ME-PBM: Five short questions

From: Holger.Eichmann@CDC2.ATOMARE-PROZESSE.PHYSIK.UNI-HANNOVER.D400.DE (Holger Eichmann)

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1993 15:24:26 +0000

There are some places in the game rulebook where you can read 'Success is
based on...` without getting more concrete. Are there some experience values
or even a formula by which I can estimate my chances of success?

1. E.g. if I try to threat a camp with a commander of rank 50. How many heavy
infantry do I need to have a good chance of success. Are there any differences
between the needed number of heavy infantry or e.g. men at arms? (the rulebook
only tells something about the minimum (!) force needed).

2. The same with sieging. How many HI need the same commander to siege a major
town successfully. What does change if that town has e.g. a castle?

3. What a rank should an emissary have to have a good chance to reduce the
population center loyality of an enemy camp?

And to get rid of my other questions, too:
4. What are the chances of an agent with rank 60 to protect an army commander
from getting assassinated from an agent with a rank around 90?

5. Is there an easy possibility to take over a population center of a (friendly
or tolerated) nation, which has stopped playing (because of going bankrupt or
because the player has retired from the game)?

Thanks for your help
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Holger Eichmann
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