Amazing chart IP! 

So to sum up it doesn't matter where you will click?

Xena said:

So to sum up it doesn't matter where you will click?

The results are pretty much the same right? 

Yep, that's my take. Actually, I'm working on a theory that the next set of 5 strokes are already decided before you even swing your sword the very first time. Since I often play while on the road, short disconnects are more or less a daily occurrence, and when this happens after a Phylarch battle, I have the distinct impression that when replaying this 5-stroke battle, the results are identical. This is something one often finds in online games with asynchronous server connects and syncs, it's intended to keep players from cheating by quickly disconnecting after a lost battle and replaying the event in hope of a better outcome.

The Irate Penguin said:

Xena said:

So to sum up it doesn't matter where you will click?

The results are pretty much the same right? 

Yep, that's my take. Actually, I'm working on a theory that the next set of 5 strokes are already decided before you even swing your sword the very first time. Since I often play while on the road, short disconnects are more or less a daily occurrence, and when this happens after a Phylarch battle, I have the distinct impression that when replaying this 5-stroke battle, the results are identical. This is something one often finds in online games with asynchronous server connects and syncs, it's intended to keep players from cheating by quickly disconnecting after a lost battle and replaying the event in hope of a better outcome.

 But as I said: a theory, nothing more at this point :-)

Yes I have noticed that myself.

There are times when the game lags and the phylarch is left there dead on the ground and when I click the claim button I can't claim my phylarch points.

Drag-Theseus said:

maybe move this post to Game Tutorial topic?

That was (and is) the original plan, I did though want to give others a chance to contradict or offer their own take before elevating it to dogma :-)

Cheers
P.

chakrab said:

just an observation, do you have any stats till 40% strength mark? i have found that once the opponent's strength reaches 20%, the next options are between 20% and miss. not sure if that's going to skew your data.

That is a very good question which I did ask but was unable to answer. Although I did record which blows were conducted on the 80% mark and therefore had only two possible outcomes (miss and 20%), the number of data points (132 of 500) is a bit low to draw any meaningful conclusions.

The Data (numbers are rounded):

• ... for all blows (500): 40% = 14%, miss = 9%, 20% = 77%
  
  
• ... for blows dealt at the 80% mark (132): miss = 16%, 20% = 84%
  
  
• ... for blows dealt NOT at the 80% mark (368): 40% = 17%, miss = 11%, 20% = 72%

1.  The game uses a different algorithm to calculate the likelyhood of a result based on only two possible outcomes, or ...
   
   
2. ... the game randomizer algorithm for calculating results remains unchanged but all "40%" results are shown as 20%.

The data would suggest that the first is more likely to apply, but with only slightly more than 100 such data points recorded, the margin of error makes it difficult to say this with any degree of certainty.

Cheers
P.