Why didn't the ghost king rout?

ioticus · #1 August 29th, 2005, 12:28 PM

Can someone look at the battle replay in Caelum and tell me why the ghost king didn't rout when the rest of the army was destroyed? I lost a lot of vine ogres in that battle. Thanks.

Molog · #2 August 29th, 2005, 04:34 PM

Jurri · #3 August 29th, 2005, 05:13 PM

I don't think normal routing rules persist when defending a castle. It would seem to me that your commaders won't retreat unless instructed to; dunno whether it's a bug, feature, or the anchovies from the dinner yesterday.

Ballbarian · #4 August 29th, 2005, 07:52 PM

Isn't the ghost king immortal? I think I remember reading somewhere that immortal pretenders never rout. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time!

Jurri · #5 August 29th, 2005, 07:58 PM

He's not immortal. You're thinking Vampire Queen, I'm sure

Cainehill · #6 August 29th, 2005, 08:07 PM

There's been a number of inconsistencies in the routing mechanism for quite some time. I believe the term is "bugs", albeit the devs have never actually commented on whether or not it's a "feature".