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GLA can generate money (via black market) so fast and that will make upgrade become only little drawback. So they should be stricted with ranking system, but they should gain rank faster than it is in Contra.
A good point, but only Half truth... The upgrades are outragously expensive so even GLA will have money problems in the late game... besides, the Supply Drops and Internet centers make plenty of cash too.
Arms Dealer = 2000
Escalation 1 = 2000
Palace = 2500
Escalation 2 = 4000
Tech2 Center = 4000 - 7500
Escalation 3 = 8000
Final Super = 8000
A full tech tree costs NO LESS THAN 30,000$ and 10 minutes of build and research time. Most games (when I play) never make it past the tech2 center. Even with 100K cash, by the time you buy your other buildings and combat units the money has run out and the Esclation3 costs too much and takes too long to build... as it should be, the end game units and weapons are very powerful.
btw all,
I still plan to try a version where each general has to gain tech in a different way... Some do research, others build tech buildings, and some need Rank... but I'm not going to start balancing that until I've modded all 12 generals and balanced them for the current system, and then it will still have a trial and error period where it might still be abandoned if mixed Rank/Build/Research doesn't balance out.
