[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#5079) mighty howitzers

["Christian Knoke" <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:30:48AM -0700, Thomas Strub wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:17:31AM -0700, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > 
> > CVS 13 AUG 2003 GTK 1
> > 
> > My alpine troops (veteran) have an attack chance of 28% against howitzers
> > (veteran status unknown) on pure plains terrain, according to the popup.

Ok, I forgot the firepower, but ...

> > 
> > Alpine Troops: Attack: 5 Hitpoints: 20
> 
> Firepower 1 -> 100 attack

1 * 5 *20 = 100 OK

> > Howitzer:      Defense: 2 Hitpoints: 30
> 
> Firepower 2 -> 120 defense

I was sure that firepower doesn't matter for defence.

So: 2 * 30 = 60 ??

> Gives with plain units 100/220 -> 45% chance to win.

What formula do you use here?

> plain against fortified unit -> 100/280 -> 35% chance to win.
> Veteran against veteran fortified unit -> 150/420 -> 35% chance to win.

T'wasn't fortified.

> 2/3 MP veteran  against fortified nonveteran -> 100/370 -> 27%

Hhm, thats possible, I overlooked the partial MP matter.

So, alpine with 1/3 MP against unfortified veteran howitzer gives?

Christian

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