Call of War 2.0 | Guide to Economy

Summary

This tutorial focuses on efficiently managing your economy in a strategy game by balancing resource production, military expansion, and morale. It emphasizes building key structures like industries, recruitment stations, and propaganda offices to boost resources, manpower, and morale. The script outlines strategies for early to late-game economy optimization, including upgrading production buildings, leveraging infrastructure for troop movement, and expanding through warfare to capture vital resources and capitals. Successful economic growth hinges on expansion, minimizing unit losses, and reinvesting captured resources for sustained advantage.

Takeaways

• 😀 Focus on economy to ensure sustained growth in your war efforts, especially resource production.
• 🏗️ Build one unit production building in a city to save resources, avoiding excessive building setups.
• 🏭 Industry upgrades are essential: Level 2 industry for key resources, with special attention to goods and oil in early-game economy.
• 🔨 Recruitment stations and propaganda offices should be upgraded to level 2 and 3 to handle manpower and morale in your cities.
• 📈 Upgrade industry to level 5 in cities and level 3 in rural provinces to maximize resource production.
• 🚂 Infrastructure such as railroads is crucial for fast troop mobilization, particularly in mountainous regions.
• 🛠️ As you expand, ensure military buildings are upgraded to match unit advancements, avoiding production penalties.
• 💪 Propaganda offices are essential for maintaining morale as you expand rapidly; they help mitigate morale penalties in provinces.
• 🌍 Expansion is key to enhancing your economy through warfare: capturing provinces grants resources and improves morale.
• 💸 Taking enemy capitals gives not only resources and morale boosts but also a significant amount of money for further investments.
• ⚔️ The key to success lies in active expansion, efficient resource management, and minimizing unit losses to maintain economic strength.

Q & A

Why is it important to focus on your economy early in the game?

Focusing on your economy early on ensures that you can consistently produce resources and manpower, which are critical for building up your military and expanding your territory. A strong economy also allows you to upgrade buildings and manage morale effectively.

What is the function of the three main buildings: industry, recruitment station, and propaganda office?

The industry building increases resource production in the province it's built in. The recruitment station boosts manpower production, helping you raise more armies. The propaganda office improves morale in the province where it's built, helping to counter the effects of low morale.

What is the advantage of upgrading local industry in rural provinces?

Upgrading local industry to level 3 in rural provinces doubles resource production, which is a significant advantage for increasing resource output in less developed areas.

What should you prioritize when starting a new game to build a strong economy?

You should prioritize building at least one unit production building in your cities to save resources and ensure continuous military production. Additionally, focus on upgrading industries to level 2 in cities and recruitment stations to level 2 to avoid manpower shortages.

Why is it inefficient to build multiple military production buildings like tank plants and barracks?

Building multiple military production buildings is inefficient because only one building can be used at a time. It's better to have a few of each type of building and ensure they are running constantly, rather than overbuilding and wasting resources on idle structures.

What role does infrastructure, such as railroads, play in the game?

Infrastructure, like railroads, increases troop movement speed, which is especially valuable in mountainous regions where travel is slower. This helps in mobilizing your forces quickly, which is key for both defense and expansion.

Why is propaganda important, and when should you build it?

Propaganda is crucial for maintaining high morale, especially as your empire expands. Low morale can reduce resource production. It's generally best to build propaganda offices in the mid-to-late game when your morale starts to decline due to rapid expansion.

What happens when you move your capital to a new province?

Moving your capital to a new province can improve resource production, but it will also lower morale. To counter this, you’ll need to build propaganda offices to restore morale in both your core and non-core provinces.

How does warfare enhance your economy?

Warfare allows you to capture valuable resources and increase your economy by seizing provinces and capitals. Capturing a capital boosts morale in nearby provinces and provides a portion of the resources produced there, contributing to a stronger economy.

What is the significance of taking enemy capitals in the game?

Capturing enemy capitals provides a morale boost for your other provinces, gives you half of the resources produced there, and allows you to take half of the enemy’s money, all of which are significant economic advantages.