See, and I have a completely different strategy than izmailov. So, play around and see what works for you. A lot of the fun is finding your own way around the challenges and feeling accomplished when you don't go bankrupt every year and then when you are always winning the racing...
UK Biker, it sorta goes hand-in-hand. The biggest stopper is quality so I suggest researching quality early along with weight and size as these values are limiting and quality greatly increases this. Design is a good way to get things to go up by a percentage, so the higher these values the more effective it is. What's more, sometimes you need to do design for several levels to get that edge before the new car can be viable like heat production on a racing engine is too much, design can help. All-in-all, my best advice is to diversify. As you may notice, you get diminishing returns and a price caps, so making several of the same car (limit quantity) or if you can afford it, make two different cars (like Standard and Transport) with some overlapping parts and you will better maximize on your workforce. Either way, it's an idle game, just play and figure out your own edge.
I just lost 65 million in taxes... would be nice to find other ways to handle the taxes. Maybe do donations to help with company image and count as a tax break?
Ryu, I've hit another odd glitch... I have -18, -3, and -2 cars produced. No idea what chain of events lead to it. First time using limited additions and I think this is all cars that are limited... which all of these are.
@Jhonpalliser5 - Offline gains are done in the form of progress points. I feel that they aren't as loaded as they should be... but instead of getting 3 months every hour offline you get 2 while you are away to spend when you can focus on the game. Slows progress too much, imo. @Ryu82: Bug, I have 100 car souls and when I spend 100 car souls it tells me I do not have enough. Tried spending it on Max car price, if that helps.
@S30Z Not sure how to say this... when you research, you need to reach multiples of 5 for any benefit. You can take points out of other categories to spend in other areas. So, when you have 7 points in engine and need to make a new engine for various strategies, that is 2 points wasted. You can't free-up 3 bonus points to put into there and you can recover the 2 expensive points. You research for "Design" points. So, you either need to add 5 design points to the engine to get to the next cylinder or you need to lose 5 to drop it. Anything that isn't a multiple of 5 is wasted and I am suggesting that not be the case.
@MikeyMcMike That isn't my point. My point is a suggestion for some value for 2-4 point differences or significantly reduce research cost. If I have an engine with 18 points of research it is treated as an engine of 15 points of research. There will be times due to game events or sheer timing that you have to forgo this investment entirely and can't wait until you are able to afford the remainder 2 points else go bankrupt by the time you do.
@Ryu82 Would also like to recommend some kind of indicator for the end of the month. It would help plan research and design. Often times I am trying to spend as much as I can in December but may have to decide to scatter my research because I don't know if I'll get enough in that focus. There are other areas this will benefit like setting-up for a race last minute.
As cylinder cost so much and takes 5 points to go up one, would be nice if I have 3 points into it and free-up 2 more points that I could up it instead of having them wasted. Else, reduce that crippling cost, 742k for level 18 to 19 and 781k for the following makes it cost several million just to up it to 20. If I have 3 points left over and want to hold off for that +1.5M, that be nice...
@Anyone who cares: Design will increase any stat that has parenthesis "( )" next to it. A little doesn't go a long way. The (Value) will be the base and next to it will be the current.
@TurboMattK I am still pretty new to this game so I can't say I have the best strategies figured out yet. I try to go on as long as I can and keep the loans coming in hopes to get the one more soul out of the respawn. It might be better though, to just keep taking it right-off if you can't really earn that much more quickly. I am on year 1914 and hanging strong but my racing team might cripple me though, their cost is $135K of my 165K/yr expense.
Anyone know if increasing design is worth it? I can't figure out what it does exactly and the in-game text seems a little vague.
Ryu82! Sorry for filling up your board... just want to say, I played your other idle games and played games on Kongregate for over 11 years. This is the first time I spent money on any of these games. Not much right now, but I'll send you more if you keep progressing this game. Great work, man. Also, awesome work on the anti-cheat system. Pretty top notch and beyond what I'd expect on Kongregate.
@Kofi6111: It tells you when you mouse over the size for the body design. Keep in mind the Chassis has to match the "Body Size" stat as the Body size stat is for them to combine. Something like... 1 million cc (cubic centimeters) is the smallest for 1 person and 1 extra person for every 400k points after that. So, 3 people would be 1.8 Million people and 4 at 2.2 million (30 points for the first size and 40 points for every size after that). Again, has to go in BOTH Chassis and body size. Makes this stat pretty late game.
Game is far to alpha to be fun... Don't know why I keep returning to it. The time it takes to reach past 7 prestige is too long. I have not received anything new in the last 6 prestige. The time it takes to set-up is far too long. There has not been a noticeable update that changes or improves game play in over 3 weeks. Many statements about apologies saying that "This is the first week that we have had no update." This week it is "Hey, guys, there is a shadow." I have been getting the same cards for weeks. This game was running 5+ hours a day and while I work and while I host my media server. I am moving on...
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