Crystal Shield

lch · #1 July 15th, 2007, 05:52 PM

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thejeff said:
Assuming the use of Crystal Matrix and Slave Matrices.
The Crystal Shield does boost the path of Slaves, at least those who act before the master.
I'm not sure what Ich saw, but I definitely saw the boost. Maybe his master acted before the slaves?

Then that does not depends on battlefield placement like in actual combat, I tried out every relevant combination. Maybe it depends on the unit ID's, the one with the lowest unit ID (i.e. the sooner the unit was created) acts first?

Edi · #2 July 15th, 2007, 05:56 PM

It's probably tied to the unit ID. A lot of things are.

thejeff · #3 July 15th, 2007, 06:29 PM

Wait a second. Are you saying actual battlefield placement? Where on the map you put the mage?
It's certainly not dependent on that. As far as I know nothing is.
Order of action on the battlefield seems to correlate to the order they're listed elsewhere (F1 screen, Army setup, province display). This is also the order ritual spells are cast.
It may be unit number, but it's not strictly the oldest units first. Are unit numbers reused? That might be it.

Edi · #4 July 16th, 2007, 07:20 AM

Unit ID determines the order they are listed in off the battlefield in commander or troop screens, and they act in combat in that same order.

Unit ID numbers are reused after they run out, not before. The limit is somewhere around 150k or 200k.

thejeff · #5 July 16th, 2007, 09:01 AM

Interesting because even in the early game, new commanders do not always appear at the end of the list.

Obvious example: in the game I was testing this in, my awake pretender appeared down in the lower half of the list.
I'm not sure what order I recruited the others, but the researchers with a star of experience are not all at the top.

Edi · #6 July 16th, 2007, 09:14 AM

Hmm, so that's the second time I'm wrong then. Apparently unit IDs are freed for reuse immediately upon the death of the previous owner, which, now that I think of it, is what happens since I've seen the same behavior myself.

MaxWilson · #7 July 16th, 2007, 03:53 PM

Only the second time? That's pretty good. Even excluding my life outside Dominions, I'm probably up in the mid 50's or so in errorful beliefs.

-Max