Talk:Tech and Design Points Generation Algorithm/@comment-81.165.112.17-20130607025122

question about research points. what do you mean with "it can be 2" for New Combination Factor? Is it always 2 when you make a new combo or only sometimes? If it's always 2, researching new topics can speed up your research: a new combo would give 2. 1 (worst case scenario every time, never 10% bonus). 1 (all mission % phases summed out over entire development). 0.03 . 1 (worst case scenario: small game). x (total research points summed out over staff) = 0.06x

imagine each topic has only 1 great combo and thus gives the new combo bonus only once.

a new topic costs 10 research points, so to have a net gain in points you need 0.06x > 10 or x > 167 which is quite low