Ahoy-Me-Arty

The Idiot's Guide

There have been many questions sent to me of late; -

• What blueprints have what stats?
• I know I need "x" stat, but which one is better? What's available?
• Is there an alternative to Frostler as the site is unavailable?
• How much damage does my turret give out per salvo?

The main thing I say to them, "Have you tried Wayne's page, Ahoy-Me-Arty?". Curiously, the most common answers are "No, I've never heard of it!", or "I just can't use it".

So I took some time and made Wayne come up with a nice overview for people to reference: 

His site can be found at www.ahoymearty.co.uk and consists of... some really cool stuff. :)

Calculators 

First off, let's address his <Calculators>. Wayne has quite a few different calculators. By default, when you click the "Calculators" link on his homepage, it will present you with the General Calculator. As you can see from this image, there are radio buttons. If you click the radio button next to the header it will change what calculator is shown i.e. clicking the one next to the Spawn Timer will change to show you when the next spawn is due and what type of spawn it will be.

Whilst we are on about calculators, he has created a nifty <Turret Calculator Page> which when populated will give you damage per projectile of whatever turret you want to build. You will need to populate the cells next to each header (by selecting from the drop menu) in order to see you result and if you have any retro to any of the components you are adding, you can change the little boxes next to the items to reflect it.

As you can see from this sample, I have added a Howie 6 and some components with the damage output against siege battery and without it showing at the bottom. As of today (22/07/2018), these calculations are correct and have been checked and verified by a few good players, myself included.

Raid Calculator 

Wayne also compiles a Raid Calculator each month that will calculate how many raid points are needed to get your “Wish List”. Just select how many you want using the dropdown list and it will calculate the required points for that blueprint. And at the top of the screen it will show you the total of points needed for all your requirements.

Blueprints 

Wayne has also addressed the "Blueprint Stats" question. He has created another MS Excel spreadsheet at <Blueprint Breakdown Page> that can be manipulated to show what blueprint has what. By clicking the <select> it will populate a list of stats that you can choose from. The list is in alphabetical order going from Accuracy to Weight.

Once you have selected your stat, the spreadsheet will show only those blueprints that have that particular stat in.

A new version of this blueprint breakdown page is under development that will highlight those blueprints that are retro-able and filter between armours, specials, CIC's and weapons.

If you just take the time to visit his page www.ahoymearty.co.uk you will see he has plenty more to offer than those that I have listed here.

Much like Huggy he creates all these pages on his own so therefore keeping up with the ever changing information from our beloved Kix may lead to some items being missed, or changed. He is constantly updating and changing things, so if there is a broken link within this blog, just go to his homepage and you will find it there and if there are any errors, smack him upside the head and tell him what's broke.