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Old July 7th, 2008, 09:35 AM
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Default Re: Thoughts on balancing MA Oceania

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Ming said:
Bishop fish should be a good counter to both EA Oceania knights as well as Agatha statues.

A Knight of the Deeps (KotD) has base MR of 14, so the odds of successfully connecting with a Smite are only 18%. If, of course, the EA Oceania player didn't take an Astral bless.

But let's assume he didn't and that conditions are ideal, i.e. the battle takes place in a Magic-3 province. The KotD MR drops to 12, so each Bishop Fish has a fighting 30% chance to connect. But the KotD has 16hp, so a Smite will only one-shot-kill a KotD about 86% of the time.

So - under absolutely conditions - only 30% * 86% = 25.8% of the Smites will work. Under normal conditions, 18% * 86% = 15.5% will work. And that's before factoring in the effects of any Astral or Nature (i.e. regen) bless.

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Ming said:
If the above were true, then your problems with Ma Oceania might have nothing to do with MA Oceania being hopelessly weak.
I don't like this, it's argumentative & borderline insulting.
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