I've looked at the damage caps on planets.

Its a maximum of 20, Regardless. what really i think is harsh.
Specially when you have a planet with 50,000 Defense with 5,000 Population.

Its just stupid.
1-5 damage maximum, 1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1.

So how about this? instead of 20 max damage cap regardless.
can we have a 10% or 5% of the population cap.

This means, if your population increases. so does the damage cap.
Its the same with all the other damage caps. Shouldn't this be the same?

This would be a most fair on all the planets. if you have 5,000 population with 50,000 defense. you'll never hit the 10% cap of
500. But people will be able to take down the population in a reasonable amount of time.

5% cap might be even better.

~John Falls~

now, what I would like to see would be make it based on size, where VT can have 10 and MC have 30-40.
based on the "logic" of damage cap, that would make sense.

this, would be better (although... who will colonize 'very tiny', and moreover, invade it? lololololol)

now, what I would like to see would be make it based on size, where VT can have 10 and MC have 30-40.
based on the "logic" of damage cap, that would make sense.

Actually, it wouldn't. That idea for damage cap works with ships because ships can be excessively small, and can more easily avoid enemy fire. This could never be the case with a planet; a planet could never avoid enemy fire.

Um, smaller planets should have a higher damage cap because the population density would be greater. It would work in the opposite way to ship decks...

Um, smaller planets should have a higher damage cap because the population density would be greater. It would work in the opposite way to ship decks...

Actually it does. Cap logic is based off of a smaller cross section.
A smaller ships ability to avoid damage is reflected in the damage formula (includes the cap in it as cross section would increase with size)

Yes, the ship's ability to avoid damage is included in the formula as the damage cap. A planet can't avoid damage, and even small planets are much larger than small ships, so it doesn't make sense just based on the "logic" of the damage cap.

And while ship def is "mobility" planet def is "shield", given the same amount of shield power (via same amount of generators etc) wont's small planets have a more concentrated shield? i.e. when total power is the same, smaller area means more power/area.