31-07-2002 23:26									#1
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I keep my tax rate as low as possible, I never go bankrupt, and I try to install goveners when they become availible, however, I still struggle with inflation. I seem to constiently be faced with a choice between crushing poverty or hyper inflation.

I keep my tax rate down to try to stop inflation but then I lack the funds to maintain my arrmy. I then am forced to cut my army to virtually nothing causing my neighbors to start considering me a prime invasion target. Does anyone have any advice? What is the best way to combat inflation?

	31-07-2002 23:59									#2
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If you wanna play peacefully while fighting inflation, you could set your military maintainance level to near zero and tax rate down, for instance 0.5. I dunno, have to try it out some more before I know if I'm right...
Do they really consider you a prime invasion target, once you do such demobilization to a large army?

It's however quick to mobilize the sleepers. (without producing) Three or four months should be enough time to launch a counterattack... That's what I heard, gotta try it out!

	01-08-2002 10:06									#3
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No, your military salaries don't entere the AI's calculations.

	01-08-2002 11:02									#4
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So my total number of military units enters the AI's calculations but the level of funding I place my army at does not? So if one is going to play peacefully it seems like a great way to save cash by underfunding the military.

	01-08-2002 18:26									#5
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This, I think, is one of the great semantics in the game rules.
It's not an exploit, it represents the real balance of power.
Just imagine an enormous army caught off guard. Fall back, mobilize, plot, attack, negotiate... ?
You have to think strategically when you position that slider...

Last edited by ThePlagueRat on 03-08-2002 at 19:05

	01-08-2002 21:53									#6
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I think your right. It is not an exploit mirely another consideration that a player must make in order to be successful in the game.