War predictions

Deranzin wrote:   Yeah, but no city can generate that amount ... you would need 10 other cities to produce 20000 gold per hour (which mean few troops for them), just to "feed" the main city during all these days. No wonder I call these setups "black holes" ... though they do remind me of the planet Trantor in the Foundation series as well.

Do you guys not realize the big hitters in this war did not start it on 0 gold and resources?

There are some who sell all their excess on the markets, there are others who horde.  The real expense of long term sov recruitment for a long term player is not gold, its the adv res needed to support such production.  Personally I still have plenty in my hubs, but I have noted how a couple of H players have had to purchase adv res from me for their troop production.

:)

Ander wrote: Instead of 60,000 gold income and 0% sovereignty, use 0 gold income and 300% sovereignty. Then your 100K knights will be finished in 232 days, eating about 1.1 billion gold.

Exactly.  But it is still a way of production which I consider too expensive and sub-optimal.

Ander wrote: That is about as much gold as 200K per hour for 232 days.

Yeah, but no city can generate that amount ... you would need 10 other cities to produce 20000 gold per hour (which mean few troops for them), just to "feed" the main city during all these days.

No wonder I call these setups "black holes" ... though they do remind me of the planet Trantor in the Foundation series as well. 

Halcyon wrote: While I too dislike the WW2 war crimes references, on the battlefield, this war has passed it's Stalingrad and El-Alamein phase. And while D-Day is yet to come, it seems that, to quote Sir Winston Churchill: "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

I cannot even begin to imagine what you would have said if actually liked doing those references !

Good post though

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jcx wrote: Ouch!  /me goes back to training yard to find out how this troop making works. ty Deranzin. :D

Don't mention it ... :)

To follow up with the costs I run a small calculation on that scenario.

In that case this city will produce 108 knights per day, adding an extra upkeep of 432 gold per our every day. So, supposing that it generates 60000 gold per hour and all of it is reserved for troops then if you want to create a monster army of a 100.000 knights, at the end of those 925 days you will have to have paid 3.108.355.200 gold in upkeep
 
Sov buildings and Cavalry parades of course reduce that time and cost, but you will have to take into account THEIR costs to maintain as well and I am not in the mood atm to add all those parameters to the calculations.


Edited by Deranzin - 03 Jan 2014 at 10:56

While I too dislike the WW2 war crimes references, on the battlefield, this war has passed it's Stalingrad and El-Alamein phase. And while D-Day is yet to come, it seems that, to quote Sir Winston Churchill: "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."