Talk:Combat/@comment-9676492-20140730093603/@comment-25177888-20140803035939

The thing is, the adding of the roots is bigger than the root of the adding. Practical example since my english isn't that good to explain it clearly. square of 3= 1.73 ; square of 6 = 2.50 ; sqare of 9 = 3. So 1.73+2.50=4.23, which is greater than 3.

Thats why, if the planes used are the same, and the carriers are full of fighters, a more spread out plane slot distribution gives higher Fighter Power than a more "one big slot, one small slot" distribution. Practical example again:

Souryuu K2 (18,35,20,6) Vs Hiryuu K2 (18,36,22,3)  I put this one as example because they both have 79 planes capacity, so the effect of a spread out distributon can be seen clearly.

SK2 Square of (18,35,20,6)= 4.24+5.91+4.47+2.5=17.08 (I calculated this one directly, so i didn't use the rounded up valours on the left)

HK2 Square of (18,36,22,3) =4.24+6+4.69+1.73=16.67 (Again, same as before)

So, in the end the Fighter Power of Souryuu is 17.08x Plane AA, while Hiryuu is 16.67 x Plane AA, meaning Souryuu is more effective.

In the case of comparing Taihou with Shoukaku, while Taihou has more planes and gets a FP of 18.10xPlane AA, Shoukaku overcomes those 2 extra planes just by having a more spread out plane distribution. In the end, shoukaku gets a FP of 18.16xPlane AA.

Of course, this only works if the 4 planes are the same, and are all fighters, if you are using a saiun, or a type 62 or a bomber, or have only 3 Reppus, a spead out distribution might not be better than a more focused ones.

Sorry for the long post, and i hope i have explained myself clearly and my english was somewhat understandable (Normaly it's not the case) >.<

EDITBEFOREPOSTINGBUTAFTERWRITINGTHEMESSAGE: And now i just read the last 2 lines of the answer of Headlessnewt. He explained it so clearly in 2 lines that makes my answer completely redundant. Thats what i get for writing without reading all the posts xD. Anyways, i'll leave it here, since practical example is practical example...and i don't want to have written in vane!