From 98233d8bff19e9b2c09cebb7f9052ac17604ab5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 1brucben <1benjbruce@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:05:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Adjust troop loss calculations and troop limits (#3652)

## Description:

I think this fixes the stalemate issue mentioned in the previous PR
without restoring the attack loss "bug". I tried making very small
adjustments (possibly too small?) to meet the goal of very gradually
changing the feel of the game.

If stalemate is still an issue, would recommend boosting the toAdd
parameter. I think the issue is not that attack losses are too high
relative to defender, but rather that large attackers get nerfed so much
by this formula. Going up to .8 from .73 is a roughly 10% boost in troop
growth for an attacker that is 4x the size of a defender. Not sure
anyone will notice, but it adds up over game time.

## Please complete the following:

- [X] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [X] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [X] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [X] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced

## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:

1brucben
---
 src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
index 010d6910f..f1e1924d4 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
       const altAttackerLoss =
         1.3 * defenderTroopLoss * (mag / 100) * traitorMod;
       const attackerTroopLoss =
-        0.7 * currentAttackerLoss + 0.3 * altAttackerLoss;
+        0.4 * currentAttackerLoss + 0.6 * altAttackerLoss;
 
       return {
         attackerTroopLoss,
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
     const maxTroops =
       player.type() === PlayerType.Human && this.hasInfiniteTroopsFor(player)
         ? 1_000_000_000
-        : 2 * (Math.pow(player.numTilesOwned(), 0.6) * 1000 + 50000) +
+        : 2 * (Math.pow(player.numTilesOwned(), 0.7) * 1000 + 50000) +
           player
             .units(UnitType.City)
             .filter((u) => !u.isUnderConstruction())
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
   troopIncreaseRate(player: Player): number {
     const max = this.maxTroops(player);
 
-    let toAdd = 10 + Math.pow(player.troops(), 0.73) / 4;
+    let toAdd = 10 + Math.pow(player.troops(), 0.8) / 4;
 
     const ratio = 1 - player.troops() / max;
     toAdd *= ratio;