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Originally Posted by Lord Ludwig
It's certainly possible that I am mistaken. I did not know about Zechnophobe's formula, I just interpreted what the game states when you read about the effects of DE and AT. I always understood it as being based upon the ratio between AT and DE rather than upon plain difference. It makes more senso to me that AT 12 vs DE 4 should be equal to AT 90 vs DE 30 rather than AT 90 vs DE 82, but if Zech says so I suppose it's all another bad translation or just a misinterpretation on my part.
It DOES make sense to me to operate on ratio rather than absolute difference... 30 people fighting 60 are more comparable to 30,000 fighting 60,000 than to 59,970 fighting 60,000. But if the game mechanics are different than I imagined them and would like them to be than that's just the way it is. Means I have to check back on those old semifinals of mine as well 
I certainly apologize for thinking you were not careful when it seems I am the one who erred. I'll look again at the data considering this different interpretation of the AT and DE effects. |
I was going to mention something in the other thread, but hadn't realized you completely had not known about this. The ratio is irrelevant, and only the absolute difference matters. That is why things like MORALE (which increases the ABSOLUTE attack and defense of a unit by a PERCENTAGE of the base) are not equally effective across troops. Black Dragons with +2 Morale get +14 attack and defense, which is a massive boost. Most level 1 and two units only get a point or two, which is minimal.
I am a horrible math geek (I am a software developer by trade, and I love analyzing complex systems) so I try to make it a point to understand these things
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