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Reply to Simple combat formula: in Strategies Stardock Forums

Sigh, I meant: When Att ~SDC~

Reply to Simple combat formula: in Strategies Stardock Forums

When I said simple, I meant compared to SUM[i=0,1,..Def] { SUM[j=i+1,...Att] {j-i} }/[(Attack+1)*(Defense+1)] or looking it up on a spreadsheet. The quick-and-dirty way to estimate damage when Att >= Def is as follows: Damage = Attack/2 - Defense/3 Actually, the defense contribution ranges from Def/3 to Def/2, but is proportionally larger when Def is small, at which point it hardly matters. (I.e., for Att=20 Def=3 the actual result is closer to Att/2-Def/2 than Att/2-Def/3, but

Reply to Anyone else getting raped by random events in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, I can definitely relate. I was playing, keeping even with the Yor, and a recession hit. I was never able to recover, and I quit. It lasted a looong time. Of course, I had built up too much -- way too much -- infrastructure. I did a lot better building only a ittle infrastructure in my next game. ~SDC~