Slitherine

Hey.

I want to know how the characteristic of each unit was created ?

Because, as a W40k Fan, i'm a little surprise of some results in fight ... ...


One of the big example is this :

I attack a tactical space marine with Squiggoth.

There are 10 Spaces Marines with bolter, and 3 Squiggoth.

The Squiggoth kill 1 Space Marines .. Ok why not. Their accuracy is not the better, and they dont have a lot of attacks.
BUT
The 10 Spaces Marines kill .... 2 Squiggoth ....


( that why the squiggoth just kill 1 Marine because 2 others are dead )

It seems really werid.
For remember, there is a squiggoth compared to a space marine.



It's not the only example that seems a bit strange when you know the universe of Wh40K

When you do a Warhammer 40k game, you're not forced to observe every rules of the table top. Warhammer Armageddon has its own vision of the game, there's no possible answer to your question Game designer choices.

The good news is you can mod a lot of things

The numbers are not the amount of eg. Spacemarines in a unit, but the strength points of that unit.

So just assume there are 50 or more spacemarines in the unit or more or less or whatever... it has an amount strength points, the hitpoints it can take, defence points (armour), initiative, special abilities and range, the different weapon systems, experience, accuracy, armor piecing, direct or indirect firing, amount of shots, etc.. differ per unit.

Further more LOS (line of sight), cover and terrain combat bonuses/penalties, support fire, morale status, etc.... all determine the units effectiveness against the different units.

Try to click on all icons and the explanations, once you figure out how it interacts it is not that difficult especially for WH 40K TT players and hexbased wargamers it should be easy to grasp.

We are working on explaining this even better in more detailed UI... although all info needed is in the current UI, we will make this more clear.

And watch this video by Iain as here he explains the battle combat a bit more in detail:

http://www.twitch.tv/slitherinegroup/c/5575300

from what ive experienced I freaked out the first time I encountered them but actually think they are squishy. may need more armour or hps though cant remember what they are. easy to take out with 1 or 2 artillery shots