Talk:Psionics
Just had a thought on the formula!
What if the "Psionic Combat Strength" formula was a ' + ' rather than a ' * ' ?
It would mean the example Soldier would have a PCS of 111, rather than 1520, and the defending Muton would have:
Panic Chance = 76% MC Chance = 56%
These numbers seem more reasonable, don't you think?
--Danial 15:32, 19 Nov 2005 (PST)
Right, it sounds much more reasonable now. My actual results were 1192 successes out of 2420 tries = 49.26% success rate. The MCer was right next to MC victim, and we know distance introduces some kind of decrease to base chance. That's the good news. The bad news is that I also tested psi str 95, skill 44 (and some higher skill levels) and never failed to MC once with these better MCers. Using your revision, a psi str 95, skill 44 guy should have had a success rate of 84% vs. a beginner Muton soldier (psi str 25, skill 0), not 100%. My higher-skill guys were also right next to their MC victims. So, to me the first example makes sense relative to your idea (fits base chance, plus a little distance adds a little more), but the second example counters it.
Still, it sounds WAY better than 1500% :)
I sure wish psi testing wasn't so labor intensive. I got those 2400 counts doing all that experience testing... not interested in doing it again, just for psi equations. At least not at the moment. :P ---MikeTheRed 21:12, 23 Nov 2005 (PST)