Comador wrote:on your comment ... "This update has done nothing but make it easier to descend people,"
that is not true for a day or to it did make it very easy to descend a noob account but the admin has put in restrictions that limit your TOC so much that it now takes yyou as much time to descend a better account
say your TOC is 10, 000,000,000 and you see a guy with 18,000 total reserves it still will take 3 or 4 hits to take it down
so its not easier still takes the hours and turns to do it
Those who can be taken in the minimum of time will always be the same, those who were harder to descend are taking less. The part of making TOCs bigger is what makes the time going back ok, as it is already doubling the TOC. I know myself, with this recent update it changed the time it would take for me to be descended drastically, yet changing it from 2.5 hours to 3 hours again did little (yes it helps those being descend a bit, but not that much).
Edit:A little bit of Numbers:
Roughly what the best TOC is:
1000 Attack Levels, 1050 MNEC - 346.6 Tril LF Cost
[spoiler]# Energy Attack Power Level from 0 to 1,000 will cost 72,640,095,794,309 Life Force.
# Energy Attack Skill from 0 to 1,000 will cost 72,640,095,794,309 Life Force.
# Maximum Natural Energy Capacity from 0 to 1,050 will cost 201,407,561,292,200 Life Force.[/spoiler]
First:
1,110,912,000 TOC
[spoiler]Life Force * ( Energy Attack Power Level/1000 * Energy Attack Skill/1000 )[/spoiler]
Then:
2,221,824,000 TOC
[spoiler]Life Force * ( Energy Attack Power Level/1000 * Energy Attack Skill/1000 * Energy Attack Power Level/1000)[/spoiler]
Now:
4,443,648,000 TOC
[spoiler]Life Force * ( Energy Attack Power Level/1000 * Energy Attack Skill/1000 * Energy Attack Power Level/1000 * Energy Attack Skill/1000)[/spoiler]
Now that against a decent defense level:
700 Defense Levels, 800 MNEC - 7.5 Tril LF Cost
[spoiler]* Energy Absorbtion Power from 0 to 700 will cost 499,164,937,717 Life Force.
* Energy Absorbtion Skill from 0 to 700 will cost 499,164,937,717 Life Force.
* Energy Repulsion Strength from 0 to 700 will cost 499,164,937,717 Life Force.
* Personal Constitution from 0 to 700 will cost 499,164,937,717 Life Force.
* Energy Flow Ability from 0 to 700 will cost 499,164,937,717 Life Force.
* Energy Channeling Skill from 0 to 700 will cost 499,164,937,717 Life Force.
* Maximum Natural Energy Capacity from 0 to 800 will cost 4,475,559,149,321 Life Force.[/spoiler]
1.1 Bil TOC, 6 Turns Between Attacks, Not Possible
2.2 bil TOC, 6 Turns Between Attacks, 11 Hits to descend
4.4 bil TOC, 6 Turns Between Attacks, 4 Hits to descend
4.4 bil TOC, 5 Turns Between Attacks, 4 Hits to descend
4.4 bil TOC, 4 Turns Between Attacks, 4 Hits to descend
Now those against a higher defense level:
800 Defense Levels, 900 MNEC - 42.4 Tril LF Cost
[spoiler]* Energy Absorbtion Power from 0 to 800 will cost 3,196,830,294,055 Life Force.
* Energy Absorbtion Skill from 0 to 800 will cost 3,196,830,294,055 Life Force.
* Energy Repulsion Strength from 0 to 800 will cost 3,196,830,294,055 Life Force.
* Personal Constitution from 0 to 800 will cost 3,196,830,294,055 Life Force.
* Energy Flow Ability from 0 to 800 will cost 3,196,830,294,055 Life Force.
* Energy Channeling Skill from 0 to 800 will cost 3,196,830,294,055 Life Force.
* Maximum Natural Energy Capacity from 0 to 900 will cost 23,255,353,548,223 Life Force.[/spoiler]
1.1 Bil TOC, 6 Turns Between Attacks, Not Possible
2.2 bil TOC, 6 Turns Between Attacks, Not Possible
4.4 bil TOC, 6 Turns Between Attacks, 11 Hits to descend
4.4 bil TOC, 5 Turns Between Attacks, 10 Hits to descend
4.4 bil TOC, 4 Turns Between Attacks, 9 Hits to descend
850 Defense Levels, 950 MNEC - 95 Tril LF Cost
[spoiler]* Energy Absorbtion Power from 0 to 850 will cost 7,463,173,655,859 Life Force.
* Energy Absorbtion Skill from 0 to 850 will cost 7,463,173,655,859 Life Force.
* Energy Repulsion Strength from 0 to 850 will cost 7,463,173,655,859 Life Force.
* Personal Constitution from 0 to 850 will cost 7,463,173,655,859 Life Force.
* Energy Flow Ability from 0 to 850 will cost 7,463,173,655,859 Life Force.
* Energy Channeling Skill from 0 to 850 will cost 7,463,173,655,859 Life Force.
* Maximum Natural Energy Capacity from 0 to 950 will cost 49,582,097,464,897 Life Force.[/spoiler]
4.4 bil TOC, 5 Turns Between Attacks, 22 Hits to descend
4.4 bil TOC, 6 Turns Between Attacks, 31 Hits to descend
900 Defense Levels, 1000 MNEC -201.3 Tril LF Cost
[spoiler]* Energy Absorbtion Power from 0 to 900 will cost 16,610,975,177,008 Life Force.
* Energy Absorbtion Skill from 0 to 900 will cost 16,610,975,177,008 Life Force.
* Energy Repulsion Strength from 0 to 900 will cost 16,610,975,177,008 Life Force.
* Personal Constitution from 0 to 900 will cost 16,610,975,177,008 Life Force.
* Energy Flow Ability from 0 to 900 will cost 16,610,975,177,008 Life Force.
* Energy Channeling Skill from 0 to 900 will cost 16,610,975,177,008 Life Force.
* Maximum Natural Energy Capacity from 0 to 1,000 will cost 101,696,096,994,450 Life Force.[/spoiler]
4.4 bil TOC, 5 Turns Between Attacks, 1534 Hits to descend
4.4 bil TOC, 6 Turns Between Attacks, Not Possible
So while it is easier if there is less time between attacks, it changed drastically with the addition of another Energy Attack Skill/1000, thereby making many people descendable that were not before and in a lot less time for others. The only people the time change actually affects are those who have put a lot of effort into making sure they don't get descended and deserve to be well protected.