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[Arryn]

It's an interesting idea, but AFAIK, the game presently does not support the "curing" of afflictions by adding magical items. You can gain afflictions via items, but I don't think you can lose afflictions via the same mechanism.

[Sand]

So if a commander has lost an eye and you give him a magical one, he becomes blind rather than using the empty socket?

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Sand:
So if a commander has lost an eye and you give him a magical one, he becomes blind rather than using the empty socket?

IIRC, yes. I'm pretty sure there are several old threads discussing that exact issue, which players consider a "bug".

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Sand:
So if a commander has lost an eye and you give him a magical one, he becomes blind rather than using the empty socket?

No, he puts it in the empty socket. The problem comes when he picks up _another_ eye off the battlefield, since they are cursed and therefore more likely to be found.

[GavinWheeler]

Funny - I recall the exact opposite being claimed in a thread. i.e. That a one-eyed commander would automatically 'use' the empty socket if you gave him a magical eye.

Edit: In other words, I'm agreeing with Graeme, who posted while I was composing my masterpiece. I was replying to the poster before him.

On the other hand, coding this behaviour would presumably involve an extra variable, as you would have to keep a seperate track of how many eyes the commander had lost, and how many eye-replacing items he had.

Anyone have a savegame with a one-eyed commander ready to test this?

[ March 03, 2004, 21:44: Message edited by: GavinWheeler ]

[Arryn]

I had it half right: thread

" Magic eyes do work as prosthetics for commanders who have lost an eye in battle. It doesn't cure their "lost an eye" affliction, but it doesn't cause the "lost the other eye as well" affliction, nor blindness, giving you a commander as intact as a healthy one who gets a magic eye installed. "

[Kel]

It's all fun and wargames until someone loses an eye.

- Kel