carnifex -> Minimizing Troop Upkeep Costs (8/24/2005 12:21:24 AM)
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Just a quick guide to how placing ground units in garrison vs foraging them will affect your money and food. Placing your troops inside the garrison does two things. One, it halves their upkeep cost, and two, it makes them use supply and food (The term 'supply' is confusing - it's just more money). For example, an Infantry unit in garrison will cost 1 money upkeep instead of 2, but to feed it you will pay 1 supply money and 2 food, so you wind up saving no money and using 2 food. That same unit outside foraging pays the full 2 upkeep money, but doesn't have to eat the food. There are four groupings of units according to their efficiency: Army/Corps These should always be in garrison. They cost 15 money outside vs. 7 inside and they consume no supply or food while garrisoned. Guard, Heavy Cavalry, Light Cavalry, Cavalry, Horse Artillery These all cost 4 money outside vs. 3 money inside. However, they all eat 1 food while in garrison (Guards eat 2). Infantry, Militia, Rifle Infantry, Artillery, Howitzer, Heavy Artillery, Irregular Cav, Jaeger Infantry, Lancers, and Light Infantry You get no benefit here. Each costs 2 on the inside and 2 on the outside. Inf, Mil, and Rifles eat 2 food, and the rest eat 1 food while inside in garrison. Cossack Inf, Guerillas, Janissaries, Landwher, Cossack Cav These are your worst garrisons because these units cost no upkeep so foraging for these boys is essentially free living. If you put them in garrison they will cost you 1 money each plus the food, and most of these guys eat 2 food (Cossack Cav only 1). Now, looking back at all this, if food is not a concern, then you should definitely garrison the first two troop types because of the money savings. For everyone else, you will save no money, and even wind up losing some in the last group. However, if food is a consideration (as it usually is), then be very careful about who you place in what city. You think you're saving some money on the upkeep (which is actually not true for most units), and all the while your food stocks are disappearing. Hope this helped.
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