Heroscapers
Go Back   Heroscapers > Blogs


Old

Customs Creation - May 2016 (Bonus Article)

Posted May 2nd, 2017 at 10:44 AM by HS Codex
Updated May 11th, 2017 at 07:22 PM by Xotli

YACE
Special Powers
Author: IshMEL

Back in October, I introduced YACE (Yet Another Cost Estimator), a formula to estimate the cost of your custom. This month, I’ll take a look at how to use the formula to “price” special attacks and d20 powers.

The purpose of the YACE formula is to give you an initial idea of a unit’s cost. You’ll still need to test, of course, and no formula can replace that. But, you need to start somewhere, and YACE can help get you in the right ballpark, or whatever sports metaphor you’d like to use for “close but not exact.”

To review, here’s the formula, arrived at through regression analysis:
  • Estimated Points = (20 × Lives) + (2 × Adjusted Move) + (5 × Range) + (15 × Attack) + (17 × Defense) + (4 × APT) – 115

Where:
  • “Lives” is life for heroes, or number of figures
...
HS Codex's Avatar
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments 0 HS Codex is offline

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:48 PM.

Heroscape background footer

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.