Just making sure

kestrel_80 · #1 October 25th, 2011, 05:25 AM

There can't be any magic sites in your home province, with the exception of the nation specific sites, right?

rdonj · #2 October 25th, 2011, 05:30 AM

That is correct.

Tecnócrata · #3 October 25th, 2011, 06:19 AM

So don't waste a turn making your pretender search, like I have done until now.

Knai · #4 October 25th, 2011, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by rdonj

That is correct.

It might be possible for a random event magic site to appear there, such as the various mines or the deepest cave in the province. I haven't seen it happen, but I wouldn't write it off. That said, don't site search capitals. Ever.

Starbelly Geek · #5 October 25th, 2011, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Knai

It might be possible for a random event magic site to appear there, such as the various mines or the deepest cave in the province. I haven't seen it happen, but I wouldn't write it off. That said, don't site search capitals. Ever.

It is possible. I have seen it happen, generally with luck scales IIRC. Mines, usually.

But yeah, don't site search capitals.

sansanjuan · #6 October 25th, 2011, 10:53 AM

On a related note... Shift-m with magic site searching will often target conquered capitals. I usually just let it happen because the micro to avoid it is too painful.
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JonBrave · #7 October 25th, 2011, 04:27 PM

Hmmm, I was of the opinion that my Shift-Ms tended to do a good job of not searching enemy capitals... I think they do get searched when nothing else to do...

Starbelly Geek · #8 October 25th, 2011, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JonBrave

Hmmm, I was of the opinion that my Shift-Ms tended to do a good job of not searching enemy capitals... I think they do get searched when nothing else to do...

Enemy capitals are often prioritized low by the shift-M spells because they already have multiple sites, but eventually they will rise to the top of the priority list, unless there happen to be four sites there.
By the time I control enemy capitals, I'm usually focused on enough other things that I don't want to go check all of my shift-M site-searchers to see whether they're hitting a province that doesn't need searching. That tendency makes Voice of Tiamat mildly annoying, since your Augury and Gnome Lore casters may be hitting a province the same turn as a VoT hits it.

Dimaz · #9 October 27th, 2011, 02:01 AM

I remember from some discussion several years ago that caps are searched if their names don't match nation names (it happens if the names are set in map file). Usually I don't bother with reassigning shift-M searches, too.