Nov 1st 2014, 2:59:57
I thought tech market was pretty decent..it was an average tech market, relative to most other sets.
Taking business tech for example, these are the prices from this set and last set from different days:
Day 10: $2450/$2450 (this set/last set)
Day 20: $2250/$2150
Day 30: $2050/$1950
Day 40: $1800/$2000
Day 50: $1350/$1800
Day 55: $900/$800
They are pretty similar except for period between day 40-50. Last set's techer made more for the first 40 days and then less between day 40-50 compared to this set. The only difference came in terms of military prices (which were lower this set compared to last i.e. there were many days of sub $100 military, which made growth faster for everyone). Turrets price for example never really got to below $120 the whole of last set. Faster growth for everyone likely meant more tech demand, so it held up the tech market. It was win-win for everyone (except maybe for commies).
In terms of food prices, this set's peak was about $45 while last set was $50.
When did food rise above $40? - day 28/day 30 (last set/this set)
When did food peak? - day 37 @ $50/day 32 to 47 @ 44/45
Amount of food that can be stocked by techers in both set probably do not differ by much.
The food price decline for last set was much slower than this set, for reasons which I will not be explaining in this post. This meant an easier destock for techer last set compared to this one.
Oil price was much higher this set than the last. But unless a techer stops grabbing way too late, this probably doesn't really affect them.
So in conclusion:
tech prices - relatively average
military prices - lower than usual
food prices - good for stocking, but bad for destocking this set
oil prices - immaterial if you're a decent fast grabbing and early stocking techer
So I rate this as an average tech set. But that's just my opinion.
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