What is fair fight in Torn?

Fair fight (FF) is a respect multiplier for attacks, ranging from 1x to 3x. It is higher when the target's battle stats are similar to yours.^[1] It was introduced on 10/11/17 with Attacking respect and Chaining 2.0.^[2]

Fair fight is not a game mode. It is a modifier on the respect a successful attack earns, and it depends only on the battle stats of the attacker and the defender.^[1]

How it works

• Attacking someone with roughly 75% of your total battle stats or higher gives FF 3x.^[1]
• The lower the target's stats are compared to yours, the more FF tends toward 1x.^[1]
• Hitting anyone with a battle stat score higher than the player with the 1000th-highest battle stats gives a full 3x.^[1]

History

Fair fight was introduced with Attacking respect and Chaining 2.0 on 10/11/17.^[2] The 16/01/18 patch added a default maximum fair fight bonus for attacks between players with very high stats and reduced the requirements for maximum FF.^[2]

Overseas attacking, meaning hitting a target in another country, applies a separate 1.25x multiplier.^[1] The wiki says JTS (Journal of Torn Science) derived the exact formula, but the captured text does not include it.^[1] Whether FF also affects ranked war scoring is not established by these sources.