I wish this title was actually relevant to the thread, never remember wtf its about :3
And i use friends list because top ranking updates when i look at it and drops my power 8D
It's weird how power sort of grows at its own accord if you dont check it...
Does at high power ratings anyway/end of last round, would lose 1mil power+ just by checking rankings
I find that your power visually updates when you check the Top Ranking...not to mention it's supposed to update every hour. In the hour/timeframe that you last checked your power, I most likely hit you with Malware which dropped you.
There are a number of things that could've caused your power drop...I don't know the exact formula but think of it this way...
if 1 HPD = 1 Power, you'd have 35.000.000 power at 35,000,000 HPD. Then, you spend that 35M HPD on software that gives you 1 power for every 2 HPD put into it. Your power drops, even though you've just acquired (in most cases) better software. These changes become more radical as the round progresses because you make more HPD faster, so you see power drops of (for example) 1.000.000 when you spend it.
Your power would "Grow on it's own accord" simply by collecting HPD from your virii...the growth is exponential, so the change becomes more radical as the round progresses.