You are on the right track, a paid resource is the way to go. spending the points on virtual money or other things is not a good idea. qualification is also an area you could spend on, but you're going to improve qualification anyway and points are the only way to obtain paid resources.
So if it's a paid resource, most people pick crops. They are seasonal but never run out and can lead to long production lines (which are desirable). Corn for ethanol for basic car repair supplies is one popular crop. You may want lower quality to obtain higher volume. q 5 base quality is nice, but might not be needed with rare resources. Also, crops to feed livestock of higher quality can be nice if a long production chain can be sorted.
I personally like lumber mills. The are absolutely low competition on lien; however, they do cost a dear amount of points.
People seem to be split on mines with love/hate, but if done right can be sweet money (PM me for details if you go with mines).
I have fishing bases and I feel crops may be better if you are considering between the two. I'm finding if you go with fishing bases, the best bet is to have them fuel your own rare restaurants as opposed to wholesaling the fish to other players.
Speaking of restaurants, it is one area to avoid competition. for example, if you produced a lot of low quality tea and opened up tea room restaurants, you'd still be able to sell at lower quality because almost no players have access to tea. (there may be better restaurant options then tea, this is just an example).
Another goal you may have is to enter as many industries are possible to grow qualification. For example grain paid resource (agriculture) to pig farm meat/leather (livestock) to steak restaurant (restaurant) and leather clothing (production). |
