Quote Originally Posted by Strongbad View Post
So you need 63 dreadnaughts or 234 battleships. Seriously devs?
My calculations suggest much lower - what am I doing wrong?

Assuming a fleet of Cruisers (attack value of 11) vs. a 400 Mu population world (defence value 7200, or 14400 in combat.)

Assuming that there are no orbital defences, just the planet.

And assuming that the planet will kill one cruiser each round (which is how it works, I think?)

It should be possible to take a 400 Mu planet with 51 cruisers. The attacking fleet will be reduced to 6 cruisers at the end of the battle.

Note that 50 won't do it. 51 is the magic number.

Are my calculations completely off the mark? I wrote a dumb little script, output follows:

Code:
51 ships with an attack value of 561 attacking unit with defence 14400.
50 ships with an attack value of 550 attacking unit with defence 13839.
49 ships with an attack value of 539 attacking unit with defence 13289.
48 ships with an attack value of 528 attacking unit with defence 12750.
47 ships with an attack value of 517 attacking unit with defence 12222.
46 ships with an attack value of 506 attacking unit with defence 11705.
45 ships with an attack value of 495 attacking unit with defence 11199.
44 ships with an attack value of 484 attacking unit with defence 10704.
43 ships with an attack value of 473 attacking unit with defence 10220.
42 ships with an attack value of 462 attacking unit with defence 9747.
41 ships with an attack value of 451 attacking unit with defence 9285.
40 ships with an attack value of 440 attacking unit with defence 8834.
39 ships with an attack value of 429 attacking unit with defence 8394.
38 ships with an attack value of 418 attacking unit with defence 7965.
37 ships with an attack value of 407 attacking unit with defence 7547.
36 ships with an attack value of 396 attacking unit with defence 7140.
35 ships with an attack value of 385 attacking unit with defence 6744.
34 ships with an attack value of 374 attacking unit with defence 6359.
33 ships with an attack value of 363 attacking unit with defence 5985.
32 ships with an attack value of 352 attacking unit with defence 5622.
31 ships with an attack value of 341 attacking unit with defence 5270.
30 ships with an attack value of 330 attacking unit with defence 4929.
29 ships with an attack value of 319 attacking unit with defence 4599.
28 ships with an attack value of 308 attacking unit with defence 4280.
27 ships with an attack value of 297 attacking unit with defence 3972.
26 ships with an attack value of 286 attacking unit with defence 3675.
25 ships with an attack value of 275 attacking unit with defence 3389.
24 ships with an attack value of 264 attacking unit with defence 3114.
23 ships with an attack value of 253 attacking unit with defence 2850.
22 ships with an attack value of 242 attacking unit with defence 2597.
21 ships with an attack value of 231 attacking unit with defence 2355.
20 ships with an attack value of 220 attacking unit with defence 2124.
19 ships with an attack value of 209 attacking unit with defence 1904.
18 ships with an attack value of 198 attacking unit with defence 1695.
17 ships with an attack value of 187 attacking unit with defence 1497.
16 ships with an attack value of 176 attacking unit with defence 1310.
15 ships with an attack value of 165 attacking unit with defence 1134.
14 ships with an attack value of 154 attacking unit with defence 969.
13 ships with an attack value of 143 attacking unit with defence 815.
12 ships with an attack value of 132 attacking unit with defence 672.
11 ships with an attack value of 121 attacking unit with defence 540.
10 ships with an attack value of 110 attacking unit with defence 419.
9 ships with an attack value of 99 attacking unit with defence 309.
8 ships with an attack value of 88 attacking unit with defence 210.
7 ships with an attack value of 77 attacking unit with defence 122.
6 ships with an attack value of 66 attacking unit with defence 45.
Defender destroyed!
 6 attack ships remaining.