18/11/2007 · 01:30 PM
#16
There`s no moral paradox here. We must ban together to defete Asmodai.
A successful UW cuts 90 % of your wealth. Thats the same for everybody, but it hurts a large empire much more. No fuzzy math. 900B is bigger than 0.9B.
Consider it this way. Lets figure out how long it will take you, to get back to where you were, before the UW popped. If you are a settled large empire, the money you make per turn, is going to be about the same before and after the UW. Since you can`t make more per turn, Its going to take the same time to make that much money again.
If your a newer player, your empire isn`t maxed out. You are going to find ways to make more money, per turn! So its going to take less turns to get back to what you had. Less turns to recover means less impact.
The largest empires lose the most, and, need the most time to get back to where they were.
So we better start planning on how to put Asmodai back in his grave. We can call it the give 10 and save 90 plan. We will call on all empires to spend 10% of their wealth, (blowing up Asmodai ships, or stocking the mineral market) to save 90% of your wealth. Give 10 Save 90!