Re: A few small tips... - bidding
Aezeal: That all depends on the mercs involved. For the cost, the Farstrikers are probably the best mercs in the game, and I will happily keep them around forever.
The various Inquisitor merc units are nice because they give you a H2 priest, which is sometimes not even recruitable by the nation, and allows for 2 armies to move around both bolstered by Sermon of Courage.
Almost all of the mages, IMO, are worth their cost. Especially if you want to diversify, getting (e.g.) the Illusionist is much better than Empowering someone in Air just to try to find more Air sites.
Edit: Oh, regarding the actual hiring of mercenaries, I offer 5g over their asking price, and the only time I can remember getting outbid is when a nation has an advantage with that given mercenary troop. E.g., Fordo Boggit charges less to Ulm, and so AI Ulm gets them quite a bit. I don't think the AI is programmed to bid the lower cost they could, and so they 'overbid' by (in this case) 80g, and nab them.
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