Originally Posted by
japanpimp
I agree in that some of the basic mechanics from Age 1 battling are tried and proven thus carried over into Age 2... and those have not changed much. No argument there.
My main thing is to work out all these curves that are specific to Age 2. The battle mechanics are heavily influenced by the Workshop gear, stars, HH and non-HH differences. In fact the mechanics are influenced so much by that that a player with a level 100 hero with 4 stars on every gear will lose very badly to a player with a HH with 15 stars on every gear. And they could beat them down with basically just warriors. Now, if you guys want to call that "life bonus" and "attack bonus" and whatever.... fine. Bottom line is it changes the battle in a extremely big way. And I have a feeling this is not linear. It works on a curve. Again, if 12 gears at 15 stars and 1 gear at 1 star I do not believe that player has a "One star" set.
@Oro: Ok, I will post more reports with more flat troop counts so the calculations will be easier. You guys can pick it apart when I do.