HippyFool wrote:Is this actually confirmed? (I havn't tested it yet)
So if I have 2 def weps and 1 defender on max amp, and then train a 2nd defender (so my average goes down to 5000) I have 2 defenders on 5000, not 1 on max and 1 on 1?
Your latter statement is correct Hipp, any further NAQ you spend on AMPing Def Troops is ONLY applied to the 1 new Troop. As you AMP that new Troop, your Defense will rise in Power and your Average AMP level reported on the Defense Troops will also rise appropriately. In fact, you should be able to throw exactly 9999 times 150,000 NAQ (1,499,850,000 NAQ Total) on one Upgrade to the Defense troops, and see your Defense Troops reported Average Total AMP go from 5000 to 9999 in ONE UPGRADE!
Unless the coding is Frakked (always a possibility) AMP Average Levels reported are only a guide to know what the AMPing levels of the troops are, not some multiplier used to calculate Power levels. I have 5 Defenders, now all AMPed to 9999. At first I had two, AMPed them to about 1000ish. Then I trained 3 more, and my AVERAGE AMPed level went to 400.
(Math 1000 + 1000 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 2003 / 5 = 400.6
AT NO TIME DURING THIS DID MY DEFENSE POWER LEVEL GO DOWN!!!!!!
In fact, when I later added/armed 3 more stronger mid-tiered Weapons to the 3 new Troops, my defense power went up appropriately for having 2 Defense Troops AMPed to 1000 each, plus 3 new weenie Defense troops added a Level 1. BUT, as we have said, I Still got the Defense power level of 5 Troops to 5 Weapons.
Now, I did not look at what my Defense Rank did, because I don't give a Gnat's balls what the Defense rank is as long as my Defense Fights/Defends at an Appropriate Defense level for my Weapons and my Troops.
Then I started adding AMPing to the Defense Troops, and my Defense Power Levels shot up appropriately swiftly according to how much NAQ I stuck on AMPing Defense!
OK, yes, maybe my Defense rank went down, or up, or wherever, but at no time did it move more than plus/minus a few ranks either way until it shot up about
20 Rankings after I spent about 750 Million NAQ AMPing up my 3 new Defense troops. Now, was that an exact appropriate amount of rankings?? I have no idea, but, I have seen nothing to tell me that spending my NAQ has not gained me an appropriate return in Defense. Now, I have 5 Defense Troops MAXed out AMPed at 9999. (After a two day spending of about One Mothership's worth of NAQ or 4-5 Billion NAQ...)
I just Armed those 5 Super-AMPed 9999 Def troops with 5 Top tier weapons, Added some Defense Techs, and my Defense QUADRUPLED in size after only spending about 1 Bill more NAQ. Because I have a larger pool of Defense Troops MAXed out at 9999 AMPing Levels, any NAQ I spend on Weapons and Techs is now Proportionally amplified even more, (In a past Era, there was NO WAY that spending 1 Bill NAQ would Quadruple my Defense). Due to having 5 Troops AMPed to the max 999, I am getting 5 times more BANG for the NAQ buck than someone harboring only 1 Super Maxed out 9999 Troop when I make Defense Tech Upgrades!
Guess what? If I now train One more Defense Troop, my AVERAGE AMP level is going to go down!
(i.e. Math will be 9999 + 9999 + 9999 + 9999 + 9999 + 1 = 49996 / 6 = 8332.6)
But, my Defense will still Defend with a higher level than someone Throwing One Super AMPed 9999 Attack Troop at it! HAHA (Just ask the couple of numb-nutz who banged at my Defense with only ONE troop!) I defended even though at the time I only had mid range Tier Weapons on 5 Troops AMPed to about 9300ish Average. MY FIVE TROOPS AT LESS THAN 9999 Average STILL Fought better than One Attack troop AMPed at 9999!!
As you can all hopefully see, the Higher you AMP your troops and the more Troops you have in your 'Troop Pool', the less the next New Troop decreases the overall AMP average! (I think I explained this Averaging math in another posting - the higher the overall pool of items, the less the next newer item affects the total average!!)
Everyone freaking out and peeing themselves when they see the AMP average change so drastically over one or two troops, just Chillax, the more Troops you work with the less a new Troop degrades your overall average! If you only have 1 Troop, the next Troop is GOING TO HALF YOUR AVERAGE! You should easily be able to see this in action with your Miners since the pool is so large, training a few hundred new Miners does not hardly 'budge' your Average AMP Level at all now. But, if you train a couple hundred new Miners, they STILL add positive NAQ and Income! If you AMP them with Upgrades, because the pool is so large, you will not change the average Level reported, BUT, YOU DO INCREASE YOUR INCOME!! Same with Attack/Defense/Covert/AC troops.
Here is the thing: Total level AMP average is JUST A FIGURE SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOUR TROOPS AMPing LEVELS STAND CURRENTLY AND TO KNOW WHEN YOUR TROOPS ARE MAXED OUT at 9999!!As some have found out, the game will still let you throw/pizz away NAQ thrying to AMP maxed out troops! This reported Total average AMP Level is YOUR CLUE to stop AMPing Troops at 9999 Level!!!!
Any NAQ you spend on a MAXed out 9999 Troop level is LOST, LOST, WASTED, GONE, KAPUT, DUMPED INTO THE COSMIC QUANTUM ABYSS...
So, Total Reported AMP Average has nothing to do with actual power levels, nothing to do with calculating Rank, just gives you a Mathematical GAUGE of how High the overall AMPing Levels are on your Troops, and gives you a point you can Estimate how much more to spend to MAX the Troops out to 9999.
Gosh, I hope this is starting to sink in some...
(Affy sighs and goes back to AMPing the Dog-Ballz out of his Multiple Troops....)
'Bad Affy' sez, Maybe you should try AMPing up your Forum posts??