Hero Upkeep

macr05s

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 16, 2012, 6:08:27 PM

well since the update due to the high dust upkeep of heroes I no longer hire combat heroes. there is no point, I cannot keep up with owning 4 or 5 heroes till late game aka turn 200+

HolyTerror

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HolyTerror

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10 100g2g pts

13 years ago

May 16, 2012, 7:27:41 PM

I generally go slow, getting atleast 1 atfirst. I use them for resource production etc. but they are powerful enough late game to negate the upkeep costs.

macr05s wrote:
well since the update due to the high dust upkeep of heroes I no longer hire combat heroes. there is no point, I cannot keep up with owning 4 or 5 heroes till late game aka turn 200+

VIPInFlamesWeTrust

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VIPInFlamesWeTrust

Officer

15 100g2g pts

13 years ago

May 16, 2012, 7:49:45 PM

I have never used combat hero's, I only use them for system boosts.

bwfcnut

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bwfcnut

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6 000g2g pts

13 years ago

May 16, 2012, 7:53:57 PM

I must admit that the pendulum has swung from the too cheap extreme to the too pricey extreme but it's not at the point where they're pointless. I currently have two admin heroes and one combat hero on my main fleet pirate hunting/border defending and I haven't noticed them leeching my money away too much. I think if they toned the upkeep down slightly the balance would be perfect.

VIPFinalStrigon

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VIPFinalStrigon

Sheredyn

33 000g2g pts

13 years ago

May 16, 2012, 7:54:40 PM

I almost always have at least one "Save My System" Hero to boost up the FIDS for a system that is doing poorly and could use a boost to get things built faster, and an Admiral to go around and wreck fleets. Depending on what the game gives me, sometimes I have Heroes that can fit in either role, like a Corporate/Pilot Hero and a Administrator/Commander Hero.

Igncom1

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Igncom1

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11 400g2g pts

13 years ago

May 16, 2012, 7:58:33 PM

Huh, i feel that they are actually really balanced, not that i like to juggle more then 3 anyway.

JStarr

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JStarr

Old Timer

11 000g2g pts

13 years ago

May 16, 2012, 10:32:25 PM

never had more than 3 anyway, but I agree, early game it seems a little too pricey for most factions. Maybe have the first 5 levels or so only cost one dust upkeep each (lvl 1 - 1 dust, 2 - 2, 3 - 3, etc) and then the next ten cost 2 dust each ( lvl 6 - 7 dust, 7 - 9, 8 - 11), then above level 15 3 dust each or whatever works best.

VitunSuoPaska

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VitunSuoPaska

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 17, 2012, 1:54:56 AM

Igncom1 wrote:
Huh, i feel that they are actually really balanced, not that i like to juggle more then 3 anyway.

I agree with this.

MiburosWolf

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MiburosWolf

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 17, 2012, 2:08:07 AM

It does seem a bit pricey early game. But I had them leaching about 50-60 dust total by the end of the game which was pennies compared to my military. I don't think it's really balanced all that well, I think that it should be really tiny (3 per hero by level 5) until level 5 or so, then jump until level 10 (10 per hero) and then 10+ will have an exponential increase (12 will be 13 dust, 14 will be 16 dust, 16 will be 19 dust, etc.) That way you aren't penalized too hard early game and too little late game.

This is kinda moot if you get that bug that makes you start with no heroes.

macr05s

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macr05s

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 17, 2012, 12:17:04 PM

maybe add another option in game creation that determines hero upkeep that would be nice devs

SpinnerMaster

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SpinnerMaster

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23 700g2g pts

13 years ago

May 17, 2012, 12:30:23 PM

I really like to hire administrative heroes, I tend never to hire combat heroes.

Cuddles

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Cuddles

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17 100g2g pts

13 years ago

May 17, 2012, 2:53:21 PM

This thread is an interesting contrast with this one. On the one hand it's too easy to make tons of dust, on the other it's hard to get enough dust.

I've generally only used admin heroes, so they pay for themselves anyway.

Photon_Ventdesdunes

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Photon_Ventdesdunes

Newcomer

13 years ago

May 17, 2012, 3:02:08 PM

Personnally, I think the heroes are cheap/expensive enough this way.

They are heroes, it's not like a newbie empire could say :"Hey, we are the best, let's hire 20 super-heroes". It needs time to build an efficient empire. And heroes will join one by one as your power will increase.

Before I could play with 5 heroes at the same time. Now less, it looks more realistic.

By the way, combat heroes can really change a battle alone.

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