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Re: Meta-morph

Wed, 19 February 2003 03:28

zoid

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In my opinion it's not even fair to compare the MM to the CR like this. It's like asking which is better, an apple or an orange. But so long as we are doing this, for what it's worth I'll take the MM. I'll show you why.

Filling up the slots and comparing the costs doesn't cover all the bases. What is the value of firing first? What is the cost of attrition, which is not factored into your cost comparisons? The metamorph hull's versatility will allow you to weight these factors to your best advantage. What is the value of surprise? That alone is impossible to calculate. With the Metamorph, you can cloak and still have a functioning missile-weapons platform that outperforms any cruiser on a one for one basis.

Without regard to the unfairness of such a comparison, I'll humbly submit one and make it as "fair" as possible for the cruiser, in the time when a MM is most likely to be used as a CR substitute. Enter the Jihads; we'll assume everyone is at tech level 12 or under in all fields.

ZOID METAMORPH
mineral cost: 319, 105, 238 (Total 662)
resource cost: 383
Armor: 775
Shielding: 200
Armament: jihad x8
Super Battle Computers x4, Super Stealth Cloaks x2 (72% cloaked)

ANTI-ZOID CRUISER
mineral cost: 220, 72, 137 (Total 429)
resource cost: 219
Armor: 700
Shielding: 200
Armament: jihad x6
Super Battle Computers x2

Cost Ratio of Metamorph per Cruiser: minerals = 1.55, resources = 1.74
Resource-based Ship-building Ratio > 4/7
Fleet sizes for comparison are then 4 MM's vs 7 CR's.

I ran four fights between 4 such metamorphs and 7 such cruisers. Each side won and lost two battles. The Zoid forces left the battlefields with 4 metamorphs, and the Anti-Zoid forces left with 8 cruisers. I ran four more battles with 4 times the number, and this time it was more consistant. In each case, the Anti-Zoid cruisers lost half of their number, but the Zoid metamorphs were defeated.

My tests gave the cruisers every benefit. I rounded my numbers calculated for comparison upward, and then the ...

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		Meta-morph By: The Taubat on Mon, 17 February 2003 10:07
		Re: Meta-morph By: Crusader on Mon, 17 February 2003 23:30
		Re: Meta-morph By: Ron on Tue, 18 February 2003 10:59
		Re: Meta-morph By: Crusader on Tue, 18 February 2003 14:44
		Re: Meta-morph By: Hetzer on Tue, 18 February 2003 01:09
		Re: Meta-morph By: freakyboy on Tue, 18 February 2003 03:28
		Re: Meta-morph By: gible on Tue, 18 February 2003 04:36
		Re: Meta-morph By: The Taubat on Tue, 18 February 2003 10:17
		Re: Meta-morph By: johng316 on Tue, 18 February 2003 12:32
		Re: Meta-morph By: The Taubat on Tue, 18 February 2003 14:10
		Re: Meta-morph By: freakyboy on Tue, 18 February 2003 16:59
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Wed, 19 February 2003 03:28
		Re: Meta-morph By: Hetzer on Wed, 19 February 2003 15:05
		Re: Meta-morph By: The Taubat on Wed, 19 February 2003 22:24
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Fri, 21 February 2003 01:06
		Re: Meta-morph By: BackBlast on Thu, 20 February 2003 03:04
		Re: Meta-morph By: freakyboy on Thu, 20 February 2003 03:34
		Re: Meta-morph By: johng316 on Thu, 20 February 2003 10:42
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Fri, 21 February 2003 00:56
		Re: Meta-morph By: yucaf on Sat, 22 February 2003 11:59
		Re: Meta-morph By: The Taubat on Thu, 20 February 2003 11:36
		Re: Meta-morph By: freakyboy on Thu, 20 February 2003 16:13
		Re: Meta-morph By: johng316 on Thu, 20 February 2003 18:25
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Tue, 16 December 2003 19:12
		Re: Meta-morph By: bigdave on Wed, 24 December 2003 06:19
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Thu, 25 December 2003 00:12
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Thu, 25 December 2003 03:15
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Thu, 25 December 2003 03:53
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Thu, 25 December 2003 21:03
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Thu, 25 December 2003 21:49
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Fri, 26 December 2003 20:46
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Sun, 28 December 2003 18:00
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Sat, 03 January 2004 05:38
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Sat, 03 January 2004 14:03
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Sat, 03 January 2004 14:43
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Sat, 03 January 2004 16:43
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Sat, 03 January 2004 18:45
		Re: Meta-morph By: Nevski on Sat, 03 January 2004 20:50
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Sun, 04 January 2004 00:32
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Sun, 04 January 2004 01:53
		Re: Meta-morph By: Orca on Sun, 04 January 2004 02:38
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Sun, 04 January 2004 00:24
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Sun, 04 January 2004 01:52
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Sun, 04 January 2004 15:22
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Sun, 04 January 2004 21:12
		Re: Meta-morph By: LEit on Sun, 04 January 2004 21:25
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Mon, 05 January 2004 21:09
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Mon, 05 January 2004 21:35
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Tue, 06 January 2004 00:07
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Tue, 06 January 2004 00:14
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Tue, 06 January 2004 00:49
		Re: Meta-morph By: timmy on Tue, 06 January 2004 04:21
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Tue, 06 January 2004 08:59
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Tue, 06 January 2004 15:10
		Re: Meta-morph By: timmy on Wed, 07 January 2004 21:31
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Thu, 08 January 2004 01:11
		Re: Meta-morph By: timmy on Thu, 08 January 2004 01:34
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Fri, 09 January 2004 02:50
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Fri, 09 January 2004 09:01
		Re: Meta-morph By: LEit on Fri, 09 January 2004 09:48
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Sat, 10 January 2004 11:10
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Mon, 12 January 2004 02:18
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Mon, 12 January 2004 07:12
		Re: Meta-morph By: schpat on Fri, 23 January 2004 05:24
		Battle simulator (Re: Meta-morph) By: Micha on Fri, 23 January 2004 06:04
		Re: Battle simulator (Re: Meta-morph) By: iztok on Fri, 23 January 2004 10:11
		Re: Battle simulator (Re: Meta-morph) By: Micha on Fri, 23 January 2004 11:09
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Sat, 03 January 2004 05:17
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Sat, 03 January 2004 05:36
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Mon, 19 January 2004 21:54
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Tue, 20 January 2004 09:00
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Tue, 20 January 2004 20:01
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Wed, 21 January 2004 04:53
		Re: Meta-morph By: LEit on Wed, 21 January 2004 09:33
		Re: Meta-morph By: mlaub on Wed, 21 January 2004 12:06
		Re: Meta-morph By: LEit on Wed, 21 January 2004 12:39
		Re: Meta-morph By: mlaub on Wed, 21 January 2004 14:04
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Wed, 21 January 2004 15:09
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Fri, 23 January 2004 03:36
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Fri, 23 January 2004 03:50
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Fri, 23 January 2004 09:43
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Sun, 25 January 2004 06:15
		Re: Meta-morph By: mlaub on Sun, 25 January 2004 16:19
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Mon, 26 January 2004 05:44
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Sun, 25 January 2004 20:04
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Sun, 25 January 2004 21:11
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Mon, 26 January 2004 05:26
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Sun, 25 January 2004 21:22
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Mon, 26 January 2004 06:32
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Mon, 26 January 2004 09:48
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Mon, 26 January 2004 13:04
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Mon, 26 January 2004 17:11
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Wed, 28 January 2004 02:34
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Wed, 28 January 2004 07:20
		Re: Meta-morph By: iztok on Wed, 28 January 2004 09:15
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Fri, 30 January 2004 04:00
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Fri, 30 January 2004 11:59
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Fri, 30 January 2004 17:59
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Fri, 30 January 2004 20:18
		Re: Meta-morph By: Kotk on Sat, 31 January 2004 07:02
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Sat, 31 January 2004 07:31
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Fri, 30 January 2004 20:41
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Fri, 30 January 2004 20:19
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Wed, 21 January 2004 15:23
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Mon, 19 January 2004 23:27
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Tue, 20 January 2004 00:20
		Re: Meta-morph By: alexdstewart on Tue, 20 January 2004 20:18
		Re: Meta-morph By: timmy on Tue, 20 January 2004 21:02
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Tue, 20 January 2004 22:09
		Re: Meta-morph By: zoid on Tue, 20 January 2004 22:40
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Wed, 21 January 2004 17:20
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Wed, 21 January 2004 18:13
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Wed, 21 January 2004 18:29
		Re: Meta-morph By: Sotek on Wed, 21 January 2004 22:35
		Re: Meta-morph By: multilis on Thu, 22 January 2004 00:12
		Re: Meta-morph By: Steve1 on Thu, 22 January 2004 10:26
		Re: Meta-morph By: Steve1 on Fri, 23 January 2004 10:53
		battle sim (Re: Meta-morph) By: Micha on Fri, 23 January 2004 10:59
		Re: Meta-morph By: mlaub on Fri, 23 January 2004 16:16
		Re: Meta-morph By: Steve1 on Fri, 23 January 2004 11:08
		Re: Meta-morph By: Steve1 on Fri, 23 January 2004 11:13

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