Why the huge disparity in troop costs?

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Fairly new to the game, but love it.

Question. I started a game as Russia, and enjoyed the low cost of infantry. Thought it would be fun to try Sweden, a vassal in need of independence, so modified my eug file... then found infantry 4x more expensive.

Played with a few different nations. Troop costs vary.

Is there a good reason for this?

Please... educate me.

Thanks.

 

[hjarg]

Russia and Turkey have lowest troop costs: it reflects that they never had any problems with manpower.
England on the other hands has lower prices for their ships etc etc.
It adds a bit variety to the game...

 

[BiB]

Most nations have their own characteristics as irl.

 

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If all countries were the same to play it would get boring real fast. Variety adds a lot to the replay value.

 

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And is a way to reflect some troop specialization, as in case of Poland-Lithuanian cavalry (12d at hardest)

 

[BiB]

Each nation its strength.

 

[hjarg]

...and it's weakness. Pol-Lith infantry costs more then cavalry for example

 

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10d infantry, 12d cavalry (beginning of the game, hardest setting)
sure, Turkey and Russia gets cheaper body-climbers

 

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Originally posted by Maur13
10d infantry, 12d cavalry (beginning of the game, hardest setting)
sure, Turkey and Russia gets cheaper body-clmbers

Reminds me of a nickname the US Navy uses for the US Marine Corps: "bullet stoppers."