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Following up a hunch, I did some tests on what happens in massed galley vs single galley combat. Obviously has some relevance to us sinking Vox's galleys as and when they appear, with out large-ish fleet.
The basic outcome is that we lose far fewer galleys than Vox does. With a fleet, we can pretty much guarantee that Vox's galley sinks - their average losses are 1.0 galleys. Our average losses (assuming all galleys are regular) are 0.75. If all galleys involved are veteran, average losses are 0.66.
This holds true for any combat where the odds for the first combat are 50:50, but that's pretty rare for land combat (even the 10% flat terrain defense bonus throws it out of whack). In such cases, despite the apparently even combat odds, the attackers lose substantially fewer units on average.
Note that a particular failure of this is for regular galleys attacking a veteran galley, which is enough to give us greater losses on average (1.09 galleys).
Just a curiosity I thought I'd share.
EDIT - corrected a number
The basic outcome is that we lose far fewer galleys than Vox does. With a fleet, we can pretty much guarantee that Vox's galley sinks - their average losses are 1.0 galleys. Our average losses (assuming all galleys are regular) are 0.75. If all galleys involved are veteran, average losses are 0.66.
This holds true for any combat where the odds for the first combat are 50:50, but that's pretty rare for land combat (even the 10% flat terrain defense bonus throws it out of whack). In such cases, despite the apparently even combat odds, the attackers lose substantially fewer units on average.
Note that a particular failure of this is for regular galleys attacking a veteran galley, which is enough to give us greater losses on average (1.09 galleys).
Just a curiosity I thought I'd share.
EDIT - corrected a number
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