Effectiveness rules?

[eskuche]

Attacking seems to take 14% instead of the 6% stated. This was against multiple trash garrisons, so I don't think loss conversion played a role here. Also, on the Default Values for Land Units table, there are duplicated rows for Combat Eff. Cost and Move Eff. Cost (6% and 1% respectively).

Edit: Specifically, the Japanese 29th army on the Malay Peninsula took 14% for two battles. The 23rd attacking HK took 8% effectiveness with two casualties.

I guess without divulging the exact mechanics of damage, it's hard to parse? The manual says there's a 40% chance to convert unblocked damage into effectiveness loss. Are there really that many points of damage that this gives so much effectiveness lost?

[AlvaroSousa]

Did you move?
Did you get hit by air?
If you attacked twice that's 12% right there.

Page 86 of the manual.

[eskuche]

Attacked twice for 14% each time, and moved three hexes, ending at 100-28-3 = 69%.

[incbob]

Two attacks 6% each. (2x6%) 12%
1% per hex, moved 3 hexes (3x1%) 3%

You lost a total of 31%.
I can account for 15%.
16% has to be accounted for.

Now, how many losses did you take?
By the way whether they are in garrison mode or not does not matter. A garrison unit defends just the same as a non-garrison unit.

[stjeand]

One thing of note...


There was a change in WP Europe that I suspect Alvaro carried over...instead of "losses" units will lose effectiveness.

SO it is possible you were going to be "damaged" but instead took an effectiveness hit and no losses.

[AlvaroSousa]

egg-zackley. It was a slight loss change from 40% to 50% conversion. The land system is the same.