Quote Originally Posted by SirGrotius
That's an interesting question. I even bought the strategy guide to the game for giggles and it's basically a beefed up manual. It's funny, but the manual doesn't even list whether or not there's upkeep for agents, but the guide does say that there is no upkeep, but the forum members say there is an upkeep. I think the lack of clarify can hinder one's enjoyment of the game.
You poor bas... I mean... a rather unfortunately purchase, at least in my humble opinion. The reason I say that is because invariably the game is going to change, given the feedback we've seen so far for M2 it's probably going to change a good bit. That means that quite a bit of what you see, such as the unit stats and whatnaught, are probably not going to be that way after a patch or two. Same holds with other game mechanics. The last (and just about only, as far back as I can remember) game guide I bought was for Oblivion. Surprisingly, it's mostly accurate even after the first patch or two. The maps are pretty durn handy, which is why I bought it. Meh, some people actually get value out of those guides, I tend not to with a few exceptions. I do hope that you at least got your money's worth, or some utility value out of it.

Cheers!