What's the deal with...

[Nigel]

the weapon and armor classifications from the SMAC handbook appendix? I'd always assumed these were just window dressing since they're not mentioned in the combat section or on the odds screen.

I usually don't keep close track of this, but it seems the odds given are occasionally way off from the results. I just attacked with a plasma shard (missle) against a photon wall (vs energy only) and won taking 35% damage when the odds w/mods were against me. Is there something to those classifications?

[Adam_Smith]

The odds given are sometimes off. I can't think of any particulars right now, but I always question the odds when given.

[Fitz]

Well the obvious time the odds are off is in Psi combat when one unit has a level 2+ reactors. Reactor have no effect in psi combat (the unit effectively has 10 hits, each point of psi damage does reactor level points of damage to the unit). This means if the odds are 6 to 2 for an attacking fusion reactor unit, the real odds are 3 to 2, and usually are correctly displayed in the lower screen that totals the % adjustments IIRC.

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-Fitz
Non-Founder of Anarchists Ununited.
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