[META] Troop Capacity

[Mesabi]

I've done some math on the troop capacities of various vessels. I've found that carrying troops is actually pretty easy, IF you have a specific troop carrying ship, with a high cargo stat. 

Here's a Graph

Troop Capacity Graph by North White, on Flickr

Raw Data

Spoiler

Class (1-10)	Cargo (0-15)	Raw Score	Total Troops Carried
0	0	0	0
0	1	1	5
0	2	2	10
0	3	3	15
0	4	4	20
1	0	1	5
1	1	2	10
1	2	3	15
1	3	4	20
1	4	5	25
1	5	6	30
1	6	7	35
1	7	8	40
2	0	2	10
2	1	3	15
2	2	4	20
2	3	5	25
2	4	6	30
2	5	7	35
2	6	8	40
2	7	9	45
2	8	10	50
2	9	11	55
2	10	12	60
3	0	3	15
3	1	4	20
3	2	5	25
3	3	6	30
3	4	7	35
3	5	8	40
3	6	9	45
3	7	10	50
3	8	11	55
3	9	12	60
3	10	13	65
3	11	14	70
3	12	15	75
3	13	16	80
4	0	4	20
4	1	5	25
4	2	6	30
4	3	7	35
4	4	8	40
4	5	9	45
4	6	10	50
4	7	11	55
4	8	12	60
4	9	13	65
4	10	14	70
4	11	15	75
4	12	16	80
4	13	17	85
4	14	18	90
4	15	19	95
5	0	5	25
5	1	6	30
5	2	7	35
5	3	8	40
5	4	9	45
5	5	10	50
5	6	11	55
5	7	12	60
5	8	13	65
5	9	14	70
5	10	15	75
5	11	16	80
5	12	17	85
5	13	18	90
5	14	19	95
5	15	20	100
6	0	6	30
6	1	7	35
6	2	8	40
6	3	9	45
6	4	10	50
6	5	11	55
6	6	12	60
6	7	13	65
6	8	14	70
6	9	15	75
6	10	16	80
6	11	17	85
6	12	18	90
6	13	19	95
6	14	20	100
6	15	21	105
7	0	7	35
7	1	8	40
7	2	9	45
7	3	10	50
7	4	11	55
7	5	12	60
7	6	13	65
7	7	14	70
7	8	15	75
7	9	16	80
7	10	17	85
7	11	18	90
7	12	19	95
7	13	20	100
7	14	21	105
7	15	22	110
8	0	8	40
8	1	9	45
8	2	10	50
8	3	11	55
8	4	12	60
8	5	13	65
8	6	14	70
8	7	15	75
8	8	16	80
8	9	17	85
8	10	18	90
8	11	19	95
8	12	20	100
8	13	21	105
8	14	22	110
8	15	23	115
9	0	9	45
9	1	10	50
9	2	11	55
9	3	12	60
9	4	13	65
9	5	14	70
9	6	15	75
9	7	16	80
9	8	17	85
9	9	18	90
9	10	19	95
9	11	20	100
9	12	21	105
9	13	22	110
9	14	23	115
9	15	24	120
10	0	10	50
10	1	11	55
10	2	12	60
10	3	13	65
10	4	14	70
10	5	15	75
10	6	16	80
10	7	17	85
10	8	18	90
10	9	19	95
10	10	20	100
10	11	21	105
10	12	22	110
10	13	23	115
10	14	24	120
10	15	25	125

Thoughts?

Edited August 27, 2018 by Mesabi

[Capt Wolf]

And that was the idea behind the formula: not to make it impossible, but to make it a consideration in ship building and raid tactics. Thanks for showing the math!

[LM71Blackbird]

Well, I guess I'll just have to build another class 10 then... 

Thanks for the calculations Mesabi!

[Bregir]

It seems to me the only real issue are the extremes at the lower end. (BTW, what is stopping a class 0 from having five cargo points?)

Not so much in terms of game balance, but how do you explain a class zero carrying 20 men? :P

Must be quite a barge! ;)

[LM71Blackbird]

1 hour ago, Bregir said:

but how do you explain a class zero carrying 20 men? :P

They do it all the time in Africa!

[Mesabi]

@Bregir using the stat calculator, it wouldn't let me punch in a value of '0' for range. Maybe a glitch?

Either way, I suppose that only makes Class 0s more ridiculous 

[Fraunces]

11 hours ago, LM71Blackbird said:

They do it all the time in Africa!

Lol perfect