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Thread: Need Help Figuring Rebel Faction Delegation....Again :(
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NickHeel
Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:32 am
#1
Ok, I got a big sale to a buddy of mine tonight...but I've got till tomorrow to set this up and I'm a bit confused on how to figure up my profits and how much to buy and delegate. He said he wants 10 million credits worth of faction but I'm charging him 90 credits per point because I've known him forever and I figure that's a Hell of a discount for a good friend...besides I owe him.
Now, what throws me is this: I can buy 10M credits worth of faction...but that leaves no credits left for me. I can't figure out if I should be calculating the base price (72.72cr/FP) or the post-delegation price (85.6cr/FP) or what I'm charging (90cr/FP). I want to end up with zero faction points left in my "pool" after all of this. It's going to be roughly 110k of faction...I think. But, gah, I'm so confused.
You've seen this problem in College Algebra: I have 2498 Rebel faction points in my pool already. The dude wants to spend 10 million credits to get as many Rebel faction points as possible at 90 credit per point. After he tips me 10M, how many points should I buy and how many should I delegate to fullfill his order at 90cr per point?
That's some confounded confusing crap if you ask me 
Dark_0ne
Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:22 am
#2
NickHeel wrote:Ok, I got a big sale to a buddy of mine tonight...but I've got till tomorrow to set this up and I'm a bit confused on how to figure up my profits and how much to buy and delegate. He said he wants 10 million credits worth of faction but I'm charging him 90 credits per point because I've known him forever and I figure that's a Hell of a discount for a good friend...besides I owe him.Now, what throws me is this: I can buy 10M credits worth of faction...but that leaves no credits left for me. I can't figure out if I should be calculating the base price (72.72cr/FP) or the post-delegation price (85.6cr/FP) or what I'm charging (90cr/FP). I want to end up with zero faction points left in my "pool" after all of this. It's going to be roughly 110k of faction...I think. But, gah, I'm so confused.You've seen this problem in College Algebra: I have 2498 Rebel faction points in my pool already. The dude wants to spend 10 million credits to get as many Rebel faction points as possible at 90 credit per point. After he tips me 10M, how many points should I buy and how many should I delegate to fullfill his order at 90cr per point?That's some confounded confusing crap if you ask me
If he is paying you 90 credits per faction point, and wants 10 million worth, that is a total of 111111 faction points before delegation.
If you delegate 111111 faction points, he will receive 94401 points (assuming you are a colonel)
As you already have 2498 faction points, you need to "buy" 108613 points.
from memory, 100k gets you 1375 rebel points at a time .... so you need to spend 79 x 100k = 7.9 million.
This will leave you with 12 faction points and a profit of 2.1 million credits.
I think the maths is ok ;-)
alternatively, if he is actually paying 90 credits per faction point received .......
you need to buy 128279 points, which is 93.3 x 100k = 9.33 million.
that leaves you with a profit of roughly 670k .......
Message Edited by Dark_0ne on 03-04-2005 11:32 AM
Togashi-Sinefae
Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:17 am
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Ow. That made me head hurt, and is why I'm nuetral and don't do faction sales.
Togashi Sinefae
Scylla Master Smuggler
DrevenStrobe
Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:31 am
#4
NickHeel wrote:
Ok, I got a big sale to a buddy of mine tonight...but I've got till tomorrow to set this up and I'm a bit confused on how to figure up my profits and how much to buy and delegate. He said he wants 10 million credits worth of faction but I'm charging him 90 credits per point because I've known him forever and I figure that's a Hell of a discount for a good friend...besides I owe him.
Now, what throws me is this: I can buy 10M credits worth of faction...but that leaves no credits left for me. I can't figure out if I should be calculating the base price (72.72cr/FP) or the post-delegation price (85.6cr/FP) or what I'm charging (90cr/FP). I want to end up with zero faction points left in my "pool" after all of this. It's going to be roughly 110k of faction...I think. But, gah, I'm so confused.
You've seen this problem in College Algebra: I have 2498 Rebel faction points in my pool already. The dude wants to spend 10 million credits to get as many Rebel faction points as possible at 90 credit per point. After he tips me 10M, how many points should I buy and how many should I delegate to fullfill his order at 90cr per point?
That's some confounded confusing crap if you ask me
Ok...with your 2300 (You have to keep 200) FP you already have, you need to buy another 108,700 FP.
You then /del 94,300 to your client.
Your client will recieve 94300.
You will lose roughly 110991 FP...bringing your total back to 210 or so in your pool.
Price wise, you're looking at spending 7.9 mil (~79 buys of 1375 FP) on the 108,700 FP.
So, you'll end up with a total profit of around 2 mil.
DrevenStrobe
Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:44 am
#6
hehe...what's really bad, is before there were FP calculators and Excel spreadsheets. I used to do all of this on paper and used a normal calculator.
I still find myself doing that sometimes...
LaughingWolf
Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:31 am
#7
I always use an hand calculator silly me. lol
Spreadsheet, good idea. The faction calculator I downloaded is not working.
Spreadsheet, good idea. The faction calculator I downloaded is not working.
Stawei_Idow
Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:01 am
#8
LaughingWolf wrote:
I always use an hand calculator silly me. lol
Spreadsheet, good idea. The faction calculator I downloaded is not working.
if you got the faction calc from the faq sticky here in the smuggler forums, you need to have .net installed.
NickHeel
Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:09 pm
#9
Can anyone point me a linky to the download for the M$ .net stuff, please? I don't screw around with the Update crap unless it prompts me...I think that's where most people go wrong with windows is jacking around and downloading everything they can get their hands on...
Stawei_Idow wrote:
if you got the faction calc from the faq sticky here in the smuggler forums, you need to have .net installed.
LaughingWolf wrote:
I always use an hand calculator silly me. lol
Spreadsheet, good idea. The faction calculator I downloaded is not working.
JediArashi
Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:46 pm
#10
NickHeel wrote:
Can anyone point me a linky to the download for the M$ .net stuff, please? I don't screw around with the Update crap unless it prompts me...I think that's where most people go wrong with windows is jacking around and downloading everything they can get their hands on...
Stawei_Idow wrote:
if you got the faction calc from the faq sticky here in the smuggler forums, you need to have .net installed.
LaughingWolf wrote:
I always use an hand calculator silly me. lol
Spreadsheet, good idea. The faction calculator I downloaded is not working.
It's like listening to a prophet give a sermon.....
Nicolas_Frost
Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:40 am
#11
NickHeel wrote:You've seen this problem in College Algebra: I have 2498 Rebel faction points in my pool already. The dude wants to spend 10 million credits to get as many Rebel faction points as possible at 90 credit per point. After he tips me 10M, how many points should I buy and how many should I delegate to fullfill his order at 90cr per point?That's some confounded confusing crap if you ask me
If the Rebel Faction is riding Train A heading South into Memphis carrying a total of fourty thousand faction points at eighty miles per house, and the Imperial Faction is riding in Train B heading North out of Memphis carrying a total of thirty seven thousand faction points at ninety four miles per hour; then how long will it take the survivors to crawl out of the wreckage after they collide?
Stawei_Idow
Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:10 pm
#12
NickHeel wrote:Can anyone point me a linky to the download for the M$ .net stuff, please? I don't screw around with the Update crap unless it prompts me...I think that's where most people go wrong with windows is jacking around and downloading everything they can get their hands on...
Stawei_Idow wrote:if you got the faction calc from the faq sticky here in the smuggler forums, you need to have .net installed.
LaughingWolf wrote:
I always use an hand calculator silly me. lol
Spreadsheet, good idea. The faction calculator I downloaded is not working.
i always choose when to d/l stuff from ms. im more scared of what they are automatically sending me to bloat their kernel even more.
you know that it downloads on its own right?
anyway, enough ms conspiracy theory for today.
i would just suggest using the windows update and do a manual update, or whatever they are calling it now, and choose it yourself.
it would be under the 'other updates' or 'non-critial' whatever they call it.
if you really dont want to use the ms update, just go to ms site and find the support or download tab and search for .net framework.
that should get you what you need.
if you are using ie, and im sorry if you are, there should be a windows update link somewhere and it will let you get it.
but that is the same as just using the update button on the start menu, im pretty sure.
Jaguarrr
Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:30 am
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Stawei_Idow wrote:
NickHeel wrote:
Can anyone point me a linky to the download for the M$ .net stuff, please? I don't screw around with the Update crap unless it prompts me...I think that's where most people go wrong with windows is jacking around and downloading everything they can get their hands on...
Stawei_Idow wrote:
if you got the faction calc from the faq sticky here in the smuggler forums, you need to have .net installed.
LaughingWolf wrote:
I always use an hand calculator silly me. lol
Spreadsheet, good idea. The faction calculator I downloaded is not working.
i always choose when to d/l stuff from ms. im more scared of what they are automatically sending me to bloat their kernel even more.
you know that it downloads on its own right?
anyway, enough ms conspiracy theory for today.
i would just suggest using the windows update and do a manual update, or whatever they are calling it now, and choose it yourself.
it would be under the 'other updates' or 'non-critial' whatever they call it.
if you really dont want to use the ms update, just go to ms site and find the support or download tab and search for .net framework.
that should get you what you need.
if you are using ie, and im sorry if you are, there should be a windows update link somewhere and it will let you get it.
but that is the same as just using the update button on the start menu, im pretty sure.
It is the same page. I should add that when you downloaded the .net framework adn rebooted you should run the update again. There some vital security updates to be done for .net...
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