Summer Contest discussion

one point.... NOT everyone has more free time. some of us work.

Sounds interesting will look into it

Can you please post the correct answers for the previous day?

the questions are stupid, lame and way too easy

should be difficult to make it worthwhile

the enigmas show promise, but in enigma #2 you arent taking into account the value of the building slot a new solar plant would take

to some of the more experienced people, we run with solar plant level ZERO to maximize space for worthwhile buildings like mines/nanites/labs/yards, afterall, levels 1-15 of solar plant kick out a pointless amount of power anyways

i will give you answer , only for those that i have participated, one enigma by post

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enigma : How do you calculate the defense points of a player from your universe

if you have time : spy all planets and moons, and use ocalc for example

or

defence point = economy point + military point + research point - total points

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in x1 speed,without officers and without boosters, i want to use only Solar Plant and Solar Satellite for my energy production.
At what level, on a 15° C planet, will be more expensive than efficient to build another level of solar plant ?

for both : solar plant and satellite

you must calculate production and cost, then convert it with trade rate, to have STANDARD UNIT,

i used DSU : deut standard unit
for example, trade rate 2/1/1

DSU = metal /2 + crsytal /1 + deut/1

then unit price = production / dsu

and compare unit price

Answer :

trade rate 3/2/1 => 14
trade rate 2/1/1 => 14
trade rate 1/1/1 => 13

Quote from benneb

Quoted directly from the game:
Level Energy Balance: Difference Difference/Level
20 2.690 -891 -418
21 3.108 -473 -473
22 3.581 0 0
23 4.118 537 537
24 4.727 1.146 609
25 5.417 1.836 690
26 6.197 2.616 780

It seems that in your table you are using the total energy production for your solar plant levels, instead of the difference i.e. the extra production that you get from the improvement. Thus your levels are too high.

yes i have modify my post in that way

Valent, thanks for organizing this. It was pretty fun. I was lucky to be on a few times right around when you posted the questions, and so was able to get my answers in fast