Hello Halo Community
This post is intended for the more mathematically inclined
So i am interested in finding a formula that is able to express the accuracy required for 1 person to kill 2 people. as i am not fabulously good at maths (still pretty decent)
Before anyone suggests that its just twice the accuracy ill just point a few things out
-After the individual kills one player, their opponents effective damage is halved
-Also they have to be able to kill both opponents before they them selves are killed
So to make the maths a little more simple i was thinking of making a few basic assumptions
-All players are shooting at a rate of 1 bullet per second
-They are all using a pistol so 5 shots to kill
So from just a rough outline of a potential formula i was thinking along the lines of giving the individual player 100% accuracy and using this as 1 and the accuracy of the opposing team as a decimal eg 0.6 for 60%
Also as they accuracy effectively halves when the first player dies they could possibly have a combined accuracy of 1.2 or something similar
I am unsure how to do the part where the player dies and the damage halves in a formula , hence why i am asking you guys
Also ideally id like the number of players to be expressed as “n” so that it can easily be subsituted for if there is 3, 4, 5 players etc (but this isnt necessary by any means)
Ill just take what im given
Sorry for the long post
Thought there might be someone who finds this an interesting exercise out there
I am just curious
I would find it interesting to know how much better at shooting you would need to be
And i am sure there is someone out there who would find this an interesting mathematical exercise , but i definitely understand why people would not be interested themselves and that is fine
I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking. “Accuracy” I would expect to mean what it usually means, which is the probability of hitting a -Yoink-. However, I’m not sure I really understand what you mean by “the accuracy required to kill two people” (paraphrasing). Regardless of the player’s accuracy, there’s always a non-zero probability that they’ll hit an arbitrary amount of shots in a row, which in this case would only need to be ten. Do you perhaps mean the the probability that one player will get two kills in a row, provided all three players only use pistols, and their accuracies are known?
I could possibly help you forward if you can clarify your question.
So if one player is shooting perfectly (eg the ten bullets)
Then how many shots would the other 2 players need to miss in order for him to be able to kill both of them
Eg if they both only hit 2 bullets , although this would be wrong as one player would die and thus it means that the first player to die had far better accuracy than his teammate (as they hit the same amount of bullets in half the time)
So i guess what im asking is ,
If team A (1 player ) walks around a corner and sees Team B (2 players ) , and Team A shoots perfectly , what would be the generalized accuracy for Team B