plz excuse any spelling errors.

Ok looking at this from the standpoint of...  should I make more LRMs or get the 5% damage upgrade??

Being that credits are your number 1 most important aspect and resource, im only considering them in the calculations. Plz someone correct me if I error in my math. I am assuming in these calculation that each side has an equal amount of credits to spend.

LRM's: 275 credits

Damage Upgrade to 5%: 600 credits

Damage Upgrade from 5-10%: 700 credits

ok, First we look at  LRM's vs 5% increase. We want to keep the amount of credits spent equal.

Side 1 produces y amount of LRM's for 275 crd/each

Side 2 produces x amount of LRM's for 275 crd/each + 600 credits for upgrade.

so your equation would look like       y(275)= 275)+600   {Equation 1}

As you can tell you have two equations and two unknowns.

So what else are you looking for? You need to find out how many of x and y ships you need to have an equal overall DPS.  what I mean is how many ships do you have to make for your increased dam equal your norm dam lrms.

So:  11.55)=y(11)      {Equation 2}          [11x5%=.55 +11= 11.55]  oh, LRM's do 11 average DPS according to google docs.

Solving for y in equation 2 and then substituting into equation 1 yeilds:

x=43.6,  y=45.78

So what this means is that given the same amount of credits, you would do more DPS until you get to roughly 44 LRM's by building more LRMS then upgrading the damage by 5%.

Now lets use the same formulas again with the 10% increase. adding 700 on top of the 600=1300, so:

y(275)=275)+1300      {Equation 3}

rewriting damage formula to show 10% increase:

12.1)=y(11)       {Equation 4}

Solving for y in equation 4 and then substituting into equation 3 yeilds:

x=47.27   y=52

THe problem with the last part is, that say you upgrade to 5% damage increase, it wouldnt be what I wrote in equation 4. And the credits spent wouldn't be what what is listed in equation 1. It more or less shows a direct jump between no damage increase to 10% increase. But that isnt actualy the case, since you have two things to research.

plz correct the following equations as i believe I may be incorrect on these next few, but you will get my drift.

Credit summary comparing 5% increase to 10% increase:

y(275)+600=275)+1300    {Equation 5}

damage summary:

y(11.5)=12.1)   {Equation 6}

Solving for y in equation 6 and then substituting into equation 5 yeilds:

x=54.19  y=59  LRM's

So if that given information is correct,  After increasing to 5% damage at 44 LRM's, it would not be benifical to upgrade to 10% until roughly 54 LRMs.

SO, what does this mean, that research is poop and needs to be rethought out. Based on equation's  3 and 4, I would rather have just 1 research directly to 10% for 1300 credits than two seperate researchs.

Plz give any and all feedback on the matter, THANKS.