johnalei wrote: However, I think being a top player, you should tell the whole story. At the time of the "luck" hit, you already 250p behind. And about the "lucky" hit, you should let the readers know it was a 10p marauder attacked by 3 marauders, 6p + 8p + 10p. If you think the last hit my 10p marauder kill your 5p (which was brought down from 10p by the 6+8 ) was unbelievable lucky, I would say 6p+8p+10p marauders kill a 10p marauder is normal.

  waxoid wrote: Can you list the map/matchups that the top 50 consider unfair, so that there is consistency in asking for or accepting draws? Is there really complete agreement on the list?

I think most people assume that the level of 'unfairness' gets increasingly hazy, such that it becomes too hard to decide what's 'too unfair' vs. just a little unfair and normal. Maybe the interesting list is – what matchups are considered perfectly fair? I'd be a little surprised there is such a list, given that the rock-scissors-paper dynamic and even in same race games someone is red.

Absent such a list, I don't think any effort at shaming people when they don't accept draws is likely to work.

  rolando wrote: Many players have asked for this so here it is!

First, the variables:

A = Attack strength of the attacking unit
Ta = Terrain modifier for the attacking unit
D = Defense strength of the defending unit
Td = Terrain modifer for the defending unit
B = Gang up bonus
H = The attacking unit's health points.

Next, the formula:
p = 0.05 * (((A + Ta) - (D + Td)) + B) + 0.5
if p < 0 then p = 0
if p > 1 then p = 1

This is how to figure out the damage:
1. Pick one unit to be the attacker and the other to be the defender.
2. Use the formula above to obtain p.
3. Take H and multiply by 6. This is the number of random numbers (r) generated between 0 and 1. For every r < p a hit is counted.
4. The total number of hits divided by 6 is the number of damage the defending unit will receive.
5. Switch roles between the units (attacker becomes the defender and vice versa).
6. Use the same formula above.
7. Once both units have attacked the damage points are calculated into their health points.

I will use a quick example:
Underling vs Marauder both on Plains
If you use the formula you see that the Underling has a 30% probability of dealing damage for each of its health points whereas the Marauder has a 75% probability of dealing damage for each of its health points.

If the Underling were on a Mountain though, the numbers change to 40% for the Underling and 55% for the Marauder.

That's it!

The UniWar Team

  waxoid wrote: Good point about needing to balance buffs with nerfs, though I don't think the plasma tank needs to be nerfed. (To help Khral-Titan balance, dropping swarmer g. heavy attack to 4 may be something to consider.)

So what to do with battery? Can mobility be upped to 9? The thing is on a truck, after all. This would help in late game positioning vs. walkers, and would generally allow Sapiens to mount more aggressive pushes. Seems reasonable in the face of the speeder buff, might be unbalancing on some maps.