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how much defence should a banker have?

say your at 75 planets with 300k nw.. how many solds should you have? any sort of % or ratio or anything that is preferred?

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As much as needed, as low as possible. When (in a big fam) in a secure core you could most likely do with 5K ground. When you have alot of hostiles you might even go to 50K or something.

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lol

300k nw makes you a target for attackers that are about 400k nw in size, you should go for 200k soldiers, not 50k.....

300k soldiers is a little ridiculous, so I'd say around 250k will keep you ahead of the competition

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lol dont be stupid, if hes only 300k NW why would he want 250k soldiers? that would ruin any sort of income he would wish to have, my advice is play it by ear, ask other bankers in your fam, ask your top attackers what they think, summarise it all then you should have a good idea of how much is necessary.

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Re: banker defence

> Abound wrote:

> how much defence should a banker have?

say your at 75 planets with 300k nw.. how many solds should you have? any sort of % or ratio or anything that is preferred?

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there isnt a concrete answer to this question, it depends on many factors. Your fam leader should know how is the basic defense for bankers at any time of the round, if not, change your vote.

My advice: for a safe core build some lasers in the portalled planets, not more than 21 per planet, and then build 5k figs for basic defense. The ground isnt really that important in this case. For a threatened core you must grow your ground, ask your attacker then about the enemies fleet size, do infils, etc...

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look, if you use the bonuses right then you need 1/4th of your income as ground (soldiers) one half of that if you have droids... so get driods.
and use RC's and research bonus.... over all it is a lot more profitable that infra, but if you keep up with TO's then your planet count will help in costing the attacker more morale if your CF.
so pop lots of ground, welfare research, and TO's, if CF more research to economy, and balance out both fighters and ground. ... just don't portal as much.

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Keep fighters low tho. 90% of the attackers will kill them instantly anyway. Just make sure you can handle mass sending of fighters.

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300k nw makes you a target for attackers that are about 400k nw in size, you should go for 200k soldiers, not 50k.....

300k soldiers is a little ridiculous, so I'd say around 250k will keep you ahead of the competition

woah dude, idk what I was thinking when I wrote that lol, I guess it was like 2 am or something


plz ignore that lol, cougar said 1/4 of your income as ground, thats feasable if you are a pure banker, if not, and your SS, then you won't have that luxury as you have to produce your own iron etc. I'd say go for around 1/8 of your income if thats the case, and bump it up if a war or farming occurs...

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Re: banker defence

If im a banker i like stationing some of my ground on a planet, if an attacker has shares he's going to run you down anyways so you lose less. plus if you catch yourself after you can unstation so it will stop the raid.

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If any enemy attacker has shares with you then it would be wise to raise portals during war times. Also no need to station fleet when you're trying to protect planets with portals.... That ruins the whole purpose of portals for bankers.

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if your letting yourself share with enemy attackers then give up tongue your asking to get raided

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I went through an entire round once with 2k soldiers, it was a very safe core. In the end was making 5mil a tick with 2k soldiers.

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thats nice tongue. but yes if you have decent attackers and a safe enough core you really don't need much in ground defense.

and i prefer droids to soldiers since they don't use up food and have a higher defensive bonus.

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Re: banker defence

1. if available get droids as one they have a higher defense stat , two they dont eat, and three its cheaper overall

2. A "correct" answer doesnt exist. some say use 1/4 of your income, or 1/3, etc. in reality it all depends on the fam size, your intelligence as a player defense wise, the families you are fighting, and the defense of your family.


the fact of the matter is, if an attacker wants a planet from a banker, the attacker is going to get it.

having said that, if i had 300k nw as a banker and was in a fairly solid core, id prolly have 30-50k ground

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zidi who taught u the last one? Im asking because we've done that for 6 yrs now, or atleast did it in old m00lar/playboys. I know u were not around back then, so u learned it from someone:)

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