Wrong, wrong, wrong. You missed something big time. There's no way that ship could get through my shields, even if that laser didn't miss.
Battle report summary:
View Battle Dadds Admiral Raphael Omicron Eridani->Beta Omicron Eridani 2,410,945 13,771,123 83.42% / 41.25% 07-Feb-2014 16:47
Scan results from Raphael ship:
Scold's Bridle
Ship abilities:
Weapons Shield Armor Manpower Combat speed Dodge Interplanetary Interstellar Cargo bay
5276180 3218750 0 5276180 0.25 km/s 0% 0.01378 AU/s 0.0024 LY/s 11175 m3
Total power: 13,771,123 (W+S+A/2+M+50*Cs)
Ships attacking details:
Weapons Shield Armor Manpower Combat speed Dodge Interplanetary Interstellar Cargo bay
7603500 801281 0 227435 11.97 km/s 45% 0 AU/s 0 LY/s 12000 m3
Total power: 2,411,094 (W+S+A/2+M+50*Cs) Hangar bay: 0 m3
OK firstly, some math. Odds of victory 2:57 against me. I was never under any illusion it wasnt going to be a tough battle. This was a test of combat mechanics and mathematics. Not sure where you see that as making a fool out of myself!
Now lets add the implied 85% of hidden power which all top VIP pilots have. Your figures now look like this:
Weapons Shield
9,760,933 5,954,687
Big numbers but weapons dont scare me since you dont have any weapons. Only marine. The number i see is shields. Last time i checked, unless someone has changed the fundamental laws of mathematics is that 7,603,500 is MUCH larger than 5,954,687 in the real world. Of course, we are not in the real world here, and Raphael is clearly in a little world of his own.
So you can say, OK allow some points for minor hits, missed targets and all, but then there is the other side of the balance of luck, which i critical hits etc. OH, one other fact i forgot to mention. ALL (90%+) of my weaponry is LASER. so add my 33% bonus for laser onto weaponry vs shield, (after removing marine power) and we get to a daunting 10M+ weaponry report from SCORPION. More than enough to do the job, a mathematician would say. And he would be right....IN A REAL WORLD!
Other facts relating to the test:
All Scorpion's weaponry fired and hit bar 1 hit
All of the strikes were hit or better! Which means average or better than average hits. 1 LASER missed its target out of 5
Total damage produced by my weaponry?: Answer:
4,633,168. OK so what happened to that 10M+ power i had? less than 20% of my weaponry missed (25% if you count laser only) So it should have still hit at 7.5M power. Instead, i see a figure which is less than half of the reported (average) power i should have delivered, based on bonuses, status, combat science et al.
Who is the biggest loser here? The game, because the results dont measure up to the facts that should have occurred based on empirical data
If you look at the ratio of shield:overall power, your ship with added 85% bonuses implied gives you a shield ratio of 43.24%. I did 41.25% damage even though my ship missed with 1 weapon, and was not (i believe) given its correct calculations and bonuses as per the game states. If that 5TH LASER had hit, the results, even though i have been robbed of correct values, would have been very different.
So when you quote something, make sure you know what you are talking about and try the math out. This info will be presented to the designer of the combat systems also for review. Lets face it, only way to work out "bugs" is by testing, and you make a really good test dummy, Raphael!
And on the subject of wins v losses: Well we can never have a win against you, Raphael, because according to you, hitting one of yours ships doesnt count because we cant destroy it, and yet hitting one of my ships does count? You never build anything cause you are too scared of losing it. FYI SCORPION was back up and running at 100% strength in less than a minute. Did you forget all those other ships i sent constantly jumping out of system? Seems to have slipped your mind i guess but if you want to keep a count i will go check my tally on how many losses you actually have faced. So who really made a fool of themselves in this battle? Probably both of us for this long-winded and pointless discussion. I have better things to be doing right now, and mean to go and do it.
Battle report follows, for any who havent fallen asleep with all this boring math:
Beta Omicron Eridani
Attacker opened fire!
FBG Scorpion Vs. Scold's Bridle
Weapons assault
FBG Scorpion maneuvers into fire range and attacks first.
FBG Scorpion attacks with Laser Cannon MK CCXXX using standard mode.
Direct hit on target, doing 820801 damage!
FBG Scorpion maneuvers into fire range and attacks first.
FBG Scorpion attacks with Laser Cannon MK CCXXX using standard mode.
The attack missed the target completely!
FBG Scorpion maneuvers into fire range and attacks first.
FBG Scorpion attacks with Laser Cannon MK CCXXX using standard mode.
Direct hit on target, doing 874624 damage!
FBG Scorpion maneuvers into fire range and attacks first.
FBG Scorpion attacks with Laser Cannon MK CCXXX using standard mode.
Critical hit on target, doing 1399398 damage!
FBG Scorpion maneuvers into fire range and attacks first.
FBG Scorpion attacks with Laser Cannon MK CCXXX using standard mode.
Hit on target, doing 753522 damage!
Boarding assault
FBG Scorpion maneuvers into boarding range first.
FBG Scorpion sending Marines Assault Unit MK CCC to find a boarding spot.
The boarding party found an area and sabotaged it, doing 784823 damage!
Scold's Bridle sending Marines Assault Unit MK CCC to find a boarding spot.
The boarding party found an area and sabotaged it, doing 437230 damage!
Scold's Bridle maneuvers into boarding range first.
Scold's Bridle sending Marines Assault Unit MK CCC to find a boarding spot.
The boarding party found an area and sabotaged it, doing 357351 damage!
Scold's Bridle sending Marines Assault Unit MK CCC to find a boarding spot.
The boarding party found an area and sabotaged it, doing 412005 damage!
Target shield is down!
EMERGENCY JUMP!
FBG Scorpion has retreated from the battlefield due to heavy damage!
Scold's Bridle captured a group of 1435 enemy personnel during the fight.
Cargo bay at full capacity! Cargo search aborted.
Objective: Destroy 10% or more of the enemy while losing less % then the enemy.
Attacker defeated!