You are right KefaQuote:
Originally Posted by Kefa
Like I said, when it seems the skill points are Turned OFF - your Displayed Final Attack Total on the Battle Result screen is just a Fixed reference to the Total Alliance Attack displayed in your Profile
BUT
When it appears they have the Skill Points Modifier turned ON - there is a different Final Battle Attack number displayed with each strike !
Conclusion - once again -
If you are in WD and have intel - you will be able to adjust your target down if you begin losing against someone
If you are running down your Rivals list and you LOSE against someone - you can easily just move down to the next person
If you have 100 or 300 or 500 on attack skills - when that 4 of 12 Random Dice Roll comes up as a negative variable - then you will LOSE by the 100 or 300 or 500 skill points you spent
Go back and read that last statement again - that's important
Get it?
Your attack skill points give you GAIN in most battles - but when that Random Dice Modifier results in a negative number - those SAME skill points go just as far to LOWER your attack.
There - one more time to let it sink in :)
My money is still on gaining the MOST energy for FLTQ and ILTQ which happens way more each month than WD - which is the only time you HAVE to attack someone if you're not out Hunting BP. And with Intel - who cares if you have to drop down to a lower target - Gree has the WD points so nerfed that it doesn't make a difference
If GREE fixes the WD points to where a level 300 account with 20B attack could actually gain 350+ WD every hit instead of this 172 - 210 WD per hit crap - then the Attack Skill points would once again come into play
BUT
As long as Gree has WD points nerfed on Monster Accounts - what's the point of even spending one gold bar if you're only going to get Crap WD <---- Which is why SO many Monster accounts stepped back from Gold spending and eventually a lot have just retired from the game :/
Hey Gree - I will Bill you for the Consulting
Here is the Formula from my understanding:Quote:
Originally Posted by elangomatt
Total Alliance Attack + { [ Attack Skill Points x (Fixed Formula Variable) ] x (Random Dice Roll) }
Look carefully at the ( ) nested inside the [ ] nested inside the { } to totally understand
And for the super geeks :
X + { [ Y ( Z ) ] Q } - for True Formula
X + [ ( Y x Z ) Q ] - Simplified Formula
Where:
Total Alliance Attack = X
Attack Skill Points = Y
Fixed Formula Variable = Z
Random Dice Roll Wildcard = Q
And I thought Advanced Algebra my Sophomore year would never come in handy - LoL
I believe that is the single best explanation for anything in this game, ever. Thanks Mcdoc.
Yes. I totally agree. This formula is the same like the Soldier Equipment Formula.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sigg
Yep, because its using an array of 25 numbers (edit: its actually 40) :P
Thanks McDoc, best explanation we've had to date. Wonder why they gave us a single attack and defence skill piint for starters? Wonder if that was to correct an expoit if you had 0 as one of the two previously....
Come on Buddy - you know the answer to this :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Agent Orange
A zero can't be in the equation. Anything times zero will result in a zero.
With those complicated formulas in the program - you can't have any stray zeros out there messing up your complex computations :-)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sigg
Agree 100%
You can really tell there is a lot of thought behind this that I hadn't considered. Especially how big skill points can turn against you and cause the occasional loss. Now it doesn't seem so mysterious and random. It makes me feel like I actually understand something about the mechanics of the game. Even if you're not spot on, at least I can feel better about how it works! Thanks for taking the time to put this thread together