Scoring?

[Pax]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
I think that the score is over rated...

The best way to judge an empire is the planet /production ratio's

The rest is just icing on the cake.

If you out produce and own more real estate then you are most likely the stronger race...

In the long run yes.

But in teh short run, if a smaller-but-prepared-for-war empire attacks a theoretically-much-better empire that is UNprepared for war on that same scale ... it's possible the attacker could press their advantage and make some early gains. If those gains are large enough, the industrial capacities of the two empires might equalise enought o make retaking the lost worlds/systems difficult for the previously-larger empire.

IOW, lots of planets and resources and build capacity, but insufficient military might to keep those worlds and systems ... means you're a paper tiger.

Ditto if you have a huge military, and miantenance eats up most or all of yoru resource production; youw on't be readily able to replace combat losses, and are a paper tiger "of a different stripe", if you will pardon the pun.

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Pax:
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IOW, lots of planets and resources and build capacity, but insufficient military might to keep those worlds and systems ... means you're a paper tiger.

Ditto if you have a huge military, and miantenance eats up most or all of your resource production; you won't be readily able to replace combat losses, and are a paper tiger "of a different stripe", if you will pardon the pun.

Be careful when talking about paper tigers - a certain 'tigga might leave his pub to make smart-alecky remarks on this thread...

[Power Man]

Thanks for the help. I did find an answer in an old thread.

[Power Man]

OOps I pushed enter too soon. Here is the answer. Someone did some tests and came up with this . The score is based on 200 points per Tech level
1 point per resource/research/intell point
10 points per kT for ships/bases
no points for units/pop/colonies/systems
This means that my big fleet counts a lot more than lots of small planets.

[Ruatha]

Is the score cumulative or a dynamic score, i e if I loose ships do my score drop?

[Ruatha]

Ooops, Found an answer.
Seems to be dynamic, loose a ship and the score drops.

[capnq]

Yes, it's dynamic. You can see major battles on the (F9) Races/Comparisons graphs as sudden drops.