Monday, August 2, 2010

Tholian Simple Combat Tests

Something not featured in Star Trek Online, but you can get it here free is
the playable Tholian Heavy Cruiser with web-caster.

I've done fairly exhaustive simple combat testing of three Tholian heavy
cruisers vs three Klingon heavy cruisers. The Tholians won three, by a
combination of dice rolls and strategy. The big discovery was that throwing
a web is a risky business, since it takes a third of your energy for three
turns. And that generally doesn't work on a level playing field. So the
winning strategy is for the Tholians to destroy one opponent, so that A) two
ships can cover for the third while it casts its web over three turns, or B)
all three ships can contribute to the web and defend themselves at the same
time. If a Tholian tries to cast a web without that advantage, odds are it
will lose. But used wisely, the web is a devastating tool. The opponent's
defensive strategy has to be to make things too difficult for the Tholians
and to do everything they can take out one of the opposing CA's.

Note the way that web usage is recorded in the Simple Combat Template. Easy,
simple, pretty self-explanatory. On the first volley, all three Tholian CA's
use 1/3 of their energy to spin a web on the surviving Klingon CA. On the
second they destroy it while it is held helpless.

KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 rolls:60 40(1)o/20d
KCA3 destroyed
TCA rolls:30 o/10d/10w
TCA rolls:10 o/6(1)d/4w
TCA rolls:30 o/20(1)d/10w
results
KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 destroyed
TCA damage: 4/35
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35

KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 rolls: o/d#webbed 1/3
KCA3 destroyed
TCA rolls:10 6o/d/4w
TCA rolls:10 6o/d/4w
TCA rolls:50 33o/d/17w
results
KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 destroyed
KCA3 destroyed
TCA damage: 4/35
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35


Here are the turn logs:

Round One

KCA1 rolls:60 30(1)o/30d
KCA2 rolls:40 10(1)o/30d
KCA3 rolls:50 25(1)o/25d
TCA rolls:30 o/20d/10(1)w
TCA rolls:10 o/6(1)d/4(1)w
TCA rolls:20 o/20(1)d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: 19/35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35

KCA1 rolls:40 20(1)o/20d
KCA2 rolls:40 20(1)o/20d
KCA3 rolls:10 10(2)o/d
TCA rolls:30 o/20d/10(1)w
TCA rolls:60 o/30(1)30d/w
TCA rolls:50 o/35(1)15d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: 19/35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35

KCA1 rolls:10 o/10d
KCA2 rolls:40 25(1)o/15d
KCA3 rolls:60 50(1)o/10d
TCA rolls:60 o/40d/20(1)w
TCA rolls:30 o/20(1)10d/w
TCA rolls:60 45(3)o/15(1)d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 destroyed
TCA damage: 19/35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35

KCA1 rolls: o/d#webbed 1/3
KCA2 rolls:50 50(1)o/d
TCA rolls:30 15(1)o/15d/w
TCA rolls:40 20(1)o/20(1)d/w
TCA rolls:20 5(2)o/15(1)d/w
results
KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 damage: 5/35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35

KCA2 rolls:60 o/60d
TCA rolls:60 40o/d/20w
TCA rolls:40 26o/d/14w
TCA rolls:60 40o/d/20w
results
KCA2 destroyed
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35

Tholians win

Round Two

KCA1 rolls:40 20(1)o/20d
KCA2 rolls:40 20(2)o/20d
KCA3 rolls:10 10(2)o/d
TCA rolls:20 o/20d/w
TCA rolls:60 20(2)o/20d/20(2)w
TCA rolls:10 o/10d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: 10/35
TCA damage: /35

KCA1 rolls:50 25(2)o/25d
KCA2 rolls:50 25(2)o/25d
KCA3 rolls:40 40(2)o/d
TCA rolls:10 o/10(2)d/w
TCA rolls:50 o/32d/18(2)w
TCA rolls:20 o/20(2)d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA destroyed
TCA damage: /35

KCA1 rolls:20 o/20d
KCA2 rolls:30 o/30d
KCA3 rolls:50 35(2)o/15(2)d
TCA rolls:30 15(2)o/15d/w
TCA rolls:30 30(2)o/d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA destroyed
TCA destroyed

KCA1 rolls:50 50o/d
KCA2 rolls:20 20o/d
KCA3 rolls:10 10o/d
TCA rolls:40 o/40d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA destroyed
TCA destroyed
TCA destroyed

Klingons win

Round Three

KCA1 rolls:40 15(1)o/25d
KCA2 rolls:30 15(1)o/15d
KCA3 rolls:40 40(1)o/d
TCA rolls:10 o/10d/w
TCA rolls:30 o/15(1)15d/w
TCA rolls:50 o/25(1)25d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35

KCA1 rolls:60 30(1)o/30d
KCA2 rolls:20 10(1)o/10d
KCA3 rolls:50 25(3)o/25d
TCA rolls:40 o/40d/w
TCA rolls:50 o/25(1)25d/w
TCA rolls:50 45(2)o/5d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 destroyed
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: 20/35

KCA1 rolls:60 40(1)o/20d
KCA3 rolls:30 20(1)o/10d
TCA rolls:60 o/20(each)d/w
TCA rolls:50 o/25(1)25d/w
TCA rolls:20 o/25(1)d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 destroyed
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: 20/35

KCA1 rolls:20 o/20d
KCA3 rolls:10 o/10d
TCA rolls:30 20(1)o/10d/w
TCA rolls:60 35(1)25(3)o/d/w
TCA rolls:40 40(3)o/d/w
results
KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 destroyed
KCA3 destroyed
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: 20/35

Tholians win

Round 4

KCA1 rolls:10 o/10d
KCA2 rolls:50 o/20(1)30d
KCA3 rolls:30 o/30(1)d
TCA rolls:40 o/40d/w
TCA rolls:60 30(1)o/30d/w
TCA rolls:60 20(1)20(2)o/20d/w
results
KCA1 damage: /35
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35

KCA1 rolls:10 o/10d
KCA2 rolls:60 o/30(1)30d
KCA3 rolls:60 o/40(1)20d
TCA rolls:60 40(1)o/20d/w
TCA rolls:60 40(1)o/20d/w
TCA rolls:40 40(1)o/d/w
results
KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: /35

KCA2 rolls:40 o/40d
KCA3 rolls:60 35(2)o/25(2)d
TCA rolls:10 o/10d/w
TCA rolls:50 50(2)o/d/w
TCA rolls:50 35(3)o/15(2)d/w
results?
KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 destroyed
TCA damage: /35
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35

KCA2 rolls:60 40(1)o/20d
TCA rolls:30 o/10d/10w
TCA rolls:10 o/6(1)d/4w
TCA rolls:30 o/20(1)d/10w
results
KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 damage: /35
KCA3 destroyed
TCA damage: 4/35
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35

KCA2 rolls: o/d#webbed 1/3
TCA rolls:10 6o/d/4w
TCA rolls:10 6o/d/4w
TCA rolls:50 33o/d/17w
results
KCA1 destroyed
KCA2 destroyed
KCA3 destroyed
TCA damage: 4/35
TCA damage: 20/35
TCA damage: /35

Tholians win

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