I was thinking of "upgrading" not as upgrading the army man ( 1 to 2 to 3 stars) but rather just getting higher level warriors with better basic stats...
AND - let's not forget the basic research.....
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Syonite
An identifying feature for all those who spend their existence hidden in the shadows. +15 ATK / +40 DEF / +10 HP.
Research this piece of jewelry so that your jeweler can produce it.
Cost: 150.000 Gold
Duration: 102 Hours 46 Minutes 40 Seconds
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ANd - THe cost of each ring is at least 170,000 GOLD
Syonite Jeweler cut gem 1.00 59831.6*** 59831.6 170,531.60
Jewelry 1,000.00 11.1 11100
cobalt 1,500.00 11.7 17550
goat 500.00 3.7 1850
bronze mask 25.00 178 4450
fuel 75.00 10 750
gold 75,000.00 1 75000
***- I o not know what a cut gem cost to make, but it is at least 59,000 GOLD ( PLUS the Cost of making a stoneskin potion which must cost at least at least what 5K? so add that to the known quantity of the cut gem and you get an extra 64K - Thusly at the _LEAST_ a Syonite will cost 230,000 GOLD (twohundredthirty thousand).
NOw times that by 50 and you have spent:
Basic Research...... 150,000
rings cost .......... 11,500,000
Building (minimum) 312,000 ( PLUS motors, Hydraulic Pump, and Chip probably in the range of another 300K)
(Jeweller ITEM #needed
impulse laser 2.00
motor 50.00
Hydraulic Pump 100.00
chip 100.00
batteries 150.00
Ball Bearing 200.00
Gears 250.00
ore 10,000.00
gold 50,000.00
)
We're looking at 12,262,000....
Or about
16349 for each attack point
6131 for each defense point
24,524 for each HP....
Or just to build "one" - 980,000.
65,000 for 15 extra attack points
24,500 for 40 extra defense point
98,000 for 50 extra HPs..
Me? it will be a while...
PS, Did I mention the cost of building an engineer - at least medium to make this too?
about 200,000 )with the small and mediums... )
wow....