Scout Bloodhunting Nerf - New Numbers?

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:
I believe that slaves had an upkeep of about 0.067 gold per unit. This may have changed in the latest patch, but they aren't completely free.

Hmm, you're right, they do seem to have some upkeep. It's pretty inexpensive, though, since that means they're worth about $1.

[Kristoffer O]

IIRC the new numbers are:

10 + (40 x blood) %

Numbers found are as before I believe.

[CayseP]

How does the size of the population enter the equation?

[Kristoffer O]

No idea. JK might know.

Edit: JK's still on vacation so I made a check in the code.

Basically:
if 1d100 less than (10 + 40xblood) and 1d5000 less than population and 1d400 less than unrest

effect is d6(oe)+blood


Thus lvl 2 blood mages are probably the best deal.

[ April 12, 2004, 18:40: Message edited by: Kristoffer O ]

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
Basically:
if 1d100 less than (10 + 40xblood) and 1d5000 less than population and 1d400 less than unrest

effect is d6(oe)+blood

Thank you for the precious hard data.

[Kel]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:

if 1d100 less than (10 + 40xblood) and 1d5000 less than population and 1d400 less than unrest

Was that supposed to be 1d400 *more* than unrest ?

- Kel

[Yossar]

Population should be "more than" also.

Does that mean there's no difference between blood hunting a 5001 population province and a 20,000 population province?