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Super Soldier Cost

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 10:20 pm
by Meodread of Losensa
is it just me or does 89k for a super solder which only does 2x as much as a regular solder a lot?

I mean thats 45 times the cost

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 10:35 pm
by Nichos
I agree completely, it seems completely unrelistic. And in the event that they get changed to being cheaper, do the poeple who bought some at this price get refunded?

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 10:40 pm
by C Carter
89k isnt very pricy...... its 30 for less then 2.5million naq
i think its fine as it is

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 10:41 pm
by Meodread of Losensa
but speaking from just the strict math

45 times the price for 2 times the effectiveness is pretty high

i do understand the need to keep ppl from being able to juts buy like crazy but 89 000 plus 2 000 to train the oringinal troop seems pretty high to me but thats just my opinion

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 10:50 pm
by Nichos
When it comes down to it, 45 x the price for 2x the capacity of a standard soldier is just not even, for a benefit like that, you would want to hope that for that kind of price that they would be brilliant. I can see quite a few players low down in the ranks saving to buy one, and then being disappointed with it. And this is a game, so people are aiming to have fun, not get frustrated...

A better equation wouldv'e been 5x the cost for twice the capability.

But it will be interesting to see what happens with them down the track

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 10:55 pm
by Meodread of Losensa
Thats pretty much what i was thinking, maybe 10 times but 45 seems very very high

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 11:08 pm
by C Carter
u do benefit let me say it like this round of the best weapon to about
170k and a super soldier to about 90k
now to match a supersoldier with the best weapon u would need 2 of normal assualts with the best weapon which is about 340k adding the cost of the units
now the supersoldier cost would be only 260k about saving 120k and doing same amount of damage.....

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 11:33 pm
by firebrand
Exactly, you only need 1 super soldier with an X-302 to equal 2 X-302s and 2 attack teams, do the math, you make a profit but risk the soldier being killed.

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 11:46 pm
by C Carter
risk worth taking!

Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 12:13 am
by Forum
i am glad people figured out the value :)
but if the 45x upsets people, i can easly up the cost of a regular trained unit by 10x (to 20,000) so that the difference is under 5x .....

that is the only way the balancing will go.... else weapons will cost > 1Mil... and i do not want that!

Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 1:33 am
by ryan_avent
you see i think that the super nid should only be 6500 as it only does twice the dammage of a normal person so i think it should be double the cost.......

Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 1:58 am
by RepliJake
ryan_avent wrote:you see i think that the super nid should only be 6500 as it only does twice the dammage of a normal person so i think it should be double the cost.......


Forum wrote:i can easly up the cost of a regular trained unit by 10x (to 20,000) so that the difference is under 5x .....

that is the only way the balancing will go.... else weapons will cost > 1Mil... and i do not want that!


Would you prefer the price of the standard training go up??????

Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 4:07 am
by ~Phoenix~
r u blind, if u buy 2 attack troops and 2 weapons it will cost over 300'000naq but if u buy 1 and a weapon it will only cost a bit over 250'000 so this but they will both have the same atk, this upgrade is excellent, more atk for less money, im guessing none of u saw this

Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 4:12 am
by I Replicate
Actually, Crisp, that was mentioned by Major S Carter and firebrand, but ryans not listening to them.

@ryan and other haters of this update: The costs are just fine. It is very much worth training super soldiers. Do the math and stop talking about 2x this and 45x that. That is not the correct way to look at this update.

Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 7:10 am
by Elemental_FIRE
Actually, the super soldiers are better than the top level weapons. For cheaper. Check your stats.