Droid Engineer Archive

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RasalTheWise wrote:
Here's the nitty-gritty of my detonation module creation:

Tolium: OQ 1000
Inert Gas: OQ 990
Copper: CD 901, OQ 996

Those resources allow me to experiment on the module up to 94%, which in turn makes rating 28 clusters, which in turn makes rating 57 bomb droids.

If you have time, I'd love to see community numbers!

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Turns out if I substitute the 901/996 copper with 962/925, I get 96% experimentation and get up to 58-rated bomb droids! That I don't get...the ratings used is 50% from each stat, and the former copper should be better. Well, never look a gift horse in the mouth...

If you use the following equation to calculate the experimentation from the resource quality then the results turn out exactly as you listed:

Experimentation percentage = Sum over resource properties((Sum over resources(resource-property × f(resource-quantity, resource-property)) / Sum over resources(f(resource-quantity, resource-property))) × property-weight) / 10

where

    { resource-quantity   if resource-property exists
f = {
    { 0                   if resource-property does not exist

To illustrate:
Experimentation Properties = 50% CD, 50% OQ
Resource Quantities = 80 Tolium Reactive Gas, 40 Copper, 20 Inert Gas
Resources = Tolium Reactive Gas (OQ 1000, CD N/A), Copper (OQ 996, CD 901), Inert Gas (OQ 990, CD N/A)

Experimentation percentage = (((Tolium OQ × f(80, Tolium OQ) + Copper OQ × f(40, Copper OQ) + Inert Gas OQ × f(20, Inert Gas OQ)) / (f(80, Tolium OQ) + f(40, Copper OQ) + f(20, Inert Gas OQ))) × 50%) + (((Tolium CD × f(80, Tolium CD) + Copper CD × f(40, Copper CD) + Inert Gas CD × f(20, Inert Gas CD)) / ( f(80, Tolium CD) + f(40, Copper CD) + f(20, Inert Gas CD))) × 50%) / 10
Experimentation percentage = (((1000 × 80 + 996 × 40 + 990 × 20) / (80 + 40 + 20)) × 50%) + (((N/A × 0 + 901 × 40 + N/A × 0) / (0 + 40 + 0)) × 50%) / 10
Experimentation percentage = ((139640 / 140) × 50%) + ((36040 / 40) × 50%) / 10
Experimentation percentage = (997.429 × 50%) + (901 × 50%) / 10
Experimentation percentage = 949.214 / 10
Experimentation percentage = 94.921

And

Experimentation Properties = 50% CD, 50% OQ
Resource Quantities = 80 Tolium Reactive Gas, 40 Copper, 20 Inert Gas
Resources = Tolium Reactive Gas (OQ 1000, CD N/A), Copper (OQ 925, CD 962), Inert Gas (OQ 990, CD N/A)

Experimentation percentage = (((Tolium OQ × f(80, Tolium OQ) + Copper OQ × f(40, Copper OQ) + Inert Gas OQ × f(20, Inert Gas OQ)) / (f(80, Tolium OQ) + f(40, Copper OQ) + f(20, Inert Gas OQ))) × 50%) + (((Tolium CD × f(80, Tolium CD) + Copper CD × f(40, Copper CD) + Inert Gas CD × f(20, Inert Gas CD)) / ( f(80, Tolium CD) + f(40, Copper CD) + f(20, Inert Gas CD))) × 50%) / 10
Experimentation percentage = (((1000 × 80 + 925 × 40 + 990 × 20) / (80 + 40 + 20)) × 50%) + (((N/A × 0 + 962 × 40 + N/A × 0) / (0 + 40 + 0)) × 50%) / 10
Experimentation percentage = ((136800 / 140) × 50%) + ((38480 / 40) × 50%) / 10
Experimentation percentage = (977.142 × 50%) + (962 × 50%) / 10
Experimentation percentage = 969.571 / 10
Experimentation percentage = 96.957

Meaning that the conductivity of copper is weighted exactly the same as the overall quality of all the resources put together.

Hopefully this makes sense and other people can actually follow it!

EnigmaBSc

P.S. Sorry for stretching the page

Message Edited by gamin on 04-17-2005 09:18 PM

Wow, thanks for breaking that down, Enigma! The math lost me, but I'll take your word for it!

For the new DE: Use this formula to determine PvE damage (not sure if its confirmed, but its darn close):

150 x (detonation power) = Minimum Damage
200 x (detonation power) = Maximum Damage

Keep in mind that PvP damage is cut 75%. And an R3 chassis needs all modules filled to get the max rating. The rating of all the modules is cumulative. Also, the MSE droid chassis give you a +10 Detonation bonus.

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gamin wrote:

Also..

What do these things usualy sell for?

Thats quite alot of nice resources to blow up LoL

Ta'Vock-DE

Edit : okay, i just have all kinds of questions as I'm looking at this (I'm a new DE, yay!!)

an R3 can have 1 cluster

an R3 Adv 2 and a R2 Adv can have 3

so does only take one cluster to max your detenation str (59) or does it take 2 or 3 clusters to get the max

Message Edited by gamin on 04-17-2005 09:18 PM

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An R3 Adv can hold 6 modules in 2 combat capable socket clusters. 6 modules can yield a 59-rated det droid (depending on the resources you use).

An R3 regular can hold 3 modules in 1 cluster. 3 modules at the theoretical max of 30 detonation rating.

An R2 ADV can hold 5 modules - 3 in a cluster and two additionals. Theoretical max would be 50 detonation rating.

Point being, if you are going to go through the trouble of assembling a R-series detonation droid, just use the R3 ADV.

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Kassuff wrote:

My brain is not working today. Can someone translate this to a formula I can plug into excel? TIA

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Might want to wait a couple of weeks. With the Combat Upgrade, the damage on detenation modules should be changing to fit with the way Health and armor play out.

Maybe it rounded off the number for ya to 59...?