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Last night, during a DL battle, I had my C-in-C (an average, armoured cavalry unit) seemingly triple drop when backing up away from an enemy unit.

I am sure that the unit was steady when he backed up, and the unit was at full strength (240/240) and so cannot have been disrupted or fragemented as a result of shooting, impact or melee, and hadn't been in combat at any point in any case. I don't recall him having backed up previously, either.

So a steady unit, backing up, immediately routed. Is this possible?


Best Wishes

Mike

MikeMarchant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:23 am Last night, during a DL battle, I had my C-in-C (an average, armoured cavalry unit) seemingly triple drop when backing up away from an enemy unit.

I am sure that the unit was steady when he backed up, and the unit was at full strength (240/240) and so cannot have been disrupted or fragemented as a result of shooting, impact or melee, and hadn't been in combat at any point in any case. I don't recall him having backed up previously, either.

So a steady unit, backing up, immediately routed. Is this possible?

Absolutely not.

The maximum drop that can ever occur from a single Cohesion Test is 2 levels.

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:52 pm

MikeMarchant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:23 am Last night, during a DL battle, I had my C-in-C (an average, armoured cavalry unit) seemingly triple drop when backing up away from an enemy unit.

I am sure that the unit was steady when he backed up, and the unit was at full strength (240/240) and so cannot have been disrupted or fragemented as a result of shooting, impact or melee, and hadn't been in combat at any point in any case. I don't recall him having backed up previously, either.

So a steady unit, backing up, immediately routed. Is this possible?

Absolutely not.

The maximum drop that can ever occur from a single Cohesion Test is 2 levels.

And so if this has happened it needs to be investiagted, as it indicates a bug?


Best Wishes

Mike

MikeMarchant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:22 pm

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:52 pm

MikeMarchant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:23 am Last night, during a DL battle, I had my C-in-C (an average, armoured cavalry unit) seemingly triple drop when backing up away from an enemy unit.

I am sure that the unit was steady when he backed up, and the unit was at full strength (240/240) and so cannot have been disrupted or fragemented as a result of shooting, impact or melee, and hadn't been in combat at any point in any case. I don't recall him having backed up previously, either.

So a steady unit, backing up, immediately routed. Is this possible?

Absolutely not.

The maximum drop that can ever occur from a single Cohesion Test is 2 levels.

And so if this has happened it needs to be investiagted, as it indicates a bug?


Best Wishes

Mike

If it really happened it would.

However, there is no code in the Cohesion Test code that could ever give more than two drops. The value of the "drop" variable is either 2 or 1.

I am confident enough in this particular section of code not to investigate further without actual proof. (Before and after screenshots).

I suspect that the unit was already Disrupted and you had not noticed. It could have become disrupted without any casualties by seeing a friendly unit rout or a general fall.

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:26 am

MikeMarchant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:22 pm

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:52 pm

Absolutely not.

The maximum drop that can ever occur from a single Cohesion Test is 2 levels.

And so if this has happened it needs to be investiagted, as it indicates a bug?


Best Wishes

Mike

If it really happened it would.

However, there is no code in the Cohesion Test code that could ever give more than two drops. The value of the "drop" variable is either 2 or 1.

I am confident enough in this particular section of code not to investigate further without actual proof. (Before and after screenshots).

I suspect that the unit was already Disrupted and you had not noticed. It could have become disrupted without any casualties by seeing a friendly unit rout or a general fall.

Yes, it is not beyond possibility that the unit had been disrupted by some non-combat related cause, but that I hadn't noticed. I just felt sure at the time that I would have noticed that, but I am capable of being unobservant at times. Such a pity I lacked the presience for a screenshot before the fact.

Thanks for your comments, Richard.


Best Wishes

Mike