I know what skimming is. I understand the value of skimming with troops. But why skim with spies? Do you get more plunder at the end based of how strong the assassination was? Or is it just to keep them equal?
Skim = 2 attack 3 assassination. It increases plunder. As for the mechanics I'm not exactly sure how it works but all I know is, it works.
Right I understand the act of skimming. I understand you get more for the hits with troops. But if I skim my troops but unload spies and then just keep skimming troops while my spies reload does that change my end bonus?
I believe val tested this at one point and made a thread on it but first couple spy actions are worth more than the rest so skimming spies is good to
Example, lets say my first assassination on Haunting: The Escape is 65m, My last assassination on the same eb would be somewhere under 15m. So by skimming, you're using those first 3 asass, which make the most money, instead of fully unloading.
Your plunder from spies decreases just like your plunder from attacking (not including ally bonus) as you use them more. A full bar is 36 assassinations. The first will give you 100% plunder (let's say 36M to make it easy). Your next action will be ~97%, or 35M, and then 34M, etc. If you unload, your last action will be worth only 1M. If you skim 3 actions at a time, you'll hit for 36M, 35M, and 34M every time. MUCH more gold that way.