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Title: Strat down time algorithm
Post by: 715 on November 23, 2016, 07:44:59 PM
Could someone please explain the algorithm AH3 uses to calculate strat down time?  I don't understand.  Example: just now our City was at 71% and had been for awhile.  The AAA strat was back at or very near 100% after I spent a lot of time resupplying it.  Then a group of enemy tanks showed up in the AAA strat and started to quickly take it down (it only took them a few minutes to reduce it to 0%).  Each new building that went down was listed as down for nearly 3 hours (>170 secs).  Does that mean that if the City was at 0% the AAA strat would be down for 9 hours?  Or does the City level have no effect on strat rebuild time?  If the City is 100% what is the baseline strat down time?  And at a resupply time reduction of only 10 minutes per box, given the 3 hour down time, is there really any point to resupplying?

Title: Re: Strat down time algorithm
Post by: popeye on November 26, 2016, 09:01:13 AM
And at a resupply time reduction of only 10 minutes per box, given the 3 hour down time, is there really any point to resupplying?

For me, no.  Especially on the Buzzsaw map where it is a 10 minute drive for attackers to get to the strat.  But this was discussed at length and the attackers' case won out.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,382740.0.html
Title: Re: Strat down time algorithm
Post by: Lusche on November 26, 2016, 09:10:55 AM
Or does the City level have no effect on strat rebuild time?


Exactly this.
City influences the downtimes of town buildings and the HQ only. Has been that way since 2012.  :old:
Title: Re: Strat down time algorithm
Post by: 715 on November 26, 2016, 09:47:26 AM
So the default strat down time is now three hours?  A couple of guys in M4s can get it to 0% in a few minutes.

That is so asymmetric that I am longer going to give a fig about strats.
Title: Re: Strat down time algorithm
Post by: Lusche on November 26, 2016, 09:53:38 AM
So the default strat down time is now three hours?


If 'now' means since 4 years, yes  :D
Title: Re: Strat down time algorithm
Post by: JunkyII on November 26, 2016, 11:56:45 AM

Exactly this.
City influences the downtimes of town buildings and the HQ only. Has been that way since 2012.  :old:
That 2012 update made M3s OP