Join and play. We can have a tfl group or something.

I'm an investment banker.

Join and play. We can have a tfl group or something.
I started a "TheForumLounge" cartel.

If you want into the cartel post up your player name and I'll invite.

2ndGenrocket

No period in the middle.

2ndGenrocket

No period in the middle.
Invite sent.

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If we are going to make this work everyone needs to make alternate characters (you are allowed 2) and IMO both of the alts need to be Salesmen, they make the most money the fastest. We also need Bankers (I have 1 right now, but not enough exp to really be of any use).

I'm trying to get my farmer up to speed with some good farms.

I'm a banker, I'll make 2 salesman

I'm a banker, I'll make 2 salesman
awesome, as soon as I get some more $$$$ into my farmer I'll be cranking out the product.

As soon as you are listed under the cartel I'll make you an underboss as well so you can add/kick people.

I'm 100T2. I made a farmer and something else.

let me know what your alts are so they can get into the cartel as well.

I'm wotnartd, I'm a banker.

I'll also make a salesman and farmer and give you their names. The salesman is stockcarman, the farmer is sanchezthedirty.

I'm wotnartd, I'm a banker.

I'll also make a salesman and farmer and give you their names. The salesman is stockcarman, the farmer is sanchezthedirty.
sent for all three. Will be sending contact requests to all members of the cartel so they can buy product from my farmer. Working on upgrading the volume of my farmer at the moment, but need 35k so I can pick up a greenhouse.

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this is gonna be interesting, IIRC the game resets tomorrow for the next round.

My farmer will help your farmer.

...can they do that?

My farmer will help your farmer.

...can they do that?
don't think so... but your bankers and salsemen can buy my products for as much as you can spare, same goes for people with your farmers. That way we can get our product up to the highest quality ASAP.

OK I joined also, although I have to figure out what I need to do

rtryb2200 and rtrypwr101 both bankers

If you're contemplating selling the truck, are you going to change your name?

I want that truck ;_;

oh yeah and Rollback

I really should be sleeping instead of playing this game!!

This shit is confusing. What the hell do I have to do to buy a sales team?

You have to buy other items to get your prestige up, steal or raid others to get noteriety etc...

Alright I've got a dealer, kevlar, shotguns, a posse, and a bunch of other shit.

There ya go...

I had a bunch of shit, but this round's over.

Tomorrow, we kick ass.

Can we put together a little update as to what is going on, and then put together some sort of strategy?

Sounds good.

IT has started!!!

I'm in as XANAX the Assassin.

All three of me are salesmen.

I am rated at 411...what happened to supper

I'm in as XANAX the Assassin.

I'm sorry.

I stole from you. I'll give it back if you message me in game.

I'm starting to kick a little ass, man.

All three of my characters are worth a little coin, have lots of safes, silos, and large armies.

I've stolen from a ton of people, also.

I am rated at 411...what happened to supper
Sorry guys, I was out of town taking care of some stuff.

So the new round started or is this still the in-between one?

Anyway, I'll give some updates once I get back into the swing of it. Gonna have a farmer and 2 ex-mil.

Strategy: Part 1


My first suggestion to all of you guys is add my main character (Supper) to your trusted contacts. Check my drug inventory once an hour and quickbuy anything that I have there. I'm working on boosting the quality as much as possible to make it as lucrative as I can for you guys. Also have the sale purchases set as low as possible for Cartel members. Now, the only drawback to this is I won't be racking in the $$$$ to be able to pay for the better farms and everything.

So... when/if you can, try and kick me as much money (Negotiate and set at max PPQ) as possible so I can get up into the top farms (Columbian FTW).

As far as production goes, I should be able to keep up with all of your demand once I get a few of the farms purchased. I'm already at LVL 3 on housing so grow rooms are up next.

Also, I have the Cartel tax set at 3.5%. It will be collected every day at 13:10 EST IIRC. I have it set like this so we can max out the cartel upgrades ASAP.

Here is some info for the salesmen:

Description

The corporate salesman is the true counterpart of the farmer. None can rival the huge volume of public sales that a dedicated salesman can achieve. Blessed with a 30% sales bonus, the salesman will be one of the fastest growing characters early on. It gets even better when he purchases the Elite Sales Team and Supply Chain Management, which will net him another whopping 90% increase in profit from public sales.

The Salesman is meant to sell vast quantities of drugs. With International Sales Empires at its disposal and able to almost triple Sales Price and Weight, he brings in more cash at Public Sales than any other class.

Unfortunate for some & lucky for others, buying ISE's are usually never the issue. It's gathering the vast amount of drugs needed to sell every Public Sales. It's important to go through the top 50 for street credit the first few days adding any farmer you see to get the highest quality for the cheapest price around to max out your Public Sales. Also going down the active players list will help adding smaller farmers.

The Salesman makes a lot of cash every hour requiring a lot of bank space to hold the cash. You can attempt to invest in a bulk amount of safes, but it will only keep you safe for a single Public Sale. Going offline usually will stop your PSs unless you buy a lot of drugs, which comes with the risk of getting it stolen as well as once it all sells you will be way over safe causing more damage. Selling less and having less stolen from you makes it easier on you and your score while away from the game. The Salesman requires constant attention but the returns are well worth it.

Early game

In the beginning, the CS will shoot past the other classes and take the top spots with farmers. Their sale's bonuses allows them to generate more cash and out build the other classes in little time.

Unless you have your own farmer, the first thing you should buy is about 3-4 closet crops and 2-4 single dealers. Soon as you have the requirements for small teams, sell the single dealers for them. But try to save enough cash for at least two small teams as only getting one will diminish your sales rate losing you cash.

Same thing with large teams and huge teams. Before trading out for them, make sure to at least get 2-3 to keep your sales rate stable. As your sales rate grows, the need for constant farmer contact grows so keep adding them. There's no point in purchasing farms, it takes at least 8 Brazilian farms to equal the sales of a ISE. So stick with sales.

Holding all these drugs will make you a big target to hitters. Investing in housing and maxing out troops will help you a lot. Soon as you can, investing in an Enclosed Mansion should hold your dope safe for a little while.

If your the offensive type, purchase a penthouse apartment and go out and steal some drugs that can be sold through your teams for more cash.

To further protect your weed, Armed Guards will keep up to 30% of your weed from being stolen and purchasing Warehouse Vaults reducing another 50% stolen comes in handy. So saving up for it should be near the top of the list.

Bankers:

Description

The banker does what it sounds like. It banks. Cash. And lots. These classes are excellent for an alt account and fun to play as a main. They can hold their own hitting cash, makes it easy to buy costly items, and can store cash for other players earning you ROI off the cash as well.

Every cartel needs bankers, you become a cartel banker that's a chance you might get additional building funds before the other classes to fund those community banks, the mother of all safes. But watch out for other bankers and gangsters with employed safe crackers trying to crack open your vaults for some loot.

Your unique counter-attack is also a very effective deterrent. The exploding paint canister will not protect your money from thieves, but it will effectively destroy half the amount they steal. Any thief with a calculator will be a lot more hesitant to execute his plan.

Early game

Bankers have a reasonable starting position. In the beginning, they are equal to pretty much all the other classes. However, soon farmers and salesmen will overtake the bankers, with their large bonuses. Don't expect the eight percent interest to do much for you; at this point in the round its only a minor source of income, give it some time and it will start bring in some cash though.

Invest all you have in closets crops and single dealers, to provide you with some cash flow. In the very beginning, all classes are very much alike. You can follow the path laid down for the salesman. Deviate from that path whenever required to obtain as much safe space as possible. Some rare cartels will sponsor banks in the early game, but in many cases you're going to have to cough up the dough yourself. It's probably worth it. If people place money in your vaults, you can often use part of that as a loan to yourself. Just be sure to communicate well and have the cash back when it's needed.

It's important to keep your economy up, keeps your vaults filled and keeps your bankees satisfied when they look for some cash to withdraw. You'll want to balance out Brazilian farms with huge teams or go the latter with ISEs and stock up on dope every hour.

and BTW guys, this "Blitz" round ends on the 29th. The next round we want to really bust ass at doesn't start till after the Blitz round.

I got knocked over to the tune of $500k

I'm liking this game a little bit.

I've been kicking some ass

I've got 3 Venezuelan farms and one Brazilian farm (all running at 100%), a compound, max hoes, I just need to work on the prestige.

I've got 3 Venezuelan farms and one Brazilian farm (all running at 100%), a compound, max hoes, I just need to work on the prestige.
eh, my farmer's got the venezuelan, the brazilian, the columbian, compound, all the defensive items I can get, most of the prestige, etc etc. I'm just bored with it. Don't think I"ve logged on for 2 days, probably been getting raped and am down to 0 defenders. Oh well.

I'm pwning n00bs!

It is beginning again, very soon.