First of all, I would like to announce the 10K ENBS downloads milestone. It's remarkable, I guess, specially if you consider the amount of donations we received (1 dolar in 3 months =P).
We received a great number of complaints for users, regarding the the incorrect output of troop losses. Well, we KNOW. But, as stated almost in every download page, in the program itself and in the EULA, Evony NPC Battle Simulator (ENBS for short) is still in BETA. And that means the tool ISN'T PERFECTLY WORKING. And we know it...but then again, we haven't received much feedback from users. Although ENBS provide a report saving utility, no one has sent a single battle report to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it AND most of the feedback we receive is "I lost X units, this doesn't work, please fix it!" where X<100 units. But the tool actually predicts correctly the scale in which you will lose troops, how to improve your battle strategy and, well, works a lot beter than the built in exercise.
The formulas are close to perfection. We are gathering data from which we can extrapolate the formulas in different scenarios and compare them to the simulation results. So far, we concluded that, although they work in a 1 to 1 case scenario, they seem to not perfectly fit in multi troop simulations. That means the small variation in results are not about the code, (maybe) not even the formulas (since they work in a 1 to 1 case scenario) but rather the way they are applied and how they are applied.
For instance, we know X Ballista kill Y Warriors in Z turns. We know X Ballista kill Y' Archers in Z' turns. But how many Archers and Warriors does X Ballista actually kill before taking losses? Who does ballista target first? And if you add rainbow to defending troops? Because the simulation results are totally different if you change who is targeted first. The information provided by evony isn't enough to ascertain these and other aspects of the battle mechanism, and thus result in a small difference in the simulation and the real case.
We came a long way since the beggining, and we trully hope we can correct and improve our tool in the future.So, please help us improving ENBS, by donating, visiting our ads and providing feedback.
