How many troops form a "large enough" force?

Twan · #1 May 2nd, 2008, 08:43 AM

I think there is an AI bug against stealthy mages discovered in patrol phase. I've seen 40+ mages with hundreds or troops follow their full round one script to kill a lone bard.

ano · #2 May 2nd, 2008, 08:58 AM

Maybe, condition is: "if there's a mage in the enemy force"...
Does LA Pythium has mages in defense, Amhazair?

ano · #3 May 2nd, 2008, 09:08 AM

Just checked it. Pythium gets Leo at defense 20.
Seems like mages in enemy force cause executing of gem-demanding scripts.

Amhazair · #4 May 2nd, 2008, 09:41 AM

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ano said:
Just checked it. Pythium gets Leo at defense 20.
Seems like mages in enemy force cause executing of gem-demanding scripts.

Good catch, and this might very well have something to do with it. It's definitely not the only consideration though.

I have on a couple of occasions used a couple of castings of ghost riders against large opposition armies for the sole purpose of having them use up their gems. Two castings is definitely enough to force gem usage, I haven't yet tried it with only one. Ghost riders don't have any mages, but they do come with a rather scary thug leader.