Whats the deal....I know in earth 2025 that DR happen when someone is attacked a bunch...but whats the recovery rate for earth empires? even after getting ABed a ton, after you play turns and rebuild a bunch shouldn't DR be negated?

DR is, and always has been, time based, not turn based. on every server except express its 24 hours per hit, only negated if country in DR makes attacks at a 1:1 attack to DR ratio.

i dont know what DR period for express is.

Ah, I always thought it was turn based. Good to know, glad I wasted that retal...fluff!

ford, the 1:1 ratio, being where, if i'm hit twice and retal once, i'm left at a DR of one, yes?

Yes, one DR.

But.im pretty sure the DR half life is not 24 hr tho, right?

anywhere but express i understand that it is. though i haven't played tournament since.. well, it's been that long.

For Express and Primary:
Tip: The DR contribution of a single attack is

0.5^(x/n)

where

x = Number of hours since the attack happened
n = The attack's half life in hours = 8*oversend factor

Correction, that's the formula for Express. I think in Primary, X , the attack DR 1/2 life, is different. Maybe 24 hours?

Anyway, to make it simple, if possible, x varies between 6 and 12 hours with x being 8 for a 1.1 times send, 6 for a failed hit, 12 for a big oversend. Estimating all DR's at x=8 hours, then after 8 hours the DR from a hit is 1/2. This makes it pretty easy to estimate the DR when you look at all the hits on a country in eestats.

sorry, I meant n. lol

http://www.earthempires.com/...eturns-29694?t=1394780292

Thats a good example mrford.

Here is a list of DR's for attacks from 1 to 8 hours old, assuming n =8:
.5^.125=0.917
.5^.25=0.8409
.5^.375=0.7711
.5^.5=0.7071
.5^.625=0.6484
.5^.75=0.5946
.5^.875=0.5453
.5^1=0.5

I was just posting qzjul's post from that thread, but since I'm on my phone, it didn't work, so I just edited a link in.