:
Residential, Business, Weapons, Industrial and a little Spy and Warfare.

Anything else i should consider?

So it looks like a standard strike captures 3-8% percent of your opponent's resources. Is it know how much more a planned strike captures?

I'm wondering if it's worth it to planned strike someone if i could easily get through on a standard strike

i'm a team player :D

ahh so it's pointless for me to get a research ally as i wouldn't give them any benefit as an indie

Oh wow, I didn't know that. They didn't have that option back when I used to play


When purchasing technology from the market, your allies don't get any benefit from that, right?

I'm going to keep what I get as they seem to just steadily rise in price

Keep oil rigs, destroy everything else and convert to industrial complexes. Got it

Once again, thanks. Your answers are super helpful.

The last column on earth stats is DR. Do you know what that stands for?

Should I be destroying the buildings I get from attacking other countries or just leave them there? (I am commie/indie)

On the eestats.com site, when looking at a country's attack history it shows the "Result" column and for example it shows: 301A (600A)

I'm assuming one of them is what you the attacker gets, but not sure about the other

That's quite the formula lol

Thanks

Are there any general attacking guides online? I did a search and didn't come up with much.

I'm looking for general guidelines, don't necessarily need specifics


Not really sure how much to send etc.

Couple more questions for ya if you don't mind:

I recently accepted a defence alliance from someone who had only turrets. :O I may be mistaken, but I thought I've read before that some people have run countries without attacking. Am I mistaken? If not, what do they do with the majority of their turns?

At one point should one consider to give up on exploring and begin attacking for land? (Primary server, Communist-Industrialist)

Thanks for all your help thus far

Is it ever viable to sell tanks and troops on the market?

I'm asking because I noticed that there are none available on the market. So I'm thinking either it's a good time to start producing them to sell or that it's not worth it because no one else is selling them.

Marshal, do you play in Primary?

Oh man that was driving me nuts! Excellent info, thank you!

I have another question regarding the market:

Along the top there are the following headers:

Item You Own Best Price Asking Available You can buy


What exactly does the 'Asking' column represent or mean?

Thanks for the link.

As far as money goes, I sell all that I am able to on the market but still will run into the situation where I don't have enough money to build my maximum buildings per turn.

Hey all. I used to play earth back when I was a teenager and just signed up again on the Primary server. So cool to see the old screens again :)

Back in the day I was a "rainbow" player in that I would just buy and build whatever. I had tons of playing that way and it was until my last game or so where I learned of the strategies.

Anyhow after finding this site I am trying the industrialist strategy again and have a few questions:

1) I am currently producing 95% turrets and 5% percent spies. I have no jets, tanks and troops. Should I change my percentages at some point and start producing them or do I buy them on the market?

2) On turns where I don't have enough money to build, i have been cashing to get money then I'll go back to building. Is this correct?

I'm sure I'll have more questions along the way but that should keep me straight for now.

Thanks!

bonus?