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adamflo79
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Calvary losses

Post by adamflo79 »

I am having an issue with the AI. They are attacking my armies with only calvary corps. However the calvary arent taking any casualties. I have read the rules and played the boardgame many times and this shouldnt be happening. I am losing my calvary to my army being broken then calvary pursuit, but my infantry are not doing casualties to there calvary during the rounds of combat. Please let me know if this is something being fixed.

Is anyone else noticing this as well?
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Marshall Ellis
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RE: Calvary losses

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Can you get me a saved game with a particular battle where this happens?
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Jimmer
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RE: Calvary losses

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It's also important to get a screenshot of the battle display right at the end. There ARE occasions when a cav corps can defeat a large army, and take no casualties. In a game we played about 20 years ago, France's main army attacked Blucher, sitting on one corps. The French hope was to capture Blucher and end his problems with the Prussians once and for all.
 
It was worse than that for the Prussians, actually. They had 3 cav factors in the corps, and no infantry (see? The AI isn't so bad. :)).
 
At the end of the battle, the losses were:
 
France loses 4 cavalry (one on the last round of combat, and 3 more in pursuit).
Prussia lost no troops at all.
 
So, it's important to also know what the die rolls, mods applied, and chit selections were, as well as terrain. There ARE situations where this can happen.
 
Now, back to your issue, I want to note that I have fought (in the computer game) with a large number of factors against a single cav corps, and the losses have always worked out correctly, or so it seemed. I haven't checked the exact troop loss counts ("Is 5% of 10 really 1 factor?"), but the battles "seem" OK. I will do some more rigorous checking of these counts and make sure they happen as they should. 
 
Anyhow, this could be a problem just with your specific game. Marshall is quite right to want to see the game saves and stuff.
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