Unit Overall Rating

[Earthworm]

Ryastar,

Thank you for the feedback. I can address your points here.

I made this table while only having access to the statistics that are on the web, as I am currently at work, and cannot verify the numbers. Also as I said, I have not completed my first game yet, so I do not have access to all of the possible units in the game to check for accuracy, so I based them off the numbers I could find for the units.

As for your individual points, I will respond to them, without re-quoting what you wrote to help save on vertical space.

1. My Overall Rating is not based on the rounded numbers, I just did not feel it necessary to post all the Individual ratings out to n decimals, but I assure you in doing the math, no rounding was used. So while true a rating of 5 for attack maybe for a lot of units, the exact rating differs based on exact numbers, and in the list in the forum you only see the rounded number. I needed a standard scale for being able to average the ratings properly, and for ease of understanding.

2. I agree the weight system is arbitrary, and may need some refining, which I can do. From the posts I have read here, most people seem to feel that Damage per Leadership is a more important stat than say Attack rating, esp since Attack Rating is easily adjusted by the Hero's stats, and regalia. If you have some suggestions on the weight, I am definitely open to them. Also You are right, I should add a Category for Initiative as it is an important statistic of the Unit.

3. I agree with you, and actually debated breaking the ranged units into a separate list, since obviously the weights of the categories would have dmg much more important than speed and defense. Mostly I wanted to get the list up, and get feedback on it before spending a bunch more time.

4. While I agree with you that the per leadership stat for Hit Points is a little misleading, it is a very important statistic for measuring your army. If you are going to take 1000 points of damage to a stack of 500 Peasants, you will lose 1000 Leadership worth of peasants and 40% of the stack, where you will lose 2500 Leadership worth of Black Dragons, and 100% of the stack. I wrestled with how to rate Hit points, and felt as though the per leadership was a good way, but I am not set 100% in that thinking. Again Like I said, i have not completed a full game yet.