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As pointed out by
However, the prices I have used since my very first article were woefully antiquated. Starting with this article, I am using a new set of weapon values as follows:
Q1 : 0.040g
Q2 : 0.069g
Q3 : 0.125g
Q4 : 0.185g
Q5 : 0.228g
These prices were based on markets in Poland, Greece, Serbia, Hungary, and South Korea. I used median prices for high demand qualities (Q1, Q3, and Q5) and minimum prices for low demand qualities (Q2, Q4). I still do not plan to track the market week to week, so these values will be used in many future articles or until Speedy complains again.
Obviously, this change will skew comparisons between this period and the last, so I will try to keep those comparisons to a minimum. For instance, I reported last period that global spending was 120,365g. Using today's market prices, spending was actually 147,008g. So prices have inflated 22.1% since I checked them for my first article several months ago.
Overall weapon expenditures were up 6.4% this period, increasing from 147,008g to 156,362g. Below are trends breaking down usage by weapon quality:
Almost too small to tell, but overall weapon usage is up less than 1%. Q1's had dipped 2% around the end of March, but recovered and continued their original ever-upward trajectory. Q5 usage spiked at the beginning of this month, but has plummeted recently. Likely culprit: too expensive.
Countries Ranked by Total Gold Spent on Weapons
After defending against a few suicide attacks to its core, Poland has reduced its weapon usage by over 10% while remaining the world's largest spender by a large margin. Meanwhile, Lithuania ramped up their war machine to conquer Sweden and spent the second highest amount of gold on weapons.
Perhaps most interesting on this list is USA, which somehow managed to reverse its downward slide by increasing Q5 usage by over 60%. I am not sure where the funds are coming from given their lack of regions. Obviously they are either buying gold or selling assets.
Countries Ranked by Average Gold Spent on Weapons per *Active Citizen
*Active: someone who fought during this period.
South Korea took the top slot on a Per Capita basis with their out-sized spending on Q5 weapons and stable Q1 base. Denmark's fall is giving rise to Peru, as Blitzkrieg slowly makes their transition between the two countries.
After enjoying many weeks of conquest and defacto VVV support, Canada's brief period of prosperity came crashing down this week, as President
Military Units Ranked by Total Gold Spent on Weapons
Maybe "Glory to Vanquished" is permanent. Personally, I really had my heart set on "Nitra hyphen Trencin Tax Collectors". For now, I will still refer to them as Gloria Victis .
GV's spending fell substantially along with their damage. As a Military Unit, they would not have even been able to break into the list of top 10 countries, with Croatia's 5,037g edging out GV's meager 4,949g. They still use more Q5 weapons than any country outside of Poland, but ultimately their damage paid the price, falling 23% from 825 million down to 637 million.
You may notice that MARVEL managed to do almost as much damage but spent 1,600 (33%) less gold. Such is the power of Q1 weapons.
Outside of a reborn group of elite clowns, you have to go fairly deep into this list to get out of VVV members or known affiliates. UWS is showing that VVV is not invincible, but we will see if they can truly afford to compete.
Citizens Ranked by Total Gold Spent on Weapons
South Korean up-and-comer
The top two Swedes on this list are now flying Malaysia's flag (along with Rec), as Vikings has re-branded itself as "Three Kings", swapping ice and snow for... Malaysian stuff... microchips? Anyway, this will surely put a serious dent and/or nail into Sweden's liberation efforts while bolstering pro-VVV Malaysia.
Most Expensive Battle
The most expensive battle was Gotaland with 6,074g worth of weapons used:
Q1 : 77,982
Q2 : 908
Q3 : 8,503
Q4 : 67
Q5 : 7,969
The defenders spent 493 more gold, mostly on an extra 15,996 Q1 weapons. Sadly for them, the attackers out-fisted them 22,589 to 3,775.
Gold Usage Series:
1) Days 103 - 116
2) Days 117 - 130
3) Days 131 - 144
4) Days 145 - 158
5) Days 159 - 172
6) Days 173 - 186
7) Days 187 - 200
8) Days 201 - 214
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