Leathality vs attack trade off

[godsakes]

is there anyone who can give me an idea as to which is a better stat to look for in a troop?

for example:

ilergetan soldiers have 0.225 Leathality and 10 attack

Celtiberian Heavy Infantry have 0.13 leathality and 12 attack


(putting aside defense stats) presumably the ilergetan soldiers are more deadly? how much extra attack would the Celtiberian Heavy Infantry need for this to even out?

[Labrat]

Attack factor is compared with the target's defence factor to determine how likely it is for a strike to hit. Lethality is the chance that a hit translates into a kill; if it does not the target will be knocked-down.

If I understand the mathematics behind the attack-defence comparison correctly, the defence factor also plays a role in whether attack or lethality are more important. The greater the discrepancy between attack and defence, the smaller the effect of an additional point of attack is. In EB's statting system, attack and lethality are also linked: high-lethality weapons are often less wieldy and therefore have a lower attack factor.

[econ21]

If I understand the mathematics (and Puzz3D is right):

Increasing your attack by 2, increases your chance of a hit by about 20%.

Increasing your lethality from 0.13 to 0.225, increases the chances of your hit being a kill by 73%.

If that is so, then +2 attack for the short sword does very little to "balance" the higher lethality of the longsword. Other things being equal, I would say the longsword is 44% better (1.73/1.2=1.44).

The difference seems too great so I wonder if my understanding is wrong.

[godsakes]

If I understand the mathematics (and Puzz3D is right):
Increasing your lethality from 0.13 to 0.225, increases the chances of your hit being a kill by 96%.

is it that much?

i though it'd be (0.225-0.13)/0.13 = 73% or did you apply something from Puzz3D's formula (i couldn't really get my head around it)

assuming you're right, you'd need around 19 attack before things balanced out?

[econ21]

is it that much?

i though it'd be (0.225-0.13)/0.13 = 73%

You are quite right, tx - I have corrected my mistake.

assuming you're right, you'd need around 19 attack before things balanced out?

With your correction, you would need +7.

[antisocialmunky]

There is also attack speed which increases the amount of rolls you get and knockdowns.