Tonk

so, my main city, population 2415, has massive upkeep. when nobody is working, or learning, the income is 9.5k/hour, but there is 5.5k/hour upkeep even when nobody is working, i dont have THAT many troops in this town either..

50 phalanx
3 rams
38 archers
5 catapults
15 gyrocoptors
2 docs
2 cooks


and if i drop the 50 phalanx.... it doesnt move that much.... WHATS GOIN ON!!! lol

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Tonk

ok... it might be because of trade ships, i am constantly buying more, but i need to stop buying until i have more income, i am paying 20k in upkeep overall

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Sawviper

All those units base upkeep comes to 5151 upkeep, have to subtract off any research bonuses you get. Do you have any ships in port? Ballista, Mortar, Ram? That might be enough with research bonuses to get you to 5.5k easy

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WhiskeySix

I'd ditched the docs, cooks, rams and catapults... can build docs and cooks on-demand, and having a boat load of spies costs zero upkeep and opens walls just as well.

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El_Gringo_Grande

Weird.

I have 5,001 upkeep in my main town.
96 phalanx
10 archers
10 gunmen
13 steam giants
2 docs,
2 cooks,
13 ram ships
3 ballista
14 paddle wheel ram
2 flame thrower

But I have almost all the research upgrades. That could be it.

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Tonk

does the number of ships matter? cause i have 73

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El_Gringo_Grande

Talking transport ships? I would bet. I only have 30 or so.


Is the upkeep for transport ships distributed across all colonies?

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- "The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity". -Jacob Burkhardt
- "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Emerson
- "People should not be afraid of it's government, government should be afraid of it's People." - Line from V for Vendetta
- If software were as unreliable as economic theory, there wouldn't be a plane made of anything other than paper that could get off the ground. Jim Fawcette
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kormendi

all upkeep is distributed across all colonies weighted by population.

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Tonk

that makes more sense then

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