5 years ago
Fleet Arena should I start over
A bit of data for 2020 beginner fleet arenas shards (gathered by reading forum posts):
Smallest number of hyperdrives: 16 or below
Largest number of hyperdrives: 80 or above
Let's assume that hyperdrives fleets are always better than non-hyperdrive fleets (which is 99% true in the first month, 95% true in first half year). Here's the maths, sorry that it's a bit long. Please skip to end if you're out of time.
This is what you'll get if you're number 1 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 1 , 400 crystals and 1800 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 9 , 200 crystals and 1400 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 17, 100 crystals and 1350 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 31, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 51, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 81, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
This is what you'll get if you're number 5 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 5 , 300 crystals and 1500 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 13, 100 crystals and 1350 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 21, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 35, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 55, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 85, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
This is what you'll get if you're number 10 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 10, 200 crystals and 1400 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 18, 100 crystals and 1350 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 26, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 40, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 60, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 90, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
This is what you'll get if you're number 20 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 20, 100 crystals and 1350 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 28, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 36, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 50, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 70, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 100, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
This is what you'll get if you're number 50 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 50, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 58, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 66, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 80, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 100, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 140, 0 crystals and 1200 fleet tokens daily.
As you can see, the most decisive factor in new ship shards are no longer how skilled you are, or even how much you spend as long as it's not a hyperdrive. Rather, it's more about how many hyperdrives are in your shard.
Example 1: if there are more than 50 hyperdrives in your shard, it doesn't matter how much energy you spend on fleets; you're never going to get any crystal income from fleet arena even if you should have got Rank 1 without the hyperdrives.
Example 2: if you are rank 1 of all non-hyperdrives, your fleet arena crystal income can vary as much as 100 daily (3000 monthly) between 16 and 80 hyperdrives.
Unfortunately, this situation will continue in each shard for at least half a year, until the non-hyperdrives can finally put together a decent fleet.
Now this is my question: Say I have an account where I'm rank 4 among all non-hyperdrives, but there are 60 hyperdrives in my shard. Starting over and getting back to level 60 takes 3 weeks. Should I start over for the chance of less hyperdrives? If I get lucky and run across a shard with 16 hyperdrives, my crysral income will increase by 100 daily (also 3000 monthly or 36,000 yearly). Or should I start 5 accounts with the spacing of 3 days, get them all to 60, and see which has the least hyperdrives?
Smallest number of hyperdrives: 16 or below
Largest number of hyperdrives: 80 or above
Let's assume that hyperdrives fleets are always better than non-hyperdrive fleets (which is 99% true in the first month, 95% true in first half year). Here's the maths, sorry that it's a bit long. Please skip to end if you're out of time.
This is what you'll get if you're number 1 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 1 , 400 crystals and 1800 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 9 , 200 crystals and 1400 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 17, 100 crystals and 1350 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 31, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 51, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 81, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
This is what you'll get if you're number 5 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 5 , 300 crystals and 1500 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 13, 100 crystals and 1350 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 21, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 35, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 55, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 85, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
This is what you'll get if you're number 10 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 10, 200 crystals and 1400 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 18, 100 crystals and 1350 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 26, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 40, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 60, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 90, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
This is what you'll get if you're number 20 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 20, 100 crystals and 1350 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 28, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 36, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 50, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 70, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 100, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
This is what you'll get if you're number 50 among all non-hyperdrives:
0 hyperdrives: Rank 50, 50 crystals and 1300 fleet tokens daily.
8 hyperdrives: Rank 58, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
16 hyperdrives: Rank 66, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
30 hyperdrives: Rank 80, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
50 hyperdrives: Rank 100, 0 crystals and 1250 fleet tokens daily.
80 hyperdrives: Rank 140, 0 crystals and 1200 fleet tokens daily.
As you can see, the most decisive factor in new ship shards are no longer how skilled you are, or even how much you spend as long as it's not a hyperdrive. Rather, it's more about how many hyperdrives are in your shard.
Example 1: if there are more than 50 hyperdrives in your shard, it doesn't matter how much energy you spend on fleets; you're never going to get any crystal income from fleet arena even if you should have got Rank 1 without the hyperdrives.
Example 2: if you are rank 1 of all non-hyperdrives, your fleet arena crystal income can vary as much as 100 daily (3000 monthly) between 16 and 80 hyperdrives.
Unfortunately, this situation will continue in each shard for at least half a year, until the non-hyperdrives can finally put together a decent fleet.
Now this is my question: Say I have an account where I'm rank 4 among all non-hyperdrives, but there are 60 hyperdrives in my shard. Starting over and getting back to level 60 takes 3 weeks. Should I start over for the chance of less hyperdrives? If I get lucky and run across a shard with 16 hyperdrives, my crysral income will increase by 100 daily (also 3000 monthly or 36,000 yearly). Or should I start 5 accounts with the spacing of 3 days, get them all to 60, and see which has the least hyperdrives?