[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Zen:

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Originally posted by Hasslmaster:
This is no bug, but a heartfelt request. I'd love it if players could see the upkeep cost of individual units. That would help make informed decisions on how many mages/hydras/whatever to buy, or rather to stick to more standard units.

It would be nice if they would add it in. However, In lieu of that, the current upkeep system is fairly simplistic. Upkeep is 1/15th of the Unit Gold Price with the exception of Sacred units which is 1/30.

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True, but the problem is all the summoned units, some of which cost upkeep, some of which don't.

Yes - people can find and download the Summoned Creatures Quick Reference, but how many new players don't know about that? Or don't have good internet access (or internet access at all)?

There's certain things that really ought to show up in the user interface, and don't, which possibly leads to people trying the demo, and giving up on the game. (Supply usage, upkeep, and it'd also be nice if scouts, dominion scouting, or at least a scrying spell (probably for water) would give you some idea how many supplies are generated by a province before conquering it.)

But, TPTB don't like don't UI, and don't want to get a UI programmer, so we won't see any of that.