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Detailed explanation of combat mechanisms ?

November 1, 2012 10:19:58 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

The manual is pretty (totally) vague about it, how do interact att/def to give the damage "dice"?

And how exactly works Dodge in melee - does Accuracy matter ?

 

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Reply #1 November 1, 2012 11:18:43 AM
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I'm not an expert, but as far as I know it works like this:

The to-hit chance is simply Accuracy minus Dodge. If you hit is then calculated by a random number between zero and your to-hit chance (I may be wrong about this). You always have a 3% chance to hit or miss, no matter how high Accuracy or Dodge is.

Damage is then calculated using this formula:

Max Damage = Attack*Attack/(Attack+Defense)

Min Damage = Max Attack/2

Any elemental damage is added after the calculation.

I hope this helps. 

 

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Reply #2 November 16, 2012 10:30:30 AM
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Hey, sorry to resurrect this old topic but I have some combat-related questions and I feel bad asking them all in Tuidyj's guide thread like he's my personal assistant.

Initiative.  I always assumed that initiative was simply the number used to calculate move order among combatants, but I saw in another thread a suggestion that it affects damage in a much more direct way.  Is this correct?  Or is this damage effect indirect, and caused by a high initiative unit getting to move (and attack) more frequently than its enemy?  God knows I've had a couple of unfortunate encounters with wolves chomping on me multiple times every time I get to swing....

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Reply #3 November 16, 2012 12:23:53 PM
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As far as I know, the initiative only determines the order and frequency of the units' turns. I'm sure there are some members here who can tell you more definitively.

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Reply #4 November 16, 2012 1:31:31 PM
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Quoting RobC04,
reply 3
As far as I know, the initiative only determines the order and frequency of the units' turns. I'm sure there are some members here who can tell you more definitively.

There's at least one way in which initiative affects damage-per-hit.  The "Finesse" trait gives you +3 to damage against enemies with lower initiative.

Of course, initiative effects damage-per-enemy-turns, but I guess everyone assumes that to begin with.

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Reply #5 November 16, 2012 3:37:06 PM
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Quoting Tuidjy,
reply 5

Quoting RobC04, reply 3As far as I know, the initiative only determines the order and frequency of the units' turns. I'm sure there are some members here who can tell you more definitively.

There's at least one way in which initiative affects damage-per-hit.  The "Finesse" trait gives you +3 to damage against enemies with lower initiative.

Of course, initiative effects damage-per-enemy-turns, but I guess everyone assumes that to begin with.

Good answers. I was only specifying directly, not through abilities or by an increased number of attacks.

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