User:Twentypence

Mouse Difficulties Theory

The Mice page contains a value for the difficulty of catching each mouse, this changes as the hunter changes their trap setup.

Going through and recording these values I noticed that there is a relationship between the different difficulty ratings.

Using the following formula: Trap Power / (Trap Power + number at which mouse difficulty becomes challenging); I've come up with the following boundaries.

Difficulty Rating	Min	Max
Near Impossible	0.32%	0.36%
Overpowering	7.89%	8.19%
Very Difficult	34.88%	35.30%
Challenging	50.00%	50.00%
Moderate	64.84%	65.31%
Easy	89.78%	90.25%
Effortless	94.80%	95.20%

Following on from this, and after testing the numbers I believe that the difficulties represent the probability of catching the mouse (excluding the effect of hunter's title and the luck of the trap, so this is purely based on power).

Difficulty Rating	Probability
Overawing	0% to 1/3%
Near Impossible	1/3% to 8%
Overpowering	8% to 35%
Very Difficult	35% to 50%
Challenging	50% to 65%
Moderate	65% to 90%
Easy	90% to 95%
Effortless	95% to 100%

The results of my work can be found easily here: http://mousehunt.thetoxiczone.com/mousehunt_difficulty_generator.html

Trap Effectiveness

Based upon the above difficulties there may be a relationship between the power types of traps compared to the power types of mice.