I usually turn them on if I decide to have mercenaries at all. That way you can be lucky and get units when you are in a pinch. Like every 8 round to quote KGB It is of course up to you if you want do depend on questing for them or not. I feel that I'm more often than not better off taking something else than mercenaries as a reward.

065227N wrote:


Sure, right here on this site

Or it will be once I finish reconstructing all the pages that were lost. Until then feel free to ask questions.

065227N wrote:


Dragons cost more because the are Dragons. That was part of the 1.02 re-balancing effort. Otherwise all the Merc/Ally slots were filled with Dragons.

* DARKLORDS RISING v1.02 SIDE CONSTRUCTION FORMULAS *

For each choice, compute base cost, then apply applicable modifiers in order.

Army slot 1: 2 * UBASE (*1.5 if DRAGON)
Army slot 2: 1.5 * UBASE (*1.5 if DRAGON)
Army slot 3: 1.4 * UBASE (*1.5 if DRAGON)
Army slot 4: 1.3 * UBASE (*1.5 if DRAGON)
Army slot 5: 1.2 * UBASE (*1.5 if DRAGON)
Army slot 6: 1.1 * UBASE (*1.5 if DRAGON)
Army slot 7: 1 * UBASE (*1.5 if DRAGON)
Army slot 8: 1 * UBASE (*1.5 if DRAGON)
(Duplicate penalty: +100 for second use, +200 for third use, etc.)

Merc slot 1: 2 * UBASE (*6 if TIME>1) (*3 if BUILD>1000) (+1000 if DRAGON)
Merc slot 2: 1 * UBASE (*9 if TIME>2) (*2 if BUILD>1000) (+1000 if DRAGON)
Merc slot 3: 1/4 * UBASE (*12 if TIME>3) (+1000 if DRAGON)
(Duplicate penalty: +100 for second use, +200 for third use, etc.)

Ally slot 1: 2 * UBASE (*3 if TIME>3) (*3 if BUILD>1000) (+1000 if DRAGON)
Ally slot 2: 1 * UBASE (*5 if TIME>4) (*2 if BUILD>1000) (+1000 if DRAGON)
Ally slot 3: 1/3 * UBASE (+350 if DRAGON)
Ally slot 4: 1/5 * UBASE
(Duplicate penalty: +100 for second use, +200 for third use, etc.)

Ship type: (tbd)

Hero slot 1: 1 * HBASE
Hero slot 2: 1 * HBASE
Hero slot 3: 1/3 * HBASE
Hero slot 4: 1/5 * HBASE

Stack Limit: (4,5,6,7, => (0,300,500,700,800)
Mercenaries: 35
Sell Items: 20
Start Gold: 1 gold/1 point (500 gold max)
Mana: (None,White,Gray,Black) = (35,40,80,40)
Max Mana: 1 mana/10 points (30 mana max)
Start Mana: 1 mana/2 points (up to max)

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UBASE = (Cost to build Unit in city) / 11
TIME = (Production time for Unit)
DRAGON = Any unit with "Dragon" in name
HBASE = 8 * (Experience required for Level 2)




Up to you whether you turn off that option. Aznagroth doesn't obviously. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. Depends on what I can get with my 35 points in terms of better allies or more mana or better regulars etc.

Typically if I don't have a hero who can get me to +5 chaos/fear with a spell or with 1 ab buys, then I definitely want a Red/Green dragon and thus use my 35 points on that instead of extra merc offers.

KGB

I'm necroing this thread because I can't find the answers to my question on google and this seems like a thread related to what I want to know.

I know I have seen it before, but I think it must be deep down in a forumthread somewhere on one of the old large forums.

When doing quests. What is the percentage for slot1,2 or 3 mercenaries when chosing easy, average or hard rewards?

Aznagroth,

Easy: Slot 1 100%
Medium: Slot 1-3 33%
Hard: Slot 2, 33%, slot 3 66%

KGB

Thanks for quick and precise answer like always <3

As I still try to learn all the rules I have to ask: Does that mean I always get a slot 1 mercenary unit if I complete an easy quest?

By the way, what is the difference / importance of the number of slots? (e.g. regular slot 1 is more expensive thatn slot 8, because..?)

Best regards,
skeletor

Skeletor,

Yes, you always get slot 1 mercenaries if you select a mercenary reward for an easy quest (there are other rewards you can select).

Regular slot 1 is more expensive than slot 8 so that player sets don't consist of just purely 4-5 turn units. Otherwise it doesn't matter. It obviously matters much more for mercs/allies because of the quest rewards.

KGB

KGB wrote:


I just did a hard quest receiving 16 giant rats as reward. The percentages for easy and medium seems correct to me. Medium could maybe need some investigation to make sure. I would suggest hard gives something like slot 1 10% slot 2 20% and slot 3 70%. It is just a guess. slot 1 as reward for hard quest is at least possible.