Talk:Suggestion/@comment-79.110.203.30-20150308213241/@comment-861160-20150308230334

Hi.

Instead of judging stats based on their absolute relative values and rankings, I think we should base them on actual performance concerns. This is inherently a subjective analysis, but we do know enough about game mechanics to make at least general judgements to determine if two specific units have comparable stats.

For most ship classifications, this judgement is pretty arbitrary. However, for the specific example you cited of CV armor, I have put a lot of thought into what numbers deserve highlighting, and now I went and actually ran the numbers to see if my thinking panned out.



Here is a functional comparison of the various CVs based on armor and HP (evasion is neglected). The first five colored columns describe the rankings based on the attack power needed (after formation, engagement form) to send each carrier to chuuha in the number of hits listed, assuming the armor roll is always one. The sixth column ranks based on the attack power (after formation etc.) needed by opposing vessels to deal a hit that will either be reduced to scratch damage or deal damage indistinuishable from scratch damage, assuming full starting HP. The seventh column just ranks by (in inverse order) the maximum amount of scratch damage that could be taken at max hp.

While Taihou, Kaga and Akagi dominate most the rankings, Hiryuu Kai Ni, Souryuu Kai Ni, Unryuu and Amagi are consistent performers except in the case (which is an important one) where we consider the one-hit to chuuha. Those four carriers also take the least max scratch damage. These specific performance results are thanks primarily due to their armor values. Kaga and Akagi are consistently on top due to their good armor and high HP, while Taihou is well-performing in all categories due to just her high armor alone.

Now with that analysis established, let's take a look at the current highlighting that was last implemented (by myself):

HP

Green: Kaga

Yellow: Akagi, Shoukaku-class

Armor

Green: Taihou

Yellow: Kaga, Akagi, Hiryuu Kai Ni, Souryuu Kai Ni, Unryuu, Amagi

Or put another way,

Taihou: white, green

Kaga: green, yellow

Akagi: yellow, yellow

Hiryuu Kai Ni: white, yellow

Souryuu Kai Ni: white, yellow

Shoukaku-class: yellow, white

Unryuu: white, yellow

Amagi: white, yellow

Souryuu & Hiryuu: white, white

I believe if you look at these colors together then you can very quickly get a good idea of which carriers will perform well defensively. In the previous highlighting scheme neither Hiryuu/Souryuu Kai Ni nor Unryuu-class were represented as having "great" defensive stats while Shoukaku-class had highlighting for HP. I think the current scheme is a more helpful guide for players than any sort of arbitrary straight top # or top % of x stat.

tl;dr