Level CalculationFor calculating the Offense Level of your army, the value of every unit is considered and transferred into an arbitrary score. That score is based on the level, its Army Point Cost and a magic number that acts as a modifier to balance powerful units against weaker units. That score then gets calculated against a theoretical army score on a given level to find out how close you are to your army’s hypothetical power potential of that level.Unit ScoreFirst, the individual score of every of your fielded units is calculated.All Unit Scores add up to the final Player Army ScoreOffense Level ModifiersThe strongest units of a faction have a magic number they bring into the formula. This ensures that, due to their power, these units are also weighted heavier in the calculation of the Offense Level.GDI Offense Level Modifiers: Commando: 2,6 Mammoth: 2,6 Juggernaut: 1,5 Kodiak: 2,6Nod Offense Level Modifiers: Confessor: 1,5 Commando: 2,4 Avatar: 1,5 Specter: 2,6 Salamander: 2,6Any unit not listed can be assumed to have an OLM of 0 (in words: Zero)Theoretical Army ScoreFor calculating the Final Army level another value is needed, the value of an theoretical army using all available army points and has all units at its available max level. This does not take the magical numbers of the OLM into account.Army Score FractionBefore the Final Army Level, a Fraction is calculated based on the Player Army Score compared against the Theoretical Army Score of a given level. The game calculates the Theoretical Army Score from level 1 to 200 (just in case) and then checks the Player Army Score against that array of values. The TAS that is the next lower value to the PAS is then chosen as the Theoretical Army Score for the calculation. Both are subtracted with the TAS that is one level below the TAS corresponding to the PAS.Final Army LevelUltimately the Final Army Level is calculated with the formula below and rounded to two digits after the comma.If the TAS and PAS are identical, this value will return 1, which will result in an even Offense Level equal to the Command Center level, as intended.In some rare cases the Offense level may exceed the CC level. That is when fielding only endgame units with an OLM greater than 0 (see list) in a low-level army; like 6x level 10 Salamanders at a level 10 CC.Naturally, the mix of units is what ultimately decides the effectiveness of your army in combat, not the raw Offense Level alone. The strongest units won't be worth their repair costs if they are not used effectively.

No, to quote Sioxie who already answered that just a few entries above^^"Soixie;c-2048344" wrote:"MainelyYoda2;c-2037060" wrote:How about a formula for defensive units. No one can use artilleryCompletely irrelevant as absolutely no bonus' are used to calculate defense level, it's straight weighted average.

I won't get into the nitty gritty of the generation loop but there is some variance inbcluded, that modifies a Forgotten base's total amount of defense points, something cncopt can't account for as it is only player made. The defense points of a Forgotten base or camp may vary from -20% to +20% of the regular amount a player would have on the same level.At least thats what i can share on the fly.

I"Shinerplunderer;c-2054725" wrote:What I meant is the style of each base that's generated. Some are easier than other due to its low anti-aircraft count. There's a tutorial on how to raid bases with verts/hawks, its this one https://forums.ea.com/en/commandandconquer/discussion/107631/nevermore-advanced-attack-tutorial#latestInteresting link. But to reiterrate, thats more due to randomness involved in the selection of units for a defense layout than a dedicated backdoor. And maybe an issue with balancing?

Recently i was asked if I could go into some detail about how the game estimates the level of your Offense army and so here it is, a little guide on the magic behind the curtain.If there are other aspects of the game you'd like to know more let me know and I'll see what I can reveal to you.

The code is actually much more simple, as it's simply a weighted average based on cost size plus some "magic fairy dust". Since I didn't need the magic dust at the time I never reversed parsed it, thanks for making me want to to do that now.

How your Offense Level is calculated