Cost per research point calculator
 

Hi there,

I hacked together a small webpage which calculates and compares the gold cost per research point given different researchers/magic scales/number of turns.

Here it is, in the hope that someone else might find it useful:

http://hep.nbi.dk/~kittel/dom2/

Comments are very welcome, but bear in mind that I havent used any effort on the layout or stuff like that... :-)

Cheers,
Thomas

Re: Cost per research point calculator
 

REALLY interesting, thank you!

I'm suprised that there is something that is actually worse than Niefel Jarl http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Addendum:

It also seems that Niefelheim is the worst possible nation (Excluding AE and SG ermor http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )for magic research in a non-drain scale... A VERY good reson to take some magic.

[ April 12, 2004, 10:34: Message edited by: Tuna-Fish ]

Re: Cost per research point calculator
 

Nice work...

Re: Cost per research point calculator
 

lol, when you set it to drain 3, the witch doctor lists 'infinite' in gold cost/RP http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif .

Re: Cost per research point calculator
 

uummmm....Ctis lies on the avarage scale. The Empoisoner do well I see...


Nice work by the way! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Cost per research point calculator
 

yeah, you should change all the "infinite" results to account for the fact that the minimum RP/turn is 1.

Re: Cost per research point calculator
 

Does your calculator take into account upkeep? Because that makes sacred units much more efficient.

Re: Cost per research point calculator
 

Nicely done. Good work.

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Oh, the Warlock Apprentice is Abysia's cheapest researcher in the short-term but the Demonbred is cheaper over the long term thanks to being sacred. That never even occured to me. I've just been building Apprentices. Now I wonder if the higher upfront cost of the Apprentice is worth more than the long term savings of the Demonbred. On default Magic, it takes 20-30 turns to see it though.

Thanks a lot for this thing. At first I thought it wasn't that useful, but it really is.

Re: Cost per research point calculator
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Definitely does. Also takes into account Ulm Master Smiths being immune to drain. Pretty robust little calculator.