Captured Equipment Pool

[Ch53dVet]

If I incorporate captured equipment into my core units then later on upgrade them with better non-captured equipment those units get returned to the captured units pool.
But if I equip my auxiliary units with captured equipment and they survive the game the captured equipment doesn't get returned to the pool, I don't want to give it away, it's more like a "Lend or lease" proposal.

When the captured equipment gets down to less than the number needed to create a usable unit it stagnates the pool with outdated period pieces you can no longer use or capture.

It would be nice if I could sell off these outdated period pieces as scrap metal in return for their less than normal prestige value.

Come-on Dev's, Incorporate a "Lend or Lease" agreement with Auxiliary troops (return my captured equipment after using it} Then help me take out the garbage. I'm tired of being a War Surplus "Hoarder" let me sell off all my obsolete and non-usable captured equipment for its prestige value. I can live with selling it off for a few prestige penny's on the prestige dollar.

[Hercule Poirot]

while you cant sell it you can disband it iirc. There should be a "x" button on the top right of the unit in the captured equipment screen

[ken_lawr]

We should be able to sell it to our Allies at whatever price we want or scrap it for value.

[sorenthewild]

Originally posted by ken_lawr:

We should be able to sell it to our Allies at whatever price we want or scrap it for value.

You already get the prestige cost when you capture it, so why do you want to be paid again?

[Ch53dVet]

Originally posted by sorenthewild:

Originally posted by ken_lawr:

We should be able to sell it to our Allies at whatever price we want or scrap it for value.

You already get the prestige cost when you capture it, so why do you want to be paid again?

Because, using it will, more than likely, cost more than what you got for it.
Especially, if you use it, then upgrade it (puts it back into the pool) then later on you equip your auxiliary forces with it.
There is no win/win if you capture it and use it, that only occurs if you capture it and never use it.
It should be like "Lets Make a Deal" offer me money (prestige) or go for whats behind door #1.

[Boredflak]

WRONG. You are saying you use said equipment then upgrade it and then buy it for aux troops. Those are 3 separate things. Each of which have a SEPARATE prestige cost.
1. you use the equipment which the cost of doing this was paid for by capturing the equipment.
2. you upgrade it. you pay for the cost of the upgrade AND get the captured equipment back in pool. You are retaining the value of the captured equipment in that you do not have to pay for the full price of the upgrade just the difference. This is the same for upgrading any equipment not just captured equipment.
3. you equip your aux troops with said equipment. Any aux troops are gone at the end of a scenario, so yes this is and added cost that you CHOOSE to do.

Each of these are a separate thing, yes they all share a link to the captured equipment. But are each separate. You want the captured equipment to be free forever but it does not work that way.

Example you capture a unit, you get the points of equipment and prestige value added to your pools. Say it is 15 points of equipment and 150 prestige.
Now you decide to field a unit of the captured equipment It removes 10 points of said equipment and 100 prestige. Now a few scenarios later you upgrade the unit to something newer. The new unit would cost you 200 prestige to buy it new BUT you paid 100 to deploy the captured equipment. So you pay 100 prestige and get the 10 points of captured equipment back into your pool. You are totally wrong in the "Because, using it will, more than likely, cost more than what you got for it."