Now that the final changes are out

[Ordray]

Nicely done. Elf's advantage isn't very pronounced there, but the higher the goal DPA the wider the margin will be. Personally, I think that 40 is a tad low since you'll be being double tapped by fellow hybrids/low opa provinces, so I prefer running closer to 45, that way it takes about 94 OPA from the attacker of same size to make the DT instead of 83.

[Avenger]

Avenger I am sure you know this but the nw shold be 5 for halfling D specs shouldn't it? (1*D value)
Nice visual btw...

Might be a minor typo, since I recently redesigned my little calculator from a single sheet into multiple ones for the Age50 update (based on race/personality combinations) - and I lost track of some values along the way.
LE: yep, thanks for pointing that out, the halfling had lower NW than expected :P

[Ethan]

Agree that's a nice way of showing it - I'd try to make my own but the re-formatting would take a bit... and it's all locked up on my work comp, while I'm going skiing tomorrow.

It also shows much the same point I was making with my numbers - you left out a NW/A value. Despite the +5% pop, the halfer has at least 10 NW/A lower from elites... meaning the elf will have the higher NW/A. Thus, while the elf gets better OPA, it will have lower OPNW.

Re: 50/50 split - not units! I was splitting such that total mod offense = total mod defense. (Before generals) Normally I would use 60/40, as that is closer to the ratios I normally run, but I was trying to help the elf out some. (To thus show, even under favorable conditions, why halfer was better for pure military strength.)
I maintain that fixed DPA is unfair to low NW races, and that best practice should be to use a fixed DPNW. However, fixing DPNW is hard (self referencing equations yay!) so I use a pre-set split, and then sum the OPNW and DPNW to make MPNW (Military Per NetWorth), which is then a good approximation of military strength (at war start).


Econ - yes, econ/intangibles matter, and elf is better at that. Halfer intel is often +1-3% OME though, also a nice buff. As I set it up in mine, I'd take elf over halfer... but I made a lot of assumptions to help elf out, and it *still* lost on raw power coming in, though only by around 1.6%. But it would hold up better, and the small loss is worth it. But switch those raw wpa/tpa up to 1.5, and drop sci a bit, and go to the 60/40 off/def ratio I plan around... now Elf will look something like 4-6% worse MPNW than halfer. I don't like the elf econ *that* much, not when halfer gets some other nice stuff as well.

And of course as hybrids, halfer makes a good A/T, while Elf is a poor A/M, since it will so easily end up a/M instead if it makes sure to use the mana. But that is a side note when talking about attackers.

[DHaran]

You are far too concerned with NW values.

[Danzig]

On average in a war Halfling should have a better econ than an elf. The elf will have to replace elites while a properly played halfer will only have to train def specs.

[Ordray]

On average in a war Halfling should have a better econ than an elf. The elf will have to replace elites while a properly played halfer will only have to train def specs.

Elf will have significantly fewer losses though, so they won't have to replace nearly as many losses as a Halfer would.