I'M CONFUSED

[SeniorPZ]

I'm planting 2 pots of SlH. both have the same potting soil. but one comes out RARE and one comes out UNCOMMON. what am I missing here?? shouldnt they both say the same thing?
oh, and the nutrient ratios are the same. 7,2,2

[_Red_]

did you water yourself? trim yourself? that adds some bonus and can make good for a bad equipment. imo nutrients are also very important, more than the soil in this game.

[SeniorPZ]

yep, I water and trim everything. And I can forget about trying to make $18,000 in 3 months. i spent hours and still can't get it right.

[_Red_]

oh that's annoying. not sure what your strategy is but just expand and keep on going. maybe getting a hyped strain or rise the price a little. now im gonna back into the game =)
just checked and got savefile for every scenario, what's the name of it and which cities do you got? will check what worked for me.

[vine]

i can help some too. what city are you in, Rene?

[SeniorPZ]

I'm still in the basic scenario in Flint Michigan. the high stakes mission. thanks guys

[_Red_]

just loaded a old save file and played around a little til the mission popped up (that game is so addictive)..

what is your strategy?

i focused on 2 strains and 2 types of customers only, would have expanded to a second selling location with same customer but it worked out with just 1 selling location.
Ended up having two employees (always give them a raise before the first skill upgrade, they are less demanding later on then) for selling, growing and my tea cabinets. SLH (grow location 1) was always Epic, even when the employer (level 2) grew it. GDP (grow location 2) was uncommon but just started that grow and was in the process of me tweaking the nutrients...and then the mission was already done. One Competitor gave up so i could raise my prices again.

What costs you the most money per month? Just fire overpayed employees and get new ones and skill them only in one specific thing. Try an older save?

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sorry, i forgot. all my SLH had the same soil and nutrients and they always came out with the same quality under the same lights. never experienced your problem, only when i overlooked something (happened a lot) =)

Keep us updated! :D

[SeniorPZ]

oh! ok so even if they have a specific quality they prefer, I can always go above it? and not below it? and i dont necessarily have to have my room full of lights all the time. and I dont have to necessarily sell a bunch of different strains at one time? I think i get it now. I was stuck on trying to keep everything at the buyers exact quality rating!.. like, the jocks wanted rare so i tried to keep the quality at rare. but when i do that, the quality ended up being less than that or epic, then i would end up mixing batches that changed the quality. i was like what am i doing wrong here?! so i was struggling with trying to keep my strains at the expected quality of my customers which was a huge headache lol. and i would give my employees raises or bonuses when they asked for one so they wouldnt leave me, lol. and i would pay my rivals extortion money so they would leave me alone but they're strength would continue to rise and that made it harder for me to sell mine. i was always broke! BUT NOT ANYMORE.
hehe.....So thanks for your advice, it really helped alot.

[_Red_]

awesome, i'm happy we could solve that. :D feel your struggles, been there too. :D
better quality will always give you higher ratings which you really want in late game with more competition.
don't get me wrong, employees are crucial (and deserve a raise if they ask) since you become more of a manager in late game and they are not endless! always talk to them and keep them in a good mood.
hit me up if you have more questions or so.
happy gaming!

[vine]

Yea with employees there are some perks that allow first longer retaining good relations (aka relations deteriorate slower) over time, then you get perk for boosting their relations or something through talking option. always ask them about everything, but max 2x the same, they may reveal new stuff. same goes for police officers and politicians and your competitors. info can and should be used. so look for the icons that pop up with the reputation (your, the white and black) boosts to open more perks.

the game is a bit more about talking than i would have liked, to be honest.

[SeniorPZ]

Originally posted by _Red_:

awesome, i'm happy we could solve that. :D feel your struggles, been there too. :D
better quality will always give you higher ratings which you really want in late game with more competition.
don't get me wrong, employees are crucial (and deserve a raise if they ask) since you become more of a manager in late game and they are not endless! always talk to them and keep them in a good mood.
hit me up if you have more questions or so.
happy gaming! :lettuce:

noice! thanks so much

[SeniorPZ]

Originally posted by vine:

Yea with employees there are some perks that allow first longer retaining good relations (aka relations deteriorate slower) over time, then you get perk for boosting their relations or something through talking option. always ask them about everything, but max 2x the same, they may reveal new stuff. same goes for police officers and politicians and your competitors. info can and should be used. so look for the icons that pop up with the reputation (your, the white and black) boosts to open more perks.

the game is a bit more about talking than i would have liked, to be honest.

great! i'm starting to like it more though after i got some help with it. thanks for the advice mate

[vine]

Originally posted by Rene':

Originally posted by vine:

Yea with employees there are some perks that allow first longer retaining good relations (aka relations deteriorate slower) over time, then you get perk for boosting their relations or something through talking option. always ask them about everything, but max 2x the same, they may reveal new stuff. same goes for police officers and politicians and your competitors. info can and should be used. so look for the icons that pop up with the reputation (your, the white and black) boosts to open more perks.

the game is a bit more about talking than i would have liked, to be honest.

great! i'm starting to like it more though after i got some help with it. thanks for the advice mate

"so look for the icons that pop up with the reputation (your, the white and black) boosts to open more perks."
this may make little sense now that i read it but i mean the icons for customers that want to order some batch of weed with some specific effects. these sales will earn you black or white reputation to develop main char.
but don't feel too hard pressed to develop new strain for every new request, even just refuse those where there are too many new effects requested, and new opportunities of this type will show again later.

[SeniorPZ]

Originally posted by vine:

Originally posted by Rene':

great! i'm starting to like it more though after i got some help with it. thanks for the advice mate

"so look for the icons that pop up with the reputation (your, the white and black) boosts to open more perks."
this may make little sense now that i read it but i mean the icons for customers that want to order some batch of weed with some specific effects. these sales will earn you black or white reputation to develop main char.
but don't feel too hard pressed to develop new strain for every new request, even just refuse those where there are too many new effects requested, and new opportunities of this type will show again later.

cool. my problem was every time i got a new strain, I started growing it. now I know I dont really have to grow every new strain I get. thanks mate!

[vine]

good luck growing, Gardener :)

[SeniorPZ]

Originally posted by vine:

good luck growing, Gardener :)

I see what you did there. :P