Small mod idea: easier-to-read battle odds

[insydr]

When I have a stack of attackers and I'm trying to figure out the best one to send into battle, I consult the battle odds in the lower left corner, but I find it pretty annoying that they aren't consistent.

One unit will display "11.4 to 8.7" and another will display "5.7 to 3.8" (numbers made up, but you get the idea). This doesn't really help when I want to make a snap judgement as to which unit has a better chance of winning, because I'm not about to whip out a calculator and find out which fraction is better. It turns out that the 5.7 to 3.8 (which is 1.5) is better than 11.4 to 8.7 (which is 1.31), but the current display seems like a pointless barrier to finding out that info.

So a simple mod idea would be to just divide the numbers, and either replace the current odds with the new numbers or display the new result right below. I'd much rather compare two actual numbers like 1.31 and 1.5 than these inconsistent odds.

 

[Lehawk]

Or even better, a percentage chance...

 

[Master Kodama]

Just group your units into a single stack and the odds displayed will be for the best choice of attacker, since the best choice of attacker (and defender) in any stack will automatically be chosen by the game. No need to fiddle about, trying to decide which unit to attack with.

 

[insydr]

That works too. I guess if I wanted to be picky I could always ungroup them after and see exactly which one it was that had the best odds. Good call.