Question about lifers

[jazhis]

Do they give less money per turn then regular miners and do they add to army size? Also is there a limit to the amount of money they give you like if u have more lifers then miners

[Sphinx42]

They give the same amount of money, but can't be untrained (and therefor you keep them even if you ascend). And you can't have more lifers than miners, as lifers are counted as miners.
Bottom line, there's little difference between lifers and 'ordinary' miners.

[jazhis]

when u say u cant have more lifers then miners you mean that as to get the income from them? so if i were to ascend i wouldnt get a income from the lifers till i had miners?

[Sphinx42]

OK, maybe I wasn't clear enough... what I meant is, miners = lifers + the ordinary miner guys.
Or maybe I misunderstood your question, but the answer is still the same: it doesn't matter. Lifers are in all aspects normal miners, but can't be untrained.

[jazhis]

so then the number of lifers i have before ascession is the number of miners that will stay with me when i ascend. so its just a tally of miners that will stay when ascending if i understand correctly what your saying

[Sphinx42]

Yup ( although I believe you also get 1 bonus miner after ascension ).