.com.unity Forums
  The Official e-Store of Shrapnel Games

This Month's Specials

Air Assault Task Force- Save $8.00
Bronze- Save $10.00

   







Go Back   .com.unity Forums > Illwinter Game Design > Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #15  
Old May 12th, 2004, 02:27 AM

Norfleet Norfleet is offline
Major General
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 2,425
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Norfleet is an unknown quantity at this point
Default Re: success with Mictlan in MP?

Quote:
Originally posted by sergex:
Hey, that's a good idea to use the slave soldiers as cheap patrollers Do the conscripts cost gold upkeep? That would negate the slightly higher tax rates you would get if they do.
They do, but far, far less than regular mans: A slave has the gold upkeep of a $1 unit. Compared to patrolling with normal units, this cost is negligible and pays for itself by the fact that a single loaded Tribal King, equivalent in upkeep to a scout and 5 mans, can more or less entirely suppress the unrest caused by 2 priests hunting with SDRs.

Quote:
Mictlan Priests are 80 gold and sacred, so very cheap. In my Mictlan game, I have almost never had to choose between hiring a priest, and hiring any troops. The troops are cheap.
Then you are not building enough towers. Towers enable to you hire more priests, hunt more blood, protect your blood hunters from raiding, and protect your provinces from raiding. You should put one in every major province as soon as possible. This costs money, money you won't have if you waste them on worthless troops that die nearly instantly.

A force of 5 FoDs can do more damage than an entire commander's worth of your regular troops, and costs no upkeep.
Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:07 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©1999 - 2025, Shrapnel Games, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.