Caledfwlch Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 I was told of a underdog bonus. But when I tried it it didn't work. Does the underdog bonus still work? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardoon Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 There was an "underdog" bonus that used to be related to the number of deployed troops. It is my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) that that bonus no longer exists - or if it does the exact numbers are no longer common knowledge. There is a "new underdog" bonus afforded to nations which have significantly less tech than their attackers. I believe nations with less tech are receiving the "underdog" bonus in defensive wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mitchell Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 (edited) I believe the underdog bonus is a total myth. Edited December 23, 2007 by King Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledfwlch Posted December 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Thanks, anyone else agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mitchell Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 (edited) Thanks, anyone else agree? There's no denying it, and there's no proof it does or ever existed, I'm sure. I could be wrong. A trend started when people with low battle odds tended to win. I don't think it was anything more than a coincidence. Then you have your conspirators... Edited December 23, 2007 by King Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 I believe admin himself said it didn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaGneT Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 (edited) Well, back in the UJW, I'd deploy minimal soldiers, and have battle odds of below 8% almost every time. I'd run an aggressive attack, it'd say "defeat", but I'd only lose 100 or so soldiers, steal max tech, land, and a handful of cash. And destroy 20 infra. So when fighting 4 nations at once, I'd get 40 tech a night, at very little cost. I'd refer to that as an "underdog bonus". Edited December 23, 2007 by MaGneT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 I believe admin himself said it didn't exist. yes, i remember that. Basically he once said the underdog bonus never existed, so some "win streaks" with specific amounts of attackforces against a defending nation were pure luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbiased mod Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 the Attack feature still has some random numbers in it, so luck is indeed needed sure it happens that an uber nation loses, but hey, in RL that happens too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joethemaster Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 i think underdog bonus is just the effeincy (sorry cant spell ) of the solders :jihad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallfrog Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) You can pull battle odds slightly more in your favor at lower odds with a cautious attack, but thats as far as it goes. And in a defensive battle the defender has slightly higher odds of victory Edited December 31, 2007 by Smallfrog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotherington Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 If you attack with very low odds you may cause infra damage and steal land and tech, but you will lose money as though you lost the attack (and it will tell you you lost). To me that is all there is to the underdog attack, it is rarely a good strategy to purposefully deploy little in order to get low odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 If you attack with very low odds you may cause infra damage and steal land and tech, but you will lose money as though you lost the attack (and it will tell you you lost). To me that is all there is to the underdog attack, it is rarely a good strategy to purposefully deploy little in order to get low odds. I ad to use this in GWIII due to being massively outgunned (RIA was bulky in the lower ranks at the time, but our top tier was rather sparse) as well as having my ability to weild a large military slightly hampered by an unfortunately timed falling asleep. I managed to do max damag in all of my attacks but only "won" one of them. Incidentally, it worked fine for me because my war chest at the time was laughable, so I had nothing to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinigamiSama Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 The underdog bonus does exist, I use it all the time on tech raids. Deploy troops so you have 5-15% odds, and aggressive attack. It will say you lose, but you'll gain several levels of tech and land while destroying infra and sometimes even stealing $$$. In other words don't listen to admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivi Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 In other words don't listen to admin. Because that is a great idea... (never do this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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