How exactly attack/defence works in battle?

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So, if one unit has attack 5, and another has defense 10, does it mean the following:

Attacker makes a roll 0 to 5 (or is it 1-5 ?)

Defender makes a roll 0 to 10 (or is it 1-10?)

Then defender value is subtracted from attacker value. If it is 0 or less, then it is a miss. If it is positive number, then it is a hit with the damage of that number.

Is it how it works?

Also at what point attack/defense benefits are accounted and how? There are 2 of them, one is on strategic map, another is on tactical map. Do they add together (additive percentage) or multiply (commutative percentage). Basically, if there is 25% defense bonus on strategic map and 25% defense bonus on tactical map, will it give you 50% ( = 25+25) or 56% ( = (1.25*1.25-1)*100% ) of defense increase?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

So nobody knows or have any idea??

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

The rolls are 0-x, not 1-x. The difference between the attack roll and the defense roll is the damage dealt. The UI still doesn't show this, but weapons and armor should have damage/resist types. Armor that's being attacked by a weapon that it's "good" against should get an automatic maximum roll. This is how it was described a month or so ago, but I admit that I haven't looked in the XMLs to see if the weapons/armor actually have these properties, since there's no mention of them anywhere in the game.

As to stacking bonuses, I assume not. I imagine the strategic map bonus is used for auto-resolve, to be more comparable to tactical battles.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

What would be nice is to see "rolls" and all factors in description of the battle, not just "damaged for x" as it is now. Like the folloing:

Spider attacks with roll 5 (out of 0-5) for the attack of 6.25 (25% terrain bonus). Solder defends with roll 3 (out of 0-8) for the defense of 2.25 (25% terrain penalty). Final damage 4 (6.25-4.25)