| Gondolia | Monday, August 28, 2023 - 07:49 pm 
Now that I have my countries sorted out, when's a good time to start building up the army? Like at what point of monthly profit etc. |
| Andy | Friday, September 1, 2023 - 03:23 pm
There is no hard rule on this.
If you are profitable and income is steady and you have your education numbers and priorities set up with no shortages and your corporations produce at a high level, then start purchasing some weapons, and check the cost of the army in the following months.
the army will maintain the weapons, also buying ammo and it will hire low level workers to become soldiers and hire medium level managers to become officers.
keep checking the numbers and increase the size of the army gradually. |
| Gondolia | Friday, September 1, 2023 - 04:19 pm
What is a good starting number for this though? I don't want to throw my country into chaos because I bought too much lol |
| Andy | Friday, September 1, 2023 - 05:03 pm
start with five defense wings with interceptors.
Not enough but it will show yo what it takes and you will see the bump in the cost of defense. |
| Eeeee OOOooo | Friday, September 1, 2023 - 07:42 pm
As Andy says: "There is no hard rule on this." It totally depends on cash reserves, empire size, future growth (which will probably increase your ability to generate more profit) and so forth.
Some additional context on how you could approach this question:
For newer players with less cash reserves, a gradual approach is probably best. Look at the requirements to build interceptor or defense helicopter wings, buy the gear to build several (with excess ammo) and watch for when your gear gets purchased and delivered. You can see what's required for each unit by attempting to set up these wings without the equipment. It will show you the default builds for these units.
Step by step to see requirements: Click: Army > Military Units > Air Wings. Then click setup new air wing. Select the wing whose requirements you wish to see and click next.
After weapons are delivered (which can take some time depending on the demand ad supply of the market), check to see how your balance sheet is impacted. If you're still making profit, you can decide if you wish to add more.
Offensive weapons generally cost a lot more to keep active, which is a good thing. It greatly increases the cost of hostile players having the ability to sustain fielding enough offensive weaponry to overtake players who are on the defensive. |
| Andy | Friday, September 1, 2023 - 10:44 pm
Thank you Eeeeeeeeeeee |
