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alexjiang1 · (This post was last modified: 12-13-2012 11:54 AM by alexjiang1.)

But in chess, the value of each unit shifts based on the position. For example, a dark squared bishop locked behind some dark squared bishop isn't worth nearly as much as your opponents dark squared bishop. Another example is sacrificing a rook to ensure the promotion of a pawn, he might be temporarily up a rook but that pawn is worth loads more

(12-13-2012 11:47 AM)game_taker Wrote:
(12-13-2012 11:40 AM)TheQwertiest Wrote:
(12-13-2012 11:32 AM)Alvendor Wrote: I always thought of valuing units in wits in the same way a bishop is worth approx 3 pawns in chess. That is until the recent update, I haven't got my head around a good way of valuing units in wits. Now it seems to be a lot more dependent on the situation. A runner you move out is usually worth 2 wits. But if opponent can move and kill it without consequences, it might only be worth 1 wit as it removes 1 wit from the opponent. These type of situations seems a lot more common with the wit for kill rule.

Some exchanges are still straightforward to calculate by thinking if your wit investment is less than the opponents though.

i think the officers are invaluable and their worth cannot be approximated with pawns.

I'm not a professional chess player but I always value every piece in chess including pawns. Unless I have some bigger plan I wouldn't let my opponent just kill a pawn without him losing another pawn or some other peice

You're correct, being up a pawn and having no positional disadvantage results in a easy win