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Vextor
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1. Is there any set time for a nation to approach and try to hire a mercenary (like transfer window in sports)? For example, we just started phase 3 (let's say a battle has its first round only so far), can we already try to hire a mercenary for phase 4 or must we finish phase 3 first? |
Nope, you can arrange contracts with mercenaries in whatever way you want and however long in advance, although if things don't work out or if the mercenary decides to break the contract and ends up taking your money, it would be your loss. For example, if you pay a merc 1000 soldiers for 4 phases of service, ther merc can still abandon that contract if some other nation offers more money. Of course, a merc that does that sort of thing won't be liked, but if there is high demand for that particular merc, it may not matter. Some mercs may refuse to be "reserved" in advance, while some may want their schedule lined up. There's a lot of freedom there.
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2. It's mentioned that mostly anything is up to the mercenary themselves wether to take an offer or not. But could a nation hire a mercenary for more than 1 phase with 1 discussion between the nation and mercenary? Meaning that the nation hires the mercenary on phase 3, but for the service on both phase 4 and 5 (of course pay twice at the said time). |
I guess I already answered to that in my post above, so yes it depends on the merc. |
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KoRnholio
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Well the point remains that you could get 20,000 soldiers by paying 1,000 soldiers only. |
Except that most people would be willing to pay more, and where there's a willingness to give, there's a willingness to accept. With a small amount of mercenaries available, hiring any mercenary would become a bidding war. You probably aren't going to see soldier-heavy mercs willing to settle for 1/20th their soldier count until there's an overabundance of them. Until then, I'd expect to pay at least a third, if not half, or even more for good merc units. Especially if its an in-demand unit like magicians. Infantry would be cheaper. |
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Aurelien
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Well so far there seem to be more of those who think that mercenaries aren't as useful as their own nation members (nation pride or whatever) and I'm the only one who seems to think that hiring mercenaries are useful. So yeah, unless you and other nation leaders start to think that hiring mercenaries are useful and willing to pay more, then I don't see any problem at all.
And judging by freedom of the discussion between mercenaries and nations, it's just easy to keep the price low as well. The mercenary would not know how many nations wanted to hire him, so obviously he most likely wouldn't just reject an offer based on "might receive better offer tomorrow", the very same offer that might never come. And if a mercenary already accepted a nation's offer and then breaking the agreement by joining another nation that is willing to pay more, then the mercenary wouldn't be liked much. Hence, dropping his value by many many soldiers. Who would want to hire a backstabber mercenary? No one.
So an agreement between mercenary and a nation would be very important in determining the mercenary value. Also, seeing that it would be the first time that we have mercenaries, people might hesitate to pay "too much" for something that wouldn't really guarantee victory. Seriously speaking, if you're offered a new product, would you be willing to pay *that* much at once? No, you won't. You'd most likely be willing to pay small amount of money or wait to see how the new product is doing after a while. With that said, the price of mercenaries would be quite low.
But of course, if you're willing to pay 1/3 or even 1/2 of the mercenary soldiers, I admit defeat and feel free to hire them. I'm not going to even bother trying to outbid that kind of offer.
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Noot
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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If a nation hired a mercenary, could the nation leader choose him/her to do the duel? Or are they only used for the main battles?
EDIT: Nevermind, I checked out the other thread. Seems SARSadmin and synchysi need to still flesh that part out.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:03 am Post subject: |
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can mercs make threads for nation leaders to bid for their services?
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:13 am Post subject: |
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no; the interested leader will contact the merc of choice...making a thread wastes space and announces a transaction they may want to keep private.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:52 am Post subject: |
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hi! I'm new here and I hope that we can all get along! n_n
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I'm glad you're new here, Aenea, I hope you enjoy this place. This isn't exactly the best topic to make your entrance in though, try the "Community Forum" and the New Users topic...
Oh, and your avatar's a bit screwed up, you might want to fix that...
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Sorry :oops: I was rushing to class. I already fixed it n_n
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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I'm now a merc.....please contact me if you wish for my services..... that is all.....
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Vextor
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| No you're not. Not until you apply for being a merc and I approve it. |
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unknown
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:58 am Post subject: |
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well then.... were do i sign up?
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Vextor
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:02 am Post subject: |
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| At the top of every page in the forum, there is a link that says "usergroups." Click on that. Then, in the pulldown menu, select "mercenary." Once there, push "join this group" or whatever it says. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:04 am Post subject: |
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did and done.. heh I should look at my inbox more often heh
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Vextor
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| Okay, you are now a merc. Welcome to a life of high adventure, where you are your own master. |
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