Converting gold into citizens
 

The 50>500 idea would be terrible for game balance and in-game "story" consistency. I'd like a disband function to exist, but it would be obviously and seriously absurd for it to add more population than got deducted during recruitment.

Think about it: then you could spend money on recruit/disband cycles to increase population. This makes no sense whatsoever in story/world/realism terms.

I do think there should be a disband function, but it should only be a convenience for unnecessary troops, not a bonus. IMO, you should have to keep paying upkeep for the disbanded unit for another 1-3 months after the disband (retirement package!). And certainly no population gain, unless there's going to be population loss with recruiting.

Re: Converting gold into citizens
 

yeah dude, just cause it would be cool and usefull doesn't mean its balanced. It would be nice if every nation had their own 9-conjuration titanic SC chassis - like the seraphs or mandahas... but that wouldn't be the right thing to do - it would not be something that any programmer will agree with, nor is your idea.

Re: Converting gold into citizens
 

I would not want to see the 1=100 ratio. I can imagine huge abuses, and lots more micromanagement.

Iwould be very happy with a simple disband feature, alas it seems we will have to wait until "Dominions 4, Rise of the Thingies"

Re: Disbanding army
 

My understanding of this is that supplies is what is left over after the population eats.

Re: Converting gold into citizens
 

Game Balance?? You must be joking... no human player would buy 50 troops which even the cheapest would cost 350 gold to raise a province by 500 population. That's a terrible investment even a beginner would be wiser... and for the record currently recruiting units don't effect population.

Do you have ANY frickin clue how 99.9% of all games including Dominions have many many many lists of traits which make no sense whatsoever in every aspect of story/world/realism! And any player not brain dead would know it's a terrible investment to buy units to slightly increase a provinces population.

In case you haven't noticed there are LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of ways a population can decrease yet very very few ways a population can increase. My suggestion would provide a new MINOR way to increase population.

Re: Converting gold into citizens
 

I agree... MY suggestion was a 1 per 10 ratio.

Re: Converting gold into citizens
 

I think NT Jedi is right about the balance. The worst case is probably using a few hundred Maenads for a few thousand population for a few tens of gold per turn. At 5 Maenads/turn a Pan could be covering its maintenance cost in *only* 46 turns.

Re: Converting gold into citizens
 

Calm down a little. It is indeed alot of micromanagement if such army-population conversion feature is to be added. Since this is not the civilization game, one unit is meant to represent one creature in Dom.

If you could work out a sensible equation for such conversion, why not make a mod? I'd download it. As for Illwinter, I will be content if they introduce a basic 'disband army' function.

Re: Converting gold into citizens
 

What about Dreamlands freespawn?

Re: Converting gold into citizens
 

Any units which appear from summoning or freespawn can be added to a 1 per 2 ratio instead of the 1 per 10 ratio.
Also to answer the next future question any undead should not work for any nation thus a 1 per 0(zero) ratio.