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Percentage number in attack crosshair?
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:39 pm
by 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
Re: Percentage number in attack crosshair?
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:53 pm
by 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.
Re: Percentage number in attack crosshair?
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:52 pm
by 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 %)"
Re: Percentage number in attack crosshair?
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:46 pm
by 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).