Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

A great post Maglev. I am doing all things that you mention, and I do them in the correct order, for the most part. Where I think I fall short is in leveraging to the max with the AIs. I have created that Scandal in my mod map, and I know it looms, so I go slowly and carefully, trying to stay leveraged minimally. This is the leap of faith I was referring to. I have actually scared myself into being more conservative through the mods I made. LOL.....guess it worked (on myself anyway).

 

Interestingly, I have occasionally been going back and playing the campaigns from the beginning (when not playing the South map) and I have been doing very well on a Hard setting, which shows how far my progress has come since my first go-round in the campaigns. The REAL nugget in this was the Silver Booms and The Market Busts Campaign. which is a PNW goal driven game. And I pushed everything to the limit, and was amazed.....I was leveraged to the max, and just when I got a call from my broker, I watched as literally in a matter of seconds my purchasing power (and PNW, too, as a result) rose dramatically from -146 to first 210 and in a few clicks 1M and then another few clicks to above 2M.......and I bought all of the shares of the AI that I could get my hands on. I controlled EVERYTHING!! And the campaign was basically over. I owned at least 75% or more of each company on the map, and the wealth poured in. When Thomas Scott got fired as the Chairman of the Texas Pacific (for doing absolutely nothing in about 5 years) I swooped in and destroyed his stupid rail network which he never even ran a train on at all. I built rails with his company's money from Dallas to Houston, and the rout was on. I won Gold as the premier carrier of the Southwest while not even chairing the AT & SF (which is where the scenario starts you out). So I have gotten a good taste of how powerful these methods can be, I just need to not be afraid to exploit it more. And this is what I refer to as thinking "outside the box". The old me would have laughed at Scott's getting fired, which I did heartily this time as well, and done nothing while managing my own RR, but this time I used his bad fortune as an opportunity to be a true rail barron. After the mergers and aquisitions I owned every piece of track, and station, and locomotive on the map! I love this game!!

 

Thanks again Maglev, for everything. Enjoy your gaming, my friend.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.