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posted by
DerrickICN:
I feel like it should be the max return. I'd assume the formula looks something like
IF(target land>hitter land, 2% of hitter things, 2% of target things)......I could identify the exact changeset it was added in if that's helpful.
Yeah so when this was first added my complaint was that in many not so rare instances the new formulas make returns independent of attack type (SS/PS), Mstrat, govt, DR and NW ratio. Now the most obvious flaws were quite swiftly removed and that changeset now works as it was advertised to work. But both before and after that changeset I always argued for that it should work as I think you are suggesting here.
That isnt how it was made tho. Now there is just a flat cap on returns dependent of attackers stuff. For most normal situations this doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but it does dumb down grabbing to a degree in some circumstances. On the other hand you could argue the opposite too, by claiming it can be a player mistake to PS when an SS would yield the same return and the player who makes costly efforts to match NW on a retal or a grab only for it not to matter has made an unforced error.
That said, if I understand you correctly, you are suggesting the same thing I suggested back then, and I still think that it's a more elegant solution.