Does this math work?

[Graeme Dice]

deccan said:
Curious: why bloodhunt with base Abysia using demonbred instead of warlock apprentice?

If you expect your mage to be hunting for more than 48 turns, then the demonbred is cheaper.

[Boron]

Graeme Dice said:

If you expect your mage to be hunting for more than 48 turns, then the demonbred is cheaper.

Not only that but when something happens the demonbred still can summon a devil or be used as a mediocre battlemage while the warlock apprentice is just a blood hunter and perhaps an astralitem forger .
Furthermore a demonbred can build everything . If you fly in 2 demonbreds the one builds 2 turns the watchtower while the other one buids a lab + a temple meanwhile . then they can start bloodhunting in a fully protected and built up province

[deccan]

Graeme Dice said:
If you expect your mage to be hunting for more than 48 turns, then the demonbred is cheaper.

Heh, how does that work?

Apprentice base cost 150 gold, upkeep 150/15 = 10 per turn
Demonbred base cost 260 gold, upkeep 260/30 = 8.666 per turn.

Purchase price difference = 110 gold
Upkeep price difference = 10 - 8.666 = 1.334

Should take 80 turns to make up the difference, no?

[deccan]

deccan said:

Heh, how does that work?

Apprentice base cost 150 gold, upkeep 150/15 = 10 per turn
Demonbred base cost 260 gold, upkeep 260/30 = 8.666 per turn.

Purchase price difference = 110 gold
Upkeep price difference = 10 - 8.666 = 1.334

Should take 80 turns to make up the difference, no?

Eh, no one's replied to me, so I suppose I'm right? So, again, why use the demonbred instead of a plain warlock apprentice? Okay, I've just realized that warlock apprentices are capital only as well, so arguably demonbreds can fly to new bloodhunting grounds faster, but still 110 gold difference is awfully large. I think I prefer to spend it on two Lava Warriors.

[Boron]

deccan said:

Eh, no one's replied to me, so I suppose I'm right? So, again, why use the demonbred instead of a plain warlock apprentice? Okay, I've just realized that warlock apprentices are capital only as well, so arguably demonbreds can fly to new bloodhunting grounds faster, but still 110 gold difference is awfully large. I think I prefer to spend it on two Lava Warriors.

I tried to answer that about 5 Posts ago

Boron said:

Not only that but when something happens the demonbred still can summon a devil or be used as a mediocre battlemage while the warlock apprentice is just a blood hunter and perhaps an astralitem forger .
Furthermore a demonbred can build everything . If you fly in 2 demonbreds the one builds 2 turns the watchtower while the other one buids a lab + a temple meanwhile . then they can start bloodhunting in a fully protected and built up province

Warlock apprentices are really good too . If i have enough money i build a demonbred . If i lack money i built a warlock apprentice instead .