Tomisama
05-09-2009, 03:46
In reviewing a battle replay for a contest decision, I ran across a curious situation.
The game had timed out at an hour and the game reported a draw, but one side had 2001 Kills, and the other only 1274.
They were 2535 to 2793 starting out, and with a 727 kills spread and still the game called it even?
Closer investigation of the losses showed that the big kills side had 663 friendly fire kills, to the 253 friendly fires of the other team.
That helped balance things out a bit, and other factors contributing finished the job.
They could have and should have won, but literally shot themselves in the foot!
My Friendly Fire study so far is showing that “all” units firing through “any” other units kill some of their own. There is an automatic avoidance feature that tries to order two units side by side, and another routine that limits crossover firing. But both can be intentionally or unintentionally defeated, so you can not rely on them to save you from your self.
Worst yet happens in team play, where allies are shooting through each others ranks. In trying to help each other, they are destroying them selves.
The best idea to me is to try to keep my lines straight and only fire intentionally.
Fire at Will, will kill Will, no matter what side he is on :wink:
Other thoughts on this?
The game had timed out at an hour and the game reported a draw, but one side had 2001 Kills, and the other only 1274.
They were 2535 to 2793 starting out, and with a 727 kills spread and still the game called it even?
Closer investigation of the losses showed that the big kills side had 663 friendly fire kills, to the 253 friendly fires of the other team.
That helped balance things out a bit, and other factors contributing finished the job.
They could have and should have won, but literally shot themselves in the foot!
My Friendly Fire study so far is showing that “all” units firing through “any” other units kill some of their own. There is an automatic avoidance feature that tries to order two units side by side, and another routine that limits crossover firing. But both can be intentionally or unintentionally defeated, so you can not rely on them to save you from your self.
Worst yet happens in team play, where allies are shooting through each others ranks. In trying to help each other, they are destroying them selves.
The best idea to me is to try to keep my lines straight and only fire intentionally.
Fire at Will, will kill Will, no matter what side he is on :wink:
Other thoughts on this?