spy simulator , and attacking spies during war

[stevearno]

( sorry  can't find INFO in glossary )

am i missing something with the spy simulator ? , during war the defensive spy is increased is this the same for attacking spy levels ?

i have just run SPY sim  ( i am the defender )   

attacked with 1000 spies @ level 26

defended with 4000 spies @ level 23  , in counter espionage  tab it says i have 26  counter spy level   ( i loaded my own data into sim... not input manually  ) 

when i ran the sim , i ran it 10 times and each time i won ...10 times in a row ... i then clicked the counter spy button and lost 1000 spies

i ran it again 10 times with the amount i had left , and again i won 10 times ...so pressed it again , and lost another 700 spies

am i missing something or is the spy simulator useless ?
 

[Madzoism]

Counterespionage always shows 3 lvl+ why i'm not sure myself. In war you automatically gain +1 lvl of counterespionage.  Simulator is correct but in game play it doesn't necessary means that the ratio of successful and unsuccessful infiltration or counterespionage will be in that order.

[Madzoism]

Here you can read all concerned about espionage and counterespionage http://www98.imperiaonline.org/imperia/game_v5/game/help/?page=military&race=2#str_military_desc_9_title&lang=en .

[stevearno]

thank you , for replying so quick

i know what you are saying .... but still

if the SIM does not work properly , why have it ?.... it's allowing for poor decisions based on something that is supposed to AID YOU , instead it is doing the opposite 

just imagine if the battle simulator was the same , it would be chaos

you run it 10 times , and if you win ( nearly always your tech calculations/predictions  are correct ) ....you run the battle and win

[Madzoism]

It is not the same, in espionage there is the "factor of luck" so sometimes, rarely but it can happen, someone with 4 lvl lower espionage than your counter can infiltrate his spies and the opposite you can spy someone 20 times in a row and then loose a lot of spies with just 1 spy in defense. 

[stevearno]

pressing the simulator 10 times and ALL being successful , should counter act the luck factor in my favour

and therefore the simulator is useless

it does not work properly , based on it's own laws of average ( luck factor )

i am going to try tomorrow i have another counter spy level in research 

the guy has 100k spies in total but only sends 1k

[Madzoism]

The luck factor works on both sides