Quote Originally Posted by yesdachi
that would be some sweet ransom $ if you could catch an AI king

Does that mean that ransoms are not absolute amounts but dependent on how much the faction has in the bank at the time? Interesting....

Incidentally, I was looking at my last battle logfile today. I was initially puzzled to see figures for "Initial cost of unit", whereby the general's Katank unit was listed as initial cost of 3568, or some such, whilst previously unbattled units showed exactly their proper purchase price.

I eventually twigged that valour accrued by individuals within units from previous battles plus things like armour upgrades caused their Intial cost to be similarly uprated. I guess this is handy knowledge for when I eventually attempt multiplayer (*) but, for now, I'm wondering if it's factored into the ransom value of the units you capture?

* - I need to practice with the purchasing screen for a while so as not to waste the time of other players, who all likely know what they're doing, what to buy, how to upgrade it and so on...would custom battle mode be the best place to practice that?