mittrekkie
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- Aug 12, 2008
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I've been playing the DS version of CivRev in single-player mode at the "King" difficulty level, and something seems amiss. Often, it seems as if the computer's units are about three times as powerful as they should be. For example, when I defend with a phalanx army (defense = 9), enemy units such as legions (attack = 2) and knights (attack = 4) seem to have no difficulty broaching my defenses.
I loaded one of my games to give some specifics. For some reason, some enemy archer units are listed as having a basic defense of 6 (9 after modifiers), instead of 2. I assume that the units are not armies, since the info screen labels them as "archers" and not "archers army".
To give a sample of some combat results, I kept skipping my turn to allow the computer to attack my city defenses, many of which are fortified:
Legend:
Enemy Unit vs. My Unit: -Number Enemy Lost vs. -Number I Lost
Results:
Knights vs. Riflemen: -2 vs. -0
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -1 vs. -0
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -1
Cruisers vs. Cruisers: -0 vs. -1
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -2
Knights vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Knights vs. Riflemen: -2 vs. -2
Archers vs. Legion Army: -2 vs. -0
The results seem oddly lopsided. Does anyone know what's wrong?
I loaded one of my games to give some specifics. For some reason, some enemy archer units are listed as having a basic defense of 6 (9 after modifiers), instead of 2. I assume that the units are not armies, since the info screen labels them as "archers" and not "archers army".
To give a sample of some combat results, I kept skipping my turn to allow the computer to attack my city defenses, many of which are fortified:
Legend:
Enemy Unit vs. My Unit: -Number Enemy Lost vs. -Number I Lost
Results:
Knights vs. Riflemen: -2 vs. -0
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -1 vs. -0
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -1
Cruisers vs. Cruisers: -0 vs. -1
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -2
Knights vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Catapult vs. Riflemen: -0 vs. -3
Knights vs. Riflemen: -2 vs. -2
Archers vs. Legion Army: -2 vs. -0
The results seem oddly lopsided. Does anyone know what's wrong?