Obviously, some of you have way too much time on your hands.

maybbe, maybbe not.

Marshal does.

not rly.

I concur.....then again.....he's Pang's spambot....

better yet send 5 million jets on every hit if you DH its your fault for choosing such a big target. no spys needed

or send 20m jets on any target while being dict with max weapons

ouch i can only imagine how many jets are lost in one of those hits.

1,600,000

Wouldn't really be the loss of jets worrying about the cost of oil would be the ouch.

800,000 barrels at a usual server avg of 300 when jets have been selling close to 100

But if you do combine both them together the cost are high so gotta make sure getting around 10k acres with ghost v.v

quick math that hit cost 48 billion$ hummm maybe i should slow down. 400,000,000$ to take one land grab! wow i guess thats why i never top 10

how the heck you get 48b bucks?

800k barrels at 300 - 240,000,000

if you bought the jets straight up

20m at say 125 - 2,500,000,000

around 2.75b

if you did this at turn 1000 cuz you are elite pro and make mad money totally gonna make a huge profit if you are getting a 10k acre gain.

again all hypothetical but not unrealistic one bit >.>

Here's some factors for grabbing.

Production on gained acres x turns left

Vs.

-Cost of oil for the grab
-loss of jets
-loss of spies
-cost of rebuilding the land
-buying more tech to top it back off
-at end of set you could be cashing to increase income, so using those turns to spy/grab/build cost you more per turn too
-those turns cost you slightly more food too since your jets aren't hiding in the market to save on consumption, so there's that too.

Lots of little things to think about. And no I don't calculate all that crap out unless its like my last day of grabbing 'maybe'.

you left out the most vital part though

the value of the entertainment that will ensue on the forums shortly after from the country being grabbed :) Can you really put a price tag on that?

Maybe start it around 15b? possibly much higher?

Yep, Good data keeping and a mathematical based strategy are key in these types of games

http://i.imgur.com/wWQrI5e

you didnt even factor in depending what stratagy your playing if you get to big you will flood the market. perfect example im a skinny oiler this set due to war.

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