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Originally Posted by Illuminated One
- Nation.........Research.......Upkeep
- Arco...........Good...........-25%
- Ermor..........Med............default
- Ulm............Med............-25%
- Marve..........Good...........default
- Sauro..........Med............+25%
- Tien...........Med............-25%
- Mictl..........Bad............-25%
- Abysi..........Good...........+25%
- Caelu..........Med............+25%
- Ctis...........Med............default
- Pange..........Bad............-25%
- Agart..........Med............-25%
- Tirna..........Med............default
- Fomor..........Med............+25%
- Van............Med............+25%
- Hel............Med............+25%
- Niefel.........Bad............default
- Kail...........Good...........+25%
- Yomi...........Bad............-25%
- Hinnom.........Med............+25%
- Lanka..........Med............+25%
- Atlantis.......Med............-25%
- Ozeania........Med............default
- R'lyeh.........Good...........+25%
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A limited list of winners and losers based on those nations i know something about. I could speculate on some more, but I won't for now.
Winners:
Arcocephale - cheap upkeep, improved research tempo, gold-efficient units.
Marveni - good research much earlier than it would ever be able to afford it normally. Solid gold-efficient troops.
Losers:
Atlantis - primary commanders (BK/BQ) are impossible to afford. Units that actually do anything are also prohibitively expensive.
Kailasa - hideously penalized on research upkeep. Is a strong researcher in standard play because its research chasses have cheap upkeep and cheap initial costs.
Hinnom - maybe they deserve it, but can they even buy a commander, much less units for him to lead?
Caelum - Both of its two expansion strategies are prohibitively expensive, and one of them is fiscally impossible without amazing scales.
Tir Na Og - virtually impossible to get going, too gold intensive. Can't even afford what is generally used as its 'standard' commander without amazing scales.
Rlyeh - all its units that actually do anything are gold-intensive.