One thing that really annoys me in CivRev compared to other civ games (like SMAC) is the apparently messed up battle odds relative to the attack/defence strength of the units. For overwhelming ratios it works OK, but for close cases, like 5:4, 12:9, 24:22 and such it seem WAAAY too often the weaker unit wins. In SMAC if you attack at that kind of odds, then you surely get lots of damage but you can still expect to win the battle with a fair probability. But not in CivRev. I do not have precise statistics (maybe I should start running a tally to confirm this), but my gut feeling is that the odds are almost reversed. Well, not exactly reverse, 12:7 still has a better chance to win than 12:10, but at close odds the weaker seems to be more likely to win and the closer the ratio to 1 the more likely. E.g. I do not remember ever winning a battle with 24:22 odds, this seems to be a sure loser.
And it also works the other way around, i.e. if you attack a bit stronger defender, you seem to have a good chance of winning -- and you also get a bonus upgrade or Great General for winning against odds. Maybe that is the reason/rational behind this "feature", they want to give more chance to those bonuses ? After a while of being annoyed by this, I started to rely on this and it seems to pay off: if I see such close odds in my favour, I do not attack , but if I see I am a bit weaker I go ahead.
Apart from ranting about it, I posted this to see if you guys have also noticed this. Or is it only my warped perception ?
And it also works the other way around, i.e. if you attack a bit stronger defender, you seem to have a good chance of winning -- and you also get a bonus upgrade or Great General for winning against odds. Maybe that is the reason/rational behind this "feature", they want to give more chance to those bonuses ? After a while of being annoyed by this, I started to rely on this and it seems to pay off: if I see such close odds in my favour, I do not attack , but if I see I am a bit weaker I go ahead.
Apart from ranting about it, I posted this to see if you guys have also noticed this. Or is it only my warped perception ?
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