As I'm the developing [War Of The Worlds City Builder](https://www.glitch.fun/games/ad467bbb-ca91-44e9-8016-5067cdce954c/play), my goal is remain as close to the original lore as possible, which has challenges, and I need a little thought help.

If you watch the video, the tripod cleans house with the troops, but is this accurate?

In the original book:

* Infantry unit were useless, with the exception of the the alien unit had been damaged with critical parts exposed
* Artillery was effective but it took very precise hits, mainly if it could disable a leg:

Right now I am thinking of something like this:

|Infantry rifle|100+ / effectively 0 damage|Mostly useless|
|:-|:-|:-|


|Machine gun|50+ / negligible|Suppression only|
|:-|:-|:-|


|Light artillery|**10 direct hits**|Can break a leg|
|:-|:-|:-|


|Heavy artillery|**5 direct hits**|Potentially catastrophic|
|:-|:-|:-|


|Naval gun|**1–2 direct hits**|Extremely dangerous to Tripods|
|:-|:-|:-|


|Explosive/mines|**1 good hit**|Can disable legs|
|:-|:-|:-|


|Heat Ray|1 hit|Extremely lethal to humans|
|:-|:-|:-|


  
At the same time though, I don't want a user building 2 naval guns an easily winning these battles, as in the original book, Tripod attack were devasting.

Devlog 2: Need Some Serious Help With Balancing Combat