I've seen a lot of posts saying stuff along the lines of "+1 CS doesn't seem so good when units have 50" or "The bonus CS from Veterancy is way more impactful in the early eras" I just want to clear up a lot of these misconceptions and show that an extra 1 CS is just as valuable in the ancient era as it is in the Early Modern.
Combat Strength is based off a comparison between your unit and the unit you're fighting. It's incorrect to look at it in total amount. Your unit strength - opponent strength = difference that difference is used to calculate damage. This means that a difference of one point when you have 12 overall, is just as impactful as a difference of one point when you have 42 overall. It's all relative.
In addition, here's a table of the Lucy Opendev(The older opendev) damage calculations to get a better understanding, notice how it says "difference in strength" and not "Total strength"
difference in strength damage to strongest unit damage to weakest unit
Standard Deviations of Unit combat strength (CS) as of the Victor OpenDev
Ancient Era
Classical Era
Medieval Era
Early Modern Era
Industrial Era
Land Units (Generic & Emblematic Units, No settlers/city defense)
3.3551
2.7455
4.3258
3.0451
3.3693
Land Units with every Class Trait and Specialty Trait applied (Phalanx assumes 3 adjacencies)
5.3825
5.3682
5.4414
3.8470
4.5492
Naval Units (Generic & Emblematic Units, including Transports) with every Class Trait and Specialty Trait applied
0.7071
7.0710
1.4142
5.9960
7.0474
In this context, the standard deviation of CS would be how far-removed the units of the era as a whole are from the mean/average CS of that era. All numbers are truncated to the ten-thousandths place.
Pending Updates:
Phalanx bonuses are essentially doubled Friendly Adjacent Ally bonuses
Hunnic Hordes are effectively 28 CS, not 22 CS
Hittite Gigirs have an extra 1 CS bonus
Conquistadores have a 3 CS bonus in enemy territory
Change the screen that say your unit vs opponent unit (I don't know the exact name) so that is say your unit combat strength (YC) - enemy unit combat strength (EC) = difference. If your is higher, the difference is postitive. it would say something like your unit have the advantage, and if the difference is negative it would say enemy unit have the advantage.
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