Quote Originally Posted by Reign View Post
You say the calculator is worthless but if a level 10 barb city has level 10 techs and you have level 10 techs its kinda even.
No, it's not. Attacker and defender techs DO NOT CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT!!!!

Any way I've seen how the game calculates battles, techs such as horseback riding and compass ONLY AFFECT ONE SIDE! This is because once troops are in range, they stand still! This makes a HUGE difference on fights such as archers vs warriors; at lvl 0, archers have a certain amount of range where warriors can't hit them but they can attack; at lvl 10, warriors move TWICE as fast, but archers only have HALF AGAIN as much range, meaning archers get FEWER free rounds on the warriors. Also, there are two defensive techs for your troops and only 1 attack tech; with all lvl 10 techs, your troops will have 50% higher defense AND 50% higher life, which means they'll have significantly more than 150% base effective health, BUT only 150% base ATT power.



The exercise tool is less accurate the higher your techs and heroes go.