So Ill be working on the Imperial Assault Math stuff in my spare time. With lots of updating, in the mean time you may find this interesting. For the dice, Im counting average dice rolls, not including the average damage + surge or average range +surge.

IMPERIALS

Average Damage: 5.167 (Can Damage for 2-8)

Average Surge: 1.167

Card

Mercenary

*IG-88

Attack: whatever two dice you want

So I rolled different dice and recorded every combination that they could produce.... after doing this I fell in love with the way the reinvented the d6 ( Not as clumsy or random as a normal d6; an elegant die for a more civilized gamer)
D=Damage, R=Range, S=Surge
Red/Red

Green/Red

Green/Green

Blue/Green

Blue/Blue

Blue/Yellow

Blue Yellow Green

Blue Yellow Red

Blue Yellow Yellow

Green Yellow Red

More to come! I am also thinking I should make a nice list to quickly show threat range, hp, speed, and what your getting per point (such as 3 storm troopers for 2 points each, and how that relates to an eweb engineer)

This was an interesting read. First time I've seen all the Rebel Heroes named.

Agreed, even if I did not understand any of it.

Glad its interesting to read If there is anything you dont understand, please let me know so I can make it less confusing.


DISREGARD THIS POST. ERRORS HAVE BEEN FIXED.
Update:Every unit should be correct math wise.

The Following need the dice re calibrated (spoiler tag isnt working as I want it too...)

Well seeing as how math is not my strong subject, I don't know how people figure out all the probabilities and whatever. I know a lot of people say it should be X however, someone else will usually post and say they did the math wrong and it should be Y. I just read hoping to find out how it is done so that I can understand it and check the work to see if it is correct (relating to the character that I will be playing).

Ok so this is how I did it, I gave each side of a die a number (6 numbers for each die)

This is what each die can do
The first number is the number of hits, the second number is the range number, and the last number is the Surge

I would repeat this process 4 more times

Adding a third die isnt that hard. Now you take a third die ("Blue") and put it on side one, then you take yellow and green and run through all 36 possibilities for that die, flip the blue die to 2 and repeat. Each die you had multiples your total by 6 (6,36,216...)

Now the reason why I use excel and figure out every combination is so I can analyze it. If the lowest combination of range I can hit is 3, and the max is 10, what are my chances of hitting you at range 6, how much worse does it get at range 7, or how much better at range 5. If you see a hit ratio like 15/16, that means every 16 times I shoot, I will only miss once. If you see a number like 1/36, it means I can shoot 36 times and Im only likely to hit you once.

I am however only scratching the surface of the probabilities behind this game (which I am loving)

Im going to go in depth in two more categories then add it to each unit, and create a nice little card for each unit.
The first is surge. Surge is very important, and can sometimes add range if you need it. I havent shown the calculations for it yet, because Im avoiding the bullet so far.... (not to mention surge cancellations)

The second is Reroll. Do you reroll when you want a better range or more damage. This one is easy enough to figure which die to reroll, figuring out when you want to reroll, and how much it improves your chances is a very rough task.

Have any other questions?

So you do that all in a program. You did not do it all by hand? But you understand how it works by hand which is why you can put it in a program.

I guess I have two questions

1. Are you posting all of your results when done?

2 How do I set up a program to do this?

1. yes, all the results are posted encase you, or anyone else wants to analyze the information. Some useful information you may want is if you have a +2 range that requires a surge. A storm trooper has a range of 3-8, and if you are at range 5, having a surge will matter on only the range 3-4.

2. I just started using excel about a year ago, and am in love with it. I wrote an xwing tournament sheet which helped me understand vlookups which is the main formula that I use.

2. I just started using excel about a year ago, and am in love with it. I wrote an xwing tournament sheet which helped me understand vlookups which is the main formula that I use.

And now we get to enjoy the results! Thanks for sharing!

Update!
Ive begun adding Surge calculations, (Storm Trooper, and Elite Storm Trooper)
Notice how the stats change because of the +2 or the +3 Accuracy

(I will add the storm trooper reroll eventually...)

Update: Ok, Imperial Officer has been corrected (I thought focus was yellow, not green).

Ive added stats into the mercenary faction (woot woot!)

and updated surge ranges (the eweb is the last imperial who requires it filled in!)

Hopefully some time this week I can dissect some more stats for you (especially on the rebel side)

@Torresse That is a great way to learn Probability Stats, do it physically, then automate , the next step is to use formulas for correlation , Mean, median , SD etc.

You then get a good idea of the most common result as well as the average and how much variance from the average. The stuff us gamers learn by playing and osmosis. The old Avalon Hill articles "..by the numbers" and valid stuff for any General or midshipma or Engineer (me)

The good news, these are all available in excel. Michael Herrmans Channel on you tube has lots of tutorials for excel and statistics.

A lot of your excel sheet could have been done with the formulaes.

Keep it up and remember mathematics always has an answer and you can always work out the rule (formulae) like you did, by hand.

The yellow die does have a two dam and two acc. The blue has two dam too.

Thanks for this - I get hold of my copy tomorrow so haven't got the dice in hand yet. I've managed to figure out the different faces of the attack dice from the above. Can any tell me what different results are available on the defense dice (black and white).

Thanks for this - I get hold of my copy tomorrow so haven't got the dice in hand yet. I've managed to figure out the different faces of the attack dice from the above. Can any tell me what different results are available on the defense dice (black and white).

Really liking the look of these dice mechanics - its seems to me that:

Red - best damage dice, no range and worst for surge

Green - average across the board

Yellow - best surge dice, average range, poor damage

Blue - best range, average damage and surge

So if you have IG88 where you get a choice or dice, or two weapons with different dice, you are going get some really good tactical decisions based on range, surge abilities etc

This is fantastic. Thanks!

One clarification. On Luke's card it looks like his saber attack is one red and one yellow. No blue, but the numbers above have the third die. Just wondering if I'm missing something. Thanks.

Hey guys. I really do appreciate the feedback. You are right about Luke, I will have to fix him (I was just starting to like him too)

Hey guys. I really do appreciate the feedback. You are right about Luke, I will have to fix him (I was just starting to like him too)

Yeah, I still like him quite a bit (he's the Rebel IA Version of Howlrunner), but he won't be quite the CC damage dealer, though I think he'll have great flexibility with the right cards.