Legends: fortifications

From: minnotte@stat0.stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte)

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 18:36:51 +0000

As an interesting problem in applied regression, I thought I'd try
to crack the new fortification formulas in NIC.  In the interest of
bringing as much data to the problem as possible, I would like to
request that anyone who has conducted battles involving fortifications
in NIC since the new rules went into effect (I think early summer for
U.S.) send me for each of those battles, complete information on the
fortifications and the benefits they provided.

I'll take it in any format, but the most concise might use the
following abbreviations:

EM, W, S, IS, SS, LS <- wall types
K = keep, T= towers, G = gatehouse, D = ditch, M = moat
DF = DF add, AF = AF% bonus, Mor = morale add.

So,

10S 3K 5T 1G 2D 3M 17DF 28AF 16MOR

would mean stone walls of size 10, size 3 keep, 5 towers, size 1 gatehouse,
type 2 ditch, and type 3 moat gave 17 DF, 28% AF bonus, and 16 morale.

(Note: these numbers are made up! Do not believe them!)

I won't get around to actually doing this until next week, but I thought
I'd go ahead and start asking for data now, since I imagine this is
not information people will have right on hand.

Of course, I'll share the results, at least with the people who contribute
information towards it.  If more than a couple do, I'll consider it a good
net effort and post the results.  Remember, the more data I have, the better
those results are likely to be!

Email preferably, but I'll probably get your data if you post.

Mike

p.s.  I now have the Garm bible, and will post it when I have time.  Probably
next weekend.

References

LEGENDS: North Island Mapping
lipton@dorsai.dorsai.org (Robert Bryan Lipton)
Mon, 29 Nov 1993 14:54:35 +0000
Re: LEGENDS: North Island Mapping
minnotte@stat0.stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte)
Mon, 29 Nov 1993 18:21:53 +0000