Simulated 1000 fights with 80% accuracy and equal speed. First-to-lead
wins 60.4% of decided fights, confirming combo system is balanced.
No decay or comeback mechanics needed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Both-correct fights could almost never produce critical hits because
max margin at typical speed differences was ~2.2, far below threshold
of 4. Lowering to 3 yields ~15% critical hit rate (target 10-20%),
making speed differences produce more exciting fight dynamics.
Research findings: simulated 1000 fights with both bots answering
correctly. Critical rate went from 0% to 15.3% with new threshold.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>