Author Topic: Oil Empires (Read 5009 times)

cav58d · « **Reply #60 on:** May 02, 2007, 10:28:43 PM »

Here is my set up

HQ- LEVEL 1 - Everything accept Kerosene is checked "yes" and next to crude is 2BBL. (i feel like thats lower than before. did someone steal from me?)
HQ is connectcted to my level 2 distribution center

next

I own 3 oil pumping units, all at level 2. Two of them go to a Level 2 storage tank, and one goes to a level 1 storage tank. (does that make any sense? or should all be going to the single level 2 tank)

I own two storage tanks...One is a level 2 which 2 level 2 oil pumps are going into. The other is a level one, which a level 2 pump is going into.

Furthermore, I own two distribution centers. One is a level two, one is a level 1. The level two is connected to the level 2 tank, and the level 1 is connected to the level 1 tank.

Finally, I have a level 1 outpost. with 20 militia men. I want to attack someone, but i dont have kerosene and dont know how to make it?

so what should I do now? what are my next steps?

***And is it in a players best interest to always collest his cash in his distribution centers every time he logs so it isnt stolen?>

cav58d · « **Reply #61 on:** May 02, 2007, 10:30:17 PM »

update....just bought a refinery. It says to get kerosene it must be connected to a storage tank with crude? so that would be any one of my storage tanks right?

cav58d · « **Reply #62 on:** May 02, 2007, 10:34:45 PM »

another thing. do I want to stop the selling out crude from the tanks going to the refinary to the refinary gets all the crude?

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #63 on:** May 02, 2007, 10:59:05 PM »

Sorry I was late to reply, Cav, but NO, don't sell the crude. make sure the refinery is making kerosene in the little drop down menu, and make sure the refinery is connected to the tank the crude is pumping into. You might want to go ahead and sell the crude in your other tank( It does'nt have a refinery hooked to it, right?) and I would sell that crude in your lower-lvl Dist. Center, so that you can make sure that your lvl. 2 dist. center sells all of the produced kerosene.

JB73 · « **Reply #64 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:01:16 PM »

and cav.. YES collect the money every chance you have. then it can't be stolen.

that's how I raided all my money people who haven't collected it.

JB73 · « **Reply #65 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:17:11 PM »

game broke

2 Spies are currently in training.

Next completion time in approximately: -71 minutes.

and no income at the :50 mark last time around, others have reported it on the forum.

I better get that money and spies back

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #66 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:21:28 PM »

It look's like the server upchucked at 2400. But It's back on now. Hey, Can we give support to Cartel members in the form of Money or arms, or do we just go on a direct attack? Caveman's under attack.

JB73 · « **Reply #67 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:25:45 PM »

I was reading you can send troops to help defend a cartel member, but it was also in the bug forum where the troops sent disappeared.

ummm nope game is still totally hosed.

2 Spies are currently in training.

Next completion time in approximately: -84 minutes.

and no income again at the :20 mark

again, re-logged and game is fine now...

I also learned you can only steal 1/2 the money at a distribution center.

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #68 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:35:01 PM »

Srry, I shoulda mentioned that I relogged

JB73 · « **Reply #69 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:36:27 PM »

oh BTW see here:

http://www.itch.com/app/index.php?showtopic=790

about troops movements and helping a cartel member... seems until lvl 5 helipad he's on his own.

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #70 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:41:24 PM »

CC. The guy That attacked Caveman's got a pretty large setup-look at jooopman. You can see all the different people that attack cartel members in the cartel combat drop-down.

cav58d · « **Reply #71 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:43:25 PM »

Okay....First of all nearly everyone in my area is under cease fire. WTF. Second, the one person I found under cease fire was pointless. I sent to groups of troops to the distrubution office to steal and they came back empty handed. So then I send them to go destroy one of the dudes oil pumps and they cant even do that right. these drunks suck.

JB73 · « **Reply #72 on:** May 02, 2007, 11:53:07 PM »

cav, the one you raided collected the cash... try planning the attack just seconds after :20 and :50 of the hour to get the money before they collect it.

you can also raid their storage tanks if there is anything in them.

raided oil and whatnot goes to your HQ so to sell it you have to connect your HQ to a distribution center.

also in your destroy attack:
Min. Required Force: 20,000

meaning it would take 400 militia to destroy that building.

see the "units" in game to learn about them.

JB73 · « **Reply #73 on:** May 03, 2007, 12:11:22 AM »

learned another thing...

an outpost can only do 30 attacks in 8 hours.

gotta make myself more outposts right quick.

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #74 on:** May 03, 2007, 12:23:51 AM »

Save up for a Helo pad, and an advanced military base. Some of the other cartels are armed that way.