already PM me.

why would anyone have switched to reseller already? Tech prices have been amazing and there is a month left...

Tech prices won't be amazing much longer.

I don't think those are commys making military prices drop and looking back on past sets I see a number of countries that switched around this time of the set based on turns played.

Military prices in FFA are always fluff, and tech prices were good. Have fun!

:)

There are supply/demand issues as well. IMO, that's where the big fat self farmers skew the game because they can put so much more product onto the market and if demand is low, the "little guys" have a hard time making a buck.

military prices fell off big in the last 2 days or so.

Yup. And the big self-farmers will also be able to jump a lot off of their private markets. They are also the ones keeping tech prices up. Quit whining about the game not being how you expect, and play it like it is ;p

I think we're discussing the game dynamic. SO quit whining about people whining when they're NOT whining. Whiner. ;p

^^Whining

Stating that I think something skews the game is simply an issue of opinion/fact.

Now had I said that the no-good-rooster-vaccumers-that-are-fat-self-farmers skew the game, then maybe your statement would approach correct.

At what point does it go from skewing the game to being the norm? This isn't new.

but dragon, you can grab those self farmers and they wouldnt be able to get all land back from you :P

win win if you play it right

LOL, not whining all. I was just explaning to a nob how I know some have switched to reseller. I'm not the one who asked "why would anyone have switched to reseller already?"

People who already switched to reseller fluffed up

I'm gonna grab Crippler

Very good point, but we all know they get pretty damn testy when they get grabbed, right? I mean, I don't think I'd grab a Fatass in clas like yours, or Mercs or NBK. Bad idea to piss off seasoned killers.

yeap

That I would mostly agree with, but I can see reasons to do it depending on who has done it.

if mercs 60k countries converted, then I wouldnt blame them with how high military prices were, lol

dragon, you wouldnt piss me off, it's part of the game :P

You know, you're right. It is and I still can't get all of that thru my head. Trying.

I would be willing to bet the owner's of some of those merc's countries might feel differently than Crippler lol. It is still certainly part of the game!

Do you know how fricking expensive it would be to switch to MBR on 60k+ acres? No way I'm switching to TMBR on 60k acres, even if I put all my points into building costs.

12 of my 16 are theocracies, they haven't minded the high military prices. The dictators ... they just set market orders at 175 each day to get their military and were happy to be spending way way less on buildings than my theocracies, so despite having to pay much more for military, their economies were much stronger.

Switching to reseller might have been a good idea, we'll see how much the big techers stockpiling drops tech prices. Tech prices have been falling very fast, which my techers haven't liked. Switching to reseller definitely helps me, at least, so I'm happy he did it, even if its pushing my countries out of the top 50.

toss a few market spies, he has barely even began to stock

Yep. They can't stockpile while landtrading. Its incredible how much money needs to be spent on buildings while landtrading.

You don't need to market spy to see their stock at this point in the set. Look at land ;p

Yup. Land and relatively stagnant NW increase daily. Netgaining 101.

Are people out there suddenly running 100k techers and 100k indies? I have no idea what dragon is even trying to say.

100K indies wow that would be a seriously messed strat :p

Not because expences alone, but because you would need +2B on hand just to run turns :P

Not really. If you get decent bus/res/mil techs, you'll have positive income as a commie indy. But building a decent amount of land would require +2B cash on hand, but techers and farmers would also face that problem.

But might eventually kill you for top feeding.

(btw stopped reading after that post) *glares at Crippler*
Keep your hands to yourself :-P

there are no topfeeds in FFA ;)