How much should a Random-5 Mage cost?

[Scott Hebert]

Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
The costs of national mages and troops are not solely based on stats. Overall balance of the nation(s) is more important, and thematic considerations play a part too.
Or that's what I think anyway.

Well, I'm doing this mainly to help modders. For example, in just the relatively short time I've been doing this, I think I'm noticing a similar cost reduction for a capital-only vs. non-capital-only commander. Something of this nature would be VERY helpful for modders to know.

Something else I've noticed is that if you are a priest, the cost of being a priest subsumes/replaces the cost increase for being sacred. (Cf. Amazons)

However, one of the reasons I am not going to do much if any evaluation of the discrepancies found is precisely because stats don't paint the whole picture.

We'll see. This should be an interesting experiment, no matter the resulting data.