OT: Lunar Wars

Baron Munchausen · #1 March 5th, 2007, 04:00 PM

Mines give a better 'net profit' ratio on a day-to-day basis, but they can only be bought as you accumulate AI so they are much more expensive to acquire. A mix of housing and mines is probably better than going for only mines.

AgentZero · #2 March 8th, 2007, 05:58 AM

Ok, I'm going mainly for housing at the moment, and investing whatever I have left over in AI. Any rough ideas on when I should switch my priorities around?

Baron Munchausen · #3 March 8th, 2007, 04:56 PM

This is a new game that may be modified at any moment so it's hard to say what is 'best' yet. Just look at the prices of things. Housing gets more expensive as you buy more (as does AI, but AI has other benefits than increasing tax revenue). Mines seem to be stable in price, except that you need more AI to buy each new mine, so there is a 'surcharge' of sorts. The various 'improvements' probably aren't worth the investment until you have 100 housing or more.

Will · #4 March 8th, 2007, 11:48 PM

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Baron Munchausen said:
This is a new game that may be modified at any moment so it's hard to say what is 'best' yet. Just look at the prices of things. Housing gets more expensive as you buy more (as does AI, but AI has other benefits than increasing tax revenue). Mines seem to be stable in price, except that you need more AI to buy each new mine, so there is a 'surcharge' of sorts. The various 'improvements' probably aren't worth the investment until you have 100 housing or more.

I disagree here. Most of them are not worth it, but there are some that provide a very nice boost. The first improvement I bought was the Lunar Mall. You get an extra $100 per tax collection for a one-time cost of $1200; mine has already payed for itself. I also got the Wilderness Park and House of Worship. Together, they cause a 40% increase in population, which means a 40% increase in tax revenue (minus some for increase life support costs). I'm fairly sure these have also paid for themselves. I also grabbed a National Guard, mainly because it was cheap. It won't be paying for itself anytime soon, but it's still a nice bonus.

The rest of the improvements I'm holding out on until I get higher AI/Housing.

AgentZero · #5 March 13th, 2007, 03:42 AM

Can anyone provide a linky for the Paladines forum? I had a cursory poke around but didn't find anything.

Randallw · #6 March 13th, 2007, 06:35 AM

http://z3.invisionfree.com/The_Paladines

Today I found out one of my school children made a breakthrough with their science project. All I got was 1 AI

AgentZero · #7 March 13th, 2007, 04:33 PM

Well.... That's not too bad for a bunch of school children. I know I'd be pretty impressed if a bunch of kids came up with a functional AI.