How many bases can you purchase?

[Outlawstar15a2]

1.) How many bases can you purchase before hitting your limit?

2.) Can you put more then one base in a nation's territory?

[tzzimy]

1) On easy level if you manage to have all nations Exuberant you get maximum around 950,000 credits. That is enough to pay monthly expenses for 4 bases. I have built 6 bases so far, so I cannot answer what is the maximum limit. By my experience so far 8 bases should be enough to cover the whole globe with advanced radars. If not less than 8...

2) Yes. You can build anywhere you want but try to keep the bases as widely spread as possible to cover more territory and reduce the time the interceptors need to reach a UFO or the mission carriers to reach destination and return. Saves you game time as well. It does not matter to keep a nation Happy where your base is so much. I had 1 base at the Revolutionary countries from the start of the game but I couldn't make them Exuberant happy until the 6th month when everyone else was Exuberant

Cheers,
Tzzimy

[geever]

1.) How many bases can you purchase before hitting your limit?

You can build 8 bases.

2.) Can you put more then one base in a nation's territory?

yes, no limit on this.

-geever

[Ebenezer Grymm]

1) On easy level if you manage to have all nations Exuberant you get maximum around 950,000 credits. That is enough to pay monthly expenses for 4 bases. I have built 6 bases so far, so I cannot answer what is the maximum limit. By my experience so far 8 bases should be enough to cover the whole globe with advanced radars. If not less than 8...

Is there a recommended placement for the minimum amount of bases needed to effectively cover the globe?

[tzzimy]

Well... Its fun to think as effectively as possible in this game. What you gain? Game play time reduced!

Hints: Think how to cover a sphere's surface with the number of bases you want effectively, but watch out how game mechanics (continental land coverage, nation borders, ufo lost at sea etc) influence the best placement of your base.

You will realize soon enough through the game mechanics as they reveal themselves to you while you play, if your base is in a good spot or not.

But after all its a game! ^^ Just enjoy and have fun wherever you put your bases!

[Ebenezer Grymm]

Not the answer I was looking for, thanks for the reply though.

I know long before 2.3 came out someone had figured out the optimal spots to put your bases but I can't find the topic anymore.  I don't have enough time to play through and trial and error it.  I just want a list of the best spots to put your bases for the best coverage.

[Sarin]

My favs. Three interceptor/infantry bases located at mediterran, Cuba and Vietnam. Offbase radars at south africa, south america and australia. Just this gives me about 90% coverage of populated areas.

[tzzimy]

My favorites in chronological build order:
1) Budapest
2) Denver
3) Yinchuan (China)
4) Cuiaba (Brasil)
5) Alice Springs (Australia)

I am thinking to build a base in Siberia and Africa but for now I only use Radars and SAMs there.

Cheers,
Tzzimy

[geever]

My favorites in chronological build order:
1) Budapest
2) Denver
3) Yinchuan (China)
4) Cuiaba (Brasil)
5) Alice Springs (Australia)

I wonder why Budapest is the first for you, why not Athens?

-geever

[tzzimy]

Hehe too much sea around and I was using the "luring" UFOs tactic to shoot down harvesters but i was losing them to the sea. So I decided to use a city with more land mass around. Budapest also is my favorite European city!

[Thrashard96]

I made:

1.Lithuania
2.USA
3.South Africa
4.Russia
5.Australia
6.Japan

Impossible to make more, i guess... unless i missed any.

[homunculus]

Not the answer I was looking for, thanks for the reply though.

I know long before 2.3 came out someone had figured out the optimal spots to put your bases but I can't find the topic anymore.  I don't have enough time to play through and trial and error it.  I just want a list of the best spots to put your bases for the best coverage.

i remember the map you mean, just recently posted the locations in some thread.
http://ufoai.ninex.info/forum/index.php?topic=4997.msg40167#msg40167
france (western tip), south africa (near madagascar), near lake baykal, west indonesia, new zealand, central america (panama), marshall islands, and the tip of antarctica near south america.

[ORCUS]

i usually start with Himalayan or Tibet HeadQuarters, then a Caspian Base, after that a Middle Eastern Base, and later elsewhere...

[Thrashard96]

When do you get advanced radars?

[dfscott]

When do you get advanced radars?

You can build them after you research Alien Detection.