Posted by: bean
« on: February 29, 2016, 09:34:38 AM »There's an equation to tell you how to split your missile between agility and engines. It's P=5S/A+C/2 where P is the space allotted to propulsion, S is the size of the missile, A is agility per MSP, and C is the space allotted to (propulsion+agility). If you have a warhead tech of 4 per MSP, then your size 1 AMM will have C of 0.75, and level 3 tech is something like 40 agility per MSP, then you'd have something like a .49 engine, .01 fuel, and .25 agility.
Another equation, which is more useful for ASMs, tells you the best allocation between engine and fuel so long as you can vary your power modifier. For AMMs, you'll generally be up against the max power modifier, so it doesn't help that much. For the best speed/range (one is maximized while the other is fixed) E (engine space)= .7609*P and F (fuel space)= .2391*P.
Another equation, which is more useful for ASMs, tells you the best allocation between engine and fuel so long as you can vary your power modifier. For AMMs, you'll generally be up against the max power modifier, so it doesn't help that much. For the best speed/range (one is maximized while the other is fixed) E (engine space)= .7609*P and F (fuel space)= .2391*P.