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Newbie question on Common Market

Topics: Beginners: Newbie question on Common Market

Anthony King

Friday, August 24, 2012 - 11:44 am Click here to edit this post
I never played the common market and there is always the first time.

What i would like to achieve here and i dont know how to go about it. I have seen some players using the market to help bring down high cost supplies on the corporation such as FMU and Electric Power which both consume high costs.

The question is, how do i get these two supplies to quality around 120 while maintaining other supplies at quality 193 through automation buying strategy. Im certain this has something to do with the common market, but have never played one before.

Could any one with experience in this role explain to me how it works?

Edit: I did read something about Wendy thread with her strategy in the market to help bring high cost down but i still cant work it out. Im trying though. I know i am doing something wrong here but where.

Thank you, Anthony.

Anthony King

Friday, August 24, 2012 - 02:44 pm Click here to edit this post
Edit: I did read something about Wendy thread with her strategy in the market to help bring high cost down but i still cant work it out. Im trying though. I know i am doing something wrong here but where.


I just remembered, it was WildEyes thread to economy growth on sharemarketing. My apology.

Thanks, Anthony.

Drew

Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 06:25 am Click here to edit this post
so lets say you have a production plant corp and you want to optimize supply costs.

So you need an FMU, Electric power corp and a Stone corp. I used this cause I remember the numbers. Stone is 900,000 and FMU's are anywhere from like 6-116 depending on upgrades. and electric power is also a semi-low number.

So as I'm sure you know what you need to do but FMU's and Electric Power as close to 120 as possible, and Stone high. So as nearly the entire supplies are Stone, pretty much whatever Q that is will be your ASQ (Average Supply Quality). So if you want it 193 then put it at like 200.

So now you have options. If you want to go the route of high price important supplies then set supplies quality desired down to 120. And just contract Stone, or you can the other way and contract FMU's and Electric Power and set SQ to a value close to your desired Q. Or in this case you can contract all 3, and have your SQ for tweaking purposes, if your low then raise it, if your high lower it.

Anyways when having these corps at the Quality desired you enter into your common market, and go to the materials your corps produce (something like that) you an type in the exact number but if you want or just hit the percent if your the only one in your common market then it won't matter too much. Put it local otherwise. Then go into material your corps needs and tell your corps to buy the material you put up there. should be a couple of columns the corps you that need the material click accept offers (something like that). Then boom your done, yippie skippy. Then you can put out all your satanic products for cheaper

Anthony King

Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 10:39 am Click here to edit this post
Lol. that made me day. thanks Drew. i hope it works when i get the hang of it. im not on level 5 yet hough, so i cant put in fmu's just yet.

thanks Drew.

Crafty

Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 12:26 pm Click here to edit this post
I really must try this for myself one day.

Anthony King

Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 03:46 pm Click here to edit this post
Awesome. I think i got the idea now. I'll be setting up another Electric Power Corporation and Nationalize it. Make it quality of 120 and contract it with enough quantity per month to the corporations and that should bring the cost and quality down to 120 on the Electric Power only to all corporations first and then FMU when i hit level 5. That should help with the costs then.

I also got to have enough production on per month basis to cover other corporations or atleast 3 months contract, something like that. I had another look, the Electric Power makes 14,000 per month and then we need enough production to cover others as well.

Thanks man, Anthony.

Drew

Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 09:13 pm Click here to edit this post
your welcome. Just remember one important thing. Your supply corps WILL lose money. If you try to contract everything your gonna blow up. So do it strategically only keep qualities low if you need to.

Anthony King

Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 09:19 pm Click here to edit this post
Ok thanks. I'll keep an eye out.


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