Hey guys,

I always have a good start doing a Commie indy strat but Mid-Late season I start to slow down growth. Do commies start getting ent/res or do they go pure indy? I usually start to switch to ent/res eventually so maybe thats it? Or I dont tech right?

Any suggestions??

Indies should never build enterprise zones or residences. In longer games, it can be effective to get agricultural tech and build farms and to produce your own food stockpile rather than purchasing it. Another option for late game commie if they don't grow too big is to stockpile food and switch to Theo MBR. Another option is to switch government to democracy and switch to techer, but this only works if you do it very early on, probably not a wise idea if more than 1/3rd of the set is over. Another option is just to just stay indy and purchase your own food stockpile before dropping your stockpile as a commie during the last 2-4 days of the set.

You need to get your indy tech up to 155%, weapons to 130%, military to 90%, and bus/res to 150%. You should have those very early on, double selling military if needed. You can wait a bit to get bus/res techs up, but the indy, weapons, and military techs you need to get up ASAP. My guess is that your indy doesn't purchase enough tech to keep up with other strategies.

Thanks alot, I will try some of this out! What do you mean by double selling? I usually start off with Indy/Military tech then get weapons with ent/res. But I will stay pure indy commie I think this time because I want to have a season where I make it work well. I always stay in the top 5 until about a million nw then start falling but I think thats when I start to get ent/res.

Double selling = Selling military twice a day instead of once.
It used to be necessary for indies before they gave communists the increased market sale size bonus, but it can still come in handy if you need to get more indy and weapons tech.

You might be falling out of the top 10 at about a million networth because you are not building enough construction sites early on, but its more likely a lack of indy tech. That, and the fact that indies are almost always the first to a million networth, but at that point other strategies usually overtake them. But the good indies have a lot of indy tech and a very good bpt when they're at a million networth so that they don't get left in the dust by cashers, techers, and farmers.

this is good stuff..

Ahh I might have to start double selling !

what is a good BPT for about 2 million NW? I have 40 right now and 120% indy tech. I didnt even know it went up to 155, I always thought that 130 was the cap.

When getting tech do you suggest focusting on indy tech first and then the others or get them based on price?


Thanks for all your info, very helpful.

max indy tech is 160%

optimum # of cs to have is based more on # of acres than NW

Ideal BPT =sqrt(AcresToBuildOtherThanCS*GvtCS/4)
GvtCS
Normal 1
Theo 1.4
Dict 0.7
This is an old formula but I think it's still pretty accurate.

or if you would rather have a chart


acres ---------------CS
0 -- 400 ------------ 20
401 -- 900 --------- 40
901 -- 1600 -------- 60
1601 -- 2600 ------ 80
2601 -- 3600 ------ 100
3601 -- 5000 ------ 120
5000 -- 6400 ------ 140
6400 -- 8200 ------ 160
8201 -- 10000 ---- 180
10000 -- 12400 --- 200
12401 -- 14600 --- 220
14601 -- 17000 --- 240
17001 -- 20001 --- 260
20002 —- 23001 --- 280

thanks very helpful chart!! :)

nice.

Like it

Bonus posting in a solid thread!

Would you ever want to stay commie and switch over to MBR? In other words never switch government type.

the extra tax would absolutely kill your reselling

commie mbr just won't work, it would take until last days of set to get good profit on sales.