Barrels

[BonSequitur]

Is it just me, or is barrel production ridiculous? I have a factory - the very first one ever - and it produces about 0,3 barrels a day! Is there something I'm doing wrong? The factory is subsidised and at full employment + full priority, and doesn't seem to be missing any inputs. Is there any way to speed up production? Because otherwise, using tanks is just completely impossible - you simply cannot supply them.

 

[Snall]

Hmm, have yet to get tanks, any other techs to help out?

 

[BonSequitur]

That's the thing, by this point I have virtually all production techs. I'm guess railroads probably make the most difference.

 

[Snall]

More factories then...unless it's also not making a profit?

EDIT- And how many tanks do you need to make a unit/keep it per day?

 

[Baneslave]

EDIT- And how many tanks do you need to make a unit/keep it per day?

10 to build and 0.08 per day for supply.

 

[Snall]

...well, that seems doable- only two factories make .6 per day. So stockpile them to 50 and then build your brigades...I mean tanks should crush people right? 50,000 tankmen? So 5,000 or so tanks? Yeah.

 

[unmerged(131989)]

Buy some tanks yourself to increase demand (and thus price), which should make your factory profitable. Similarly, if other countries start building them then demand will also increase and bring the price up - enough to make a profit, hopefully.