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Old March 21st, 2005, 04:01 PM

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Default Re: Unit Cost Equation

Quote:
sushiboat said:
Cost = -386.0 + (11.9 * Size) + (2.3 * HP) + (-2.0 * Prot) + (11.0 * Morale) +
(21.8 * MagicRes) + (1.4 * Enc) + (-4.8 * Str) + (2.8 * Att) + (.7 * Def) +
(4.0 * Prec)

In case you are not familiar with multiple regression, don't be fooled by the
size of the coefficients. There is some collinearity -- some of the stats used
as predictors are correlated with each other, so their unique predictive
contribution is affected. For example, strength has a zero-order correlation
of .24 with cost, but in the multiple regression, its coefficient is negative.
Er, um, I don't doubt this, but may I ask why Size is a positive value? With the sole exception of Trampling, Size is almost invariably a negative in Dominions, isn't it?

Quote:
Cost = -459.7 + (16.8 * Size) + (.3 * HP) + (-2.5 * Prot) + (11.0 * Morale) +
(25.4 * MagicRes) + (5.0 * Encumb) + (.8 * Str) + (-1.1 * Att) + (6.2 * Def) +
(-.1 * Prec)
Do you mind if I use this to calculate values for the commanders? Also, is this ignoring other factors (magic, etc.)?
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