Save LU campaign continued (Little Upsilon)

Makes sense to me, Vlad.

The offensive weapons tend to be something you are better off making yourself if you possibly can. And war is fun, but if you're in for the long run, it's a good idea to get your main country's economy humming before you get too deeply into the war aspect. Wars are very expensive on the offensive side, and so is the maintenance of the military.

If you've got a ton of cash available and really need the weapons/ammo go to the world trade and use "immediate order" for what you need. You may not get it right away but it's the fastest way unless you make it yourself. Do you have a CEO?

I use immediate order for everything. I do not have a CEO.

And the sad part is, my enemy is a C3...I managed to bomb their war index down to 9.34 yesterday and then I had to get off the computer -_- and it recovered and now I have to start all over again! Grrrr!

Could someone just sell me some weapons directly??? I wanna bash this C3 and give it what for!!! I am also plagued with lazy supply units that don't replenish; they just sit there and do absolutely nothing while that stupid C3 recovers and makes the job all the more difficult! I have corps that make nukes, so I have a lot to bargain with...someone just help me out PLEASE!

I AM GOING TO FLIP IF THIS C3 DOESNT DIE IN 1 HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! SOMEBODY------SELL--------ME--------WEAPONSSSSZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

This is a common problem in taking your first couple of C3s. The problem here is that you didn't stock up on enough ammo in the first place. Next time, before you declare war, make sure you have ridiculous amounts of ammo spare just in case.

I feel SO much better now!

I'm sorry Vlad. I'm not laughing at you. In '08 it took me 3 tries to kill my first c3.

The first try I didn't kill all the c3's Air Force and my ground troops were mincemeat.

The second time I tried I did what Accordion mentioned: I didn't have near enough ammo.

The third time I succeeded. After doing just what you are, going on the boards with a WTF cry. A vet took pity on me and told me the best way.

I'd be happy to sell you some weapons except I don't have any. I'm building up my econ first.

What you might do is go to the church of sim site. They have some decent strategies on all aspects of the game. Most, if not all of it, was written by Scarlet, an experienced (and still playing) veteran.

END of MARCH results: It's getting tougher to read the situation on LU. We are slowly moving out of our capacity problems (good news)but a number of products have seen a drop in the usage % , so that even if capacity is there real production lack continues to thwart the recovery.

Since I have no way of knowing what the cause of the decreased production % is, I'm limiting this update to those corps running over 90% capacity which are still showing significant shortfall.

The winners are:
Air Fuel
Books & News
Bricks
Cement
Electric Components
Electronic Components
Rubber
Software

The "I'd still add a few":
Chemicals
Computers
Copper
Machine Parts
Plastics

And just for Accordion:
Electric Corps needed:800
FMU Corps needed:1250 (still)

Edit: Forgot to mention Oil. Still on winners list.

I made a soybean corp and I will make sure it always runs to capacity. I also gave up my war with the C3. I am just gonna work on my economy now.

Yay I am a nuclear power now!!! I have corps making nukes and I plan to stockpile them. My country really is turning into the Soviet Union! XD

I am also short of Plutonium. Can someone please sell me some plutonium?

I have corps that make copper, plastic, bricks, software, and oil. Message the country, "RSFSR" if anyone wants a contract. I am happy to share and I have plenty.

Couple of suggestions: Your country uses software products. If you contract to your country the amount they use monthly (plus a little) then you will avoid the game buying it for the country.

So you're keeping the money in the family instead of paying a stranger for it.

The other is to have your corp trade strategies set correctly. Church of Sim recommends selling at market +30%, minus 10% each month not sold, follow the quality.

I have found this difficult at the lower quality levels. So if your quality is 100 you might want to try +10 or +15, minus 5% until your Q goes up (assuming you are upgrading the corps). Trial and error.

If you are constantly getting "too high" each month your prices may need to come down. If you're at "some left" each month this is considered to be optimal. If you're at "none" you can probably raise your prices a bit (unless yo

I do have it contracted. I am not having any problems with my corps at the moment, except for my Nuclear Missile corp...it needs plutonium. Other than that, it's all good. I have plenty to share so anyone can ask me for a contract and I will gladly sell to anyone.

Ok I continue my war with C3. I just spam-ordered mid range missile batteries and missiles and now I am just gonna bash that dumb C3 to no end!!! Mwuahahahaa!

I am just gonna murder it no matter what deficit my country takes. That C3 has 12 CEO corps! Any loans my country takes can be repayed with the profit I get from the corps in that C3 country, so I am just gonna go all out for it.

Better get a veteran's opinion, but I don't think those CEO corps transfer to your ownership if you take the country. They stay there, but the original owners still have control. That's my understanding, but I'm not sure, so best ask someone who knows.

No I know I don't own those corps but I do know that they will definitely still pay taxes to me. BTW, "Estonian SSR" is open for business as the newest annex of the USSR :D LOL

And I have every intention of expanding further. Much further. I learned my lesson from this war, to stockpile before I attack. Now, killing C3's will be easy.

Glad to see you've got a gameplan. I'll have a look at Estonian SSR, possibly can do some business.

An added bonus on those CEO corps: not only do they pay taxes, they also pay 40% of their turnover to you as what is called "country resources". That amount alone can more than make up for high taxes. So just another suggestion: keep your taxes reasonable. There's a lot of CEOs who will abandon a country whose taxes are "exorbitant". I have mine set at 15%, and when I'm ready for a major CEO influx I will lower it to 5% or 0%.

Oh, and just out of curiosity, are you of Russian heritage?

I'm American, but my ancestry is full blooded Kraut on both sides (although if you go by a post WWII map I'd be half Polish!).

No, I am completely German 100%.

That's interesting. I lived in Aschaffenburg for two years back in the late 1970s, and until about 10 years ago still had elderly relatives living near Fulda.

If you're not familiar with A-burg, it's about 40K from Frankfurt. They make Heyland's beer (big red ball as their symbol). Good stuff, especially the dopplebok.

I just attacked another C3. Why is it now that I am losing all my stuff in battle while attacking an UNDEFENDED target??? That makes no sense!

Did you kill all it's air defenses first?

Oh that might help. -smacks head- duh!