Defensive upgrades. Good idea?

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Fast Freddy Mar 29, 2011

Are the defensive upgrades for individual turf worth the upkeep cost? Rather than investing in armor for your mob.
Thanks!
〓B A T I S T A〓 Mar 29, 2011

I would steer away from defensive upgrades unless you are getting seriously hammered. Better to punch codes and get the armor, even if it's the cheap no upkeep armor.
Mystery Mar 29, 2011

They are never worth the money; they require a ton of upkeep & really don't stop anyone from capping you.
Mr Big Pete Apr 12, 2011

How do you determin how much defense they do give you? I would have thought the defense points from your turf upgrades goes on your global defence e.g one fully defended turf adds 124 to your global defense but this does not seem to be the case. Surely they can't be absolutely pointless?
Barcode Killer Apr 12, 2011

When you defence points are in the tens or hundreds of thousands,yes adding 124 points in pointless.
Mystery Apr 13, 2011

hendywarez wrote:
When your defense points are in the tens or hundreds of thousands, yes, adding 124 points is pointless.

This is especially true considering the cost. I'd never done the math on all the defensive upgrades before. I just figured out that if you bought every defensive upgrade, it would cost you 57,800 in upkeep. Considering the max you can make on an 86 influence turf that's not receiving protection is 53,600, this is a very bad deal, to say the least!
Mr Big Pete Apr 13, 2011

I know its a lot of money but I still don't get how this is calculated? Is it this - say I have 10,000 defense and someone attacked a turf with full defense would they then be attacking against a 10,124 defense?
Mystery Apr 13, 2011

Mr Big Pete wrote:
I know its a lot of money but I still don't get how this is calculated? Is it this - say I have 10,000 defense and someone attacked a turf with full defense would they then be attacking against a 10,124 defense?

Yes