I predict it will be broken this set. This is the best tech set I've ever seen.

The record's 36m. There're a couple already at 31. We'll see.

You guys are lucky tduong isn't in Game A, he's making pancakes in G-C :(

Are you in game A Rob ?

Nope, im in game B this set. Will be back in a next set

Viva passed the record

hmmm. maybe i should grab him and knock him below.

i dare you!

meh, I'd rather just taken 2nd on the republic list. This set was horrible for cashers, yet the 2nd and 3rd highest all time will come out of it

military prices were extremely low. Food prices were also low all set long. Tech was high but for cashers under 20k, high food prices is more of a problem than high tech prices. Cashers can stock food and resell and still get most of their cash back

I think military prices were actually above average for tourney. Food prices definitely were low, but these were the highest tech prices I've seen in tourney yet.

I still think its surprising we're going to at least 2 reps break 30 mil easy. Techers clearly had a huge advantage and I think it was a less than attractive set for casher. The only reason there's going to be two cashers that high is because of how much land they were able to hold on to.

yes, but the most net to be gained is through stockpiling. Therefore, having a steady low priced food is the key to high net. You know how much more civilians eat vs military :)

Maybe, maybe not... I'm going to finish around 32mil and I only stockpiled 20-25mil bushels.

Yes, I saved money buying those at 37-38, but I also was under 160% bus and res tech until about a week ago, and i capped it at 173% whereas if prices were lower I would have gotten to 177%. In addition I had to purchase 300k military at about 2500 average, where typically it would be priced in the 1500-1700 range. Tech prices were also so high i bought 0 mil strat, and 0 weapons until I was done grabbing. I had to dump everything into bus & res at 2900-3600 because prices were so high.

Tech prices caused me to have about 75% of my "normal" productivity for the first 3 weeks of the round.

If tech prices were average or low, I think I could have easily tacked on another 5mil net to my finish.

25mil bushels is not a stockpile. You might as well just saved the turns or cash on hand. You either didn't grab fast enough or didn't tech start enough.

If tech prices were low and military/food prices were high. You probably would've finished even lower net.

Don't be greedy and expect to have everything low. As a casher, i look forward to cheaper food than cheaper tech. You can stop buying tech when you stop LGs, you can't stop buying food. And cheap military means you can buy more and burn up them jets giving you more land, etc...
when you have to stockpile food and you lose half the value when you resell because of price drop and taxes. That's way worse than paying 30% extra for tech.

I don't do a tech start.. but I still don't agree with you. Tech prices are more important than food prices to a casher in tourney. Hitting 30 mil as a casher barely requires a stockpile.

Last set in game C I got to 32 million as a casher (before JJ missled me with an hour left to insure his victory) and I did that without stocking any food since prices were much higher.

wow!!! that's because you were in game C and you've got mad noobs to farm and get fat quick!!

You can't pull that fluff in game A. You may not have to stockpile being a 22+k rep casher because you're cashing 14mil a turn. But in game A, you probably won't get above 20k that easily. So what's a small rep that's forced to be small have to do? stockpile!
what happens if you lose 40-50% of your stock's worth to depreciation and tax? your jump becomes much smaller.

when you are smaller and stockpiles, tech prices becomes less relevant.

There's always a way around it.. like i said, I only stockpiled a little bit this set even though food was cheap and i had 18k acres cashing over 10mil/turn.

I made it work, you just need to know how to get creative. I didn't have to buy that cheap food set, and even though it was cheap I managed to keep my NW in the low teens while I stocked using different strategies.