Energy costs

these are just the amount of m it costs to make 1 e/s with various e structures

metal cost of 1e/s

solar 70/2=35 m/e
wind 35/1.2=29.16 m/e
fusion 1000/35=28.57 m/e
5mex moho geo* 2250/100=22.5 m/e
2mex moho geo** 2100/100=21 m/e
1mex moho geo*** 2007/100=20.07 m/e (lol)
geo 500/25=20 m/e
singu 4000/225=17.77 m/e
moho geo**** 1500/100=15 m/e

*assumes goe was conected to 5 mex prooducing 2m/s
25/5=5
5=50% od
5*150=750m
1500+750=2250m cost (or a real moho geo)

**assumes goe was conected to 2 mex prooducing 2m/s
25/2=12.5
12.5=100% od
4*150=600m
1500+600=2100m cost (or a real moho geo)

* "..."
25=169% od
3.38*150=507m
1500+507=2007m

****moho geo without any linked mex taken into account

Overdrive e Costs
just some simple overdrive % to remember
5e=50% (4 solars around a 1mex make this 8e-3e from build e costs)
12e=100%
32e=200%
60e=300% (singu(3 mex cluster) takes 3.5 minutes to recover its cost)
96e=400%
140e=500%
192e=600%
252e=700% (singu takes 5 minutes to recover its cost)
320e=800%
396e=900%
480e=1000% (2 singu(and a bit) take 400s or 6.66 minutes to recover cost)

avrage wind rate

calculation is (min wind*%chance of min wind)+(avarage wind*%chance avrage wind)
0-2.4 wing avarages 1.2
.6-2.4 wind avarages (.6*(.6/2.4))+((1.2+(.5*.6))*((2.4-.6)/2.4))=1.275
1.2-2.4 wind avarages (1.2*(1.2/2.4))+((1.2+(.5*1.2))*((2.4-1.2)/2.4))=1.5
1.8-2.4 wind avarages (1.8*(1.8/2.4))+((1.2+(.5*1.8))*((2.4-1.8)/2.4))=1.875
2.4-2.4 wind avarages 2.4

0 wind 29.16m/e
.6 wind 27.45m/e (beter then a fusion)
1.2 wind 23.33m/e
1.8 wind 18.66m/e (beter then morfing a moho)
2.4 wind 14.58m/e (beter then a moho)

1.62 wind 20m/e (beter then a geo)
1.92 wind 17.77m/e (beter then a singu)


also wind is beter then most eco because it makes you more e in tiny steps, so there is much less build time->income lag

2 cons can build a wind in 3.5 sec and a singu in 400sec

theoretical "lost" overdrive from 1 mex during build time
(for a few benchmarks) 5m/s bp cons*

2con wind
3.5*(2*14%)=.98m "lost"

2con solar
7*(2*(sqrt(1+2/4))-1))= 10m "lost"

2con fusion
100*(2*(sqrt(1+35/4))-1))= 524m "lost" 1/2 a fusion down the drain

2con mohogeo
(50+150)*(2*(sqrt(1+25/4))-1))= 877m "lost" free fusion!

2con singu
400*(2*(sqrt(1+225/4))-1))= 5653m "lost" free singu anyone?!

10con singu
80*(2*(sqrt(1+225/4))-1))= 1130 "lost"

20con singu
40*(2*(sqrt(1+225/4))-1))= 565 "lost"

Just make annihilator cost a lot of energy per shot, want constant annihilator laser? will cost like 2-3 fusions of energy .I suggest same thing for other energy dependent weaponds except ddm and behemoth.

1. i have not seen an anihilator ingame all week

2. you already can disconect an anihilator from grid

3. you are off topic, and energy cost for firing is not posible with ZK econ*


*in zk econ the energy "floats" around 50% level, the excess goes into overdrive, making periodic and massive reductions in that energy level will [a] cause lag as it recalculates the grid [b] screw up overdrive econ horibly [c] cause random estall since zk does not have energy storages

compare BA e storage that stores 4000e? per storage to ZK storage that stores 500e per storage...

asuming you mean to ad a significant e cost to firing, you would need at least 500e/shot since curent anni takes up 50e and has 10 second reload

but BA also does not have metal makers that are capable of lag freesing the whole game evry time they shut down (unlike zk see: solar farm of doom)

we shall test this for !!science!!

prepare to hear the screams and see the broken bodies of various bystanders!!!


later:
i hope your happy Anarchid
many bystanders lie dead at your feet
http://zero-k.info/Battles/Detail/237129

It would make porc more interesting and viable and is therefor a terrible, terrible idea. We already have way too much porc in teams.

Annihilators and ddms are not used in teams TheSponge, there is a reason for that, they die fast to arty.

Saktoth, you did not understand the chart. Hmm, I've got to make it more clear somehow. Just can't figure out how. Extractors don't have any effect on the chart, it's all about grid colors and E->M conversion rate.

I added some bold text just above the table in an attemt to further explain its meaning.