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Old December 26th, 2006, 08:48 AM
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Default Re: Why Don\'t My Mages Cast the Spells I Tell Them

Yes, and I like not to have a total (and not 'realistic', but maybe the word here doesn't mean anything ... ;o) control of my troups in a computer game.
But, I don't like to see them make some pretty stupid actions ! (I know, I know, it's very hard to code AI, and I'm not saying that the work is not good, believe me ! I LOVE this game and your work !!! In fact, I had rarely seen a game as good and addictive as yours. Really. But, I always play against the AI because I don't have Internet at home, so, sometimes, it's just a bit frustrating ... But I'll make it ;o).

Some examples (unfortunatly, I had experimented these ...) :
- have your pretender F7 D4 casting over and over Raise Skeletons and NOT Pillar of Fire or Cloud ou Fire or Whatever-wich-strike-hard-and-destroy-the-enemy !!! (fatigue isn't being a problem in this case)
[in fact, and even in Dom2, the IA LOVE casting Raise skeletons .... Not Shadow Blast, not Fear Cloud, not anything BUT Raise skeletons ...]
- have a squad of artillery Mage casting all their overpowered spells on the same enemy groups of pityfull Militia while their heavy infantry cut my troops into pieces on one side and their archers obliterate them on the other side ... (range isn't a problem, as from the first example)
- have the enemy (yes, good for me, but a bit disapointing ...) casting Fire Fly, Flare or anything from Fire Magic onto my full-fire-immune Abysia army ...
- a bit different : had a commander with 'Stay behind troops' makes suddenly a suicide attack on heavy cavalry units, just for fun, during an uncertain battle ...

These are very extreme examples, but sometimes, I wish I could have the possibility of killing them right now, as you suggested !!! :^DDD

Next time : in front of the army 'attack nearest' !!!

P.S : I'm not an English speaker, so, excuse my mistakes.
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