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There's strong evidence that the Negotiation Costs, for each sector, INDEPENDENTLY use the same linear spread as the Troop Strength.
The following chart presents raw data, so some of the possible costs are missing, while others are repeated. Were we to eliminate the duplicate values, and interpolate the missing values, we'd have a linear Encounter Negotiation graph for each sector. As such, we're not going to bother tracking the negotiation details because counting noses is far easier.
The most difficult portion of the research was determining how to combine the various costs. After some pretty through digging, we found that the best match was
It's quite clear that the strength of the defensive army is NOT correlated with the cost of negotiation. They can both pretty much double, withing the same set of 8 encounters. But there's apparently a unique random seed for each sector, because the same encounter is going to give you the same encounter challenge, no matter how many times you take a peek.
Just to nail down the point, one of the sectors had THREE encounters with just 1 squad of 17 Thieves. The negotiation costs were
[tr1][td2]480[/td2][td2]62[/td2][td2]0[/td2][td2]1100[/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2]960[/td2][td2]41[/td2][td2]2[/td2][td2]1450[/td2][/tr2]
[tr1][td2]240[/td2][td2]120[/td2][td2]2[/td2][td2]1520[/td2][/tr1]
The following chart presents raw data, so some of the possible costs are missing, while others are repeated. Were we to eliminate the duplicate values, and interpolate the missing values, we'd have a linear Encounter Negotiation graph for each sector. As such, we're not going to bother tracking the negotiation details because counting noses is far easier.
The most difficult portion of the research was determining how to combine the various costs. After some pretty through digging, we found that the best match was
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Negotiation Cost Equivalent = Coins + 10*Supplies + 40*Tier1 + 160*Tier2 + 640*Tier3
Just to nail down the point, one of the sectors had THREE encounters with just 1 squad of 17 Thieves. The negotiation costs were
Coins | Supplies | Tier1 | Equivalent |
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[tr1][td2]480[/td2][td2]62[/td2][td2]0[/td2][td2]1100[/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2]960[/td2][td2]41[/td2][td2]2[/td2][td2]1450[/td2][/tr2]
[tr1][td2]240[/td2][td2]120[/td2][td2]2[/td2][td2]1520[/td2][/tr1]
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