Quote Originally Posted by k_raso
I personally think that what happened to Dram was an exception, and, if no one else presents himself with the same problem, it`s really exceptional that the AI buys himself a full stack of mercs... thus, I think that the mercenary pool shouldn`t be reduced because of the happening of one or two exceptions...

It must have been pretty crappy for Dram to see 2 stacks of mercenaries hired by the AI on the same turn... It certainly would bother me... but what are the odds?

I mean, who else has had the same problem?

I wouldn`t truly place a bet on it, but probably this may be the only chance that Dram sees this kind of things in his game...

The odds aren't as rare as u may think.... Attack a faction, leave it with only 3 cities and siege its 3rd city. Make sure that faction doesn't have a full stack army, nor can it train enough men to make a full stack, AND you will see the AI buy all the mercs because it is in a TIGHT spot.

I bet u $10 bucks it will happen if u try it.