Topic: Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City) - page 69. (Read 632672 times)

Hello!
I didnt play 22.05 but there is operations in my acc
what does it means?
http://www.imageup.ru/img71/2438272/bsog.jpg.html

Over 1500 XMR worth of items have already been sold from the TownSwipe account. Thank you everyone for contributing in supporting the game so far!

The advertised collectibles sold out quickly, we will list more unique and fungible items for sale since it seems especially old (1300's and 1400's) items are in demand. The gold pricing script is coming soon and after that many gold coins and gold items will also come to the market.


Land Sales:
And finally here comes the interesting sales of properties in Old Town and New Town. Pricing is very interesting as the land is priced according to HM knowledge, as well as the latest trades conducted: land sales will start a little bit higher than base price; the desired properties will be sold at the asking price so don't wait too long if you want a certain property! After a while still unsold land will be lowered in Dutch auction until sold, or until they reach the base price, after which the unsold land will just stay in TownSwipe holding until sold. If you want to catch a property when the dutch auction round happens, leave a high bid just below the ask, to make sure you get the desired lot when the price is lowered.

To make it even more interesting, lots that have buildings on them are priced at; the raw land price, or, at 3% APR income (of the total sell price, income according to the lot pool), according to which one is higher. This can lead to some interesting discounts in the land market, as with any lot including a small size building or a larger lot only partly built in; you get the building including the materials, for free.

The lots available for purchase, the starting prices are:

Old Town:
1-E-E32 @ 90mil
1-N-C5 @ 260mil (includes building)
1-N-C6 @ 260mil
1-NE-T17 @ 285 mil (includes building) Buyer can also buy the beautiful 'El Bulli Golden Interiors' item/BFG-8 at the price of the raw CKG included in the item.
1-NE-T64 @ 75mil SOLD!
1-NE-T65 @ 90mil SOLD!
1-NW-P11 @ 120mil
1-SE-E14 @ 13.5mil (includes building) SOLD!
1-SE-E7 @ 13.5mil (includes building) SOLD!
1-SW-L26 @ 50mil
1-W-K8 @ 166mil (includes building) SOLD!
1-W-L7 @ 68mil SOLD!

New Town:
2-C-C5 @ 70mil
2-NW-H4 @ 400mil Includes the item/BFO-1 The Maximox Labyrinth made out of living plants
2-W-V1 @ 240mil
2-W-V6 @ 396mil

Culture&Science
3-W-C12 @ 120mil

Things are happening in the Crypto Kingdom Wiki
Access wiki here: http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/CryptoKingdom_Wiki

The time has come to collect all the rules of different subgames, and all rulings of the King, from this thread into an easy-to-access form into the CK wiki.

Thread includes 179 pages of scattered information, so it is quite the undertaking, please bear with the 'slow' progress. I am working through every single thread post from the newest to the oldest in this thread, collecting, categorizing and organizing all the information there, resulting to wiki pages that include all the important information in an easy-to-read form. Hopefully you will enjoy the outcome!

Here are a few teasers of new pages:
http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/Building_Guide --> Your ultimate guide to The Buildings in Ultima, take a look!
http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/Deposit --> How to deposit, It's simple as 1.-2. ...!
http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/Bailiff --> What kind of suit do I need to own? Which productions items are restricted? The bailiff knows, and now you do too!
http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/General_Surety_Corporation --> What happens to a negative 'm' balance? -General Surety Corp backs it up! (and collects overdraft from those that go into debt)
http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/NPCC --> Including all relevant NPCC rules in easy-read format
http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/Stockmarketcontest -->This new contest is still looking for more participants who want to make a killing in the stock market and win prizes.

The landing page at http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/CryptoKingdom_Wiki is also going through some re-structuring to make all the information in the wiki more accessible, especially for the new players who need the information the most (or the older ones who have much knowledge but every now and then something slips their mind) I'd be very happy to hear ideas on how to improve it; to make it more accessible and useful for all.

Syksy has created a beautiful layout for the Crypto Kingdom Gamepedia wiki. Now it is up to us, the community, to fill it with all the relevant information about our game. If you want to help, check the stub articles that could use expanding http://cryptokingdom.gamepedia.com/Category:Stubs  

Cool collectibles
CP1300C artefact coin made of unknown metal, only 15mil
GAGR Gold Rings from 1450, only 15mil
GIP-4 Necklace made from bear tooth from 1378, only 15mil

New lowered asks in
Horses (H4, H5, H6)
Production shares (S-FOI, S-CAN, S-WW)

Coming soon: collectible CR-Gold Coins, land in OldTown etc.

The Royal CryptoArmy - Battle Value (BV) calculation


Hark all ye Commanders of Army Units,

The army is the first guardian of the success of the Kingdom; without it, there is no peace and prosperity. The oldest Army units were commissioned in the 1440s, with the official founding year of the Royal CryptoArmy being 1466, the 100th birthyear of rpietila I.

256673   Consume   SCI   10,000   Crown (1)   New (5)      20.05.16 (06:47)   Combined Arms

Unable to wait any more and eager to see the total army strength listed in all its glory in the Coronation, the King has decided to pay the Scientific Advance of Combined Arms (10,000 SCI) from his pocket, as a gift to everyone operating an army unit.

The benefits of the advance include:
- Possibility to get Modern Battle Aquilas for a 10% command bonus
- 30% combined arms bonus for units having a section of Cavalry, Musketeers, Light Infantry and Artillery, (20% for 3/4 of them; 10% for 2/4)
- Artillery sections may now have 4 guns instead of 3 (fourth gun is slightly less efficiency)
- Much nicer and more detailed troops report page for more fun and better battle resolution.

New Organisation of a Unit

A Unit is essentially unchanged in its components, it can still have 9 types of NPC, 9 types of horses, and CANN, MKT and PIS as weapons. The new thing is that all these are assigned exactly to each of the soldiers, who belong to the half-sections, gun teams and sections. The maximum number of sections is 7 (one always being the Command section) with a maximum of 2 Cavalry, 2 Musketeer/Light Inf and 2 Artillery.

The men, horses and weapons shall be assigned to the sections according to the following rules and guidelines:

- Only officers may be in Command section; both the antiquated rules pertaining to number of officers need to at least equal the number of sections (including Command!), to avoid penalty. Also the higher officers are less effective unless there is an officer of each of the lower rank represented as well ("gap penalty rule" is unchanged) are REMOVED. Officers now give FP(Cavalry) in addition to Command, so having them is useful and penalty is not needed.

- Command section may be as small as 1 officer, but each of the others need to be 3 troops minimum, (if the section exists). The smallest total manpower is therefore 4 (1+3).

- The Commander (PC) may serve personally to command his unit in his rank.

- The section must be filled in order, eg. in Cavalry, each section is max 8 troops, therefore the 4th horseman must be added to the 1st half-section (of 4 horsemen total); the 5th is the 2nd half-section leader; the 6th is the 2nd half-section right-hand man; 7-8th are the remaining positions in the 2nd half-section. Several unfilled sections are allowed to coexist though.

- Assigning the horses and weapons to the troops is almost free but the bonuses guide the effective placement strongly, with the main points:

* Cavalry section is max 2 half-sections, 4+4 troops. Cavalry gets good bonuses from horses, and each level of horse increases the bonus. Make sure the best horses are allocated most effectively between the officers and cavalry. Cavalry cannot operate cannons, and a musket is a small benefit only. The main weapons are pistols, of which 2 can be carried per dragoon. A MSG with a H4 and 2*PIS yields 4+1.5+2 = 7.5 FP, and cavalry has the highest multiplier available, First Sergeant (3.0x), making this 22.5 FP from one combatant. [FP = Fighting Points, they are any of the constituents of the combat strength of a unit, with 1*PTE providing 1 FP ; BV = Battle Value, the overall measure of the probability of beating an opponent army in battle, so that having 2x the BV means about 85-90% chance of winning the encounter.]

* Command section is max 7 officers, and operate basically as cavalry, who are not taking active part in the fight but rather direct it. The get both FP and Command rating, which is multiplied with the FP of the sections to get the BV.

* Infantry section is max 2 half-sections, 5+5 troops. Infantry can be classified to 2 types, Heavy Infantry (Musketeers) and Light Infantry (swords, pikes, pistols). The Light Infantry gets only 1 FP for having a MKT (whereas Musketeers get 2 FP). Otherwise the 2 types are identical and the player can designate to which type a section belongs to. The reason to have light infantry is that if not many muskets are anyway available, this gives a 10% combined arms command bonus, applicable to all sections. Also in actual battle, Light Infantry are at least as good in charging as the musketeers. (The orthodox tactics do not encourage infantry charges, for which reason they don't count as BV). A kick-ass mobile musketeer, a MSG with a H2, a MKT and a PIS sidearm, gives 4+0.5+2+0.5 = 7 FP, with 2.5x multiplier as a section leader, for a total of 17.5 FP.

* Artillery section is max 4 gun teams, 3+3+3+3 troops. It operates the CANN cannons that provide 4 FP to the gun team leader (who also gets a multiplier). Whereas cavalry and infantry may have less than full strength, with artillery, each CANN requires 3 men to operate, otherwise it does not give the 4 FP. The second man in the gun team is Defender, with possibly MKT/PIS as weapons, the third one takes care of the horse that can move the CANN during battle if he is H2 or higher level (horse is mandatory). A decent gun team might consist of a SGT and 2*PTE, CANN of course and a MKT and a H2. This gives the FP yields of (3+0+4)*2.5 + (1+0+1)*1.5 + (1+0.5+0)*1 = 17.5 + 3 + 1.5 = 22 FP for the gun team of three.

* There is a new research advance by the RWWC: CANN24 heavy 24-pounder cannon, which did not get any research bonuses from foreign powers - it is certain that in the south they have them, but possible that neither Sweden nor Polonia have them in active use (there are intermediate calibers as well between CANN's 3 and CANN24's 24 pounds, though). The CANN24 weighs 2,000 kg, all bronze (200 KMT apiece) and all production is contracted by the OldDuchy until the end of 1645. Afterwards, RWWC is selling them for about 100 mil apiece for fixed platforms. The gun crew is 6.

- Army strengths are evaluated rather soon after the retire&promote round, allowing time for making the trades and fixes before, and for campaigning after. The manual recalculation is needed only after 3 years, or if the organisation changes.

- The BV will be calculated separately for 5 occasions: basic (no bonus), field (cavalry bonus), rugged terrain (infantry bonus), siege (artillery bonus) and patrolling (bonus for the number of men&horses). Of these,
* Patrol is used in the peacetime as the "peacekeeping rating" because the raw manpower is more important than their battle efficiency if no battle is going on!
* Basic is used when talking about BV, distributing loot from battle to different troops etc. unless otherwise specified.
* The others are used in actual battle situations to gauge the odds of success.
* The battle is simulated "realistically" with terrain, positioning, orders etc.

- The recording sheet is the /NewArmy in the GameDB. Please ask help from me in the IRC or appoint yourself to be the Quartermaster General who knows all about the Army subgame and helps in conducting it.

The NPCC have been gifted items that they can either choose to consume, or sell them to buy other things from the market.
The gifting of these items is lowering the daily allowance of 'm', item value is calculated from the current midprice.

2500 CAN (worth 2.5mil)
1500 MEAD (worth 1.46mil)
4 ABS (1.09mil)
28 W1615P (1.68mil)
13 VOD (1.55mil)

Due to the item gifting the NPCC daily allowance is cut by 8.28mil for today. Normal daily allowance is 15mil, so this will leave some loose money to buy/trade other necessary consumables as well.

I think the registration page is very nice and easy. It doesn't need much really. Some TOS perhaps, yes, but it is very good in doing what a player wants: Getting registered quickly without too much hassle. The only real question I had was whether the age is related to my RL or ingame character (since it said "character age" I thought that it would probably be 90% the ingame one) and what the pros or cons of choosing a certain age are. For example 15 is more futureproof than 20 (if the character dies) but then again, can a 15yr old do the same things a 20yr old character can? This is the type of question I was asking myself.

As for the email/nick, the player name is more ok to login with because it is shorter than the email. It would probably be my first choice upon the first login, but when I signed up the browser offers to remember your signup details, and as it happens, it remembered the email/pass. So when it tried to login, it predictably failed because that's the pair it saved, not the nick/pass.



For a start, it'll probably require a different page altogether for new users. "if player = noob then show noobpage". (noobpage should also have a link to the announcement pages / landing page). The noobpage should deal with absolute basics. How to move, how to keep the character alive, explanations of how things work that the player who comes onboard is asking himself - things like that.

As for the current page, a general rule to reduce visual overload is to categorize information with labels. If the billboard is split in multiple “labeled” subsections, one can quickly sort through the pile by simply ignoring the parts of the screen with certain labels that don’t interest him. For example, if I have no money I’m not interested in buying anything, so my eye and brain don’t have to focus on the section of the page where it deals with offers for selling stuff. Aesthetically speaking, if the labeled parts are in their own mixed graphics frame-text window, then they might appear better.



Nice.


I’m not a native english speaker and while I am certified as ‘proficient’ in the language, I hadn’t heard the word. There were too many words that were unknown or weird and this creates a negative psychological effect. The mind is rarely in the mood of learning a whole sort of new things and when it is overloaded with trying to learn a new game, the interface and then also faces unknown terminology – it’s all too much to handle. It triggers the “familiarity of comfort” response that wants to take you out of the game to more familiar environments, terms, etc. This will, predictably, be more intense as an effect if the age of the new entrant is higher. As the age grows people are willing to devote less time and are less patient in dealing with new systems, new terminologies etc. (This is actually me, debugging my mind reactions in realtime, as it reacts with the sensory input of the new game environment and what is sees.)

For example (negative reaction on too much new terminology):


...this generates a "what the .... are all these" and "that is all way too complicated" response.

From my gamer perspective it needs some simplification and perhaps (?) stripping of terminology to make it immediately intuitive how it works and what the coordinates mean. Coordinates, being an essential part to navigate around, are kind of “a common language” that should be easy to understand without much effort. In my experience coordinate type systems (x,y) with easily distinct parts, or simple N-W-E-S moves, should do it. It may be that the way these coordinates are expressed are problematic right now. But as it is, it’s confusing (to me at least).


Unfortunately I can’t help much in this department. I can make a thorough review of the system as a new player, even write guides if I stick around, play it and like it (right now it seems unappealing to my mind’s inclination to return to its familiarity of comfort and not have to navigate all this complexity and counter-intuitive design), but coding is not my strong point.

I understand that development-wise, everything has a reason for being what it currently is – but the player won’t be convinced by debating the reasons of why he sees what he sees – he simply wants an environment which he can feel comfortable in playing with. I’m saying this in a constructive manner, even if it seems “negative”. It's not like if I was developing the game I would make a better job with my limited skills, so...

As for the emerald, keep it for now, I may ask it if I stick around (ingame id Alex / #422) and understand more about the basics of the game (like what happens to the emerald if I die, if I don’t eat, whether it is safe with me or it can be stolen by other players who can kill me and loot my inventory etc etc – these are all still unknown to me). I didn’t have much time to explore these last 2 days, but hopefully I'll have some time in the weekend. Hopefully. I'll be keeping notes if I navigate around.

Land in B.22 and B.23:
Land price is based on the size of the lot, all lots in the borough sell for the same price at 20mil /q (=200k /1sqm). However some lots are better than others for visibility, centrality and other factors, so check what is for sale and buy your pick quickly before someone else does.

Land in B.4:
Land price is based on the size of the lot, all lots in the borough sell for the same price at 9mil /q (=90k /1sqm). However some lots are better than others for visibility, centrality and other factors, so check what is for sale and buy your pick quickly before someone else does. (Syksy had high bids for small lots in 4-C so those sold already, since they were over the 9mil/q asking price)

Production shares:
S-VE1
S-CAN
S-FOI
S-WW
DIS

Unique suits:
Orange 12mil
Green 5mil
These spoil less than the fungible suits, yet are not much more expensive, consider buying a unique suit for your character.

NewCorp is happy that the IPO has been going well. Be it recorded into this semi-permanent storage that NewCorp has bought the chapelry 8-N from Town at the price of 1,000 mil (0.066 mil/sqm).

The Town is still selling chapelries in opened boroughs as follows:

8-SE, 1000 mil, farmable: YES (65*S-VE1), geology: 960, macrolocation: 5%, wetness: 3   
6-SE, 1000 mil, farmable: YES (65*S-VE1), geology: 960, macrolocation: 0%, wetness: 3
6-SW, 1000 mil, farmable: YES (65*S-VE1), geology: 841, macrolocation: 0%, wetness: 3
6-W, 1000 mil, farmable: YES (65*S-VE1), geology: 644, macrolocation: 0%, wetness: 3
6-N, 1000 mil, farmable: YES (65*S-VE1), geology: 722, macrolocation: 0%, wetness: 3
6-NW, 1000 mil, farmable: NO, geology: 110, macrolocation: 0%, wetness: 2

Farm costs 5,000*BLD to start and does not have running cost, only VEG incomes. When the farming ends, the BLD is not recovered. It is possible to quarry after farming, other way it is not possible. The 65*S-VE1 must be returned at the end of farming. (During farming it is possible to sell them, or if the farming is intended to be perpetual).

Quarry geology is three digits, first one is topsoil, the sum of the latter is good stone. 70*WP is needed to quarry away one "point", eg 722 has 7+2+2 = 11 points, yielding 7*0.3 + 2*1.2 + 2*1.2 = 6.6 mil STO1.

Building repair deterioration is slower, the smaller the wetness coefficient. Quarrying away the topstone reduces the parameter from 3 to 2.

If NewCorp stock sales continue and the Corp gets more money, it will invest in these chapelries as they are currently the only raw land for sale in town.

Pistol shooting recording sheet is opened in GoogleDB/Coronation.

The deadline for spending of SCI to better your aim is postponed to end-1640 (this year).

Especially with the booming prices of gems, the prizes are very nice 

Upgrade your Horses for the Pistol Shooting Contests and the Coronation:
H3 @ 5mil
H4 @ 10mil
H5 @ 18mil
H6 @ 32mil
TRH-9 riding equipment @ 15mil

Spirits:
ABS @ 345k
CXO @ 600k
CLXII @ 2mil
BRA @ 200k
DOM @ 2.5mil
GIN @ 350k
LAG @ 1.3mil
RME @ 1mil
VOH @ 400k

Fungible suits from WOS-A1 to WOS-G and everything in between, buy yours from TownSwipe asks.

More things will come to the market in the next days, so see what is for sale here, https://cryptokingdom.me/player/playerItems/248 and put your bids ready!

Greetings from the TownSwipe corporation,

After a recent sweep of dead characters the TownSwipe has acquired many game items that are now for sale at nice discounted prices, compared to previous lowest asks. Full list of Townswipe items can be found behind this link: https://cryptokingdom.me/player/playerItems/248

A few picks from the items already listed in the market, purchase yours now:

Consumables:
CAN @ 950m
CIG @ 19k
DOM @ 2.5mil
SW3 @ 3mil
FOIE @ 28k
MUS @ 60k
SHI @ 28k
Also many wines at greatly reduced ask prices, check the deals out in Wines tab on the Marketplace.

Gems for the Coronation:
EME, EMEX, SAPX, TOP, TOPX and JAD
TownSwipe ask prices are placed in the middle between the highest bid and the previous lowest ask.

Others:
CON @ 20.5mil
BLD @ 11k
IC @ 62k
SCI @ 70k

More things will come to the market in the next days, so see what is for sale here, https://cryptokingdom.me/player/playerItems/248 and put your bids ready!

Make sure you have access to the /NPCC4-tab at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tgIzgMza7NQsTpMO9pHke1ZVXYH7l5Sj5bHdZHItivo/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=1569380517
If you don't have access to write, do a request via the Google sheet (it should automatically do an application which will then be approved). If there's any message fields to insert, put "NPCC #4".
If you encounter any other problems or have questions, feel free to approach me.

The modified luxury consumption rules are here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.14874683
The main rules for #3 are here (apply in exception to above): https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.14504527
The main rules for #2 which were only fine-tuned to #3: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.14134679

I would suggest 2 or three direct links ('My Char', 'Marketplace' and maybe 'Map') plus an explicit 'Menu' link. On mobile this should be fixed on the bottom for easy thumb reach.

Prince Noms is seeking new challenges and is withdrawing from White Cross

The County of White Cross is the 21st peerage of Crypto Kingdom, and is located in the south. It was designated March (borderland) in 1625. It has not been under attack nor local uprisings, and has provided a Gold Unicorn, special water whose efficiency for health is still unresearched, and an Obsidian find. The county has 62*PRE and a healthy base of production shares (see here).

We are willing to give a leap promotion to Margrave for the player who feels this is an excellent opportunity to jump into County game, and has the experience and financial resources to do so. Please contact me as soon as expedient, so that we would not lose the county to neglect, it has a very promising potential for establishing administration and even expansion because its borders are unsettled to a great extent!

Update on Countryside subgame

This subgame is going to a rehaul so that the essential mechanics become more established. The result will be according to following lines:

- County is a major effort. Operating one requires a long-term strategy with the game, as the potential rewards are enormous, surpassing any other opportunities in the game, but they will only be realised when the game succeeds and gains a large number of players. The game is currently valued at $0.5-1.0 million with one active county of 100+ players. It is up to everyone to figure out how much the new towns with 1000s of players each are valued. These towns start as property of the county lords, and the price to gain them is significant, yet very small compared to the potential.

- County needs management to gain PRE points. When 100 PRE is gained, the seat (town) can be established and land trade may start. After 100 PRE, the management will do double-duty, both administer the county and also quarry stone there. The stone will be possible to be used to build roads, forts and manors in the county area. When buildings are built to the towns, the Building Editor will be similar to the one in CryptoTown, and other resources are needed. The counties will get large amounts of stone due to the preferential formula that assumes only "good stone", no overburden. County stone is localised to the county and cannot be transported elsewhere.

- Army is rehauled as well. The field army will be based on Companies & Regiments in a new structure that calculates the BV in a more detailed way. Each Field Army unit will consist of the Command section and up to 6 other sections: (2 Cavalry, 2 Infantry and 2 Artillery). The allocation of men, horses and weapons can be pinpointed for maximum effectiveness in fulfilling the specific objectives and to gain the maximum bonuses from the 3 disciplines (Cav, Inf, Art). The Retire&Promote will continue to be every 3 years, so after that, there is a period of intense market activity and army organisation, and then the campaign will be in the following summer with live evaluation round(s). There will be one campaign period every 3 years, and the results and the loot will be calculated at the end.

The smaller Army units will be designated Garrison, whose BV is calculated with a separate, automatic formula straight from the Character ownership. Having a good garrison ensures that the affairs in the county, manor, or other place, go smoothly. The system will keep a Stability point tally and administer problems to places with insufficient protection.

- The Map of Crypto Kingdom will be drafted to allow better visualisation of the location of countries and campaigns.

- The building of Road Network will allow production of VEG and MEAT further afield, and ease the movement of troops.

- SCI has been neglected for a time. I will take the SCI subgame back to my control and the first thing to do is to list the new uses for SCI:

* SCI can again be used to gain PRE. The formula is identical to what it used to be. Evaluation is every 3 years, before the retire&promote (ie. next time in 2 days!) You can gain PRE by moving SCI to the county account before the evaluation, and it will be admin-consumed and converted to SCI as follows:
WP minimum: 3, PRE yield: 1, STOx (if PRE=100): 51000, SCI spend max: 50, additional PRE from SCI: 1
WP minimum: 6, PRE yield: 2, STOx (if PRE=100): 102000, SCI spend max: 100, additional PRE from SCI: 2
WP minimum: 10, PRE yield: 3, STOx (if PRE=100): 170000, SCI spend max: 150, additional PRE from SCI: 3
WP minimum: 15, PRE yield: 4, STOx (if PRE=100): 255000, SCI spend max: 250, additional PRE from SCI: 4
WP minimum: 20, PRE yield: 5, STOx (if PRE=100): 340000, SCI spend max: 350, additional PRE from SCI: 5
WP minimum: 25, PRE yield: 6, STOx (if PRE=100): 425000, SCI spend max: 450, additional PRE from SCI: 6
WP minimum: 32, PRE yield: 7, STOx (if PRE=100): 544000, SCI spend max: 600, additional PRE from SCI: 7
WP minimum: 40, PRE yield: 8, STOx (if PRE=100): 680000, SCI spend max: 750, additional PRE from SCI: 8
WP minimum: 50, PRE yield: 9, STOx (if PRE=100): 850000, SCI spend max: 900, additional PRE from SCI: 9
WP minimum: 63, PRE yield: 10, STOx (if PRE=100): 1071000, SCI spend max: 1100, additional PRE from SCI: 10
WP minimum: 80, PRE yield: 11, STOx (if PRE=100): 1360000, SCI spend max: 1300, additional PRE from SCI: 11
WP minimum: 100, PRE yield: 12, STOx (if PRE=100): 1700000, SCI spend max: 1500, additional PRE from SCI: 12

It is notable that the maximum SCI spend is dependent on the managerial base available. It is not mandatory to spend SCI, and it is possible to spend a smaller amount.

* RWWC is researching a large cannon, CANN24. The project has been ongoing for a time and has accumulated 6500/10000 SCI already with bonuses. The company is managed by Rakshasa who will soon convene with King about the completion of the project and the production of these new weapons. They cannot be used by field armies due to the excessive bulk, but can be taken to strengthen the country defences in town sites, forts and the like. And later be used in ships as well. The exact spex such as the KMT cost (anyway considerable) are subject to d20.

* Zenon has been researching the Medicine of Youth for decades, but lacks SCI. 5000/10000 is the current progress. Something needs to be arranged to get this project ready. Zenon's new facilities should be ready this year in B.22.

* The Road Construction scientific advance is pending 10000 SCI, which may be subject to help from Sweden. It is absolutely necessary to get the production shares increased in the counties, and the beneficiaries are expected to take part in the research.

* With some espionage by NewLiberty, the Combined Arms doctrine is 2500/10000 done. Unfortunately we hit a bad roll, otherwise we could be further progressed already. This is of utmost priority to get the new Army rehaul with the best bonuses. King is committed to paying half of the remaining cost.

* We have made a breakthrough in Fortress Construction, 7500/10000 is done with the help of our keen engineers, espionage, and campaign in the South, which was useful albeit disastrous.

* Shipbuilding will have a complete module when it starts. At that point, SCI is needed for that as well.

- County evaluation for PRE, Army etc will be in every 3 years, and the first time is about now (no earlier than Friday). So please supply your counties with fresh management to gain the advantage of 3 years' PRE with zero years' cost! (ASS-1, MGR-1, WOR-1 are all convertible from IC).

- If a county has negative M, it will not only rake a -0.5% per day as overdraft, but also gain severe penalties in its efficiency. Don't let this happen and fix the situation immediately! All things considered, a county in this stage of the game is negative cash flow. If you are unsure whether you want to continue, seek councel. The oversized rewards that having a county will gain you, will only be realised when the county is populated with a large number of players. Each investment and participation in the game has its rewards, and with county, they have the highest leverage.

Dear all,

we now have a potential 7th member, who is willing to participate in case nobody else wants to consider this position. So if you are willing to compete, please post here (or query me at freenode) ASAP to take this spot, otherwise we'll fire up the competition with these contestants in a few hours.

Best regards,
Lord Syksy

Thank you, your Majesty. Hopefully the markets can stabilize and not fall further

The new terms for Manors are (fixed fee per year, until otherwise stated):
Aaspere: 20 mil
Essu: 19 mil
Haljala: 18 mil
Kunda: 17 mil
Pada: 16 mil

I thank you for faithfully managing the Manors. As you know, the game is in development, and freehold has not become a possibility yet as we do not have the countryside module set such that the GM events such as looting the manors, would occur by system-administration. The manual administration of them takes too much admin effort, and may also be perceived unfair (although the track record of the GMs is spotless as for fairness). When the countryside module is revamped, my intention is to give the manors to freehold, meaning they will be irrevocable countryside property of the owners.

Please everyone pay the 100 mil that is now due. Pay it to OldDuchy (#48). You have until the end of the year to do it.

To all NPCC contestants: to try and make it fairer for all, I will transfer 3 days' worth (today and the previous two days) of stipend at 12 GMT (so in 4 hours from this post), so that everyone has a chance to start at the same time. Those that don't sleep anyway, but you can only do so much.