[hveldenz]

I cannot help but ask a few questions in regards to this thread, as it seems to be a recurring theme of prior threads (which is related to my continuing observation of the Uber ATGM sole survivor phenomenon). I have seen "99%" hit Hellfire B's in a solitaire campaign miss sometimes 4 times in a row - from a combination of evasion, arena fire, a non penetrating hit (actually a 'hit', but not the kill), or a straight out miss. I also seem to experience (with no testing like suggested) where the 66-69% numbers especially seem to come up the "Miss", or the "rally Failed" 8-10 times in a row.

I also do not believe there is intentional coding biases to the AI. However, if a developer can comment on :

1. Is the "to hit" number, or the rally percentage we see the actual final number rolled against by the random number generator? If not, it could be a partial explaination.
2. If the number %s are not what we the player sees - what goes on after the number displays, but before the die roll (Unit experience modifiers for example?)
3. How are random numbers generated in the game? The old days of coding random numbers in Basic or Fortran (from school days) involved selecting a seed number that directs into predetermined series of numbers. This essentially means that all random numbers are "predetermined", but not preselected until a seed number starts a chain of number results. The other method used in the past, IIRC, is a timing of a key press versus the computer clock speed to get to a seed or number. Does the random number algorithm have instead of true randomness like the perfect six sided die, just a large listing of numbers to read down in sequence (who remembers old PBM wargames using the stock tables and seed numbers to resolve a turn?)

I do appreciate the feedback from the programmers and developers, and also their collective effort.
Thanks.