Posted by: UnLimiTeD
« on: September 08, 2011, 02:43:12 AM »Well, it certainly allows you to drawn out combat with a single precursor ground troop over a half year. More time to bring support^^
But 6x 1% doesn't add up to 6%.....
If it doesn't work that way, it's a bug. Steve strives to make the probabilities work out correctly no matter how big the timestep is. He's missed a few spots in the past, but that's oversight rather than intent.
John
Are yer shure? Maybe some prufflink?
As with all such things in Aurora, the chance of sucess varies directly with the length of the increment - eg if you have a 1% chance of achieving something in 5 days, and the next increment is 30 days, then the chance of sucess when its checked will be 6%.