Best starting base location?

[Legs0fSteel]

I am about to start attempt 600 at beating this game since i picked up the expansion and i wanted to ask what is the best base otpion?

Becaue i don't want to pick something and that later turns out to screw me late gam or something.

[Zer0]

I always like starting in Asia for the 50% less cost for Foundry and Officer Training. The rest (except maybe Africa) don't seem all that useful.

[nightworg]

I would also say Asia because you can expand your squad to six members cheaper. That is significant early in the game.

[P-47 Thunderbolt]

Africa, Asia, and NA are the best.

Europe is only for specific strategies and South America only needs two satellites to get the bonus.

Africa does not have rich nations in terms of monthly income. This means that the bonus is more of a mid-game bonus.

NA has a high initial income due to the USA satellite but a lackluster bonus.

Asia has a decent bonus but its benefits are finite. Still good for getting your squad up to 6 early.

[Narrowmind]

How many games have you really started TC? What difficulty are you playing?

[Legs0fSteel]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

How many games have you really started TC? What difficulty are you playing?

i started 10 games over the last 4 days on medium difficulty

[Stardustfire]

Easyiest Starting Places are Africa and SA: thats the Continent Boni that help me most at start when i play Impossible. (both are urgent matters there, money and research times) . for classic and below its just a flavour dicision where u want to start (mind u, i ever play with "New Economy" so the gaming experiance can change here if u dont use that)

[Nu-men von Kryt !!XD]

There is no Best Starting location in EW this all depends on your playstyle.

[Warden Aedan]

NA and Africa

[spacealf]

That is about it, there is no best place to start. I pick Europe because Workshops and Labs are half-price there.

[Ozymandias]

Originally posted by P51H Mustang:

Africa does not have rich nations in terms of monthly income. This means that the bonus is more of a mid-game bonus.

Since the bonus is applied from the very beginning, it's actually good enough. It's probably the best for satellite rush, since you should have 5 of them at the end of the first month.

[nightworg]

Originally posted by Ozymandias:

Originally posted by P51H Mustang:

Africa does not have rich nations in terms of monthly income. This means that the bonus is more of a mid-game bonus.

Since the bonus is applied from the very beginning, it's actually good enough. It's probably the best for satellite rush, since you should have 5 of them at the end of the first month.

In vanilla you can, if lucky enough, have five satellite up. Try doing that with Marathon on. You will be happy to have 4 satellite up in two month.

It boils down to play style and what second wave option you use as suggested.

[hghwolf]

Africa and Europe for me, depending on wether I go sat rush or gear rush.

I play with random funding though.

[VenANON]

I personally love Asia in Vanilla, it is a sure value, but a more recent Mod: Long-war gave me another trend, it made me love Europe as long war mode heavily encourage getting more scientist.

The reason why Asia is almost a certain choice is because of the boost it give you in the begining and you know that you need your soldier top shape both in availibility and in stat upgrades when it comes to Ironman. There is also another logic behind this, this is a 4 satellite bonus so getting Europe or Asia is a prime example of a good lead when it comes to satellite cost saving when it comes to a nation selection. Also, sometime, instead of getting SA, I rather go for Europe as the number of scientist increase over time, thus making 1 day for either Interrogation or Autopsie.

[Krowe]

I feel africa is the best because the added income allows you to get more satelites and leads to the other bonuses faster.

[Temper]

South America is a very real option when playing impossible all second wave.The bonus lends itself to getting valuable tech out the door despite marathon slowing progress.

=)