Are Racial modifiers additive

[Krakenup]

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Originally posted by Nitram Draw:
I"m still a little confused, o.k. stop your laughing .
This is how I read it. Adding 5 to my production means my base production rate goes from 100% to 105%. Adding 5 to my maintenance rate means my base maintenance cost goes from 100% to 95%.
Am I missing something?

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Yup. What you're missing is that the base maintenance cost does not start at 100%. It starts at 25%, that is, 25% of the original cost of the item. If you have a 5% improvement, that would be 25% - 5% = 20% so that your maintenance cost would be 20% of the cost of the item. Compared to 25%, it would also be a 20% savings in maintenance costs. If, however, you had a 20% improvement in maintenance costs, your maintenance costs would be 25% - 20% = 5% of the original cost of the item for an overall maintenance cost savings of 80%. Hope this helps.

[Nitram Draw]

It helps.
None of the other modifiers actually subtract from the base do they?
I guess from your explanation that the numbers are not percentage increases or decreases. I took the numbers to be a percentage of the base amoumt. A change of 5 in the maintenance is really a 20% change.
Guess it should be toned down.

[Daynarr]

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None of the other modifiers actually subtract from the base do they?

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Only other characteristic that is modified the same way is reproduction. Note that minimum reproduction is 91% because the starting reproduction base is 10%.

[This message has been edited by Daynarr (edited 16 February 2001).]

[Nitram Draw]

I"m still a little confused, o.k. stop your laughing .
This is how I read it. Adding 5 to my production means my base production rate goes from 100% to 105%. Adding 5 to my maintenance rate means my base maintenance cost goes from 100% to 95%.
Am I missing something?

[raynor]

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Originally posted by Daynarr:
Only other characteristic that is modified the same way is reproduction. Note that minimum reproduction is 91% because the starting reproduction base is 10%.

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Ahhh. I wondered why it wouldn't go lower than 91%. Thanks!