50% Tax Plan Vs. 100% Tax Plan

[PU239]

Gold is worth plenty in bp on a new server because resources are cheap so you can build more troops and get a second city going quickly.

oh didn't notice that coming, sorry I sat corrected

[Snuffy from 67]

not really when you are still in bp or fresh out from it, money is worthless ^_^, what worth is money to upgrade stuff if you don't have that population to produce troops to defend and expand your empire ^_^ like you said when just wait till you have a lot of ballistas to farm ^_^ just my opinion ^_^ I'm not saying this true though. =p

How are you going to get those ballistas without spending the gold on the relevant researches? Technologies are critical, because you never lose them. Even if all of your developed cities are taken and you're left sitting with a crappy town with no resources and 0 pop, you still have your techs.

Gold is quite valuable in BP, because you want to get as far as you can within that seven day limit. Because of the limitations of BP, the only way to get gold is from your population. (Yes, I know you can sell resources on the market and get gold that way, but in the early stages, doing so handicaps you more than anything).

[barrows ownz]

people actually use tax?..
3k gold an hour, 300k every 4 days, thats about 550k a week, for all that effort?
ill keep my 0 tax and loose a little gold, without even slightly risking my citys

[Snuffy from 67]

people actually use tax?..
3k gold an hour, 300k every 4 days, thats about 550k a week, for all that effort?
ill keep my 0 tax and loose a little gold, without even slightly risking my citys

Early game, tax is necessary.

Once you can start training ballistas, tax is useless.

[barrows ownz]

Early game, tax is necessary.

Once you can start training ballistas, tax is useless.

i started playing on server 1, and have never had tax

and ive been playing for months now, im going alright..

[stevengompers]

I've read a lot about taxes on these forums and the constant variable is how much you play, and servers going down.

I only play a few hours a day, and here's the SIMPLE way to make the most gold if you only only play a few hours a day:

1. While you're playing, strategically get your pop to 100%. I lower my taxes in intervals of 10 until my pop reaches 100%. But you could do it however, just get your pop to 100% while you're playing.
2. When your pop reaches 100%, change your tax rate to 50% and log off. The only key to this working is that your labor force is at or less than half your pop limit.

-This isn't the best way to make lots of gold, but it's simple for the moderate player, and certainly makes you more gold than just leavingyour tax rate set at any certain percentage.

The only other key is this: more people=more gold. Period.

So that's my SIMPLE tax plan.