Alternatives to "five-point doubling"

[Narf the Mouse]

With five-point doubling, buying two Followers at 80 AP Standard Super costs 6.25% of the AP spent on one Follower. Buying two Followers at 45 AP Skilled Normal costs 11.1% of the AP spent on one follower.

In addition, for 1/4 of the points spent at 80 AP, you can have 16 60 AP followers. For 20 points out of 45 AP, you can have 16 25 AP followers. In other words, those twenty points, at the higher level, are far more effective than the same twenty points at the lower level.

That's backwards. A Blast, at 45 AP, does 9 DCs. The same Blast, at 80 AP, does 16 DCs. Add twenty points to both and you get 13 DCs and 20 DCs. One is increased by +44%; the other is increased by 25%. Logically, then, twenty points added to 80 AP should always be less effective than twenty points added to 45 AP - Not more effective.

 

On the other hand, let's use a +1/4 Advantage per doubling - Multiples.

 

For x16 Multiples, you pay a +1 Advantage.

Therefore, at 80 AP, you get 16 40-AP Followers. Half as powerful, but sixteen times as many.

At 45 AP, you get 16 22-AP Followers. Half as powerful (112 CP, so ok, 1 CP less than half), but sixteen times as many.

 

But that's too many. Let's work this math over until it makes sense.

For +1/4, you get twice as many Followers at 80% of the power. For +1/2, you get four times as many Followers, at two-thirds the power. For +3/4, 55% as powerful, eight times as many...For +1, 50% as powerful, sixteen times as many.

 

It still increases too fast. Well, how about +1 per +1/4?

For +1/4, you get twice as many Followers at 80% of the power. For +1/2, you get three times as many Followers, at two-thirds the power. For +3/4, 55% as powerful, four times as many...For +1, 50% as powerful, five times as many. For +1 1/4, 44.7% as powerful, six times as many.

To get sixteen? 1/5th as powerful.

 

 

+1/4 for +1 Multiple makes mathematical sense. You can't argue with math!

[dmjalund]

Re: Alternatives to "five-point doubling"

 

You can't argue with math!

 

I dunno - some people make their living from it