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Started by Simon Trowman
Mon, 07 Sep 1998 00:00
UFO (Looking after your base)
Author: Simon Trowman
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 00:00
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Looking after home base 1) Theres a tricky decision to be made when selecting a location for your home base as, because its likely to be your only base for a while, you want the best overall coverage while maximising the covered countries `total payments. It appears that the USA pays the most, JAPAN coming in second, and EUROPE third with a large amount of sponsoring countries in a cluster. However considering that the covered, raise their payments by a random amount following positive action, you have to decide whether you'd rather receive 10% of 50,000 or 10% of 70,000. Get it 2) While northen US is a good starting place, in the early stages on the game (ie when you only have a small radar and one base) you'll only really be able to cover US and CANADA, whereas a base in central EUROPE would be able to cover the UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, SPIAN, and even a little bit of RUSSIA. -- ============================= >From Simon Trowman Please replace NOSPAM with clara
Re: UFO (Looking after your base)
Author: jmc...
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 00:00
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In article <6t1cmk$4k8$1...@eros.clara.net>, "Simon Trowman" <tro...@NOSPAM.net> wrote: > > Looking after home base > > 1) Theres a tricky decision to be made when selecting a location for your > home base as, because its likely to be your only base for a while, you want > the best overall coverage while maximising the covered countries `total > payments. It appears that the USA pays the most, JAPAN coming in second, and > EUROPE third with a large amount of sponsoring countries in a cluster. > However considering that the covered, raise their payments by a random > amount following positive action, you have to decide whether you'd rather > receive 10% of 50,000 or 10% of 70,000. Get it > > 2) While northen US is a good starting place, in the early stages on the > game (ie when you only have a small radar and one base) you'll only really > be able to cover US and CANADA, whereas a base in central EUROPE would be > able to cover the UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, SPIAN, and > even a little bit of RUSSIA. > > -- > ============================= > From Simon Trowman > Please replace NOSPAM with clara > > I think it is best to start in Europe. Since your initial base is free, and since the cost to establish a new base somewhere in Europe is more expensive than anywhere else ($1,000,000 versus $800,000 for the U.S. for example), the most economical starting location is Europe. My second base is in the U.S. while my third major base is in Asia near Japan. -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
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