The numbers don't add up...

The Drefetr

Digger
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Dec 31, 2007
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News from your sources is that in 7 ticks, 41,350,000 people from XXXXXXX of XXXXXXX [XXXX] will arrive to attack you. Mob ETA was modified by +2 from: Attacking at 30-35% attack range.

It's never fun to see something like that, so I purchased some more troops, and this was the result:

Battle Report - Defending XXX of XXXXXXX [XXXX]
[range] 5,030,994 allied Automoton attacked, killing 13,880,011 hostile staff.

Died: 13,880,011 [£33,118,216,800] enemies dead.

Battle Report - Defending XXX of XXXXXXX [XXXX]
[middle] 5,030,994 allied Automoton attacked, killing 13,903,961 hostile staff.

Died: 13,903,961 [£33,741,345,800] enemies dead.

And finally:

Battle Report - Defending XXX of XXXXXXX [XXXX]
[close] 3,000,925 allied Hippy attacked, distracting 2,577,211 hostile staff.
[close] 1,002,487 allied Yob attacked, disabling 1,464,550 hostile staff.
[close] 5,005,938 allied Small Droid made some funny beeps and disabled 9,394,787 hostile staff.
[close] 174,230 hostile Geo-Phys Thief stole 489 land. [109] tree. [336] bush. [23] flower. [21] grass. [0] uncultivated.

Distracted: 2,577,211 [£6,530,381,200] enemies distracted.
Disabled: 10,859,337 [£33,370,006,200] enemies disabled.


That's a shame, I lost land. Usually I wouldn't have worried, but in this case I was left with a peculiar feeling of unease.
So I got out my calculator and calculated the following:

Incoming: 41,350,000
- 13,880,011 (Killed at Range) = 27,469,989
- 13,903,961 (Killed at Middle) = 13,566,028
- 2,577,211 (Distracted at Close) = 10,988,817
- 10,859,337 (Disabled at Close) = 129,480


129,480 units that had not been killed, distracted, or disabled and yet 174,230 hostile Geo-Phys Thieves still got through? Perhaps someone could enlighten me? What is going on here? Am I unable to use a calculator, or is this supposed to happen?
 

Jorizz

Pruner
Joined
Dec 15, 2007
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Re: The numbers don't add up...

Did he have something like stealth harvs for example?
 

The Drefetr

Digger
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Re: The numbers don't add up...

Jorizz said:
Did he have something like stealth harvs for example?

Not to my knowledge, the size of the incoming didn't increase between when I first saw it to when it finally got to "attacking for three".
 

Jorizz

Pruner
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Re: The numbers don't add up...

You disabled 10 859 337.... and not 10 988 817 I supposed that solves the problem? :p
 

The Drefetr

Digger
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Re: The numbers don't add up...

Jorizz said:
You disabled 10 859 337.... and not 10 988 817 I supposed that solves the problem? :p

I never said or thought that I had disabled 10,988,817 did I?
 

Jorizz

Pruner
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Re: The numbers don't add up...

Oh wait, I'm sorry it's late. I misread your piece.
 

Darryl

Head Gardener
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Re: The numbers don't add up...

Your numbers all seem to be correct. Which route is he? Stealth does seem to be the only possibility.
 

Haplo

Planter
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Dec 14, 2007
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Re: The numbers don't add up...

Are you sure that no one sent after that inc? Two attackers would explain the numbers... Someone maybe piggying with only geos or something :|
 
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