There seems to be a couple of buildings which prefer rookies over heroes, but I don't know/remember whether this was a conscious choice. Hopefully someone will have the answer.
$ grep -rn "prefer_heroes" tribes/ tribes/atlanteans/castle/conf:5:prefer_heroes=true tribes/atlanteans/high_tower/conf:8:prefer_heroes=true tribes/atlanteans/guardhouse/conf:5:prefer_heroes=false tribes/atlanteans/guardhall/conf:5:prefer_heroes=true tribes/atlanteans/tower/conf:7:prefer_heroes=false tribes/atlanteans/small_tower/conf:6:prefer_heroes=true tribes/barbarians/donjon/conf:6:prefer_heroes=true tribes/barbarians/barrier/conf:5:prefer_heroes=true tribes/barbarians/sentry/conf:5:prefer_heroes=false tribes/barbarians/citadel/conf:7:prefer_heroes=true tribes/barbarians/fortress/conf:6:prefer_heroes=true tribes/empire/outpost/conf:6:prefer_heroes=false tribes/empire/castle/conf:7:prefer_heroes=true tribes/empire/barrier/conf:6:prefer_heroes=true tribes/empire/barracks/conf:6:prefer_heroes=false tribes/empire/sentry/conf:6:prefer_heroes=false tribes/empire/tower/conf:6:prefer_heroes=true tribes/empire/fortress/conf:6:prefer_heroes=true
There seems to be a couple of buildings which prefer rookies over heroes, but I don't know/remember whether this was a conscious choice. Hopefully someone will have the answer.
$ grep -rn "prefer_heroes" tribes/ atlanteans/ castle/ conf:5: prefer_ heroes= true atlanteans/ high_tower/ conf:8: prefer_ heroes= true atlanteans/ guardhouse/ conf:5: prefer_ heroes= false atlanteans/ guardhall/ conf:5: prefer_ heroes= true atlanteans/ tower/conf: 7:prefer_ heroes= false atlanteans/ small_tower/ conf:6: prefer_ heroes= true barbarians/ donjon/ conf:6: prefer_ heroes= true barbarians/ barrier/ conf:5: prefer_ heroes= true barbarians/ sentry/ conf:5: prefer_ heroes= false barbarians/ citadel/ conf:7: prefer_ heroes= true barbarians/ fortress/ conf:6: prefer_ heroes= true empire/ outpost/ conf:6: prefer_ heroes= false empire/ castle/ conf:7: prefer_ heroes= true empire/ barrier/ conf:6: prefer_ heroes= true empire/ barracks/ conf:6: prefer_ heroes= false empire/ sentry/ conf:6: prefer_ heroes= false empire/ tower/conf: 6:prefer_ heroes= true empire/ fortress/ conf:6: prefer_ heroes= true
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