Cost per research point calculator

[Master Shake]

Does your calculator take into account upkeep? Because that makes sacred units much more efficient.

[Gandalf Parker]

Nicely done. Good work.

[Yossar]

Oh, the Warlock Apprentice is Abysia's cheapest researcher in the short-term but the Demonbred is cheaper over the long term thanks to being sacred. That never even occured to me. I've just been building Apprentices. Now I wonder if the higher upfront cost of the Apprentice is worth more than the long term savings of the Demonbred. On default Magic, it takes 20-30 turns to see it though.

Thanks a lot for this thing. At first I thought it wasn't that useful, but it really is.

[Yossar]

Originally posted by Master Shake:
Does your calculator take into account upkeep? Because that makes sacred units much more efficient.

Definitely does. Also takes into account Ulm Master Smiths being immune to drain. Pretty robust little calculator.

[guybrush threepwood]

Glad people like it - now I might actually bother with the layout of the page (at some point)

Originally posted by archaeolept:
yeah, you should change all the "infinite" results to account for the fact that the minimum RP/turn is 1.

Doh, I did not know that. It should be fixed now

Anyway, upkeep with sacred units benefitting should be included. And I actually made this whole thing since I was also wondering about those abysian troops.

[PhilD]

Originally posted by guybrush threepwood:
Glad people like it - now I might actually bother with the layout of the page (at some point)

Don't! Keep it simple, there's no need for anything fancier...

I suppose experience isn't taken into account?

[Minrhael]

As the exact question I was coming to find out was bard vs sidhe champ in upkeep, thanks for the very timely table!

As an additional question though, how does the game calculate those percentages of an upkeep. i.e. on magic 3 a bard is 1.25, sidhe is 1.33. Is there any effective difference between them or do they just get counted as 1 each turn or 2 each turn or does it actually charge the extra gold every 4 turns for bard and 3 for sidhe?

This table also makes me cry As my beloved Tuatha I'm required to take a magic scale and I get the 47th best researcher? bah! Some "magical theme" we are. Bards were teachers and history keepers etc weren't they? (or am I just messed up through too many different books!) Give em a 1 point research bonus!