12-11-2014, 06:40 PM
(12-11-2014, 05:35 PM)HeadHoncho Wrote: Just wondering, why are you subtracting SO archery value from the EL archery value? I would figure you just take each aide's archery value and apply it against the other side's defense value and then apply losses to each side.
When I was playing around with it, I thought it would be better if each phased combat element fought each other at their appropriate moment in the battle. So archer damage would only consider the opposing archers for available defense during their particular phase (same for infantry fighting each other and such). Doing it this way also places greater emphasis on troop composition (or the quality of the brigade's composition) vs the general combat rating of the opposing group. If I didn't do it this way then a general archer would be nearly the equivalent to an elite archer for the most part. But like I said, all of this will probably change anyway so if there are any mathematicians out there, let me know if there's a better manner of calculating battles in general until the official methods are used. Just keep in mind that I'm leaving out quite a few of other factors such as a kingdom's defensive value (absorbs damage, more for the military kingdoms than others), wizard presence, leaders, morale, ...etc.