Just wondering

[drus45]

I find it odd that the general unit that can be trained is so cheap to maintain. There is really no reason to train any other cavalry units than generals, because the general unit is so powerful and the others are so expensive. They even recover themself to full strength for free. Or is there something I have missed?

The better infantry is also very expensive, I just dont really see a reason to train few elite soldiers when I can train many cheap ones. There are some very weak units also that are very expensive to maintain. Whats up with that?

There seems to be too many units that are just worthless because they cost too much. Like 80-90%.

The mod looks great and all but I think I'll have to modify it myself quite a bit. But first I'd like to hear some explanation why thigs are like that in the mod.

[Scutarii]

The bodyguards are cheap because otherwise they might cripple small nations economies just through family members. The recruitable ones stay that way, and since the AI doesn't recruit them, the player has to not exploit it... Keep in mind, they have 2 turns to recruit, a high recruit cost, and are generally not that awesome due to low numbers. Honestly, if you feel like power gaming like that, this is the wrong game to play...

The elite units are high cost so you can't spam them. A couple of elites in an army should be enough, and only as support to the real bulwark of your line, the more cost-effective types of units..

[Quinn Inuit]

Welcome, drus45!

Scutarii is right about the reasons for the unit costs being what they are.

As a developer, I can't control how the human plays, nor do I have any real desire to do so. If you want to make all-principes armies or all-general armies, that's your business. My goal is to control how the _AI_ plays, and we've found that the current cost balancing does that pretty well.

Which weak units are expensive to maintain? I don't recall those.

The elite units cost so much to keep the AI from spamming them and because they're more cost effective. One unit of Sinopic Nobles will last you a lot longer than the equivalent cost in sparabara, and be rather more effective on the field in most cases.