Need level 6 unit for west point. whats that

[johncross21]

What is a level 6 unit

And not quite as crucially what are XP points and how do they lead to promotions

 

[svv]

A level 6 unit is one that has received five promotions. Each promotion requires a certain number of experience points. You get experience points either initially from buildings (barracks, west point, pentagon) and/or from civics (theocracy, vassalage), or you get them from winning combats. There's also something in warlords about Great Generals or something like that, but I don't have warlords so can't comment further on that.

I don't know how many experience points exactly it takes to get to level 6; it takes more and more for each promotion.

 

[johncross21]

Thansk. Just what I needed

 

[svv]

No prob! I'm a prince! At least, that's what it now says under my name. I guess I skipped noble.

 

[Bhruic]

As a FYI, it's 26 XP to get a level 6 unit (unless you are Charismatic, in which case it's 20).

Bh

 

[kniteowl]

The number of Promotions you need for a unit is deceiving for Aggressive and Protective leaders, Just focus on the number of XP you get.

 

[cabert]

As a FYI, it's 26 XP to get a level 6 unit (unless you are Charismatic, in which case it's 20).

right

The number of Promotions you need for a unit is deceiving for Aggressive and Protective leaders, Just focus on the number of XP you get.

right

level 6 needed for West Point is in warlords, so I assume you play warlords.
For WP to be available you need to have a unit promoted 5 times through XPs.
Level of Xps required for the various levels :
Level 1 : 0xp.
Level 2: 2xp
level 3 : 5 (4 if charismatic)
level 4 : 10 (8 if char)
level 5 : 17 (13 if char)
level 6 : 26 (20 if char)
(level 7 is at 37 [28], level 8 is at 50 [38])

Where do you get xps?
- from barracks, stables and civics (theocracy, vassalage) in the city where you build the unit. Note that military instructors (=settled GG) also give XPs to units built in this city.
- from combat. Each combat gives you 1 to 10 xps, depending on if you attack or defend and what the relative strength is. SO winning at 5% odds will give you 10 xps, while mopping up at 99,9% odds will give you 1 xp.
- from attached Great Generals. A warlord gives 20 xps divided amongst the units in the stack. for example, you have a spear and an axe in a stack. The spear has 3 xps, the axe 7. If you attach the GG to the axe, the spear will be at 13 xps and the axe at 17.

How difficult is it to get to 26?
It's a real challenge without a GG. Most of your fights will give you 1 or 2 xps. those giving more than this are long shots that you'd better not even try .

Let's start with a chariot built in a city with a stable (unlikely, but who knows), running theocracy.
You start with 7 xps.
It would require 10 "not quite sure, but likely winnable" (= above 80% odds but less than 98%) fights to get to 26.
Or 19 retreats (yes you get 1 xp for retreating)/sure fights. That's a lot.
Note that fighting animals can't bring you over 5 xp and fighting barbs won't bring you above 10 xps.

That's why so many people use the first GG to attach to a single unit above 6 xps, getting a level 6 unit straight away.

 

[Welnic]

Just to mention that after you promote a unit to level 6 then you are good to go for West Point. At that point it doesn't matter if he dies. But you do have to promote him. Having a unit with 26 xps doesn't help until he is promoted.

 

[Hold The Onion]

same ideas apply to Heroic Epic with the exception being that the unit needs only to reach level 4- 10xp or 8xp for Charismatic