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Re: HE - usable? Thu, 16 January 2003 17:21 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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TheJorrus wrote on Thu, 16 January 2003 07:30

Half the pop yes but! Only Half the pop needed get maximum resources too!
I think you missed my point altogether. You're still assuming (like I always did) that an HE will produce twice as many colonists as any other PRT given the same growth rate if all other factors are equal, which isn't true.

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HE: Growth rate = 10% (20% growth rate)
CA: Growth rate = 10% (We could use any other PRT for comparison purpose but we'll use CA because it is 10 points cheaper than an HE PRT)
No OBRM involved for either prt -
Habitat value of a planet for each race 100%, both planets at 25% population cap for max growth. That's 125,000 for the HE, and 250,000 for the CA.

HE growth per turn is 125,000(.2)=25,000
CA growth per turn is 250,000(.1)=25,000

There's no advantage there. Not for the HE anyways. If all other factory and mine settings are the same he's just producing half as much while maintaining the same growth rate. To change his economy, habitat, or any other settings to gain an advantage, the HE must give something else up, and the CA in question can do the exact same thing, get the same number of points to make exactly the same changes as an HE and gain the same outcome. No advantage for the HE, but disadvantage? You betcha!

Now let's assume that each of the aforementioned PRT's get the same number and quality of planets, and there is nowhere left to expand to, so both races just sit and allow their planets to grow. The CA ultimately will have twice the number of colonists, twice the factories and twice the mines, twice the resources and twice the minerals, and stargates too. At this point one wonders why the HE prt cost 10 points more and not several hundred points less. Because the metemorph hull and the flux capacitor are the only REAL nice things the HE gets, and that just isn't enough.

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Which by my math means is a cancelation ...Factories can be 50% better , 50% cheaper ,operate 250% more HE spend less rousources to maximise output!
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[Updated on: Thu, 16 January 2003 20:29]




I'M NOT AN EXPERT AND I'M OFTEN PROVEN WRONG. TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU READ MY POSTS.
Math? Confused Ummm, sure! Nod I do FREESTYLE math.

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