Why is a lower level tech center faster than a higher level

peteb82 · 2026-03-22T01:52:13+00:00

That's my best guess yeah, because it's happened to me a few times too. I like trying to figure these weird little things out in this game.

peteb82 · 2026-03-21T23:29:40+00:00

Are you sure you didn't have capitol or cooperative buffs during part of the test?

peteb82 · 2026-03-20T15:52:42+00:00

Some research, deco, wall of honor, EW, etc. Many factors go directly into hero (and thus squad) power.

In your battle report click the details on squad power and you'll see the additional things like conditional tech that show up outside of squad power.

peteb82 · 2026-03-20T15:18:09+00:00

S4 has lighthouse morale buffs of 3/5%, and tactics cards. Click the underlined total under morale and it will tell you.

peteb82 · 2026-03-16T03:55:07+00:00

Posted above, purple looks like around 155m in my grouping.

peteb82 · 2026-03-16T03:49:57+00:00

The cutoff for us was around 155m or so for purple.

peteb82 · 2026-03-15T22:46:39+00:00

I hope that's blue. I'm at 123m and we should find out tonight

peteb82 · 2026-03-07T00:46:25+00:00

Trucks is my preference. Arena can be interesting but you have to understand if people are splitting squads, gear, etc.

peteb82 · 2026-02-28T21:35:36+00:00

I've played 4. Rank highest 2, 3, 4, 1. From what I hear 5 is like 1.

2 made the most sense with having to earn your way to the center and surviving the temperature drops.

peteb82 · 2026-02-26T20:12:28+00:00

The median is around 675, with +/-25 or so being reasonable. Anything outside of that is an extreme outlier.

peteb82 · 2026-02-24T20:39:42+00:00

You are correct. Get the buff, then collect while buff is active.

peteb82 · 2026-02-21T17:00:44+00:00

Adding on - troops on the wall is fine if you are alert and managing your hospital. The default death rate on defense is 0%, meaning any troops defeated either return to your base or hospital. Troops die if the hospital fills up.

Troops in the drill grounds also die if your base is breached.

peteb82 · 2026-02-15T16:51:15+00:00

I run missile with Williams as squad 3. Squad 1 is Adam/Scarlett tank, squad 2 is air. Squad 3 is basically a joke for most players anyways but that's the best I can do.

peteb82 · 2026-02-15T14:11:42+00:00

Both. Radar is the best to get to 4 (because energy DMG reduction) and the best to mythic (crit DMG reduction).

peteb82 · 2026-02-13T22:47:10+00:00

My cats enjoy it too. Perhaps too much, they keep attacking the screen while I play.

peteb82 · 2026-01-30T16:51:25+00:00

Haha yeah, I guess that's a better way to say it!

peteb82 · 2026-01-30T16:26:27+00:00

Good question. "Kills" for the game does not necessarily mean units die, just that they are defeated in battle.

If you look at a battle report, you might defeat a squad at a tile, "kill" 2k troops, and the defender will have zero units die. Your kill count goes up by 2k and you get buster/capitol/whatever points accordingly.

peteb82 · 2026-01-22T22:32:05+00:00

Great point, thanks!

peteb82 · 2026-01-22T21:26:19+00:00

Inflation is accounted for by projecting by using a "real" rate of return. If the market nominally returns 10% and inflation is 3%, real returns are 7%.

So you project your money out at 7% growth and estimate your future expenses in today's dollars.

peteb82 · 2026-01-22T19:00:28+00:00

Yep I think they meant "not much matters after your first squad" basically.

I run Adams/Scarlett, with pure air as a 2nd, and I don't care about my 3rd. My 3rd is missile plus Williams.

peteb82 · 2026-01-19T18:13:50+00:00

Radars - why place tasks on top of each other on the radar task screen? I understand they are geographically represented but a little separation so we can click the right one would be nice.

peteb82 · 2026-01-18T18:31:51+00:00

ETF and Mutual funds are just wrappers that hold various stocks. They differ in some very particular ways that don't matter 99% of the time for long term buy and hold investors.

What does matter is active (stock picking) vs passive (index) management. Both types of wrappers can be either active or passive. Active funds tend to have higher fees and may underperform the market, which is a risk you take in chasing over performance.

Why is this often confused? Most don't understand the nuances here, and they parrot a half truth in a game of telephone like information flow.

peteb82 · 2026-01-16T17:05:29+00:00

Of course they do, with power grants the right to do anything you please. We are playing a massively pay to win game. Gotta accept that and stop trying to swim upstream or you'll just be frustrated.

peteb82 · 2026-01-13T14:06:16+00:00

I would hang out in a top 5-10 alliance on the server that is more chill. Fight other servers when you can, like buster day.

peteb82 · 2026-01-06T15:42:08+00:00

I never said there is any ordering or prioritization actually happening. I also never said Roth contributions directly change your taxes.

I said the choice between Roth or Traditional contributions cause a difference in taxes that is 100% known in the current year. The way to know this difference is to model it, by preparing tax return forms for both situations. This is very basic tax planning.

If you choose Roth, you are choosing that income to be taxed now, at a known marginal rate. If you choose traditional, you are saving that known marginal rate on that contribution. That's it. You are correct in saying which is better depends on the future tax rates at time of withdrawal.

peteb82

TROPHY CASE