What the f... is going on with my economy????

[unmerged(332)]

Hi,

I'm playing as Russia, and for the first time since I bought the game I broke the 1700's barrier, and as I did, something very funny (to say the least) has begun to happen in my economy.

I was worried about my land tech, I was still on level 12 in 1690, so I pushed up the investments. Then, all of the sudden, boom, I start to get one land tech a year, and by 1710, my land tech is 20!!! Their price has collapsed from $6k to $1500-1800, why?

Meanwhile, another "revolution" was taking place in my tiger economy. The price of manufacturies skyrocketed, even though my inflation is only 1%. From a nice $1120 they jumped to a whopping $2300 in less than a decade!!!!!!!

What is going on???? Is this normal???? Heeeeelp!!!!!

Oh, by the way, all of this happened during the reign of Peter the Great, does that has anything to do with anything???

 

[unmerged(2073)]

I think the land tech thing may just be because certain levels are easier to complete than others. You see the same thing happen to naval technology at some earlier levels

As for the manufactories, could this be because you have used up your quota of lower cost manufactories.

 

[Griffon]

Richard Lionheart is right on the money!

When you breach the level 11 land tech threshold (inventing muskets), then the other techs are easier to attain.

As for the prices of your manufacturies, you can usually build 2 of the same kind at a lower price. Above that *kaboom*, well, it's more expensive.

cheers

 

[unmerged(548)]

Check my Beta FAQ pages for the relative costs of individual tech levels.