a question about precision

[Arralen]

.. would really be great if we could get some numbers. It's good to know the numbers when playing such a complicated strategy game.
Yeap, I'm a Stars!-player

Some observations from my Last game:

Niefelson (prec16;Air4) casting Cold Bolt (prec 3) does hit almost every time at normal range combat starting range and 25-30% at 1/2 battlefield range

Skratti (prec 10) casting Cold Bolt from the same distance gets 30% and 0% hits

Jotun Javelinist (prec 10) with Javelin (prec -2) gets less than 30% hits at normal "fire" distance.


I've seen those multiple-effect-spells scatter all over the battle field, but I have seen them working correctly (at range ~10) as well. As the spread gets bigger as the range to the target increases, it looks to me that sometimes the spells go off with spread for max range while they're in fact aimed at targets nearby. Or, as I never was able to point out that target, as the distribution seemed fairly random, maybe the target gets "lost" somehow when spell effects are calculated.

All in all I must say, low precision fire (<14 total) isn't worth the cost unless applied at extremly close range ..

yours,
A.

edited: spelling

[ November 12, 2003, 14:04: Message edited by: Arralen ]