Theory: How Resources Are Distributed Based on GDC Footage

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The other night I decided to rewatch the game play footage from the GDC last month just to pass some time. Upon watching it, I noticed something peculiar during the fourth part of the video and i'm not sure if this has been brought up before.




At the 0:41 mark you ACTUALLY see Higby gain resources just before he closes the map.

Based on this small gain of resources and the two resources that were toggled on the map, I began a ratcheted attempt to plug in some numbers followed by a haphazard use of MS-Paint. Here is the result of how I believe the resources are laid out across Indar and how often you receive resources in this build of the Planetside 2 Alpha.

Glorious MS-Paint Indar Map

A few things to keep in mind before I explain the math behind this map.

-Right now, we have no idea which specific resources are needed by what factions to buy Tanks, aircraft, power items ect... or how many resources are needed to buy these things so assume that these number values are arbitrary.

-This is an Alpha build! nothing is set in stone and will most likely change (it's most likely it has already changed since the GDC). The point of this map is to try to get a better understanding of what the developers are thinking when it comes to the resource system.

-I could be absolutely wrong and have no idea what i'm talking about!

With these things in mind i'l attempt to explain my thinking.

Each territory on the map (except the warp-gates) has a designated resource with two resource values; The Hourly Yield and the "Resource Tick". Every five minutes you personally receive resources based on the Resource Tick Value of each territory your empire controls on the continent you are fighting on. You see this tick happen in the GDC video. The Hourly Yield is how many resources you would receive assuming you maintain control of that territory for an hour.

Lets break down the resource tick seen in the GDC footage by referring to each resource by its colored icon.

Higby's character before the resource tick has the following resources stored up.

269 Blue

2667 Green

2670 Red

4984 Yellow


At the 0:41 mark in the video the resource tick takes place and resources are awarded to Higby based on the territories the New Conglomerate control on Indar.

the resource tick provides...

3 Blue from the 3 facilities the NC control (each facility has a resource tick of 1 (3x1=3) )

30 green* from the 11 territories the NC control that have green as its resource (i know 11x3 does not equal 30, the resource tick is more likely to be around 2.75 but i rounded it up because i doubt they want you to have a fraction of a resource. )

30 Red from the 6 territories the NC control that have red as its resource (Each red has a resource tick of 5 (6x5=30) )

56 Yellow from the 8 territories the NC control that have yellow as its resource (Each Yellow has a resource tick of 7 (7x8 =56) )

After the resource tick, Higby now has

272 Blue (269+3)

2697 Green (2667+30)

2700 Red (2670+30)

5040 Yellow (4984 +56)




However...

There are some problems with my theory that i'l point out.

-Some of this is fuzzy math and some of the resource ticks conflict with the hourly yield totals as shown in the resources tab on the map. For example the red resource's hourly yield total on the resource tab says its 350 yet the NC only control 6 red yielding territories. to make this more confusing i didnt speculate this number since that particular resource is toggled on and is shown on the regular map without all the MS-Paint.

Green is slightly off from my numbers but it is close to whats actually being displayed. My numbers would put the hourly total for green at 363 compared to the 360 that's being shown.

Blue and Yellow the math checks out.



I think i'm just going to shut up here and see what you guys think.