Combat win probabilities

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Has anyone looked seriously at this yet? Preliminary study indicates a rather advanced probability model, even for just two ships,and I don't want to reinvent the wheel if someone else has done the theory already. I recall seeing a post on this but can't find it.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Hi Rojonia,

perhaps it helps go to metaverse and there to the simulator it calculates possibilities to win a battle for different ship designs.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Well, I submitted an Excel file to The Encyclopedia, it gives average result of one "round" of combat for ship attack X vs Defense Y for 1-50 values. Have a look ! :)

There's also a neat "combat simulator" program in the Metaverse menu.
But it would be cooler if we had a "tooltip" or message giving rough estimates of combat win chance("Excellent" to "Hopeless") before confirming an attack, Civ1 had it IIRC !
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
hehe if i remember properly, my Pikemen in Civ1 had the opportunity to take out a battle ship ;)

they sure dont make pointy sticks like they did back then!

~SDC~