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Hmm.. call me stooopid but after staring at these 2 sentences for 10 minutes, I still can't tell the difference. heh.. :p
Curse: Decreases the maximal damage of an enemy stack.
Weakness: The spell weakens target enemy stack by decreasing its Attack.
Doesn't both these mean the targeted enemy stack will have a decrease in the attacking ability of/damage dealt by the enemy stack?
i mean, "Decreases the maximal damage of an enemy stack" and "decreasing its Attack" means the same thing, no?
I know there must be a difference but I can't see it. (?) :/
Thanks in advance. | Curse, decrease the maximal damage from the damage range
Weakness, decrease the Attack parameter of that stack | Each creature has a range of damage. For example, crossbowmen do 2-8 damage. Curse would decrease that upper number (e.g. 2-5 instead of 2-8). Thus, this spell would have no effect on creatures with no damage range (e.g. 1-1 or 50-50). It is most effective on creatures with a wide range.
Take crossbowmen again, for example. With a range of 2-8, that's 5 points of damage on average. With 2-5, that's only 3.5 average. Cursing xbowmen would immediately reduce their average damage by about 30%. Likewise, blessing them would have a huge effect. | Curse reduces the Maximum damage to become (at expert) the minimum damage.
Meaning a Hydra-Monster with 50-80 damage will become 50-50
Weakness adjusts the Attack parameter and decreases that.
A Hydra-Monster with attack of 40 will be reduced by.. ,say, -12 and become 28.
On average with the given stats above, say this hydra-monster is attacking a ...,say , Hydra_killer-monster with defence of 40
If you cursed (expert) it, the damage would be
N * RND(min, max) * [1 + 0,05 (A-D) ] * [1 - 3*Y/100]
= 1*50*(1)*(1)
= 50 points
If you Weakened it (expert),
N * RND(min, max) * [1 - 3*Y/100] / [1 + 0,05*(D-A)]
= 1*(50 to 80) * 1/(1+0.05*12)
= (50 to 80) * 1/1.6
= 31.25 to 50
If it was a goblin with 1 defence getting bitten by the hydra monster above
If you cursed (expert) the hydra, the damage would be
N * RND(min, max) * [1 + 0,05 (A-D) ] * [1 - 3*Y/100]
= 1*50*(1+0.05*39)*(1)
= 147.5 points
If you Weakened it (expert),
N * RND(min, max) * [1 + 0,05 (A-D) ] * [1 - 3*Y/100]
= 1*(50 to 80)*(1+0.05*27)*(1)
= 117.5 to 188 points.
So it depends what you want. | Simplified:
Damage is the basic parameter, 2-8 for crossbowmen, good for curse.
Attack is modifying parameter, about +5% for each point if target does have defence of 0, is affected by weakness(every creature has positive attack parameter). You can see both when you right click the creature, takesister did the math for you. | | *Its not right click, its ctrl+left click. Sorry :-) |
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