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Disruptive changes to stat calculation in latest 2.5-dev

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H-Hour:
As part of our ongoing efforts to rebalance the campaign for 2.5, I've just pushed some changes to how soldier experience points are gained and how stat growth is calculated for these experience points.

These changes may be disruptive to ongoing campaigns.

Updating your copy of the game to after these changes will apply the new stat calculations to your soldiers, who have accumulated experience points under the old system. As a result, your soldiers will likely become much more powerful after their first combat mission. Using my own late-game save as a test, I found the following stats saw dramatic changes:


* Strength: your soldiers will become very strong.
* Mind: your soldiers' mind stat will become very high. You'll probably see sudden jumps in rank.
* Accuracy and weapon skills: these will jump and, if you're late in the game, can even reach the max 100.
The rate of growth for stats has been adjusted, along with the number of UFOs you are likely to face, so new games should not have these balancing problems. If you're early in your 2.5-dev campaign, the effect should be minor and I would suggest updating and continuing to play.

Further refinements are in the pipeline with regards to how accuracy and speed are calculated, but these should not prove as disruptive. The accuracy calculations have now been adjusted so that high stats have more impact on improved accuracy.

You can read the rationale and data behind these changes in the proposal in our wiki.

Telok:
I have some feedback for you. I scrapped my last game (a bugged bomber mission was tanking my world happiness rating) and recompiled. This is from playing on the Hard setting, the format is

Role, Strength, Speed, Accuracy, Mind, CC, AS, SN, EX, Health, Kills.


--- Code: ---Rol  St  Sp  Ac  Mi  CC  AS  SN  EX  Hp  Kill

team 1 @ 10 missions (July 9th, 2084)
1sn  45  33  49  50  29  24  51  17  114  08
2as  50  37  42  50  21  49  22  27  109  05
3ex  54  30  38  44  35  23  28  49  110  06
4sn  40  38  41  46  28  21  44  34  118  06
5ex  50  29  32  52  25  23  34  45  118  06
6sn  53  33  42  48  32  27  50  29  122  09
7ex  53  33  39  40  18  26  25  45  109  07

team 1 @ 20 missions (August 15th, 2084)
1sn  48  37  56  60  29  24  66  22  123  18
2as  53  40  49  62  21  67  22  29  120  15
3ex  57  34  43  51  35  23  28  61  117  11
4sn  44  42  48  53  28  21  59  34  128  11
5ex  53  33  36  60  25  23  34  54  124  11
6sn  55  37  49  57  32  27  64  31  132  18
7ex  56  36  43  47  18  26  25  55  116  11

team 2 @ 5 missions (July 9, 2084)
1as  35  20  35  41  22  44  21  22  119  05
2sn  39  23  30  43  17  21  37  16  108  03
3sn  44  21  35  33  20  20  42  15  115  04
4sn  39  30  32  45  24  17  42  17  115  04
5ex  44  25  28  32  24  20  21  31  112  02
6ex  43  29  35  39  16  16  19  40  119  05
7ex  44  25  34  33  21  23  23  38  116  03

team 2 @ 11 missions (August 15th, 2084)
1as  38  24  41  49  22  56  21  22  126  11
2sn  42  27  36  52  17  21  49  16  115  10
3sn  47  25  39  39  25  20  49  15  120  08
4sn  42  34  38  51  24  17  52  25  112  08
5ex  47  29  34  10  24  20  21  46  120  06
6ex  KIA
7ex  47  28  41  40  21  23  23  56  125  07

--- End code ---

H-Hour:
Thank you Telok. Can you please remember to check back in again with some numbers at 30 and 40 missions?

Telok:
Beta tester a go-go!

heisenbug:
Here you are the stats of my soldiers, at August 5th.

In contrast with Telok I'm using at the moment a single team on the first base, with rotation of the wounded soldiers. So, the number of missions performed is reported for each of them.
I'm literally in love with my Senior Warrant Officer. She likes to move in the battlefield without armor, and can perform two aimed shots in a single turn with 70%-90% accuracy at medium distance! Also the increased mobility of the close-quarter gunners is awesome, and the possibility of the assault solders to do a full auto, move and keep a snap shot for reaction fire.


--- Code: ---Date: 2048 Ago 05

Alien interest: 157
Missions:       23

Soldier            Missions Kills Rank                   Str Spd Acc Mnd Cls Ass Snp Exp HP
------------------ -------- ----- ---------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Badieh Martin      22       20    Senior Warrant Officer 42  41  53  57  21  19  54  27  127
Tyler Valdez       19       17    Warrant Officer        43  30  40  60  25  16  17  61  124
Giulio Al Ghadban  22       15    Warrant Officer        43  34  40  55  20  63  18  18  125
Tiago Dubey        23       10    Corporal               45  37  38  46  53  19  16  21  125
Goncalo Avitabile  17       9     Corporal               43  34  40  46  21  21  48  18  121
Mikhail Finet      12       8     Corporal               40  33  35  47  20  53  24  19  115
Christophe Mohanta 15       7     Corporal               44  36  32  49  17  43  15  24  122
Emil Herring       11       6     Lance-Corporal         42  33  36  44  20  47  22  18  113
Stephane Coelho    3        5     Lance-Corporal         34  30  33  33  20  40  20  16  109
Luis Nakamura      22       4     Lance-Corporal         45  35  27  42  37  15  15  22  120
Thierry Herring    4        3     Lance-Corporal         41  31  36  32  19  22  16  45  110
Teresa Campos      12       2     Rifleman               42  27  30  38  31  24  21  19  110
Xavier Heikkinen   3        1     Rifleman               40  28  30  32  21  24  23  15  112

--- End code ---

On the bad side, with this change the green bars used to represent the experience can very easily overlap with the labels. For example Giulio Al Ghadban has 63 in the assault skill with only 22 missions. In italian "Highly Proficient" has been translated into "Espertissimo" that hides the bar for a great part. I vote for removing the labels, considering also that having "mediocre" soldiers is one of the frequent complaints from new players on the forum.

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