Wasted 75 earth gems on "Hidden in the Sand!" BUG?

Endoperez · #1 April 7th, 2008, 02:05 AM

Hidden in Sand's description doesn't mention the wasteland requirement ATM, but it was thought more important to release fix for the then-newest iteration of scale bug. The description of it and Hidden in Snow will most probably be corrected for the next patch. The scale boosts will should also be added there.

Lingchih · #2 April 7th, 2008, 03:07 AM

Hidden in Sand is, from all accounts, quite nice, if it is cast in a wasteland province as it is supposed to be. I understand if you did not know that though Argitoth... unless you read the boards religiously you would not have found that out.

Arralen · #3 April 7th, 2008, 03:40 AM

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Lingchih said:
Hidden in Sand is, from all accounts, quite nice, if it is cast in a wasteland province as it is supposed to be. I understand if you did not know that though Argitoth... unless you read the boards religiously you would not have found that out.

Ok, so it's "Hidden In Sand" .. how many thousands-years old sand dunes are there around C'tis capitol swamp city?? Come one guys, start using your brain again ... it's pretty obvious that those spells are not meant to be cast everywhere with the same results ...

Dedas · #4 April 7th, 2008, 03:56 AM

He he he...

Argitoth · #5 April 7th, 2008, 05:29 AM

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Arralen said:Ok, so it's "Hidden In Sand" .. how many thousands-years old sand dunes are there around C'tis capitol swamp city?? Come one guys, start using your brain again ... it's pretty obvious that those spells are not meant to be cast everywhere with the same results ...

I beg to differ. There are a few There are a few Hidden in the Sand right under my computer chair.

Endoperez · #6 April 7th, 2008, 07:00 AM

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I beg to differ. There are a few There are a few Hidden in the Sand right under my computer chair.

I fail to see the connection between your computer city and C'tis capital swamp city.

Any way, yes, it's bad enough to be almost considered a bug. That's why it's going to be changed for the next patch.

sector24 · #7 April 7th, 2008, 01:29 PM

I have to agree, Hidden in Sand does not imply wasteland in any way. Wasteland could be tundra, scrubland, it could be perfectly farmable land that was magically cursed or salted, destroyed with a scorched earth policy of a previous war, etc. There's no reason to insult people over something that is both a description oversight and by no means obvious.

Kristoffer O · #8 April 7th, 2008, 02:40 PM

Ideally the spell would be uncastable in non waste provinces, but since I made the spell and not JK it turned out as it did. My programming skill are a bit limited, and I'm actually puzzled as to why you get that single commander. I see no reason for it in the code, but I tought that it was close enough. It is quite annoying that I forgot to mention the requirement in the description.

NTJedi · #9 April 7th, 2008, 06:25 PM

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Arralen said:
Ok, so it's "Hidden In Sand" .. how many thousands-years old sand dunes are there around C'tis capitol swamp city?? Come one guys, start using your brain again ... it's pretty obvious that those spells are not meant to be cast everywhere with the same results ...

I agree...

On the same note 'Hidden in Snow' should not work in provinces with Heat_2 and Heat_3. Perhaps we'll see a slight adjustment with this spell as well.

Kristoffer O · #10 April 7th, 2008, 06:32 PM

Actually it should be easier to melt a glacier when the heat is on