Upkeep? lowkeep? nokeep?

[fenix6593]

Does it haft to be high or low, And why? As you all know i am very new to the game (warcraft3) so if you can help that will be great! thank you.

[Anoiktos]

http://www.battle.net/war3/basics/upkeep.shtml
There are three levels of Upkeep:

No Upkeep (0-50 Food: 100% income)
No Upkeep occurs when you have an army consuming 50 food or less. At this level, there is no tax on your Gold mining, so your workers bring in 100 percent of their Gold.

Low Upkeep (51-80 Food: 70% income)
Low Upkeep arises when your army consumes between 51 and 80 food. The tax on your economy is modest, draining a small percentage of Gold from everything you mine.

High Upkeep (81-100 Food: 40% income)
High Upkeep is reached when your army grows beyond 80 food. Your Upkeep needs are so great that the tax levied on your Gold mining is enormous. A large percentage of Gold is taken from your workers before they ever deliver it into your coffers.

That page also has strategic information as to how best to use upkeep (i.e. not stay in high upkeep), and an answer as to why they put it in the game.

[Prozerran]

And if that doesn't work for you, these simple tips might help...

First, upkeep only affects Gold, not Wood. This is helpful when you're expoing and trying to figure out how many workers you'll need doing what.

In solo, it's generally a bad plan to go up to 100/100 without at least one expo. Ideally, you'll have two plus your main, but shit happens.

Keep in mind that hero levels play a big role in how much you can conserve. If you've exhausted all the map's creeps and have superior Hero levels, you'll want to take advantage of lower upkeep. You can have 80/100 and have a nice expo-killing army, striking at your opponent's economy to curve the stalemate. Just keep in mind s/he may try to do the same to you at that point in the game.

Just a few tips..

[fenix6593]

well Thanks guys!!