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Jul 6th 2022, 2:29:55

Originally posted by Tmac:

That rainbow warrior has gotten revenge on 3 good players! Lol

I still can't compute the math for the retal on me either. No way that send should have broken me.

He has the same delusions and douchebaggery on Express, and he gets spanked hard there too. I guess some don't learn from capital punishment. If he'd clean up his play, he might be decent, but clearly there's a lot to clean up after seeing his responses here...

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Jun 13th 2022, 3:20:44

Originally posted by g0nz0:

It was going for like $1020 for 12-15 hours. Someone dumped a ton in the last day. Watch the markets more carefully if this is an issue. The market crashes at approx 30 hours remaining. Mil sits for a short window. Some will get dropped later but it's 100k or less and usually $1500+

The problem is if you're doing a 24 hour log out to boost your PM units, then you can't get on to buy that tech sometimes.

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Jun 11th 2022, 19:22:09

Originally posted by AndrewMose:

I just built 90 construction sites instead of 90 oil fields. On the positive side I now have a 112 BPT with 720 turns left to play :)

Might as well build 2 more for a multiple of 4!

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Jun 9th 2022, 16:18:46

Originally posted by RMcCourt:

Originally posted by TwoPodRay:

What happened to #35?

He felt the pain, lol.

Lucky to the guys who were able to sneak in some hits before he went red.

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Jun 9th 2022, 16:03:55

Originally posted by now im nothing:

What's with countries deleting? In this day and age - why not just LOG OUT and forget about it...... Seen this last set as well.

There's even a vacation mode.

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Jun 9th 2022, 15:51:40

What happened to #35?

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Jun 9th 2022, 15:08:18

Originally posted by Gerdler:

You just calculate everything and then multiply by 1.1.

not sure if it is (Def * govtbonus * weaponstech + allies) * defbonus * 1.1

(Def * govtbonus * weaponstech * defbonus + allies) * 1.1

But I use the first one so that I never fail when I calculate fully. It rarely matters.

To add to what Gerdler said, once you get there, then you can divide by your own numbers to get the final total number of jets needed:

[(Def * govtbonus * weaponstech + allies) * defbonus * 1.1] / yourWeaponsTech / 1.5 for PS / govtBonus = jets needed

Express is a great place to practice doing these calculations quickly on the fly, but I made an excel sheet with all of the formulas embedded for Primary attacking. As long as I copy over the correct numbers for the defender and their allies, it works great.

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Jun 6th 2022, 5:38:13

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May 30th 2022, 2:49:28

Originally posted by Gerdler:

I agree, I cheer for Russia to win this war. Best way to accomplish that is to get humiliated in Ukraine, pushed out and use that as a reason to get rid of Putin and stop it with these silly excursions altogether.
Ukraine, US and all the nations sending weapons or providing intel to Ukraines armed forces is helping the Russian people as well.

Russia would be so rich if they just adopted democracy and became a viable trade partner to market all their important commodities that they source from their mines, rigs and industries.

Yes exactly, the 0% market commissions would help them immensely in trading goods!

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May 30th 2022, 2:46:05

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May 24th 2022, 18:39:41

Originally posted by AndrewMose:

I've only played a couple sets after a long time away. During my destock last set I thought that the sell price for food was higher than it used to be, but I was trying to play 360 turns in 4 minutes so I didn't stop to look. Does it still start at $29 and go up based on the $ of mil tech you have. For example 29/.82 = $35, or 29/.81 = $36?

Edit: I found the answer. $32 is the base price so I guess $39 is highest it will go with max milltech

Just for clarification, $39 is max for demo at 83.11% military tech, $38 is max for non-demo at 85.33% military tech.

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May 23rd 2022, 18:40:36

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May 20th 2022, 17:00:32

Originally posted by RMcCourt:

Originally posted by TwoPodRay:

Originally posted by g0nz0:

fluffing seriously!! Again!!!? fluff this bullfluff game! Hope the next server crash is permanent!!!

Cash shortages cause Per Capita income to fall!
A portion of your military leaves due to a lack of money!
Your people demand a tax rebate, lowering tax revenues this turn!

If you keep enough cash on hand to cover your expenses for your next turn, you can avoid cash shortages! :)

Can I use this same hack to avoid food shortages? ;)

You actually can! Though this one is a bit more complex since if you spend too much on food to avoid food shortages, you are right back where you started needing more cash to avoid cash shortages. It's a vicious cycle.

Edited By: TwoPodRay on May 20th 2022, 20:19:46

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May 20th 2022, 4:59:39

Originally posted by g0nz0:

If you keep enough cash on hand to cover your expenses for your next turn, you can avoid cash shortages! :)

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May 17th 2022, 2:55:40

Originally posted by g0nz0:

Originally posted by TwoPodRay:

Originally posted by Ektar:

Originally posted by TwoPodRay:

Looks like Skol still pulled it out even with a late troll hit. Nice work to the rest of the top 10!

Looked like a well placed land grab to me.

Well I think we would love to hear the justification for what made that "well placed".

Was there land and resources gained? Did the attacker benefit in some way?

I would rather hear what his justification is.

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May 17th 2022, 1:34:46

Originally posted by Ektar:

Originally posted by TwoPodRay:

Looks like Skol still pulled it out even with a late troll hit. Nice work to the rest of the top 10!

Looked like a well placed land grab to me.

Well I think we would love to hear the justification for what made that "well placed".

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May 16th 2022, 16:25:05

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May 16th 2022, 0:18:09

Looks like Skol still pulled it out even with a late troll hit. Nice work to the rest of the top 10!

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May 15th 2022, 19:29:33

Darwin award of the set goes to.....I have COVID (#9)!!! To rub salt in the wound for trying the Brew Flu, you also thought it was a smart idea to hit a fully developed kill country with 25 chems! Congratulations! Your reward this set is a nice red coloring for your country in the scores list. It's too bad your poor little country couldn't have lasted a little longer, I was just starting to have some fun!

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May 14th 2022, 1:30:37

Originally posted by mac23:

lol...it must have been more PvP than he could handle.

I think he only likes the one sided PvP where he gets lots of land from players. He doesn't seem to like getting hit back, or worse killed off completely, yet that is the main perk of hitting the bots...not getting hit back. It just takes a bit of time and effort to find the right bots to hit that aren't in DR.

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May 13th 2022, 19:31:06

Doing a CI tech start, PM me if you want to ally up

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May 10th 2022, 14:58:02

Originally posted by Rocky79:

Originally posted by Tmac:

~130m nw for 1st and maybe 7 over 100m! Should be alot of close finishes =)

Maybe 6 over 100 mil, I don't know if I will get there

This round I learned that it is important to actually get the bonuses every day.

-45% expenses is much better than -15% expenses at this stage in the round and I missed the boat on that one because I am not able to get the 24 hour bonus and the bonuses I did get I started early spending them on booms instead of lowering expenses. I guess I will have a disadvantage every round because of that 24 hour bonus glitch. I can click the 24 hour bonus and find all the boats and the crosswalks or whatever, and then they tell me I voted, but it doesn't register in the earth game and I don't get those 4 daily bonus points

If you’re able to play on multiple devices (for me I can log on either via mobile or PC), I find that often if one isn’t working, experiencing a glitch, I just swap to the other device and it works. Might be some issue with cookies?

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May 9th 2022, 6:23:45

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May 8th 2022, 7:20:16

Originally posted by Rocky79:

Originally posted by KoHeartsGPA:

This looks to be a nice top 10, i still have about 115m food and bunch of tech, hopefully I'll get up there, not sure since I messed up destock again lol

I'm still really curious why none of the stockpiling techers started jumping when food was at $65

I was doing that, but there were so many folks undercutting each other, I didn't end up getting much of my stock liquidated.

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May 2nd 2022, 1:45:19

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Apr 25th 2022, 21:59:06

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Apr 18th 2022, 18:37:49

Starting from the beginning is a pathway to many top 10 finishes some consider to be Unnatural.

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Apr 18th 2022, 7:09:33

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Apr 11th 2022, 18:50:00

Originally posted by Getafix:

Why is Express full of panthers this set?

rank country # land networth special nw/land dr
9 Pink Panther 100 31,987 acres $9,365,254 RG 293 0
32 Hot Panther 59 12,177 acres $3,513,224 HG 289 3
58 Foxy Panther 43 11,120 acres $2,953,895 I 266 9
102 Foxy Panther 114 3,278 acres $474,832 TG 145 139 (Dead)
103 Sexy Panther 99 3,575 acres $450,034 TG 126 0 (Dead)

I had to kill those last two as a panther population control measure.

Didn't you hit a Panther first though?

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Apr 5th 2022, 1:46:21

Originally posted by Ektar:

Any1 know if there have been any finishes higher with F Farmer in express? This is my first set in several months. And sporadic playing before that, so im not necessarily up to speed on standard finishing nets.

Here are a few of the highest and recent Fascist Farmer strategies, all by Tmac who is rocking it with Farmers it seems! The switch at the very end to Theocracy helps when destocking.

https://www.earthempires.com/express/642/ranks/84

https://www.earthempires.com/express/616/ranks/54

https://www.earthempires.com/express/614/ranks/53

Also, good set last set! I got lucky to edge you out for the 2 spot. Looking forward to seeing you kill it in future sets!

Edited By: TwoPodRay on Apr 5th 2022, 2:42:10

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Apr 5th 2022, 1:43:45

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Mar 30th 2022, 1:25:06

Originally posted by Rocky79:

I might have to try a tech start next round, I've been hit 5 or 6 times already and it's getting annoying

If any of the countries that hit me turn out to be good players I'll wait a month and retal their 200 acre grab for 2-3k acres or more

I once hit you early like that not knowing it was you! My bad, brother!

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Mar 28th 2022, 3:14:14

Nice work Nite! It was a low NW set all around but you still had the best of the bunch, impressive work!

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Mar 24th 2022, 16:33:48

Originally posted by g0nz0:

Originally posted by davidc:

Hi!
This was my second set, was rather fun congratulations fellas!

I am still getting a hang of these quick turns...and bots

I think I was Hawk that set :P who wants to be my friend!?

Only if you promise to relentlessly farm my opponents. Once the bots reach DR critical mass it's time to start carving bacon off the hogs. You can't share the bots, but you can share your low defense acreage. Lots of players willing to sacrifice to help out n00bs. Good luck and always remember That's Life.

But g0nz0, he said he wants to make friends, and you are providing the exact opposite way to do so! Farming players has not resulted in any recent successes from what I’ve seen in Express. Player farmers either get killed or turned into parking lots.

Look at the massive land numbers in recent sets, those players getting far beyond 50k acres and winning Express are doing so by hitting those bots alone, it just takes practice, patience, and research for the right targets.

Edited By: TwoPodRay on Mar 24th 2022, 18:27:05

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Mar 21st 2022, 4:49:47

Originally posted by Tmac:

A couple of guys thought they could hold RatZilla down, but it can't be done!

Nice work powering through the of set trolling. I should have let it go, PS’ing that dude screwed up my turn delayed attack timing, so I cashed out at weak acreage.