Cost per research point calculator

guybrush threepwood · #1 April 12th, 2004, 10:52 AM

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

Tuna-Fish · #2 April 12th, 2004, 11:30 AM

REALLY interesting, thank you!

I'm suprised that there is something that is actually worse than Niefel Jarl

Addendum:

It also seems that Niefelheim is the worst possible nation (Excluding AE and SG ermor

)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 ]

CayseP · #3 April 12th, 2004, 03:06 PM

Nice work...

quantum_mechani · #4 April 12th, 2004, 05:46 PM

lol, when you set it to drain 3, the witch doctor lists 'infinite' in gold cost/RP

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Thilock_Dominus · #5 April 12th, 2004, 05:53 PM

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

Nice work by the way!

archaeolept · #6 April 12th, 2004, 06:13 PM

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

Master Shake · #7 April 12th, 2004, 08:44 PM

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

Gandalf Parker · #8 April 12th, 2004, 09:05 PM

Nicely done. Good work.

Yossar · #9 April 12th, 2004, 09:22 PM

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.

Yossar · #10 April 12th, 2004, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Master Shake:
Does your calculator take into account upkeep? Because that makes sacred units much more efficient.

Definitely does. Also takes into account Ulm Master Smiths being immune to drain. Pretty robust little calculator.