Tien Chi Conscription
 

Has anybody figured out what this does? From the description, I expected to see province defences increasing in provinces with order, but that isn't happening.

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I also wondered about that. Maybe it's only visible in actual battles, and you get more militia?

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It adds "Slave" troops to your army. They have a spear and wear white robes. They are junk troops, but you get what you pay for. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Slaves? Only Mictlan is supposed to get slaves.

Conscription causes random increases in defence of provinces. Order affects the chances of an increase. High defence reduces the chance.

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Wow, that's an incredibly nice ability, especially for obsessive people like me that blow their cash on defense=) I know I shouldn't, but it's always so tempting... just 1 more! =)

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Sorry. My bad. The effect is exactly what I expected, and as Kristoffer hinted, it isn't very powerful. I just didn't wait long enough for it to appear. Provinces which I have owned for a dozen turns or so but left with no defence now have a defence of two, and the province which I have owned the longest, but bought a dozen defence for, has seen no further increase.

[ November 19, 2003, 18:05: Message edited by: Truper ]

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>Slaves? Only Mictlan is supposed to get slaves.

My mistake, it is Mict that gets the slaves.

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How much do these commanders that can conscript cost?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Tien Chi's conscription is automatic in their dominion and dependent on order scale and defense allready present in province. The capture slaves order for Mictlan is available to Tribal Kings and Priest Kings for 45 and 250 respectively. Using the Priest Kings to capture slaves is not very cost effective even if they do get more than the tribal kings.

[ November 19, 2003, 21:59: Message edited by: johan osterman ]

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Has anyone EVER seen that work, EVER?
I just tried out a T'ien game (standard theme of course) and set for Order 3 and a dominion of 7 (using Oracle).

I kept a good eye on my PD, and I never once saw it improve, ever, even with Order 3.

Is this a bug?
Or is the improvment you have been hinting at somehow... intangible? But nevertheless there?