Newby Question

[andywatkins]

That is exactly what I am describing. a to b and b to a. Under those circumstances I have NEVER seen a battle take place. I think it should be 50-100% of the time but appears to be 0% of the time.

Andy



Andy, exactly what situation are you describing? Are there two provinces, A (yours) and B (thiers) and you are trying to move A->B on the same turn they are trying to move B->A? If that is the case there will, in my experience, always be a battle. Whether the battle is in province A or B is not well known tho.

[Tuidjy]

andywatkins said:
That is exactly what I am describing. a to b and b to a. Under those circumstances I have NEVER seen a battle take place. I think it should be 50-100% of the time but appears to be 0% of the time.

It is possible. If the two armies are very small, it happens more often than
not. Two turn ago, in my current game, I sent an Air Queen and a warlock to
an enemy province. At the same turn, two priests moved from that province to the
province from which my guys started. The two armies missed each other, and
both attacked their respective destinations.

Jurri should be able to confirm this.

[Alneyan]

I think, if I understand correctly, that you *cannot* catch an army if it moves to a hostile province while you move to another hostile province (where they currently are). You would catch them if you moved to the next friendly province where they are headed, or if you jumped on them via magical movement.

At least, I have never seen an army of mine caught by the enemy when they were followed, and I have used fairly big armies in this situation. They have always avoided the pursuers, at least until magical movement came into play.