Terrain testing results

to reduce the number of tests needed per square, this is important to do pre-tests.

pre-tests to know:

- if attack and defence bonus on a terrain is the same for 1 unit (if i remember, i tested this, and like u i found that the bonus is not the same)

- if simple and advanced units have the same atk/def bonuses on a terrain (didnt test that but i guess they have the same bonus)

- if each race has different bonuses for the same type of unit on a terrain type (i didnt test, but i hope there is no racial bonus, ifnot you need to test all the units for each race)


pre-tests are very important, because depending on what we could learn by these pre-tests, we could need 1024 battles per terrain, or only 6 battles/terrain.


exemple1 : if different bonus for def/atk, different bonus for simple/advanced unit, different bonus for each race: 2 bonus/unit--> *2=4 bonus/ unit type (spearmen, archers..) --> *4=16 bonus/race (without siegeengines) --> *4= 64 total bonus to find --> 64/2=32=number of units to test--> 32*32= 1024 tests/ terrain

exemple2 (the one i right now  think is the good one):
if different bonus for def/atk, same bonus for simple/advanced unit, same bonus for each race:
2 bonus/unit--> *4=8 total bonus to find (no matter which race)-->8/2=4 units to test-->  4*4 = 16 battles/terrain

Building:

The close quarter hand-to-hand combat required when fighting in a building is a blessing to the well trained spear or swordsman. Cavalry, however, find it extremely hard to fight here.

Spear and swordsmen find that building fighting is their place to shine. An intimate knowledge of the choke points in a building also somehwat benefits defending bowmen despite their limited arcs of fire. Cavalry detest fighting in and around buildings.

Heavily wooded terrai:

Heavily wooded terrain spells difficulty for ranged units and cavalry. Infantry units find they have a large advantage here.

Like the attackers, these thick forests do not provide much assistance for anyone except your footsoldiers, who take great pleasure in the extra cover afforded to them.

For attacking units in mountainous area "Even the smaller crags in this mountainous area will hinder attacking cavalry, as well as more heavily armoured swordsmen."
This seems to imply that heavy infantry is different from light infantry - in mountainous area. Probably no difference in most places...

HonoredMule wrote: And unfortunately, there is some random factor, which means there's a variable dependent that cannot be eliminated

Well, we can admit this random factor is not that important. if this change something like a maximum of 5% this is not that much and we have anyway a precise idea of the difference of terrain bonus for a batle. Also we could apreciate the amplitude of this random factor by doing the same battle few times.