what are untrined mercs for or worth

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what are untrined mercs for or worth

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Re: what are untrined mercs for or worth

You get a free USS for every 500 million you buy
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Am Heh wrote:You get a free USS for every 500 million you buy

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

evil man, evil.


they use to add to your army size, so you could use them to "bluff", but that was removed.

now the only use they have is a makeshift bank, since weapons can be sabbed, you can buy mercs to sell later at a loss. They also give APP for ascending, but the Same Naq you spend to buy the mercs would net you more APP

other then that, a few of us like to collect them, kinna like baseball cards. I personally have a "ant farm" colony of untrained mercs.

Untrained Mercenaries 7,316,300,000
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Re: what are untrined mercs for or worth

You should be able to train them into ninjas.....wizard ninjas......pirate wizard ninjas.....

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I just wanted to show him, the banking aspect first hand :lol:
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untrained mercs STILL give more APP than naq does meaning you get more APP buying untrained mercs than you do from straight naq.

the math does not lie either. it takes 2400 mercs to make 1 APP, it takes 6 million naq to make 1 APP. untrained mercs costs 1500 each, 2400 untrained mercs costs 3.6 mil naq. you get almost double the APP for the naq you spend but that doesnt matter since jason made anything above bare minimum ascensions pointless since you can just farm whatever DMU you need to make up for doing minimal ascensions.


but for those still interested in untrained mercs they do serve some purpose even now.


and from the ascension page:

Current Naquadah 1 to 6000000 67,567,147,681 (minimum 562,874,999 required) 11261

Mercs 1 to 2400 1,644,000,000 342500

that 1.6 bil is nothing but untrained mercs. buying trained mercs costs you more naq than you get in return with APP.
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Re: what are untrined mercs for or worth

I am confused by your first and last sentances.
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WeaponX wrote:untrained mercs STILL give more APP than naq does meaning you get more APP buying untrained mercs than you do from straight naq.

the math does not lie either. it takes 2400 mercs to make 1 APP, it takes 6 million naq to make 1 APP. untrained mercs costs 1500 each, 2400 untrained mercs costs 3.6 mil naq. you get almost double the APP for the naq you spend but that doesnt matter since jason made anything above bare minimum ascensions pointless since you can just farm whatever DMU you need to make up for doing minimal ascensions.


but for those still interested in untrained mercs they do serve some purpose even now.


and from the ascension page:

Current Naquadah 1 to 6000000 67,567,147,681 (minimum 562,874,999 required) 11261

Mercs 1 to 2400 1,644,000,000 342500

that 1.6 bil is nothing but untrained mercs. buying trained mercs costs you more naq than you get in return with APP.


last i checked, untrained mercs had half ascension value to the actual listed value. so it was indeed cheaper to use straight naq than to use untrained mercs.
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there is no listing of untrained and trained mercs on the ascension page, only mercs, and untrained mercs were counted as mercs...hence untrained mercs give more APP.


or the game is lying...i doubt that though.
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cheers for the advice guys most other game they add income just never used them till i saw 300 mil on the market
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Psi Kiya Trist wrote:
last i checked, untrained mercs had half ascension value to the actual listed value. so it was indeed cheaper to use straight naq than to use untrained mercs.


I was under the same impression, I'll see if I can find someone ascending to test this for conclusive proof.
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So since they have an ascension value, (not much but a value nonetheless) if I were to list 125m untrained mercs for sale, what would someone be willing to pay for them? I doubt there's much of a market for them, but it would be nice to know a price or price range.
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~Insider Trader~ wrote:So since they have an ascension value, (not much but a value nonetheless) if I were to list 125m untrained mercs for sale, what would someone be willing to pay for them? I doubt there's much of a market for them, but it would be nice to know a price or price range.


I would give you your naq back for them.
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schuesseled wrote:And Yes, If someone attacked me with a knife and I had a cannon I would shoot them with it.
Age old saying that, "Dont bring a knife to a gun fight"
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Lore wrote:
~Insider Trader~ wrote:So since they have an ascension value, (not much but a value nonetheless) if I were to list 125m untrained mercs for sale, what would someone be willing to pay for them? I doubt there's much of a market for them, but it would be nice to know a price or price range.


I would give you your naq back for them.

100% naq back? 1500 per unit
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Lord Blackhole wrote:
Lore wrote:
~Insider Trader~ wrote:So since they have an ascension value, (not much but a value nonetheless) if I were to list 125m untrained mercs for sale, what would someone be willing to pay for them? I doubt there's much of a market for them, but it would be nice to know a price or price range.


I would give you your naq back for them.

100% naq back? 1500 per unit

Yes. More then you can sell them back to market for.
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schuesseled wrote:And Yes, If someone attacked me with a knife and I had a cannon I would shoot them with it.
Age old saying that, "Dont bring a knife to a gun fight"
Reason, youll get dead.
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