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bausson | 11 years ago

Well, looking at the video, 11mn in, i see a weird system simplification: * 6 = 6a + 7h + i * 4 = 4a + 5h + i

get "reduced" to: * 1 = a + 1.16h + i * 1 = a + 1.25h + i

I wonder why it isn't i/6 and i/4... basic mistake or I missed something?

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pmalynin|11 years ago

It's a trick from calculus, when you do an operation on a constant, that doesn't make it dependent on the variable, it is still a constant.

scrollaway|11 years ago

Funny thing here is it's not corrct to do that either. Because some attack/health values are better than some others even though they may be lower. For example, 4 attack is vastly superior to 5 against Priest, and 6 is vastly superior to 7 against all classes, because of certain cards which affects enemy minions with a minimum attack value of 5 and 7 respectively.

So War Golem (7/7 for 7) is a lot worse than Boulderfist Ogre (6/7 for 6).

bausson|11 years ago

Wow, OK, weird.

Aren't a and h supposed to be constant here too, just unresolved ones?

pkrs|11 years ago

You're thinking about Big O notation, which is not the case here

pkrs|11 years ago

Clearly a mistake in my opinion, fortunately point is still valid regardless.

a + 1.16h + i/6 < a + 1.25h + i/4