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Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:14 am
by Chris M
The only time i found farming worthwhile and profitable was when i was about to ascend (converting supers to naq essentially) or when i was at 75m army and i had little else to do in the game. But having the right mind set and you can farm for good profit.

100m army (under old updates) would in theory be the ideal time to farm because of plague but unless it was for huge amounts some players wouldnt bother as the naq would be "pocket change" to them at that size

the new caps (or thresholds as they should be called in some cases) will cause some players to farm more if they cannot be bothered to raid. farming naq to buy uu, covering losses in the process. Is possible.

when i was ascending i farmed like crazy and farmed like 6.5trill in about 10 days...

Your Achievements
Attack Mercs Killed 6,062
Defence Mercs Killed 5,206,102
Attack Soldiers Killed 0
Defence Soldiers Killed 381,180
Attack Super Soldiers Killed 2,654
Defence Super Soldiers Killed 5,888,460
Spies Killed 0
Spy Killers Killed 0
Naquadah Stolen 6,570,656,082,791
Untrained Kidnapped 76,376
Weapon Value Destroyed (Sab) 0
Attack Turns Used 5,372
TOTAL WAR EXPERIENCE POINTS 2,554,891,712

Your Failures
Attacking Mercenaries Lost 14,466,566
Defending Mercenaries Lost 0
Raiders Lost 1,396
Guards Lost 0
Super Soldier Lost 4,677,558
Super Guards Lost 5,256
Undercover Agents Lost 0
Assassin Lost 0
Naquadah Lost 0
Untrained Lost 0
Weapon Value Destroyed (Sab on You) 0
Attack Turns Used Against You 78
Plus/Minus 0


excuse the uu raided and the 900 turns used that was after i ascended. havent reset temp log since.

farming covering 5m supers gave me potentially a 5m uu profit if i bought 10m uu. so farming can be worthwhile with the right incentive

that was with a 400-600b attack (crap MS, high usage of mercs)

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:16 am
by Dark Bahamut
farming is very profittable you just gotta have balls and hit some people you shudnt be hitting

being NAPed with half the top 20 alliances might be a reason why it isnt proffitable though mate lol

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:23 am
by Nostradamus
Pungemo wrote:Farming is still profitable. Just made 600bil in 2 hits this evening. Likely I am about to die, but the point stands :lol: That said, I have noticed that losses have been increasing. In one hit I lost 419,889 soldiers, granted alot of those were mercs and it was off an ascended blessing, but it seems to represent a trend in a general increase in losses. With the raiding cap removed, it's likely to become even less worth-while. Hopefully it can be fixed.


Lol ..... you went to pergatory after you little stunt .... but I expected you to be on vacation on ascended ..... would you mind giving me your ascended ID ..... I do have to put my 2k turns to a good use ;)

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:07 am
by Pungemo
Everyone knows I always hit the people I'm not meant to. 400bil off Lore today. 200bil of EliteAceMan. Generally alliances have stopped massing me for it cos they know I'll keep doing it anyway. This time I'm apparently gonna die though :lol:

As for pergatory, well, I know when I'm wanted. :lol:

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:10 am
by AKJ
I know Pungemos ascended id...

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:16 am
by Mordack
Doesn't really bother me if it's unprofitable. I only really farm out of spite anyway. 8)

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:16 am
by Pungemo
Hey kaj, you can have my phone number if you like :wink:

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:22 am
by Antius
Pungemo wrote:Everyone knows I always hit the people I'm not meant to. 400bil off Lore today. 200bil of EliteAceMan. Generally alliances have stopped massing me for it cos they know I'll keep doing it anyway. This time I'm apparently gonna die though :lol:

As for pergatory, well, I know when I'm wanted. :lol:


Teh Deathbee uses its Pod Volley to inflict **,893,730,000 damage, destroying 313 Energy Shields on Gods Vengence!
The Mothership has exhausted all of its offensive power.

Gods Vengence uses its Energy Volley to inflict ***,776,000,000 damage, destroying 350 Energy Shields on Teh Deathbee!
Blowing through the extended shield defenses, it also destroyed 600 Pod Volley, and downed 139 fleets!

Hak's Gods Vengence provides **,487,270,000 additional defence power to the troops on the ground!

The forces of Pungemo AUS rush in full force, and inflict ***,573,736,000 damage on Hak's forces!
Judging from the troop and army makeup, 3,355,560,000 of that damage came from support planets.
It was confirmed that 78,896 of Hak's forces fell at the hands of Pungemo AUS's assult.


The forces of Hak fought back with all they could, and managed to inflict ***,137,270,000 damage on Pungemo AUS's forces!
Judging from the troop and army makeup, 0 of that damage came from support planets.
They managed to eradicate 105,787 of Pungemo AUS's troops.


Of this, you lost almost exactly 100k supers. I lost 30k.

Meaning you had your MS trashed and lost 100k supers for 64b naq. Then you say it's profitable? lol... the story is roughly the same for tita btw.

Oh, and why did you go to ppt, then perg? ;)

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:24 am
by AKJ
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=94435

Lol.
Plus i already got your number too ;)

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:26 am
by Antius
15m UU?

:lol:

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:30 am
by AKJ
Yah thats if you cba to bid.
Obviously id settle for less just thought id leave that option open for the lazy masser.
Also if one person doesnt want to pay the full 15million you could come together and pay a few mil each then toy with his account between you.
His account is active too.

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:35 am
by Pungemo
Antius wrote:Meaning you had your MS trashed and lost 100k supers for 64b naq. Then you say it's profitable? lol... the story is roughly the same for tita btw.

Oh, and why did you go to ppt, then perg? ;)


Can't remember what i took from you. Some cases are borderline. My mothership was hardly trashed :lol: Spending 3bil on repairs isn't really gonna trouble me :lol:

Also, I believe a fair portion of the numbers I lost were actually mercenaries. and I stole 90bil of tits :lol:

Also, I didn't go on PPT then perg. I went on PPT after one session of farming. After which I had assessments due so I couldn't pop in to make sure if someone was gonna hit me back. I've been off PPT alll day. I went into perg because I know that if I didn't I was gonna get hurt :lol: Fairly simple.

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:37 am
by Antius
Pungemo wrote:
Antius wrote:Meaning you had your MS trashed and lost 100k supers for 64b naq. Then you say it's profitable? lol... the story is roughly the same for tita btw.

Oh, and why did you go to ppt, then perg? ;)


Can't remember what i took from you. Some cases are borderline. My mothership was hardly trashed :lol: Spending 3bil on repairs isn't really gonna trouble me :lol:

Also, I believe a fair portion of the numbers I lost were actually mercenaries. and I stole 90bil of tits :lol:

Also, I didn't go on PPT then perg. I went on PPT after one session of farming. After which I had assessments due so I couldn't pop in to make sure if someone was gonna hit me back. I've been off PPT alll day. I went into perg because I know that if I didn't I was gonna get hurt :lol: Fairly simple.


Erm, the 100k super number came from my temp. records, so I would recommend not arguing with it, unless you want to look really stupid LOL

And... well come back out to main. I think some people want to play with your account ;)

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:44 am
by AKJ
You can play with his ascended one too
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=94435
Im thinking 5mil plus if you're not gonna autobuy.

Re: Farming is unprofitable

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:47 am
by Antius
I'm NOT going to give 3 days of my farming to you for an ID that I know about, and don't care about LOL

that being said.. I'll just do what he did to get the naq back. I figure I break even if I attack for 3b from his alliance mates, so... any time they have 3b+ out, I'll take it until I get my 64b naq back :) Then we'll be even ;)