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Cataph's Formed Defence [obsolete, implemented by CA]

Formation attack used by Cathay units adds a hidden +10 MD

(hidden not by choice, don't @ me).

Why: Formation Attack statistically makes the unit perform worse, not better. The buff attempts to fight that. Also edits the button's tooltip to provide more accurate information.

The presumably unintended behaviour of formation attack is that while your entities take pains to stay in pretty spacing:
- they won't move in or wrap around to attack, thus dealing less damage overall
- they get plinked one by one by attackers, thus actually taking more losses, to the point they even break sooner

These two issues together, on average, make formation attack actually a liability.

The +10MD makes formed units more solid while compensating for the 1v1 plinking. On average, they will now defend better but attack worse than while disabling the formation, so the choice is there. Also, the AI doesn't get shafted by default since they won't disable it. Unformed vs formed duel is now a fair deal rather than the former basically always winning.
Note: I can't do other stats. Don't ask.



You can see Enticity highlight unintended performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_IpVi6KRn4


Compatibility: yes, even with modded units.

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