Checking Battle Odds

[cef71]

I believe the manual says you can right click on a unit to see the odds of winning a battle...can't get it to work. How do I see the odds before battle?

 

[sequence]

With your units selected, drag the cursor over the enemy you want to attack (using the right mouse button I think), but don't let go of the mouse button. It displays the odds in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.

 

[Sadan01]

I am sure that is reversed if you turn on the right mouse button/menu option in the game options, however I could be wrong (as usual ).

 

[Good Omens]

The other way is to hold the Alt key. Probably safer.

 

[BeefontheBone]

Or click the go to button and hover over the enemy (this is the same as right-clicking all the time, not just around combat).

 

[Mooncusser]

One thing to note with the "odds" that the screen will show you - they aren't actually the odds.

THey are just the strength ratings of the two units. Check in the strategy forum for an article on how the strength ratings determine your odds of victory, flawless victory, etc.

I have taken the formulas and created an excel spreadsheet that will run the calculations for me - but I haven't added in first strike effects. That effect is tough to model without a Monte Carlo simulation.

One example of the "odds" that the strength ratio indicates and what actual battle results will be is:

Attacker strength: 10
Defender strength: 5

You would think this would be 2:1 odds, but the way the battle calculation is run, it is more like 99+% odds for the attacker.

 

[Arkalius]

The first strike effect isn't too tough to model... I've got it in my java combat odd calcluator that I wrote...