Ressources and ... Contraband

Hi, Comrade Commanders,

Our Comrade Yeu VTH asked me to write something about "Contraband" and, as this is one of the fundamental purposes of this blog, here is what I find most relevant about this issue...

Coins and Alloy.

There isn't much I can say about these "traditional" resources, except that they should go along with your game plan. Let me explain what I meant: until just a few days, I never worried about these resources, because I could find them every time I needed them ... "steeling" from the rebel scum.

But this reality has changed for me, since I upgraded to HQ8!

Those who follow this blog already know that I had "complained" for being "matched" only with level 9 (or even 10) opponents. Anyhow, and until just a few days, I always succeeded winning my battles, therefore steeling enough resources to match my needs, but this reality has changed, and not only was I "forced" to escape Dandoran (the most populated and competitive planet), but I am also experiencing difficulties to win my attacks, resulting in a resource shortage.

I wish these words will make you become ever more careful, because this game we all love never ceases to surprise us, challenge us, and force us to question our strategies.

Contraband.

This third kind of resource "enters" the game only when you are at HQ6 level, and you'll need it to hire mercenaries and, more important, to build and upgrade your Droidekas.

If I remember well, it will start at level HQ6, where you can build your level 1 Contraband Safe house, which will have a max capacity of 12,000 contraband units.

At that moment, the most interesting part of the story is that you still cannot "produce" contraband: you can only steal it from the rebel scum!

If you succeed, and accumulate 12,000 contraband units, you'll be able to (remember that this is still at HQ6 level) build your Droideka Sentinel Platform (level 1)

If you succeed this accomplishment at HQ6 level (I did), you may congratulate yourself on a very good game play!

When you become HQ7, you'll be able to upgrade your Contraband Safe house (until level 4, with 100,000 capacity), which will be necessary for further upgrading the Droideka Sentinel (max level 10, while still HQ7) and, you will also be able to build your first (only one) Contraband Trade Port, thus starting to "produce" your own contraband units.

This "contraband producing factory" will be upgradable to level 3, while still as HQ7.

Being a very recent HQ8, I can only testify that, at HQ8 level, we'll be able to build one second "Contraband Trade Port" (in fact, a second contraband "factory"), but I still know nothing about the upgrading level limits of either the Contraband Safe house, the Contraband Trade Port(s) (max of 2), and the Droideka Sentinel (mine is at level 12, as for today).

And this is it, Comrades!

I would love to try and answer your questions and comments on this (and all the other) post, so ... just share your opinions and critics.

Have fun,

KOTALBU

P.S.: Comrade Yeu, hoping that this information will be useful to your game plan, I will ask for a "price" that you can "pay" for my "service": please comment, critic, and share your own experience in the other posts, because if you do that, you'll be adding value to this blog, and ... Thanks.