I know its been said before....
 

But ! how bloody annoying is it when your mages cast spells that are tottally inapropriate...

I was just enjoying an opening game as Mictlan, had a nice army of mages and my water mage cast breath of winter, killing my prophet, a hero and the 2 pyromancers that I had with them as artillary.

Bah, you should be able to tell a mage not to cast certain spells. Or at least have a routine in the AI to not wipe out friendly forces.

Spiro

Re: I know its been said before....
 

heh, that reminds me of when i n00bishly had a non fire resistant guy kill himself summoning fire elementals. course, that was my fault, not the commander's ai

Re: I know its been said before....
 

Will friendly troops in the vicinity catch on fire from summoned fire elementals, assuming they are not fire resistance.

Krool

Re: I know its been said before....
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes, they will. Friendly troops, including the caster itself, can also be killed by poorly-planned spells. You will all too frequently see the AI become victim to such things. It'd be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

Re: I know its been said before....
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I feel your pain. Believe me. I now don't even put mages that can cast the spell into battle with other troops, further increasing my general disdain for water (clams I know and quickness, but not much else)

According to Johan in this thread the AI is working correctly. It's supposed to cast breath of winter if no troops are nearby. I don't quite understand the explanation when it completely ignores friendly troops, but in that thread it doesn't seem like Illwinter considers it to be "broken".

Darryl