That's very interesting and I didn't know that, thank you. Also I just hit an hte, I make 2.8b/hit so adjust my numbers but concept is the same
Sometimes, in the lab I work in, I write down a little green temperature number every 60s exactly, for an hour or longer, several runs in a row. I definitely have time for skimming then.
How inefficient does this make attack builds in a train when compared to hansels/ps builds? Can a tank skimming the entire duration of a crux make more than a hansel given the hansel would have far more actions?
So, comparing hit for hit, no xtals, just skimming, and including end reward, hansel makes way more than an attack build. I don't know exact numbers, but I'm willing to claim 60% more. Unload for unload, hansel again takes the cake, with or without end plunder (in the first situation, end plunder puts hansel ahead. Attack builds make a lot more top hit than a hansel, excluding end plunder). The funny comparison is hybrid. A hybrid will generally make more than either one while skimming. But it makes quite a bit less than either on unload. This due to the way that spies add more end bonus, and troops add more actual plunder. So to answer the question, hansels are the most efficient train runners, due to making more per unload. If each eb ran around 45 minutes, hybrids would take the cake, but this is not the case in any good train.