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Re: Is this still the right formula?

Mon, 23 December 2002 12:55

Apelord

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The mineral formula in the book and help sections is correct. Mines produce diminishing returns. What you have to do is to look at your total mineral need to feed your factories and then figure out how to get them. The amount of germanium you produce gates your growth if you are running a factory race. Longer term minerals determine what you can build. The HG type designs (1000-12-9-16 in resource settings) do extremely well with 12-3-12 mine settings and OBRM. HP types (2500-15-7-18+) typically need more minerals to build those extra factories hence build more mines. The mine settings allow you to buy three things: Rate of extraction, cost of mines, and total capacity. First and last setting both adjust rate and capacity while the cost is obvious. Early ramp races need low cost efficient mines while lower ramp but higher overall production races can utilize more mines to get greater capacity.

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		Is this still the right formula? By: jeffimix on Sun, 22 December 2002 15:28
		Re: Is this still the right formula? By: Apelord on Mon, 23 December 2002 12:55
		Re: Is this still the right formula? By: jeffimix on Mon, 23 December 2002 13:22
		Re: Is this still the right formula? By: freakyboy on Mon, 23 December 2002 14:09
		Re: Is this still the right formula? By: Apelord on Wed, 25 December 2002 00:53
		Re: Is this still the right formula? By: tech25 on Wed, 25 December 2002 18:10
		Re: Is this still the right formula? By: jeffimix on Wed, 25 December 2002 20:14
		Re: Is this still the right formula? By: Kotk on Thu, 19 June 2003 10:53
		Re: Is this still the right formula? By: iztok on Thu, 19 June 2003 17:43

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