Movement priority

[Beorne]

Army A moves from conquered province 1 on land to enemy province 2 on land.
Army B moves from conquered province 3 on water to enemy province 1 on land.

Who moves first?

For what I know the result should be random or quasi random. Is ths randomness affected by some factors like the size of the army or the water-land border?

Thanks.

[ano]

Nothing random here. They will never meet because normal movement occurs simultaneously unless they are moving to the same hostile province or towards each other

[Beorne]

Hey, playing for four years and learning this now ... thanks.

[Herode]

Hmmm, are you sure ? I don't remember any simultaneous moves in the game, I often saw such things as army B attacking and blocking army A (and more often if B is AI).

[thejeff]

If A attacks B and B attacks A, most likely one army will not move, both will fight in one of the provinces.
But if A attacks B and C attacks A, army A will always have left before army C arrives.

[BesucherXia]

A side question:
Something regarding movement from this changelog have caught my eyes:
http://ulm.illwinter.com/dom3/dom3progress.html

20th july
* Improved move order validation.

Has anyone idea what it could exactly mean?

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by ano

Nothing random here. They will never meet because normal movement occurs simultaneously unless they are moving to the same hostile province or towards each other

This is not true.

The chances of an intercept have to do with the size of the territory, and the size of the armies, among other things.

There is an entire tactic using commanders / scouts to intercept or prevent an enemy province.


1 --> 2
1 <-- 2

Several possibilities... Combat in 1, combat in 2, or they miss each other entirely and switch territories.

[AreaOfEffect]

In my experience, missing a confrontation between two armies heading for each other only happens when one of them flies. One should be careful to observe the means by which an army moves. Sailing and flying may very well act differently then normal movement.

[konming]

Originally Posted by AreaOfEffect

In my experience, missing a confrontation between two armies heading for each other only happens when one of them flies. One should be careful to observe the means by which an army moves. Sailing and flying may very well act differently then normal movement.

That is not true. In a game I am playing, my SC with attacked an enemy's province, while his mage with some calvaries counterattacked. Both armies are regular foot movement type. They bypass each other and fought in their destinations respectively.

[AreaOfEffect]

Originally Posted by konming

That is not true. In a game I am playing, my SC with attacked an enemy's province, while his mage with some calvaries counterattacked. Both armies are regular foot movement type. They bypass each other and fought in their destinations respectively.

Well, I did start by saying "in my experience". I do however believe that flying increases the chance of a bypass. Size of respective armies may also play a roll and would explain the case you described.