[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Bombers/Fighters no longer obsolete (PR#1628)

["Ross W. Wetmore" <rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:52 PM 02/06/28 +0100, Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Ross W. Wetmore wrote:
>
>> Of course this implies that your attack power formula actually 
>> means something rather than being one of many heuristic formulae
>> none of which describes reality in any accurate way :-).
>
>I would like to point out that the formula used by Raahul does describe 
>reality in a pretty accurate way.  And I can give you a solid 
>justification why it is so.  As a matter of fact, I'll give you few hints 
>and can fill in the rest.  Since excercise is good for you ;)

It only describes a limited view of reality, however well it does this
if one limits the scope far enough to exclude other effects :-).

I'm not arguing against the formula, just pointing out that the whole 
justification relies on a set of assumptions about what is important
and how to simulate it. Thus the justification can be completely bogus
in ignoring things that may be important in real scenarios.

Cheers,
RossW
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