Retreating from Battles At 80% Chance of Winning...

[JiggyMcFly]

I understand that we are forced to retreat if defenders outnumber us 2:1. However, why does the calculator still indicate that we have an 80% chance of winning the battle?

Also, *(offtopic)* if ground units have the ability to hit air units, why are my air units rarely hit when I bomb the bejesus out of China?

[von_Schmidt]

ORIGINAL: JiggyMcFly

I understand that we are forced to retreat if defenders outnumber us 2:1. However, why does the calculator still indicate that we have an 80% chance of winning the battle?

Also, *(offtopic)* if ground units have the ability to hit air units, why are my air units rarely hit when I bomb the bejesus out of China?

Cant answer your first question (should be in the manual though).

China & air: infantry have pretty poor AA stats. From the top of my head I can't say if Chinese inf are even worse than others, but all ground units bar AA can safely be attacked without fear for a hit on your planes.

-von Schmidt

[5cats]

The battle calculator often gives "funny" results. Still it's a good thing to have!

[Doobious]

Maybe you were the 20%? [&:]

[MarcelJV]

This is done without regard for actual casualties. So you may have taken more casualties then expected which lowered your odds to below that required to take the location.

Remember 2:1 is needed in clear, but rough and fortress is 3:1 and Fortress + Rough is 4:1

I have had high probability only to see really bad die rolls and miss hitting enough units to get the required odds and then back you go.[:@]

ORIGINAL: JiggyMcFly

I understand that we are forced to retreat if defenders outnumber us 2:1. However, why does the calculator still indicate that we have an 80% chance of winning the battle?

Also, *(offtopic)* if ground units have the ability to hit air units, why are my air units rarely hit when I bomb the bejesus out of China?