Percentage number in attack crosshair?

[Galeocerdo]

Great game.
Occasionally, a red percent value (i.e. 26%) will appear inside the attack crosshair on enemy units. Anyone know what exactly that value is telling me?
Thanks,
G

[jordanpg]

Also wondering the same thing. Sometimes appears for ranged attacks, sometimes doesn't. Does not appear to correspond to any numbers in the attack setup box.

[tombo]

I found this response from Vic way back..

"it's the % of the weapons efficacy compared to a regular attack (combination of distance + line of sight %)"

[jordanpg]

"it's the % of the weapons efficacy compared to a regular attack (combination of distance + line of sight %)"

After 2 minutes of playing around, I interpret this to mean: the strength of a ranged attack with the selected unit only, relative to the strength of a regular attack with the same unit (assuming you can get close enough without getting intercepted).

So, if a percentage is shown, it means a regular attack will be better (by some measure). If a percentage is not shown, then a ranged attack will be better. Not sure what 0% means. For example, if 53% is shown, it means that the ranged attack is only 53% as powerful (?) as a regular attack by the same unit.

In the tech support forum, I posted a related question, which I think is just a bug: https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 7&t=397057. The reticles (and percentages) are still shown even when the selected unit has 0 AP. I guess the percentage means the same thing (although I wonder how either kind of attack can be more "efficacious" with 0 AP).