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Erg posted 04-04-99 10:03 PM ET
When u go past the highest neumber of something does it help more. Ex. I have plus +7 efficiency w/ the gians does it do any more than plus 4(both paradigm economy).
Koshko posted 04-05-99 12:11 AM ET
I'm guessing 'No' because if you have University w/ Research and Cybernetics, you only get 50% bonus in research and not 60%. It might be different w/ Effeciency.
ApcJK posted 04-05-99 11:35 AM ET
I was the UoP and chose to use knowledge value. I had -2 probe and it gave me another -2 probe. But still the effect was same. So I guess -2 is the minimum in probe... great for UoP then... no actual penalty for using it...
Kedryn posted 04-05-99 11:47 AM ET
+4 Efficiency eliminates the penalties for having your econ and lab settings different. Anything higher than 4 just decreases the amount of energy each of your bases loses to innefficiency.
Mortis posted 04-07-99 08:33 AM ET
It depependes...
For efficiancy, the higher, the better, since it uses and equasion to calculate it (check the datalinks), but with other things there is a limit. +6 Reserch is the same as +5.
ApcJK, -2 Probe is NOT the same as -4 probe.
Smeagol posted 04-08-99 08:41 PM ET
I'm not sure how often this factor comes up in games but there is a limit to how many bases you can have before additional drones show up in your cities. It is calculated by:
(8-difficulty) * (4+efficiency) * (Maproot/2)
Maproot= square root of (#map squares in your empire/ 3200)
This and many other calculations for the game can be found in gamespot's strategy guide.
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Author	Topic: Social Engineering
Erg	posted 04-04-99 10:03 PM ET When u go past the highest neumber of something does it help more. Ex. I have plus +7 efficiency w/ the gians does it do any more than plus 4(both paradigm economy).
Koshko	posted 04-05-99 12:11 AM ET I'm guessing 'No' because if you have University w/ Research and Cybernetics, you only get 50% bonus in research and not 60%. It might be different w/ Effeciency.
ApcJK	posted 04-05-99 11:35 AM ET I was the UoP and chose to use knowledge value. I had -2 probe and it gave me another -2 probe. But still the effect was same. So I guess -2 is the minimum in probe... great for UoP then... no actual penalty for using it...
Kedryn	posted 04-05-99 11:47 AM ET +4 Efficiency eliminates the penalties for having your econ and lab settings different. Anything higher than 4 just decreases the amount of energy each of your bases loses to innefficiency.
Mortis	posted 04-07-99 08:33 AM ET It depependes... For efficiancy, the higher, the better, since it uses and equasion to calculate it (check the datalinks), but with other things there is a limit. +6 Reserch is the same as +5. ApcJK, -2 Probe is NOT the same as -4 probe.
Smeagol	posted 04-08-99 08:41 PM ET I'm not sure how often this factor comes up in games but there is a limit to how many bases you can have before additional drones show up in your cities. It is calculated by: (8-difficulty) * (4+efficiency) * (Maproot/2) Maproot= square root of (#map squares in your empire/ 3200) This and many other calculations for the game can be found in gamespot's strategy guide.