Ship Questions
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:58 am
I'm new to the finer points of the numbers here and am wondering on how the battleship fares against the destroyer. I’ve run the numbers in the simulator however I am assuming that this browser game is just like any other browser game when it comes to battles and not battles in the simulator. To that end here are some specifics and I’d like input on these figures from the veterans here.
My concern is if it is more cost effective to mass produce battleships rather than destroyers. Based on number crunching I have done and included below, it appears to me that battleships are the way to go.
From what I've seen based on the 1:2:4 ratios of resource production, where metal = 1, crystal = 2, and Deuterium = 4, and then adding up all the costs for the battleship and destroyer, and then converting to the lowest common denominator I get the following numbers:
22 battleships to 7 destroyers
Where 1 battleship = 70,000 resources
And where 1 destroyer = 220,000 resources
Please correct my any misconceptions I have and explain to me why in a simulated battle with 22 battleships against 7 destroyers (same relative resource cost), the destroyers do so badly.
My concern is if it is more cost effective to mass produce battleships rather than destroyers. Based on number crunching I have done and included below, it appears to me that battleships are the way to go.
From what I've seen based on the 1:2:4 ratios of resource production, where metal = 1, crystal = 2, and Deuterium = 4, and then adding up all the costs for the battleship and destroyer, and then converting to the lowest common denominator I get the following numbers:
22 battleships to 7 destroyers
Where 1 battleship = 70,000 resources
And where 1 destroyer = 220,000 resources
Please correct my any misconceptions I have and explain to me why in a simulated battle with 22 battleships against 7 destroyers (same relative resource cost), the destroyers do so badly.