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Mercenaries

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:23 am
by Ori
How effective are mercenaries compared to normal and supers i was looking and seeing if it was more cost effective having merc rather than trained soldiers

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:27 am
by Reeb
Mercs are the same as normal trained soldiers as far as strength. Supers are a lot better of course. Mercs are great fodder though. I like using them for strike so I won't lose many UU. That way I can leave them trained as miners or covert and just buy cheap mercs to replace the ones that die. :-D

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:28 am
by Ori
you read my mind

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 11:51 am
by The Xeno
SS are more cost effective.


150% more expensive:
But...

200% more powerfull.
50% less likely to die.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 7:06 pm
by Rukia
i would reccomend training supers too...mercs kinda suck ^_^

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:27 pm
by Freestyle304
For all serious purposes I use super soldiers. Not following Jix's math though.

merc = 3k naq

ss = 350k naq (BM value)
+ 2k naq +89k naq (training) => 441k naq total... (or 391k at saner
prices)

per this thinking I can lose 147 merc per super and still break even.

What am I missing here?

Freestyle304

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:51 am
by JIX
Freestyle304 wrote:For all serious purposes I use super soldiers. Not following Jix's math though.

merc = 3k naq

ss = 350k naq (BM value)
+ 2k naq +89k naq (training) => 441k naq total... (or 391k at saner
prices)

per this thinking I can lose 147 merc per super and still break even.

What am I missing here?

Freestyle304
my math :?