I love the new strat. I think it works perfect as is. I don't think it is too powerful and even though it is easy to use, you still have to pay attention. I mostly expanded all set as time was short for me and I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the markets. I never had to sell my goods less than max price though, which is a HUGE thing.

If someone takes the time and gets good grabs, watches the market, pays attention to the market trends (analysis) you could be a contender for the top spot. Even though I have played as long as I have, I still red turned about 3 times. If you decide to change production levels, make sure you leave enough not to run out of one .. I have always been a casher fan. My number on strat is now Resource Strat.

The markets did dry up towards the end. I couldn't produce enough, fast enough.