Aspha Miners

I think those modifiers are for minerals too...

but it`s been a long time since I`ve tested it out, so I don`t remember. Whenever I lose my current clusters and have to explore again, I`ll test it out.

bip i thought those modifiers own applied to ore extraction .... and i could swear 5 planets makes u the same amount as 1 c1 in minerals.....

Valhalla - Yes, plus the modifiers for the cluster (+10 to mining for a C1, +20 for a C2, +30 for a C3).

Unless you are a viral or collective, because there is a bug.

DOes making a C1 give you the mins of 5 planets, C2 of 25 planets, etc?

i mean as in i`ve seen cases before where some mineral miners just have to many mins and there all being placed on the market but there just not being bought because they`ve quite simply got too many to be sold....

TheWorldUnited, if your stockpiles are reaching billions of minerals where is the problem? lol

common mac ure not being very fair now to the pros and cons of both types of income

for example... massive pro of tax is you generate alot more cash, if you have the land.... used to have an income calculator but i lost it along the way so i cnt show exact figures.

(actually if someone has a link to a download for income calculator would be appreciated).

downside to mineral is you are dependent on them being sold on the market... which can be an issue when ure making mins and ure stock piles are reaching levels of billions... where as tax is cash in hand as u use each turn..

another con to mineral mining is that higher incomes are associated with higher planet count meaning you may have to take your empire to a position where u cant explore so your reliant on fighting for borders

where with tax you could have one large c2 and a load of u larges and then just gordo up your larges for extra land.. while still being able to explore for borders...

and yet you`ve completely ruled out cg miner.... although the poorest off the 3 you`ve never have problems of not being able to sell your stuff or having to have a high base....

on the issue of the 5 industrial inf its no problem to do that to progress with missions as i believe a later mission gives you 5 mining inf anyway if i`m not mistaken....

mineral miner should go 5 industry and other mining.

there really aren`t any negatives to being a mineral miner on RT... you could argue market dependence and I`ve heard people say that you can actually make more money with tax if you have a ton of land... but those arguments are really pretty flimsy seeing as the market in RT rarely drops below 900$ and the flexibility and low risk of being mineral miner far outweighs any small $$$ benefit from going tax. especially since very few a. miners even know what to do with all the money they make.

what happened to the positive parts of tax miner?? and at that the negatives of mineral miner?

Nirvana; It`s just a game but sometimes a daunting one at that! I wish that I had the smarts like you to ask questions like this. I`ll be a Terran forever with 20 in Industry because I was not clever enough to read the manual or ask questions.

Housing5
Commercial163
Industry20
Agriculture64
Mining5

This works great for me even with the lame Industry research that is wasted. I'm never hungry with 4 Ferts, my C2's make me a little cash and even a few minerals on the side.

C2.8784 Cluster Lvl 2 36,270 36,270 5000 0 36,269 0 Red Crystal

C2.5519 Cluster Lvl 2 23,325 23,325 5000 0 23,308 0 Terran Metal

Bottom line good question!

good luck Nirvana... i don`t wish to argue over Macbeth`s suggestion... however, you must remember one thing... once you`ve done investing on a certain infras level, there`s no turning back... and especially after certain level, you need to invest 2.5k turns to upgrade the level... in my case, i`ve been playing for over years and never regret with my choice of infras level... these are mine... :)

Housing 10
Commercial 150
Industry 50
Agriculture 37
Mining 10

like Macbeth mentioned.... less money with divided infras... but i never worry at all about lack of stuff frm the market... that`s the main point why i`m sticking to my gun... ;)

Mining

-Don`t really depend on anyone
-Any planet sizes produce same minerals
-Enslaved doesn`t matter
-Low base power
-Dont need to buy minerals
-Do not consume food (dont need populaton)

Tax

-Depend on food being cheap
-Need high land
-Being enslaved can suck
-High base power
-Need to buy minerals

The whole idea with mining is you can hoard planets and not worry about their size. You make a load of minerals and sell `em for serious $$$. If you split your economy between mining and say industry you will have to spend time getting large land, so you will have less planets => less minerals, and Goods are worth nothing compared to the mineral market...

Either go 100% mining or 100% housing.