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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6748853" data-attributes="member: 25818">Originally posted by Hellcow:I'd have to disagree here. What Cyre's money buys is the best that can be bought, which means what Cannith has to offer. The trick is that what Cannith has to offer is available to all nations. Cyre, for example, had more warforged, but every nation fielded warforged units. On the other hand, as the seat of the Arcane Congress, Aundair had access to whatever unique arcane magic Galifar had been developing. As the military seat of the Silver Flame, Thrane had access to military applications of divine magic that Cannith couldn't duplicate. Karrnath was the ancestral seat of Galifar's military and had the longest martial culture, meaning heirloom magic arms and armor... and later in the war, you have the use of necromancy. Cyre certainly had the best and most expensive mercs. They had MORE of Cannith's arms than anyone else, and these things allowed them to survive. And I agree that their elite special ops units would be very impressive, because they could afford to twink them out to a crazy degree. But I don't think that overall, their forces were the most "high tech". To me, that distinction falls to Aundair - which is why Aundair remained a viable player in the war despite its smaller size and population. And in terms of "their mercs were close", especially at the start of the war, I'd say the mercs were far better. Mercenaries are a huge factor in Cyre's favor. Set aside the warforged, and you have the following: * The Valenar: The typical Valenar were the equal of most nation's elite forces, and their elite forces were essentially without peer. Of course, their impact is limited by their numbers, but Cyre's essential monopoly on the Valenar was a boon to begin with... even though it didn't work out so well at the end. * The Blademark: Here's another place where money matters. Anyone could purchase Deneith services, but Cyre could step in at the start and purchase the best they had to offer. Just as Aundair had some tricks Cannith didn't, the soldiers of each nation had some tricks Deneith didn't. But Deneith's best were certainly some of the best on Khorvaire, and Cyre got the best. * The Goblins: An entirely unexpected force capable of inspiring a certain level of fear by virtue of being unknown and inhuman. And even the strongest human can't match the might of a strong bugbear. The Darguuls were raiders and shock troops, but they were an important factor in catching Breland off-guard on what it expected to be an easy front.</blockquote>

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