Post by zentrino on Nov 3, 2016 4:45:52 GMT
I have been conducting an experiment to see if the quality of the products Ammo Quality Upgrades and Weapon Quality Upgrades makes a difference in either the speed of the upgrade or the number of upgrades required. I have concluded the experiment with positive results.
In country 1, I had a single PB unit with 400 PB and 48,000 PB missiles. The unit began at 254Q and I started with 10M ammo quality upgrades at 122Q. The weapon upgrades were at 122Q as well. Unfortunately, I forgot to turn off the auto-buy feature for weapon quality upgrades so I can't compare numbers here but the ammo upgrades are telling enough.
In country 2, I had a single PB unit with 400 PB and 48,000 PB missiles. The unit began at 254Q and I started with 10M ammo quality upgrades at 245Q. The weapon quality upgrades were 250Q. Again, for the reason above, I can't compare the numbers of those upgrades. (I also created the exact same number of supply units in both countries and had a balance of 10,000 PB missiles in each that matched the Q of the missiles in the units.)
I started on game date Sept 29, 3876. Today is October 2, 3879. Three years have passed. Here is where we stand now.
Country 1 the unit is now at 327Q. I have 6,453,712 ammo quality upgrades left. (Remember, this is one using 122Q upgrade products.)
Country 2 the unit is now at 327Q. I have 6,453,040 ammo quality upgrades left. (Remember, this is one using 245Q upgrade products.)
As you can see, both units are at the exact same quality which means the lower quality upgrades operate as quickly as the higher quality upgrades. Further, for a reason I don't understand, in a recent game month, the country using the higher quality upgrades used more ammo upgrades than the other country. This difference occurred all in one month from what I can tell. Every month I have checked they have been the same until I saw the difference and it has not changed since then. In any event, that means that higher quality upgrades do not consume fewer upgrades to reach the same quality.
The results indicate the purchasing ammo and weapon quality upgrades should be done at 120Q to save money as higher quality does nothing for the output. Hope this helps!
In country 1, I had a single PB unit with 400 PB and 48,000 PB missiles. The unit began at 254Q and I started with 10M ammo quality upgrades at 122Q. The weapon upgrades were at 122Q as well. Unfortunately, I forgot to turn off the auto-buy feature for weapon quality upgrades so I can't compare numbers here but the ammo upgrades are telling enough.
In country 2, I had a single PB unit with 400 PB and 48,000 PB missiles. The unit began at 254Q and I started with 10M ammo quality upgrades at 245Q. The weapon quality upgrades were 250Q. Again, for the reason above, I can't compare the numbers of those upgrades. (I also created the exact same number of supply units in both countries and had a balance of 10,000 PB missiles in each that matched the Q of the missiles in the units.)
I started on game date Sept 29, 3876. Today is October 2, 3879. Three years have passed. Here is where we stand now.
Country 1 the unit is now at 327Q. I have 6,453,712 ammo quality upgrades left. (Remember, this is one using 122Q upgrade products.)
Country 2 the unit is now at 327Q. I have 6,453,040 ammo quality upgrades left. (Remember, this is one using 245Q upgrade products.)
As you can see, both units are at the exact same quality which means the lower quality upgrades operate as quickly as the higher quality upgrades. Further, for a reason I don't understand, in a recent game month, the country using the higher quality upgrades used more ammo upgrades than the other country. This difference occurred all in one month from what I can tell. Every month I have checked they have been the same until I saw the difference and it has not changed since then. In any event, that means that higher quality upgrades do not consume fewer upgrades to reach the same quality.
The results indicate the purchasing ammo and weapon quality upgrades should be done at 120Q to save money as higher quality does nothing for the output. Hope this helps!
