The basis of game play is very simple: you gain land, you stockpile (due to the $2b limit), and you destock at the end of the reset.

Currently, land is created via three ways: exploring, ghost acres, and the 20a daily bonus. Market trends reflect the majority of stocking to the same end time.

I would suggest two minor changes that would shake up the status quo.

First, the daily bonus acres should be increase to 200a/NW (in millions) with a minimum of $1m NW. This means those under $10m NW would gain extra land per day as compared to the status quo while countries over $10m NW would gain less. This change increases the incentive to stay small and stockpile.

The second change would be altering the rankings from Total NW at reset end to Average NW over the whole reset. This change would increase the desirability to jump as early as possible.

I think this would add much more skill needed to finish near the top.

what 2b limit?

the one where you start losing percentages of your cash every turn played

and yes, i know, you can use bonus points for resource decay..

So if I stock at 10m NW, you're going to give me 2000a everyday, over 30 days? That is, 60k land free? And my NW will go up due to the land size increase, to get even more free land?

no you would gain 20 land. These ideas are funny. Would be nice in alliance where land is like impossible to get, but i don't get number 2.

braden: thar's not exactly limit.

also 200 acres per day? some who have converted to tmbr might not be happy due that since they are unhappy about 20 acres.

Because most endgame TMBR's are less than 1M NW, Marshal? Did you read the suggestion?

The first suggestion is not a bad idea though i would make it min of 1 mill, max of 10 mill, so its between 20 and 200 acres gained. The second is simply awful.

"First, the daily bonus acres should be increase to 200a/NW (in millions) with a minimum of $1m NW."

Am I reading something wrong? That tells me if I have 10m NW, i will get 2000a per day, because its 200a per 1m NW.

It's written poorly, it's not per million of NW it's 200a/TotalNW (in millions). So if you have 10M NW, it's 200/10 = 20 acres.

Ah, I was really scratching my head on this one.

Xinhuan, it's the other way around. $1m NW = 200a a day, $5m NW = 40a per day, $10m = 20a a day, $50m NW = 4a per day.

Tertius, how was it written poorly I said "200a/NW (in millions)" and you said "200a/TotalNW (in millions)". If that "Total" threw you off, my bad.

Mapleson, I read it as "200 acres PER million NW", and not as a literal division.

Meaning, I read it as "2000 acres PER 10 mil NW", if I scale that up, hence the confusion.

The "Total" was to prevent people reading it as PER million as Xinhuan stated. Obviously it was poorly written based on how many people had difficulties understanding it. If my explaining it to other people makes you angry, I'll be happy to avoid your topics in the future.