Shalidor
2008-08-04 |  | Food for Terran |  |
Is it best to grow food for the Terran race, or buy food from the market? |
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travvman
99+ day(s) ago | im commercial terran but i have 10 agri infra levels and i make 1mil money and 100,000food per turn. |
LastCrusader
99+ day(s) ago | im agri terran. i make 3mil food per turn :O
is that gooD? :O |
Ragnarok
99+ day(s) ago | Well RT is about how much you play, not how you use your turns...so not surprising that the market might be waterlogged. xD |
EnderWiggin
99+ day(s) ago | apparently so is everyone else... food prices are draggin a bit in rt... :D lol |
GalacticMercenaries
99+ day(s) ago | im a agg terran |
Ragnarok
99+ day(s) ago | yes, you will get much better bang for your buck in research with agriculture than you will with commercial. Some people say its not good cuz you`re dependent on the market, but its like if you sell at least at 4 you`ll always make more than a commercial terran with equivalent research and land. Plus, when you cluster, you get additional bonuses to agriculture production (esp with c3).
So really, it`s a more a question of, would you rather make 1,000,000 a turn, or would you rather make anywhere between 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 a turn depending on food prices? Cuz food always sells at least at 4 or 5 per unit, unless you`re on a crazy server like RT where on some days people can produce so much food that it sells cheaper than CGs. |
Narca
99+ day(s) ago | well out of my experiance with terran i have 2 say agri based terran is a great thing..... |
Archaeoptyrex
99+ day(s) ago | always go agri if you`re a terran.
food prices at 3.5 is equivalent to commerce. Going any direction -- you still have to research infra. Might as well put it into the one that`ll make you most cash.
food always sells ... but it can take some time.
so what I think LastCrusader meant is you need a larger cash stockpile to start building. You can`t start building just running on empty as you can with commerce per-turn-direct income. |
OttOmaNS
99+ day(s) ago | Commercial is good for starters, someone who is more expert i would say tax, truley because at certain times tax makes alot of money. I found my friend had maxed cash in a few months as terran. |
LastCrusader
99+ day(s) ago | food is the easiest way to earn cash, but you really can`t do much in power climbing. Commercial requires lotta reseach and a few good clusters, but afterwards you`ll be making big bucks and flying high ;D! |
Travvivian
99+ day(s) ago | Agri Terran FTW. |
Exule
99+ day(s) ago | if you`re commercial or housing income as terran then you`ll want to just buy food I would think. Although you can probably use a fertile to be self sufficient if you are commercial and wipe most of your pop. |
