Farbourne
Rear Admiral
So I've been looking over all the neat source materials that come with the GOG WC3 release. I have an eye to make a WC3 version of my Excel WC1 ship comparer, so I'm looking at ship stats.
Unsurprisingly, the different source materials don't entirely agree when it comes to ship stats. Some things I can figure out from the game (i.e., I know the Hellcat actually mounts two ion cannons and two neutrons, despite all of the source materials implying something different), but some of the stats (like YPR, or numerical shield thickness) I have to get from the source materials.
There are four different source materials bundled with WC3: Victory Streak (the WC3 manual), "Warbirds" (whatever that is), the Official Origin Guide to WC3, and the WC3 Authorized Combat Guide.
I'm assuming the discrepancies arise because the earliest materials were written before the game was finalized and the developers were tweaking stats for game balance. What was the cronology of the four different souce materials? Anyone know? The most recent one should be the most accurate, I would imagine... Would that be the Authorized Combat Guide (it seems to be the closest to observable in-game traits, when there is disagreement).
Unsurprisingly, the different source materials don't entirely agree when it comes to ship stats. Some things I can figure out from the game (i.e., I know the Hellcat actually mounts two ion cannons and two neutrons, despite all of the source materials implying something different), but some of the stats (like YPR, or numerical shield thickness) I have to get from the source materials.
There are four different source materials bundled with WC3: Victory Streak (the WC3 manual), "Warbirds" (whatever that is), the Official Origin Guide to WC3, and the WC3 Authorized Combat Guide.
I'm assuming the discrepancies arise because the earliest materials were written before the game was finalized and the developers were tweaking stats for game balance. What was the cronology of the four different souce materials? Anyone know? The most recent one should be the most accurate, I would imagine... Would that be the Authorized Combat Guide (it seems to be the closest to observable in-game traits, when there is disagreement).