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Psycho_Honey (Little Upsilon)
All worlds
24 Jan 2011 06:05Link
I posted the problem about my Govt salaries being jacked up to 881 in a single game month, up from 351.
My government costs are an unheard of +300 billion per month. No response from the gms. I also have them going down, but they are barely moving. My costs aren't going down much despite the -%5 every game month.
In my CEO I looked at a few corps that are all the way RED. The profit and loss statements don't make sense unless I am missing something.
The LU weapons market depressed for a very long time following the introduction of war levels. Despite past direct market intervention from the gms in the past, this was allowed to continue, and this resulted in the largest price swings in weapons possibly in the entire history of the LU world. The swing was also very rapid weapons were now devalued at an alarming rate.
So much so that the base price of weapons on LU may be so low that these corps are highly
My government costs are an unheard of +300 billion per month. No response from the gms. I also have them going down, but they are barely moving. My costs aren't going down much despite the -%5 every game month.
In my CEO I looked at a few corps that are all the way RED. The profit and loss statements don't make sense unless I am missing something.
The LU weapons market depressed for a very long time following the introduction of war levels. Despite past direct market intervention from the gms in the past, this was allowed to continue, and this resulted in the largest price swings in weapons possibly in the entire history of the LU world. The swing was also very rapid weapons were now devalued at an alarming rate.
So much so that the base price of weapons on LU may be so low that these corps are highly
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Scarlet (Little Upsilon)
All worlds
24 Jan 2011 09:03Link
Half of those are the result of your own myopia.
1. Base price is fine for all corporations mentioned when compared to other corporations.
2. Low market price (=/= Base price) is killing you. It's not the game's fault you have unprofitable corporation types.
3. Weapons market isn't staying in the red for any length of time. No wars => low, erratic demand => Low market price. Simple as that.
4. Three-month cycle of a product that has reached the top market price is normal. Look at the graph. It's non-random variation. It happens with every product that reaches the top (and I assume bottom).
5. If you keep spare cash in your countries and corporations, they won't go into debt all the time.
6. As far as government salaries, that might actually be a problem . . . or they may have changed the hard minimum government salary from 25% to 50% of the average of all corporations in the country.
1. Base price is fine for all corporations mentioned when compared to other corporations.
2. Low market price (=/= Base price) is killing you. It's not the game's fault you have unprofitable corporation types.
3. Weapons market isn't staying in the red for any length of time. No wars => low, erratic demand => Low market price. Simple as that.
4. Three-month cycle of a product that has reached the top market price is normal. Look at the graph. It's non-random variation. It happens with every product that reaches the top (and I assume bottom).
5. If you keep spare cash in your countries and corporations, they won't go into debt all the time.
6. As far as government salaries, that might actually be a problem . . . or they may have changed the hard minimum government salary from 25% to 50% of the average of all corporations in the country.
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Parsifal (Kebir Blue)
All worlds
24 Jan 2011 14:21Link
also, if you have more than ten countries in one world your govt expenses will be quite high.
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Navamin (White Giant)
All worlds
24 Jan 2011 15:16Link
The market will decide. If war corps are unprofitable, don't rely upon them for funds. Keep them full of cash and use them for your nation's goals. If you are looking to make a profit, follow the market trends. On White Giant, I have a very profitable FMU and the price doesn't very much.
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Psycho_Honey
All worlds
24 Jan 2011 17:44Link
Parsifal thanks. But the 2 issues are not related. Govt Salaries are not related to empire size, though costs are.
At the time of my salary spike I actually had 8 countries. The increase in costs came in one month.
Because they were topping 350 for some reason despite me having them targeting 100, due to a setting changing on its own more than once(documented). This was creeping my costs above 200 billion per month. I made a report and shortly thereafter I rechecked to make sure they were indeed dropping, but they had increased by a disgusting 500+ points to 881. Ughhh The result the next month was more than a 100Billion dollar increase topping my monthly costs over 300 Billion. Ughhh.
Scarlet, I know you like hearing yourself talk, but I don't understand Charlie Brown speak.
Navamin, after 3 years of playing this game, the basics don't evade me. The issue in question is a ceo corp, not a country. I
At the time of my salary spike I actually had 8 countries. The increase in costs came in one month.
Because they were topping 350 for some reason despite me having them targeting 100, due to a setting changing on its own more than once(documented). This was creeping my costs above 200 billion per month. I made a report and shortly thereafter I rechecked to make sure they were indeed dropping, but they had increased by a disgusting 500+ points to 881. Ughhh The result the next month was more than a 100Billion dollar increase topping my monthly costs over 300 Billion. Ughhh.
Scarlet, I know you like hearing yourself talk, but I don't understand Charlie Brown speak.
Navamin, after 3 years of playing this game, the basics don't evade me. The issue in question is a ceo corp, not a country. I