Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:30 pm
Exactly my point. So I don't want to remove this ability from experienced units.impar wrote:Have you ever seen a player complaining about better than predicted results?
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:19 pm
You would be adding, not removing, an ability.
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:13 am
I can echo that, rarely I go "yay, I got 0-6 instead of 0-3, now my offensive is in a better situation".impar wrote:You would be adding, not removing, an ability.
More often than not I go "Did that just happened?!" when I get a 4-1 instead of 1-6 on a 10 Strength unit where 6 are suppressed from Artillery fire and I have the Initiative advantage.
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:41 am
Rudankort has a point, though, in that it'd be a strange solution to remove the possibility for outstanding combat results if a unit is experienced.
I think a better solution would be to move the entire corridor upwards - to just load the dice, so to speak.
As it works, imagine we're flipping a coin. Heads means exactly the predicted result, tails means we're rolling a 20sided dice.
1-10 means a result worse than predicted (1: horrible, 10:SLIGHTLY worse), 11-20 means a better result (11:SLIGHTLY better, 20:GLORIOUS).
Just load that dice with each star of XP - giving a +1 bonus to the roll, if you're familiar with P&P RPGs.
A green, unexperienced unit, would now have a 1 in 20 chance for a disastrous result and a 1 in 20 chance for a glorious result.
If we make the results into groups of five, it has a 1/4 chance for a VERY bad result, a 1/4 chance for a bad result, a 1/4 chance for a good result, a 1/4 chance for a VERY good result.
A unit with 5 full stars gets a +5 bonus to these dice rolls.
This means, it now has NO chance for a disastrous result. At 5 full stars, it even has no longer a chance for a VERY bad result.
Instead, it now has a 1/4 chance for a bad result, a 1/4 chance for a good result and a 2/4 chance for a VERY good result.
This all only applies if the opposing unit is a 0 star unit, otherwise it's dice would ALSO be loaded, and the results would be wildly unpredictable again.
I'm eagerly awaiting the post where I'm told that this entire line of thinking is a trainwreck.
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rezaf
I think a better solution would be to move the entire corridor upwards - to just load the dice, so to speak.
As it works, imagine we're flipping a coin. Heads means exactly the predicted result, tails means we're rolling a 20sided dice.
1-10 means a result worse than predicted (1: horrible, 10:SLIGHTLY worse), 11-20 means a better result (11:SLIGHTLY better, 20:GLORIOUS).
Just load that dice with each star of XP - giving a +1 bonus to the roll, if you're familiar with P&P RPGs.
A green, unexperienced unit, would now have a 1 in 20 chance for a disastrous result and a 1 in 20 chance for a glorious result.
If we make the results into groups of five, it has a 1/4 chance for a VERY bad result, a 1/4 chance for a bad result, a 1/4 chance for a good result, a 1/4 chance for a VERY good result.
A unit with 5 full stars gets a +5 bonus to these dice rolls.
This means, it now has NO chance for a disastrous result. At 5 full stars, it even has no longer a chance for a VERY bad result.
Instead, it now has a 1/4 chance for a bad result, a 1/4 chance for a good result and a 2/4 chance for a VERY good result.
This all only applies if the opposing unit is a 0 star unit, otherwise it's dice would ALSO be loaded, and the results would be wildly unpredictable again.
I'm eagerly awaiting the post where I'm told that this entire line of thinking is a trainwreck.
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rezaf