I get what it means. I'm not upset at it. I've just decided to stop playing the game due to the inherent instabilities/amount of time that goes down the shitter in an Alpha game.

 

:/ you cant do war across servers FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Welp there goes my massive standing army. Start again from the beginning on the srable server! I'll beready to join in about a month :/

 

No everyone is in the same boat. Infantry and jeeps are the way to go

 

You get like a billion as startup funds. Buy some power, infra, resource extractors (not too many of those, it's merely to ensure your people stay happy and productive) and an army barracks, and spend the rest on infantry and jeeps, and you should be just fine.

No, seriously. You should see the nation strength of the guys we're hitting. Plus there's like 7 of them, last count, not all of whom even have military. You'll be fine.

 

War you say? Time to fire up the processed rubber extractors! *Rubs hands greedily*

 

Processed rubber is of no use at this stage, only normal rubber. Processed rubber is needed for Heavy Tanks, which take 3 stages of 2 day research. Normal rubber is needed for jeeps, which take no research.

 

Yeah, I checked the market beforehand and noticed normal rubber was selling for a fair bit more.

 

FEAR MY LIGHT TANKS.

XD

Problem is that Admin has run into kind of the same problem with CN. The "underdog" phenomenon(I like to call it the Rambo defense). Though not intentionally.

Defend with 1 guy. Inflict horrible damage on your opponent. Get away scott free(though you do lose the territory.)

E.g. Attack with 10 jeeps, and 50k soldiers.

Casualties inflicted: 0

Casualties sustained? over 5k soldiers and 3 jeeps destroyed.

Hence Rambo.

Admin says its complicated so fix may be a long time coming.

 

While the entire war aspect sounds cool, I'd much rather stay in peace mode at the moment and focus on growth.

There aren't really any huge benefits in going to war right now and it would be much better if we instead tried to profit from the other alliances' wars instead.

How much does a war cost? lose of troops, vehicles, planes etc. will make it at least a billion in expedienture. - I don't reckon the amount of land you will win from a war is anywhere near or equal to the amount of land you could buy for the same amount of money.

Btw, a new resource circle has been set up and considering the higher prices on the markets I urge you to sign up so we can all save some money.

 

And oh look Admin changed it so barracks are now need for every 10k troops. Which... wouldnt really be a problem if everyone wasnt fighting each other.

 

*Pokes unemployed citizens* WORK DAMN YOU!.. So yeah, any tips on getting unemployment rates down, I think that's the main reason for me not hitting +5k population a day yet.

 

Market Regulation Act and Capital Investment Tax Credits.

 

Build more extractors and refineries?

Thats your main worker sink.

 

I'm pulling up about 15k in total of resources a day, and building extractors/refineries doesn't seem to of shifted my unemployment rate. I'm quite sure that the admin put a cap on workers from resources and extractors so it's more of a balancing act but I could be wrong.

 

Infra, then? It's also a good employment raiser. Plus the more developed your nation, the more private enterprises will set up, raising employment too.

 

Seriously. Just pass these laws and your unemployment rate will drop at least 2%. It also won't cost you anything.

 

Did one this morning, dropped from 6.6% to 4.4%, I'll do the other tomorrow. I have to save up for a third Power plant before I can add anymore infra anyway, plus I'm finishing researching hospitals.

 

Don't build any. They do nothing that you can't do by hitting your sweet spot in clinics and nurses.

 

Actually Arid Legion they do quite a lot. Clinics can only push disease rate down to...8% minimum or so, Hospitals will cut it from 10% to 5% in one go. I'd say they are worth while.

 

Still with this debate? Yes hospitals do quite a bit. They can be helpful. However, IMHO your initial research is better spend going to transistors and processors and other things with wide applications and research trees, rather than the very specialized hospital research track.