Unit pricing guidelines?

[Nerfix]

Hey, I remember there were some guidelines on pricing modded units, but I forgot what they were...say, how much a commander who can lead 80 units who has a Standard and above average stats should cost? And so on.

[Endoperez]

There were two such guidelines I can remember. One was Illwinter's, and other came from analyzing mages. Both are out-dated, as commander price guidelines don't work with Dom3 economy.

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Soldier cost
Type Att/def Mrl Gold
Militia 8 8 7
Regular 10 10 10
Elites 11 11-13 13-15
Special Elites 11-13 12-15 15-25

Sacred units generally costs 50% more.
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[Nerfix]

Ah, I see then.

[Arralen]

Endoperez said:
Sacred units generally costs 50% more.



Actually, sacred units cost 50-75% more, most of them quite close to 67% ...

[Endoperez]

That's a guideline. And unit prices might've changed as well. That's a direct quote. Of course, in the original, tables worked.

[Nerfix]

Can I request some pricing help here then?

Battle-Mage 1:
2 Holy
1 Astral
2 Linked randoms, Fire Air Earth Water

Gifts potential. Astral Fire potential (I think...?). Lightning bolt shooter. Mind Duel vulnerability.

Mage 1:
1 Holy
1 Astral
1 random, Fire Air Earth Water

A wee low level mage.

Mage 2:
2 Holy
2 Astral
1 Air
1 Random, Fire Air Earth Water

This one can be used in a combat with reasonable effect.

Arhcmage:
3 Holy
3 Astral
1 Air
1 Fire
2 linked randoms, Fire Air Earth Water

He is Bigger than You, Holier than You, better Mage than You. Capital only too.

All these are for early era.

[Endoperez]

EA Pythium?

I'm not good at balancing, though, so I'll pass.

[Nerfix]

EA Sar Elad...

[Sandman]

Battle-Mage 1:

Base commander cost: 30
Holy-2: 60
Astral-1: 30
Linked randoms-2: 60

Total: 180

It's better mage-priest than the Witch Hunter, although not as good as the (exceptionally good value) Theurg. 180 might be a bit high, particularly if the nation has a magical focus. Linked randoms are very good though.

Wee low level mage:

Base commander cost: 30
Holy-1: 20
Astral-1: 30
Random-1: 30

Total: 110

The mage is essentially identical to the Master of the Way, who costs 100 gold, although I could've sworn he used to be 110.

Arch mage:

Base commander cost: 30
Holy-3: 140
Astral-3: 120
Air-1: 30
Fire-1: 30
Linked randoms: 60

Total: 410

30 more than the Grand Theurg, who has the same level of holy magic and same number of magic picks. You could knock off 30 as a capital only bonus. Again, there's a question mark over the cost of the linked randoms.

[Nerfix]

Thanks. I rounded the arch mage's cost to 400 and the low level mage's cost to 100. I like round numbers. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif