Poison arrows bug?

thejeff · #1 April 2nd, 2007, 01:16 PM

Should units attacked by poison arrows take poison damage even if they're not hurt by the actual arrow?

It seems to me that the arrow should have to actually penetrate to get the poison into the target.

The situation:
Androphag archers firing on a squad of Vanherse. Arrows fall among the squad. 2 troops take damage, breaking their glamor. Then on Vanheim's turn, the poison takes effect, damage 3 previously unhurt units, breaking their glamor.

I don't know if the arrows were stopped by shield, protection or mirror image.

It seems counter-intuitive that an arrow bouncing off armor or shield, or passing through a mirror image should still poison the target.

Ygorl · #2 April 2nd, 2007, 01:21 PM

Maybe some poisonous goo splashed off the arrow and into sensitive Vanherse eyes when the arrow hit the shield? Or some toxic vapors flying off the arrow as it passed through a mirror image got inhaled into delicate Vanherse lungs?

<providing aid suspending disbelief for more than 20 years>

Methel · #3 April 2nd, 2007, 02:16 PM

its the same with coral weapons, seems the poison gets through no matter what.

Wish · #4 April 2nd, 2007, 03:48 PM

think of it like the duel in hamlet... only a scratch of the blade (or arrow,) but the poison is still in the blood

the scratch is just less than 1 hp of damage, in some cases.

K · #5 April 2nd, 2007, 05:27 PM

I'm willing to not call it a bug, but only because I'm killing some of your uber-expensive Vans in the EA Aran game instead of just auto-dying. Lol!

I mean, Vans are powerful enough. Do they really need to be unstoppable?

Dedas · #6 April 2nd, 2007, 05:44 PM

YES!

There should be no possible way to stop the Vans - they should be INVINCIBLE!

Or perhaps not...