thief units question

[willymchilybily]

okay quick question. easily answerable. If you know the answer
i know when geos steal land they steal equal amounts of each type depending on how much of each type a player has.


Is this the same for seed thiefs. and even plant thiefs. Do they steal seeds equally or do they steal the tree seeds then bush seeds then flower then grass



what im really getting at in this round about way is this

Seed Storage
Seed Type Amount
Tree 1,299,801,238
Bush 4,152,802,341
Flower 5,335,388,249
Grass 4,677,002,951

if i attacked this guy with 20million seed thiefs. i could potentially steal 15% of his seeds. to a limit/cap of 20million * 100

so lets call the amount of seeds 15,500,000,000 although its really less
so i could steal (15%)=2,325,000,000

so with 20 million seed thiefs i would steal

2,000,000,000 (potentially)

now does that work out at me stealing
option 1
the first seeds i can find
tree:1,299,801,238
bush:700,198,762
flower: 0
Grass: 0

or
option 2
does it take even amounts of each.
tree: 500,000,000
bush 500,000,000
flower 500,000,000
grass 500,000,000

or
option 3
does it take 15% from each land type until the seeds thiefs cant carry any more?

Tree 1,299,801,238 * 0.15 = 194,970,185
Bush 4,152,802,341 * 0.15 = 622,920,351
Flower 5,335,388,249 *0.15 =800,308,237
Grass 4,677,002,951 * 0.15 = 401,550,442

total:
2,019,749,217
which is greater than 2,000,000,000 so i will not be able to steal 19,738,217 of the seeds. from one or multiple of the land types. so how do i know which pile(s) i will not gain my full 15% from??


or option 4 do they target seeds like geos target land. taking the most amount from the biggest pile.

because if they act in the same way as geos and use a similar script I have a nice new tactic to try out next round. :twisted:

aka im never planting my grass seeds so they just build up and build up. And if a seed thief comes to steal my seeds they steal mainly the cheap and worth less ones. potentially using my grass seeds as flack for my good seeds against thiefs. lol

similar tactic also for protection from chemical sprayers

[Nonny]

I've always believed it's option 4 hence my grass seeds typically take up 90% of my stockpile. ;)

[f0xx]

They work the same way as Geos.... they just steal seeds instead of land

I've always asked myself why do people always try to seek the hardest and most unbelievable of answer when most of the time the answer is the most logical one :P


Oh and PS. Next time just ask your question, don't try to guess, saves a lot of time :D

[Subdivisions]

aka im never planting my grass seeds so they just build up and build up

Or...you could be like a normal person and just plant regularly, so that you don't have a large storage of seeds :P

[willymchilybily]

i only went into such detail with my question because I get frustrated by posts on a help and support topic that are niether helpful nor supporting. And do not answer the question

but thanks for the help. as it was helpful and did answer my question.
cheers