need info on combat rules

[ViterboKnight]

Seems a stupid question, but I cannot find anywhere on the forums, and the game itself, well, doesn't give too much information about how it works!!!

How does flanking work during combat?

I didn't even know there was such a thing!

Is there some thread on these forums, which a detailed description of mechanics and combat?

 

[Montov]

It has taken me several weeks to notice there is a flanking bonus, and civilopedia was/is not useful.

But flanking is a stacking bonus of 10% for melee units, when the enemy you are attacking has adjecent non-ranged friendly units.

Examples:
Ranged units do not recieve a flanking bonus when attacking, and do not provide the bonus for your melee attacking unit.
When you attack a barbarian, units from other civs also count as flanking.

But I don't know a article for a complete description

 

[eazyseeker]

Combat 101:

- each unit has a combat strength.
- ranged units have a combat strength AND a ranged combat strength
- depending on the type of the attack (melee/ranged) the same values are used both for attacker and defender (eg. an archer defending from a ranged attack from another archer will use it's ranged combat strength to defend. for melee units ranged=melee strength)
- units have 10 hit points. for each 2 hit points lost, the unit will fight 5% less effectively. Bushido (Japan trait) units fight at full strength always)
- flanking bonuses apply when attacking a unit surrounded by your own or your allies' units. these are 10% per unit, up to a maximum of 50% (6 hexes surrounding the unit - the attacking unit does NOT count for flanking bonus)

anything else?

 

[Camikaze]

Just so you know, there's an article on this topic on the War Academy that is in production, so that information will be easier to find in the future.

 

[Steelyglint]

anything else?

If any units of yours move between two tiles which are both adjacent to the same enemy unit then they lose all their movement points.