[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Arryn:
Graeme, thanks for the flamebait "you are not the ultimate authority on how the game should work". You do not need to be insulting to disagree or make a point. I'll simply respond that neither are you. Take your own advice.

I'm not the one who posted a poll where you insulted the devs by telling them that you know what the game needs more than they do. I'm quite fed up with your attitude and constant harping about the battle AI. It mostly indicates your lack of understanding about game mechanics.

"How are ground troops supposed to be able to tell where the rear of an enemy army is?" was already answered by Norfleet. I suggest you read his post.

His post says absolutely nothing about how an infantry unit is supposed to tell where the rear of an enemy army is. Why don't you answer the question?

"Rings of warning have no effect on guards during battle. I suggest that you learn more about the game mechanics before stating how they should work." Yet more insults. Thank you. Last refuge of those who are ill-prepared to defend their views or have their own axes to grind. I try not to confuse any liking or disliking of someone with what they have to say. If I did, then I'd always ignore you.

Rings of warning _do not_ have an effect in a general battle situation, and your statement that they would help defense is going to do nothing more than confuse people into thinking that they might. I feel quite justified in insulting you, especially after your recent tirade towards Argitoth, and your almost constant whinging about battle AI.

Rings do have an effect. They allow more guards against assassinations, which is a special sort of battle, the type that would otherwise not allow you to have more than 5 defenders.

Please explain to me how that is at all relevant to the issue at hand, which is "attack rearmost", not "assasinations".

In a regular battle, you can of course have more than 5 defenders. I understand the mechanics just fine. Perhaps you don't understand the concept of *context*, or are simply looking for excuses to nitpick and insult me. Your motives are questionable, at best.

Please explain to me how I was supposed to know that you were talking about assasinations, especially when the entire thread is about general melee. As for your complaints about my motives, I suggest you go back and check out your Last poll.