Just curious...
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Just curious...
Is there some explanation as to why small army bases cost more to maintain than medium bases?
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The annual maintenance cost, that is paired with the manpower number on the Base information screen is what I'm referring to.
Example: Greece WWIII
an outpost has an annual maintenance cost of 21,973 M
A small army base= 30,931 M
Medium= 26,937 M
though the actual costs differ in different sizes of scenarios, this pricing pattern is constant. (I guess I'd have to check some old save games to be absolutely sure) It seems like the small has the medium price tag, and the medium has the small cost number.
Example: Greece WWIII
an outpost has an annual maintenance cost of 21,973 M
A small army base= 30,931 M
Medium= 26,937 M
though the actual costs differ in different sizes of scenarios, this pricing pattern is constant. (I guess I'd have to check some old save games to be absolutely sure) It seems like the small has the medium price tag, and the medium has the small cost number.
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Ok, i've got too much time on my hands so I thought I would check it out my self.
I found 3 bases in the WW3 map in Russia:
1-Outpose-Adazi-$5.221M
2-Sm Base-Ivanovo-$7.418M
3-Med Base-Alabino-Naro-$6.628M
I found that it was the small base that was more expensive than the medium base.
Does the number of reserve units in a base effect cost?
Because I found that there were less reserves in the Medium Base than the Small base...
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I am going to go to a different map and have another look, as I said, I have way too much time on my hand what with school holidays and all.
I found 3 bases in the WW3 map in Russia:
1-Outpose-Adazi-$5.221M
2-Sm Base-Ivanovo-$7.418M
3-Med Base-Alabino-Naro-$6.628M
I found that it was the small base that was more expensive than the medium base.
Does the number of reserve units in a base effect cost?
Because I found that there were less reserves in the Medium Base than the Small base...
1-0
2-10
3-6
I am going to go to a different map and have another look, as I said, I have way too much time on my hand what with school holidays and all.
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Ok, i just finished testing useing the same small and medium bases as before in Russia (Ivanovo and Alabino-Naro respectivly). I got the same starting figures:
Ivanovo-$7.418M
Alabino-Naro-$6.628M
I took results for 5 game days, however due to the time in the UK i realy cant be bothered typing them all out, however on the last day i got numbers of:
Ivanovo-$7.393M
Alabino-Naro-$6.604M
Some simple math, shows that Ivanovo suffered a decrese in cost of $0.025M and Alabino-Naro had a decrease of $0.024M. Which i would take to mean that deploying the reserves has no appreacialbe effect on the costs of running the facilites.
I will at some point tomorrow night (can't test during the day, revision ) check some other countries.
Ivanovo-$7.418M
Alabino-Naro-$6.628M
I took results for 5 game days, however due to the time in the UK i realy cant be bothered typing them all out, however on the last day i got numbers of:
Ivanovo-$7.393M
Alabino-Naro-$6.604M
Some simple math, shows that Ivanovo suffered a decrese in cost of $0.025M and Alabino-Naro had a decrease of $0.024M. Which i would take to mean that deploying the reserves has no appreacialbe effect on the costs of running the facilites.
I will at some point tomorrow night (can't test during the day, revision ) check some other countries.
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Yes, it isn't the reserves, I scanned through the entire list and all bases of the same size had the same cost regardless of building units or reserves present. I have confirmed the same pattern in a Dallas Campaign at the world level, WWIII, and the south Asia Scenario. I'd warrant it is present in all scenarios.
I was actually referring to the "Estimated Annual Operating Cost". I'm not sure why I thought it was referred to as maintenance. Anyway Chris, I have screen shots or save games if you want me to send along examples of what I'm talking about, but you can get the same information I'm speaking of by right clicking a base and clicking "details", then scrolling back and forth through the base info pages.
In any case, I am not overly worried about it, it seems to me that the values for smalls and mediums were switched somehow.
I was actually referring to the "Estimated Annual Operating Cost". I'm not sure why I thought it was referred to as maintenance. Anyway Chris, I have screen shots or save games if you want me to send along examples of what I'm talking about, but you can get the same information I'm speaking of by right clicking a base and clicking "details", then scrolling back and forth through the base info pages.
In any case, I am not overly worried about it, it seems to me that the values for smalls and mediums were switched somehow.
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