Um...okay?
Insolent cur! We have fed Bumin's nose to a dog!
Um...okay?
To Seleukids
From Areia
We offer 3000 talents for your full withdrawal.
Diplomacy is supposed to be in character. Puttingstupidlamesilly OTL pictures in 7th century ATL diplomacy breaks the IC/OOC barrier.
OOC: Sorry, but I fail to understand the upkeep system. Dachs, or anyone else:
I have about 65000 infantry. Upkeep= 65*150=9750 talents
I have about 13000 cavalry. Upkeep=13*300=3900 talents
I have about 30 ships. Upkeep=3*200=600 talents
Total=9750+3900+600=14250 talents
Total in stats=24200 talents.
Where is the extra coming from? The Seleukids also have an upkeep bigger than it should be, by my calculations.
It's not that ad hoc. There is method to the madness. But yes, there is not a direct correlation between army size and total upkeep due to infra, bureaucracy, military quality, nature of said military quality, and so forth. Upkeep per turn per 1,000 soldiers/10 ships is also not equal to recruitment cost, due to various one-time costs involved in recruitment (signing bonuses, equipment provision, initial training, and so forth).Dachs has a very ad hoc upkeep system. So...we don't exactly know.But it doesn't just account for military; your infrastructure, bureaucracy and a bunch of other things affect it.