Tips For New Nations
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:29 am
1) For nations under one week old, keep your tax rate at 20%. It is the best for brand new nations, since setting taxes too high result in a happiness lost that small nations cannot afford. When you are older, keep your tax rate at 28% at all times.
2) Set your team color to blue. You get a bonus for trading with people on the same team, and most alliances are dedicated to one color. Blue Team is one of the largest and best organized, and we also have a lot of blue imagery, so that's where we're going to be.
3) If you stay in Peace Mode for more than 3 days, your nation's economy will suffer. Stay in War Mode. Higher DEFCON levels are also bad for your nation. Stay in DEFCON 5 at all times. If you are attacked for whatever reason, switch to DEFCON 1. That, however, should be easily avoidable if you have an Alliance Affiliation other than "None."
4) Put "Shattered Star Exiles" as your Alliance Affiliation. Make sure to put "Protected by Nueva Vida" somewhere in your nation bio, as many raiders do not read the forums.
5) Focus on infrastructure. Technology is useless when you are very small. You may need to buy a little bit of land and soldiers if you get red warning text about population density or lack of military. Do not buy tanks or cruise missiles.
6) See here for important info on trades. The modifiers of all resources and bonus resources are listed here.
7) Due to a recent update causing balance issues (thanks admin!), it is now usually best to keep your government as Capitalism, unless your people want Republic or Democracy. Communism is best during war.
8) If you have Firefox, snag this nifty addon.
If anyone else has more to add, feel free.
2) Set your team color to blue. You get a bonus for trading with people on the same team, and most alliances are dedicated to one color. Blue Team is one of the largest and best organized, and we also have a lot of blue imagery, so that's where we're going to be.
3) If you stay in Peace Mode for more than 3 days, your nation's economy will suffer. Stay in War Mode. Higher DEFCON levels are also bad for your nation. Stay in DEFCON 5 at all times. If you are attacked for whatever reason, switch to DEFCON 1. That, however, should be easily avoidable if you have an Alliance Affiliation other than "None."
4) Put "Shattered Star Exiles" as your Alliance Affiliation. Make sure to put "Protected by Nueva Vida" somewhere in your nation bio, as many raiders do not read the forums.
5) Focus on infrastructure. Technology is useless when you are very small. You may need to buy a little bit of land and soldiers if you get red warning text about population density or lack of military. Do not buy tanks or cruise missiles.
6) See here for important info on trades. The modifiers of all resources and bonus resources are listed here.
7) Due to a recent update causing balance issues (thanks admin!), it is now usually best to keep your government as Capitalism, unless your people want Republic or Democracy. Communism is best during war.
8) If you have Firefox, snag this nifty addon.
If anyone else has more to add, feel free.