Cataph’s Formed Defence
Formation attack used by Cathay units adds a hidden +10 MD (hidden not by choice, don’t @ me).
Why: Formation Attack statistically makes the unit perform worse, not better. The buff attempts to fight that. Balance not final but does the trick. Also edits the button’s tooltip to provide more accurate information.
The presumably unintended behaviour of formation attack is that while your entities take pains to stay in pretty spacing:
– they won’t move in or wrap around to attack, thus dealing less damage overall
– they get plinked one by one by attackers, thus actually taking more losses, to the point they even break sooner
these two issues together, on average, make formation attack actually a liability.
The +10MD seems to make it a bit more solid while also compensating for the 1v1 plinking. On average, they will now defend better than unformed, so the choice is there.
Note: I can’t do other stats. Don’t ask.
As the updated button tooltip says, they will still deal way less damage on average than the same unit with the formed attack disabled.
Tested Jade Warriors vs Tzar Guard 2h.
You can see Enticity highlight unintended performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_IpVi6KRn4
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