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Starting with game and got common questions - 5/15/2016 9:26:06 AM

sossenbinder

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Feel free, to use this threads to write questions and answers.

Here are my questions. I never played any hex game and i am quite new to this kind of games.

1.) Please anybody can tell me the major difference between integrity and moral?
Morale determines how many casualties a unit can stand before losing cohesion and panicking. Integrity shows how much of the units original Order of Battle are still present and it influences the chance of a unit breaking in combat.
Both seems to control unit breaking in combat. Where are the differences?

2.) Don�t understand the outcome of the roll when looking at the decisions log. F.e.
"6th Army HQ failed to be withdrawn (50% chance, roll 95)"

What roll is needed, that the unit can be withdrawn? 95 looks like a very good roll for me. What is the max roll which can occur? And at what roll can the unit been withdrawn?

3.) I always got the message in my log, that the unit failed to deploy - how to affect this outcome?

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RE: Starting with game and got common questions - 5/15/2016 2:00:52 PM

Johnpilot

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I am new myself only having got this yesterday, but here is what I found:

1. Below is from the manual on Integrity:

This shows how much of the units original Order of Battle are still present and it influences the chance of a unit breaking in combat. It has no direct combat effect other than triggering the chance to break below the threshold shown in the tool tip. Low morale can aggravate the situation and combine to increase the chance of breaking. The tool tip will show the level at which the unit is prone to breaking at. This varies. Normal Wehrmacht units will break at below 50% whereas for SS units it will be 30%. Romanian units, for example, can break at 60% or below.

On Morale:

Morale is a measure of how well a unit will fight. Morale determines how many casualties a unit can stand before losing cohesion and panicking. A Morale level of 50 means that the unit may panic once it has lost 50% of its troops. An even lower Morale level of 25 means that it only has to lose 25% of its troops before it may panic. Panic is never certain and even low morale troops can sometimes hold out while taking severe losses.

2. I believe the roll is less than or equal to the chance percent. So a 50% chance success would be 1 - 50, 95 is greater and it failed.

3. Not sure, sorry.

john

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RE: Starting with game and got common questions - 5/15/2016 5:10:53 PM

Moltke71

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Failing to deploy just means it'll become active later than scheduled.

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RE: Starting with game and got common questions - 5/16/2016 12:13:51 AM

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Hi sossenbinder,

'Failed to deploy', as Bismark has said, means the unit that was scheduled to arrive, but didn't (delays, hiccups, lack of transport, etc.)

There is a % chance of deployment and it is modified depending on where the HQ of the unit is (it deploys to the HQ's location).

If the HQ is in a city then the deployment chances double (almost a certainty). If not on a rail line - in the countryside away from transport net - then it'll halve (low probability).

You'll get a message in the daily log the turn before a unit deploys that gives you the opportunity to re position your HQ for an optimum outcome. Of course military matters may take precedence and your reinforcements may have to manage as best they can.

Cheers,
Cameron

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RE: Starting with game and got common questions - 5/16/2016 7:17:10 AM

sossenbinder

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Thanks for your reply. Got it!

But my second question. Can anybody confirm what Johnpilot answered? A chance of 50% means, that the outcome will be positive when roll is below 50?

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RE: Starting with game and got common questions - 5/16/2016 4:10:24 PM

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When the text mentions a certain kind of outcome (usually specified as good or bad), a die roll inside of the range produces that outcome. A 30% chance of a bad outcome and a die roll of 42 will not produce a bad outcome. A 50% chance of a good outcome and a die roll of 26 will produce a good outcome.

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RE: Starting with game and got common questions - 5/19/2016 4:58:23 AM

Johnpilot

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sossenbinder;

From the manual:

Examining the first one you can see that it involved a random roll. There was a 75% chance of a bad outcome (probably not a good decision to delegate), the roll (percentile, 1d100, die) was 28 which was subsequently dropped to 3 because of Mirco�s handicap (28 - 25 = 3). Unfortunately a bad outcome has occurred (with Mirco�s handicap and the odds involved this was inevitable - he can�t be blamed as you�ve overloaded poor Micro with....

John

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