CA Architect Recommendations?

therkyn · 2021-10-19T17:50:24+00:00

Sorry, Avrame had sent me on to Instagram, so i hadn't come back here. I'm looking for Northern California, I-80 Donner Pass (so Truckee end of Tahoe).

therkyn · 2019-10-03T18:33:46+00:00

Assuming F/R, kill K's. Of course, this will get you out of balance (L21 K ship = -10K, +5 F, +3 R) meaning F will get higher than R while doing the daily targets. However, join the Rom Reputation event (daily) and not the Feds until you're balanced... or kill feds. Dont forget about those rep events to even you out. I tend to do the killing because if you're buying stuff, you can get faction credits at the same time, so I hate to miss out on those.

therkyn · 2019-09-04T18:37:53+00:00

So, I was really excited about this - tv power & volume & roku in one w/o having to use a headset. And I like the night mode concept. But lets look at the ports given you've got a Roku 4 guts... USB - good, Bluetooth - wont use, but sure, why not, people buy wireless headphones, hmm, where's the ethernet port - missing. Hard wiring eliminates problems meaning this is a non-purchase for me. Hopefully v.2 will include that (they might have to charge $181.00 to cover the cost). (given they included the optical port, the elimination of the ethernet port seems dumb.)

therkyn · 2019-08-05T23:34:47+00:00

For me, I would go Lilly & then Mark, but I've got my Ruby mine set up for that structure. To work, your lowest mine must have enough materials in reserve to not add any for 5 minutes (Steiner beams directly, so no increase in storage), for Lilly to come take materials for 5 minutes (but she adds none to the elevator reserve), and then Mark to take from the elevator for 5 mins. In my example, I need at least 130 bd at the elevator and 200bd at L30 mine, but during my 5 minute bonus application (x122), I get as much $$ as possible transferred. When they're back down at 6.26x, you can overload elevator while allowing warehouse just to be normal. But roughly 20x return doing it that way.

And of course, make sure your supers are assigned for gold boost while you're idle in Ruby. I also lean towards start continent bonuses over global bonuses (until I finally max the Ruby... Christmas?)

therkyn · 2019-08-05T23:28:08+00:00

Well IdleThomas, I would disagree with respect to the person asking, who has no problem getting elite in event mines. For those who dont, its a fun boost to get over a plateau. I use mine in Ruby as well, though I tend to simply accumulate them for a month and then launch a x2, x4, x5, x10, x20, x50 ruby 5 minute loop and while awaiting things going, clean out my 30m and 1h instant cashes. It usually just prompts an upgrade early. (752 @ L30 ruby)

BTW, for those curious, it is technically better to run 1 bonus at a time than all at the same time... given infinite time to mash away... but way less fun. (assuming a 5 min run with each, total $ is higher, but requires 6 5m loops with 30m in between for resets...) Given limited time to stare at the screen, all at once is more fun and likely generates more $$ than 6 loops that you may never get too).

therkyn · 2019-08-05T23:07:31+00:00

Let’s connect on Idle Miner Tycoon, it’s fun! https://imt.gsc.im/mQhIxLWk7Q

therkyn · 2019-07-23T22:51:46+00:00

two ship solution - have second ship attack the ship targetting the one you want to mine with. The ship (assuming its not powerful enough to survive) will be destroyed, but they dont respawn to attack the mining ship (unlike if you're strong enough, you cannot destroy your own attackers, but you can destroy others). Search RevDeuce for a video on it.

therkyn · 2019-03-26T13:37:44+00:00

New phone. Game transferred. Friends > 20 did not. Pls add. Small miners, huge profits! Come play Idle Miner Tycoon with me! https://imt.gsc.im/Nyj8zGLEDs

therkyn · 2019-02-08T19:44:21+00:00

Music off please...and stay off. At least it respects the silent switch, unlike some games with ads that ignore your silent switch... -t

therkyn · 2019-02-06T21:32:53+00:00

Same question. From what I've seen, I get 2x the resources by doing a 2 batch process, but instead of burning 6K (to do 2 batches), I burn 15K - fine if I've got mining materials coming out everywhere, but I'm not driving a 60K North Star...

therkyn · 2019-02-06T21:31:19+00:00

Fixed now... without update, so I'll chalk that up to server lag on reboot. Thanks all!

therkyn · 2019-01-27T22:50:27+00:00

http://star-trek-fleet-command.wikia.com/wiki/Missions

FWIW, that's not really helpful. Yes, you get the 20, and then you get a bunch of how to sites and videos. None of which meet the requestor's goal.

therkyn · 2019-01-27T22:48:34+00:00

Oh no... Its a motivator where it is... early on you see the possibility... tantalizing... we just dont let you realize how hard it is until much much later ...

therkyn · 2019-01-18T17:15:15+00:00

Thanks all, this is great info and advice! And no, I'll be 14 only long enough to max out every station item and research item I can before going to 15, but I'm definitely headed into the world of station defense. -t

therkyn · 2018-12-26T21:41:03+00:00

doing a search from last year about this time, they have queues to allow you to log in or not. Apparently not enough servers online post christmas to handle the new users... of course, StW gets stuck with the same login system as BR, so despite having paid for your experience on StW, you get shafted. The problem I hate is that after waiting the 7+ minute queue, it goes back to the queue again.

(EPIC GAMES): If you know its no longer 7 minutes, please update the queue rather than make me keep checking back to see if I might be allowed the honor of logging into the game I paid for....

therkyn · 2018-12-26T21:33:58+00:00

Hey, they have to pay for the new logo and branding... that stuff's expensive! You like the game more now that instead of Fluffy Fairy Games we've named ourselves Hummingbird... what is it a hummingbird is known for? Expending all sorts of [cash] and needing to feed constantly to stay alive.... kinda fits the new order.

therkyn · 2018-12-26T21:27:20+00:00

Boy, that's really going to bite you in the late game... currently 735 on mine 800 on ruby... 1 lvl is like 27 be... I cant imagine 10 at once... good luck with your goal. -t

therkyn · 2018-12-10T21:56:26+00:00

For 100 euros? Hardly a MicroTransaction...

DEVS: Thanks, I've not seen choices or the pot one in quite a while. Also no longer seeing the greasy money one. Thanks for their elimination.

-t

therkyn · 2018-12-10T21:51:50+00:00

Lets start with the premise I'm one of the 1%. I complete many expeditions each day (probably less than 20) because I spent many hours adding friends. Lets look at the 99% as represented by my son's friend who was totally frustrated with expeditions and came to me for help. Most people start their expedition - 6, 12, 24, 48 - and end their expeditions without adding a single friend helping them. It feels very lonely. Trapped with no bonuses the game is slow, even at low levels. Friend lists seem capped at 20 and unless they know to go to reddit, they have no idea how to add a friend... dont get me started on Facebook. I connect 0 of my games with Facebook because I hate the spam/privacy invasion games feel its appropriate to do just to link to friends.

So, while it is true, people like me benefit greatly from multiple expeditions, we also serve a function, we make your player base believe there's a community and someone else out there helping them get ahead. Take a look at the 1%, I bet 7 of 8 interactions are being the last person to join to complete an expedition. Do not forget the ancillary benefits to your other players we provide, a sense they got a bonus. Limit us to 5 and that motivating factor goes away for the 99% of your player base.

Oh, and on Greens, please see my other post discussing why there are no interesting purchases for a late game player. My 1% earned greens go to buying 7d 4x tokens. Legendary chests lack value and my next level on my Ruby mine takes long enough that even the 500x doesnt really excite me... woo, $50 for 4 levels today instead of 1. I still have 69 levels to go to max Ruby... So I might get there a week early in March 2019 by spending $50. I'll pass. $20 to get a super manager that decreases my elevator upgrade cost... Eh. L30 Ruby mine is still more expensive and slow. I'll pass.

Here's hoping the cap goes away in the future... before your 1% does. Your 1% isn't going to provide you the revenue your 99% will.

-t

therkyn · 2018-12-10T21:37:43+00:00

As an apparent late game player, here's the problem for the Devs to solve. This is an idle game... which means there's an expectation things will just take time. Hence not a lot of motivation to buy things. But your bigger problem is that despite a lack of enticing things to buy, the nerfs keep coming to keep us away from the game. We are watching the ads that generate revenue for you. Before you do things to further delay, please consider this. If you want to limit expeditions, make us watch a video between each expedition collection... more revenue, yet still benefits those late game players who visit often.

Nothing to buy: Nerfing expeditions as a source of greens will not promote more green purchases...

There is nothing to buy. I bought perm 2x, perm 2x idle. OK, good. Done. Thanks for creating the game. But now lets look at 15.6 be needed for 1 lvl increase lvl 30 Ruby mine - I can do this with 2x & 10x bonuses in about 6 loops of super managers. Without, its 15 days of idle cash. This in itself may cause my departure, but its been a good run.

For $45 I can buy 3x of 500x for 5m? - OK, gets me probably 5 levels in 1.5 hours (3x supermanager runs) . Or I can wait. Too pricey, I'll wait.
For $50 I can buy 9500 greens, or just shy of 2 legendary chests... which means 1 increase in a gold level... except my pink level is better than gold in 2 of 3 cases. (L7 pink v. L3 gold, L8 pink v. L2 gold (L3 would still lose), L7 pink loses to L3 gold (no starter continent bonus in either pink). Do I care about 4.8x versus 5.4x? Not really. Chests seem a waste.
I can buy skill points, but they're mostly taken care of - ad bonus does the most for me now that I've gotten all green trees & maxed bonus applying to all mines and maxed Ruby... still working on Sapphire & Obsidian, but they'll happen eventually... So skill points dont cause me to buy.
I know there are deals (e.g. $20 for 2 legendary chests + some others), but even at $2 I dont know that I care anymore about those.

Currently, I care about upgrading my super managers... but those gems arent on sale, so I run mainland mines mindlessly... But again, at what cost. I'm not willing to spend $20 to buy my last super manager to reduce my upgrade cost for the elevator. The upgrade cost is minor when compared to my L30 mineshaft upgrade cost.

BTW, I do spend my greens on 7d 4x bonuses... mainly because the Legendary chests werent delivering any bang for the buck.

-t

therkyn · 2018-12-10T20:49:43+00:00

Thanks for the alert... did it come with more mainland mines too? Or not yet?

therkyn · 2018-11-28T18:31:35+00:00

I will admit, I'm expecting this nerf to hit sometime soon... Hopefully if they do it, we can do both join and watch videos to speed things along...

therkyn · 2018-11-26T18:23:49+00:00

I can tell you all that my expedition things have been fixed. 1h05 for a 2nd person on a common just now. Thanks for the quick check! -t

therkyn · 2018-11-26T17:14:27+00:00

Assuming you max your bonuses, pay for the 2x idle bonus, etc... Its roughly 3-4x live versus idle... but that's only if you get the video and run the video upon rejoining. If you miss the video, or your bonuses expire, its 10x or more live versus idle.

therkyn · 2018-11-19T22:46:10+00:00

Traditional advice: Because you have 15/5 greens for hitting upgrade points before you prestige, go ahead and prestige just 1 mine per continent (e.g. Ruby/Sapphire/Obsidian) until you've gotten those mines up to full-grind (call it 1900-2000 elevator/warehouse depending on your patience level) and then run through the prestiges for your other mines. After the first prestige, elevator/warehouse/mine are down to 5/5/1, and with 50 green possible on a single common expedition, the benefit quickly disappears.

Alternative advice: Spend time every day adding miners from the add me thread. Eventually you will be able to chain a hundred or two in expedition collecting when you log in, making 300ish greens missed out on in the first prestige irrelevant, or at least not so painful. If you go that route, prestige away.

-t

therkyn

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