SO, I WAS JUST SITTING HERE WONDERING SOME THINGS FOR NO REAL REASON AT ALL, TOTALLY INNOCENTLY. IF ANYONE WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE IS BORED ENOUGH TO ANSWER, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I KNOW I COULD PROBABLY FIND EACH OF THESE ANSWERS ELSEWHERE ON THIS BOARD, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN HOUR TO SIFT THROUGH ALL THE POSTS HERE.

HERE ARE THE SEVERAL TOTALLY INNOCENT QUESTIONS, WHICH ALSO ALL HAPPEN TO BE COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO EACH OTHER:

HOW MUCH DOES EACH SUCCESSFUL DEMORALIZE OP REDUCE THE READINESS OF THE TARGET?

HOW MUCH DOES EACH EM MISSILE REDUCE THE READINESS OF THE TARGET?

IN DEFENSE AGAINST SPECIAL ATTACKS, DOES READINESS CORRELATE DIRECTLY TO A WEAKENING OF THE TARGET'S POWER? IE, A TARGET WITH 100K TANKS AND READINESS OF 80% HAS AN EFFECTIVE STRENGTH OF 80K TANKS AGAINST ARTILLERY BARRAGES? OR DOES IT WORK DIFFERENTLY.

I HAVE HEARD THAT BEYOND 75%, READINESS CEASES TO AFFECT DEFENSIVE STRENGTH. IS THIS TRUE?

APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF A DEFENDER'S FORCES ARE LOST PER SUCCESSFUL SPECIAL ATTACK?

HOW MUCH TIME MUST BE SPENT ON A TREADMILL, AND AT WHAT SPEED, TO BURN OFF THE CALORIES FROM ONE TACO BELL VOLCANO BURRITO?

HA!

SAM
HIGH INQUISITOR,
THE MIGHTY CLAN [DANGER]!

10 demos drop readines to around 70%.

Each successful Demoralize reduces the remaining readiness by 5% of the remaining readiness.

EM reduction to readiness is not clear, people do not normally use EMs to reduce readiness, it's about 1 to 2%.

Readiness works exactly like you described.

Readiness is capped at 70% when defending (if the target has lower than 70%, he defends at 70%).

Approximately 5%.

None. Just fart out the flames.

THANKS MARSHAL AND XINHUAN. SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE READINESS THING CORRECTLY, EACH DEMO OP REDUCES READINESS TO 95% OF CURRENT LEVEL? 1ST OP REDUCES TO 95%, THEN 2ND TO 95% OF 95.. ETC?

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THE TACO BELL ADVICE. YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD KNOW THESE THINGS BY NOW JUST FROM EXPERIENCE, BUT WHEN I'M CONSUMING TACO BELL, I AM ALSO USUALLY INEBRIATED.

its 5% drop per succesfull demo op.

edit: *smacks dumb sam* you should know all of that since you've played long time.

It's 5% of remaining readiness, Marshal. Not 5% flat.

10 successful demos would drop the target to 60% readiness (not to "around 70%"), but it defends at 70%.

But yes, you got it Sam.

THANKS AGAIN GUYS.

SINCE THERE WAS DISAGREEMENT HERE, WE TESTED IT LAST NIGHT. AFTER 6 DEMORALIZE OPS, OUR TARGET WAS AT 74% READINESS. THE 7TH OP DROPPED HIM TO 70%. ACCORDING TO THE TERRIBLE SPREADSHEET OF DEVESTATION, XINHUAN IS CORRECT.

unless your target's spal is non-existant its better to do 10 demos in row.

Umm no?

You just do 7. If any out of those 7 fail, say 2 of them, you then do another 2, repeating the amount that failed so that you get exactly 7 successful ones with minimal turns.

Readiness = 0.95^(n-1) * 100 where n is the number of successful demos.

7 Sucessful Demos : 0.95^(7-1) * 100 = 73.5%
10 Suceesful Demos : 0.95&(10-1) * 100 = 63%, however 70% is the lowest it can go(even if it shows 63%)

that's not correct. 7 demos drops readiness to 70% not 73.5

On demo, the first two succesful reduce readiness by 5% each, the next five succesful, lower by 4% each.

:)