Aug 7th 2013, 21:54:29
I decided to do some spreadsheet math.
My conclusions is that the 0.7% DR penalty should be lowered to as low as 0.2% or 0.3% instead, otherwise it will take just over 800-1000 turns to kill a country at a "reasonable speed" (about 3-5 minutes, any faster just costs even more turns). Duna/Lucifer/Sov/Crest are correct in this regard, that only the larger alliances can field that many turns in a single warchat. I still think this is a good change, but I think the % is way overdone.
Due to this DR change, the NW Ratio penalty change should just not be in at all, and removed completely. I believe it has the possibility of causing wars to stagnate with the larger alliance (in NW) being unable to outgrow the smaller one at all. The DR on specials already will slow down wars in itself by about half.
My conclusions is that the 0.7% DR penalty should be lowered to as low as 0.2% or 0.3% instead, otherwise it will take just over 800-1000 turns to kill a country at a "reasonable speed" (about 3-5 minutes, any faster just costs even more turns). Duna/Lucifer/Sov/Crest are correct in this regard, that only the larger alliances can field that many turns in a single warchat. I still think this is a good change, but I think the % is way overdone.
Due to this DR change, the NW Ratio penalty change should just not be in at all, and removed completely. I believe it has the possibility of causing wars to stagnate with the larger alliance (in NW) being unable to outgrow the smaller one at all. The DR on specials already will slow down wars in itself by about half.