Is it worth paying 7.5k for more troops in Act 2?

[Phil85]

What effect does it have?

[アンジェル]

Early boost for a fairly cheap price.

[Cutlass Jack]

Its definately worth it. 7.5k is nothing in the long run and it will give you a bunch of extra troops which will make the beginning of the military campaign much easier.

[Darx]

100% worth it. you will have millions of gold at the end of the game

[Phil85]

Thanks. I'm glad, because I payed it 10 hours ago.

[zpc]

Depends. Passing time gives you the funds and thus you don't have to pay it from your own pockets. One might not have that kind of money if one has to buy a lot of equipment for the MC / Party (e.g. scroll & alchemy equipment or special weapons). If the party works with all the looted gear and the gold doesn't matter it can speed up the march to Drezen.

But it isn't necessary at all tbh.

[TofuFox]

Yes, in my second time through Act 2 it made things much easier. You're going to need more troops eventually anyway and it's cheaper this way.

Plus, it gets you Clerics immediately, so the Gargoyle fight doesn't take forever.

[Phil85]

Thanks for the replies.

[Saberris]

Acts 1-3 I would not hesitate to spend money on armies and town infrastructure, build up a big doomstack and clear out most of the enemy armies in your territories if possible. Before the end of Act 3 I would spend all of your resources though.
Not so spoilery spoiler When you return to the city/world map in act 5 you will start with only around 5k finance points and small amounts of materials/magic resources and most of your armies will be gone or reduced, but generals will remain as will your monthly income from infrastructure. So plan ahead for that loss.

[Flip]

Yes do it. 7.5k is nothing and it's much cheaper than converting money to finance later

[JustSmile]

Originally posted by Darx:

100% worth it. you will have millions of gold at the end of the game

While agree it's worth it "spend a significant portion of your current money because in 120 hours you'll have much more" is not a very good argument. xD

[Flip]

Originally posted by JustSmile:

Originally posted by Darx:

100% worth it. you will have millions of gold at the end of the game

While agree it's worth it "spend a significant portion of your current money because in 120 hours you'll have much more" is not a very good argument. xD

To be fair you should have way more than 7.5k and there is really nothing vital to spend it on anyway, the game showers you with loot. 7.5k even in act 2 might set you back a couple of encounters worth of loot if that, you should have more than enough money by the end of the act for important items *cough* red salamander ring * cough*

[Hekk]

Yes. 7.5k is nothing and more troops is always good. If you've been salvaging well in act 1 you'll leave it with more than 30-40k, and you will probably be around 100k+ before you are done with act 2 even if you are spending - unless you buy stupid crap.

[Darx]

Originally posted by JustSmile:

Originally posted by Darx:

100% worth it. you will have millions of gold at the end of the game

While agree it's worth it "spend a significant portion of your current money because in 120 hours you'll have much more" is not a very good argument. xD

sure but on the other hand i very rarely had to spend money on anything. so loosing 7k at point didnt hurt one bit

[bumpboy23703]

Yes, Clerics are worth it.

[Gregorovitch]

I'd say the equation here is simple: the bigger your superiority in any army encounter the less soldiers you will lose winning the battle and the more you will have available for the next one. Therefore the more soldiers you have the better. Therefore you take every opportunity presented to you to get more and to hell with the expense.

Also you're on a timer of sorts - you get so much morale for winning a battle that wears off after a certain number of days. Therefore you need to keep fighting battles. There are small demon armies that are easy. But you'll run out of them. More soldiers means you can tackle the bigger demon armies and you have a reason to tackle them sooner rather than later. Therefore you want to get more soldiers as fast as possible.

Look after your army and your army will look after you.