Has anyone ever had any success with "shards" spells?

Saber Cherry · #1 January 29th, 2004, 05:39 AM

Always make sure not to put your Demonbred out in front of you non-fire-immune troops. Fireflies tends to shoot backwards most of the time and it can hurt them. Mix your indy troops up with enemy troops and they will be safe from friendly fire

#2 January 29th, 2004, 05:41 AM

Abysians have the worst eyesight in the game. Poor suckers shouldn't be allowed on the road. Even a one eyed militia can shoot better than most Abysian commanders ;P

[ January 29, 2004, 03:42: Message edited by: Zen ]

Truper · #3 January 29th, 2004, 06:02 AM

Yep. Damn Abyssian mages - always drunk.

"I shink I'll blassht em wif a fireball... oops"

Jasper · #4 January 29th, 2004, 06:25 AM

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Originally posted by Zen:
Abysians have the worst eyesight in the game. Poor suckers shouldn't be allowed on the road. Even a one eyed militia can shoot better than most Abysian commanders ;P

*Laugh*! They really are more than a bit nearsighted, aren't they? IMHO they really should have 8 or 9 precision -- which is plenty bad enough.

Raz 24 · #5 January 29th, 2004, 09:33 PM

Atleast they are not blind! Sure they might toast anything that looks friendly BUT remember the ivy king!

onomastikon · #6 January 30th, 2004, 09:49 AM

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Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
No, it,s a lvl 0 spell and should be worthless.

If you want your mages to join battles research some good spells or give them order to attack

Wait a minute, I dont get it -- You say it is worthless, confirming my suspicion -- so WHY does my mage cast it? He could be casting Farstrike, Mind Burn, Dessication, or any nice 1-3 level spell I have researched. WHY does the AI insist upon casting worthless spells?

#7 January 30th, 2004, 11:01 AM

It depends on the fatigue. A mage with a high amount of fatigue will cast spells (unless specifically scripted) that won't drop it too far into unconsiousness. So you will rarely see a mage with 90+ fatigue casting anything that would put it at 130+ fatigue unless you either A.) scripted it or B.) the AI decides it wants to for whatever reason (if it's target is really close, sometimes it will cast shards, or if the nearest units are routing, it will try to target farther units, which might move it out of range of other spells)