Conversion Rates ?!?!?!??

rsolow · #1 October 30th, 2006, 09:34 PM

Clicking on one of my Temple Buttons I find the following information:

CONVERSION RATES
God: 28
Prophet: 9
Home Province: 9
Temples: 225

I know these numbers have to do with my dominion spread, but am not exactly sure how to translate them into results I see on the map. Do they represent % chances for dominion spread? If so, what good is 225% -- does that mean I have built too many Temples (I have 25 so far).

Ironhawk · #2 October 30th, 2006, 10:10 PM

Seriously. Why with the rampant ?!!? in all your post subjects?

rsolow · #3 October 30th, 2006, 11:59 PM

Not sure !???!?! Never really thought of it before now !?!?????? I guess I am just fond of puncuation.

ceremony · #4 October 31st, 2006, 12:27 AM

Explanation is on p. 43.

B0rsuk · #5 October 31st, 2006, 02:27 AM

Judging from rsolow's posts, his full version Dominions3 shipped without a manual. And he can't be bothered to use 'newbie questions' type threads.

Ironhawk · #6 October 31st, 2006, 03:44 AM

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rsolow said:
Not sure !???!?! Never really thought of it before now !?!?????? I guess I am just fond of puncuation.

/ignore

rsolow · #7 October 31st, 2006, 01:11 PM

Having read the maual cover to cover and re-read the section on pages 43, I still do not understand the significance of "Temples 225"

Cainehill · #8 October 31st, 2006, 01:22 PM

To paraphrase that section that reads, "This gives a quanitifiable idea of how fast you are spreading your dominion", it simply means that the "225" shows that your temples are spreading your dominion about ... 23 times as effectively as your Prophet or Home Province, doing 9.7 times as much to increase your dominion as your pretender.

paradoxharbinger · #9 October 31st, 2006, 01:46 PM

out of curiousity, how did you come with 23 and 9.7?

PhilD · #10 October 31st, 2006, 03:03 PM

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paradoxharbinger said:
out of curiousity, how did you come with 23 and 9.7?

From the lovely manual: the totals are, when divided by 10, the expected amount by which your Dominion should increase (barring outside influence, and barring "dom spread" being used to lower enemy dominion).

Each temple generates a temple check, which has a (max dom * 10)% chance of generating a dom increase. Your pretender generates an automatic increase, plus two temple checks. Your prophet generates a temple check (hence the numbers: 28 for the pretender, 9 for the prophet, 225 = 9*25 for 25 temples, 9 for the home province).

I guess 23 is supposed to be 225/9 (actually, that's 25), and 9.7 is supposed to be 225/28 (more like 8.7?)