Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:13 am
what exactly is the point of them if they cant be used?
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Untrained Mercenaries
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Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:20 am
*moved to correct section*
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:46 am
they eat your mine slave's food and make them generally very sad because unlike your miners, the untrained mercs don't have to work
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:57 am
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:30 pm
Untrained mercs provide -SOME- APP for when you ascend. I believe they provide half that of an attack or a defence merc and less than the naq they cost. But you can take as many as you want through ascension.
Or potentially if you have a very tiny bank, and can't actually bank with anyone else, they are a secure way of storing naq (though admittedly at a great loss) but they are absolutely untouchable and the return from selling them back to the market is guarenteed.
Or potentially if you have a very tiny bank, and can't actually bank with anyone else, they are a secure way of storing naq (though admittedly at a great loss) but they are absolutely untouchable and the return from selling them back to the market is guarenteed.
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:08 pm
Tekki wrote:Untrained mercs provide -SOME- APP for when you ascend. I believe they provide half that of an attack or a defence merc and less than the naq they cost. But you can take as many as you want through ascension.
Or potentially if you have a very tiny bank, and can't actually bank with anyone else, they are a secure way of storing naq (though admittedly at a great loss) but they are absolutely untouchable and the return from selling them back to the market is guarenteed.
Thats pretty much it.
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:29 pm
In perg, they can also be a way for a CO to supply an officer with resources.
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:35 pm
Caladon wrote:In perg, they can also be a way for a CO to supply an officer with resources.
Intresting
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:20 am
Lore wrote:Caladon wrote:In perg, they can also be a way for a CO to supply an officer with resources.
Intresting
Naq transfers are not possible in perg, but you can still send mercs to your officer so it it is basically a naq transfer with Jason taking a 50% fee
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:46 am
No use to be honest
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:26 am
it is a valid tactic beb
and as you can sell mercs only for 50% of the price you bought them, it is a costly tactic aswell so I do not think it can be used on a large scale anyways
move to normal, hit ppt and get the naq you need transferred is what most would do.
and as you can sell mercs only for 50% of the price you bought them, it is a costly tactic aswell so I do not think it can be used on a large scale anyways
move to normal, hit ppt and get the naq you need transferred is what most would do.
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:57 am
I agree it is costly. When an officer is a new player, the naq, even after Jason's cut, is still naq.
Re: Untrained Mercenaries
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:29 pm
deni wrote:
Naq transfers are not possible in perg, but you can still send mercs to your officer so it it is basically a naq transfer with Jason taking a 50% fee
Buy Mercenaries
Mercenaries Type Cost Per Unit
Untrained Mercenaries 1,500 Naquadah
Sell Mercenaries
Mercenaries Type Resale Per Unit
Untrained Mercenaries 900 Naquadah
A bit more then 50% I do believe.