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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Gladiator Buying Guide

What do the gladiators to the left all have in common?

THEY ARE ALL TRASH THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BUY.

Why? They just don't have much upside in terms of stats. 

The way you should measure a gladiator when making a purchase is consider how many wins would it take to get that gladiator to 100 Max Speed, 100 Max Brawn, and 100 Max Vitality, 300 total.


The gladiators pictured have current Max Stats that add up to 61, 79, and 64 respectively. So they are 239, 221, and 236 behind in terms of Max Stats. Max Stats increase with every 10 wins, so they would take 2,390, 2,210, and 2,360 wins to reach 300 Max Stats!?!? These gladiators are definitely bad values.


Now consider the two gladiators to the left. The Desperate Roman's Max Stats add up to 152, while the Untrained Secutor's Max Stats add up to 126. Yet the one with the worse Max Stats costs over twice as much?!?!


Your first gladiator purchase, besides the garbage you are forced to buy during the tutorial, should definitely be this Desperate Roman for 160 Denarii. 

If this gladiator is not available for sale right off the bat, simply reload the game until that gladiator is for sale at that price. 

Realize I've seen the exact same Desperate Roman for sale for 235 Denarii, so don't get robbed, just reload the game until you get this deal.

This Desperate Roman should be good enough to smash your way through Pasteum with relative ease once he is fully trained. 

Once you've bought the Desperate Roman it isn't a bad idea to sell off any inferior gladiators and leave yourself with just the one for a while. The reason you should do this is because it will force your allies to train the Desperate Roman, and not some inferior gladiator that you don't plan to use much.

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