Talk:Ship design

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"Existing ships may be upgraded to use these new components, although it is often cheaper to use them as cannon fodder and replace them with newer ships."

Unless there is a new hull ready, it might be better to upgrade the ship because of its extra hp. It will buy cheaper to upgrade than to buy a new ship. Even if you can mass produce ships, ships with high hp will make a fleet more effective. Siel 08:49, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I upgrade the ships with experience and sell away the rest to a minor civ or a weak major civ. Upgrading ships is waaaaay too expensive now. Miborovsky 06:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Offense-defense relationships

This page has a pair of sentences that seem to describe conflicting math. We need someone who knows the numbers to tell us which of these sentences is correct:

"A defense mechanism used against a mismatched attack is diminished by the square root of the defense value (with a minimum of 1). For example, nine units of shield defenses would only afford the same protection as three units of armor when used to defend against mass drivers."

I read the first sentence to mean that a 9 shield would be reduced to a 6 shield against mass drivers:

Square root of base 9 = 3 "diminished by the square root of the defense value" = 6?

It should be diminished to, not by. Fixing. --GreenReaper^(talk) 17:44, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Circle of influence for Constructors

I don't know about anyone else, but I wish that when I click on a constructor it's "circle of influence" was as bright as when I click on a starbase. I know, I know...what a sniggly little thing to bring up, but on my display, at least, it can be difficult to see. Why is it so much more transparent for a constructor anyway? After all, isn't the idea for the player to SEE the area of potential influence a would-be starbase would have?