How Realistic is the Cost of Warcraft 3's Footman? 

In wc2 it implies through game play that the Basic orc Grunt and basic human Footman were basically equal in terms of combat capabilities. I rationalized this such that both units had something bettter than the other in some regards, but overall equal. Human footman 1. Formalized training. 2. High quality armor and weapons(steel). 3. The human physique as we seen in WoW, even mages are jacked. Orc Grunt 1. Informal training with buddies. I think of them equal to bandits, level of SKILL. 2. Leather armor, or minimal metal. Rock, or salvaged weapons(picture of orc upgrades in wc2 show most orcish weapons being made of stone). 3. Orc physique. The combination of these factors make the human footman and orc grunt effectively equal.

Don't forget the upkeep cost automatically subtracted from gold gathering that obviously goes to the footman's wages.

Footman is a shortening of "Foot Man-at-Arms." A hired soldier who fights on foot. Historically they paid for their own equipment and then were paid a salary by their employer (the dire circumstances of WC3 may indicate the crown directly paying for their equipment, however). I don't think footmen are anywhere equivalent to a feudal levy. I think the militia unit is meant to be that.

Looking at the in-game voicelines the (unofficial) motto of the human footmen seems to be "Grab your sword and fight the horde," which gives some insight into their more Gung ho attitude towards fighting. To me it seems like they wouldn't have to be paid an outrageous amount of gold to fight and probably didn't receive intensive training. But aside from that, very cool video idea. If you ever plan on doing a follow-up episode, I think instead of trying to relate the value of 1 gold coin to real life currenc, it would be interesting to compare the cost of a footman to other (primarily human) units. For instance, a knight would be a good reference in my opinion.

i see now why necromancy become popular lordareon local lords wanted to cut on cost and raise skieletons that they dont need to feed drink cloth pay wages keep happy and loyal

You never even said how much a footman costs...

Very original video idea :)

Atleast it not figuring out the kirin tor tution, can you imagine how much it would cost to be a Mage? That how much that goblin always demand i pay him!

How soon can you talk about the Living Armor and weapons of Dungeon Meshi?

King Wyvern xd

youtube send me here, i dont know how deep im in the algorithm but i did watch all and enjoyed now i know that wc3 is busted