Expensive slaves who think they're elites?

**Sakkura** · 11-24-2007, 22:38

Originally Posted by bovi

Perhaps you too should take a look at their description. It says you should release them from their temporary militia duty and allow them to take up their new lives as citizens, AKA disband.

You can't disband them until it is your turn, and if you get them before it is your turn (by the city of another faction rebelling to you), you have to pay their upkeep.

**NeoSpartan** · 11-24-2007, 22:52

Originally Posted by Sakkura

You can't disband them until it is your turn, and if you get them before it is your turn (by the city of another faction rebelling to you), you have to pay their upkeep.

all the more reason to disban then so u don't have to pay for them in the next turn.

Now my question:... What part of:
-made to avoid rebelling city CTD
-Cost high so Eleutheroi (sp) doesn't train them.
-u should "disban" them ASAP.
do u fellars don't understand????????

Is it a pain that u have to pay for them? YES. Can that cost be avoided? NO
besides.... dude u just got a "Free city" thx to them!

**hoom** · 11-24-2007, 23:02

You can't disband them until it is your turn, and if you get them before it is your turn (by the city of another faction rebelling to you), you have to pay their upkeep.

Just think of it as the cost of greasing palms & fomenting unrest.
They are after all the force that did the uprising for you so you damn well should be paying them.

**Pharnakes** · 11-24-2007, 23:22

Originally Posted by NeoSpartan

Is it a pain that u have to pay for them? YES. Can that cost be avoided? NO
besides.... dude u just got a "Free city" thx to them!

Also a free war!

What a bargain!

**Sakkura** · 11-24-2007, 23:29

Originally Posted by NeoSpartan

besides.... dude u just got a "Free city" thx to them!

Oh yeah, and that's always a good thing when it comes from a faction that might be three times your size

Just think of it as the cost of greasing palms & fomenting unrest.
They are after all the force that did the uprising for you so you damn well should be paying them.

Hey, half the time you don't even want the city, so you probably wouldn't be paying for it. So ideally you shouldn't lose cash by getting a city that way. But I'm guessing that it's hardcoded, so not a lot can be done about it.

**Pharnakes** · 11-24-2007, 23:37

Who cares, frankly?

2-3000 at most. Absolute peanuts for a non steppe faction after turn 20 or so.

**Intranetusa** · 11-25-2007, 00:59

Originally Posted by NeoSpartan

all the more reason to disban then so u don't have to pay for them in the next turn.

Now my question:... What part of:
-made to avoid rebelling city CTD
-Cost high so Eleutheroi (sp) doesn't train them.
-u should "disban" them ASAP.
do u fellars don't understand????????

Is it a pain that u have to pay for them? YES. Can that cost be avoided? NO
besides.... dude u just got a "Free city" thx to them!

The problem is that they rebel to the AI Epierot faction, and basically wrecked their budget cuz AI doesn't disband them...even the scripting that gave them tons of money per turn would be offset by tons of expensive crap troops :D

**NeoSpartan** · 11-25-2007, 02:18

wrecked the AI's budjet? No offence man, but are u sure?

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 11-25-2007, 02:19

Those troops will die pretty quick, you should help the AI by killing them off for him.

**Pharnakes** · 11-25-2007, 02:22

Yeah, an AI fation with 3 cities, gets what, upwards of 15K a turn? couple of thousand for a few turns before the slaves get themselves wasted by missiles ain't gona hurt to much.