Advanced Teleporting Strategy For Dummies.

Alneyan · #1 September 8th, 2005, 02:52 PM

I think scouts can still attack before Ghost Riders; at least, I seem to recall such things happening in Song of the Blade. It seems rather logical, considering that the scout is already in place, whereas Ghost Riders need a little while to be up and running.

Jurri · #2 September 8th, 2005, 02:57 PM

True; I've also seen this happen when a scout attacks from an adjacent province, in which case it's not quite as sensible. But, I guess it's true for newer patches too, then.

EDIT: To clarify, provinces under enemy control; attacking from your own provinces this shouldn't occur.

YellowCactus · #3 September 8th, 2005, 04:02 PM

Thanks all.
Jurri. One question. Mages teleported into a besieged province by the defending player will go directly into the castle? True?
Also, I have seen in the latest patch scouts with attack order (who were already hiding in the province) get killed by the summoned horror. You will not gain the province, unless your scout defeats the horror.
-yc

Jurri · #4 September 8th, 2005, 04:40 PM

Yeah, directly into the castle.

ioticus · #5 September 8th, 2005, 05:46 PM

"4) . . . If there are multiple forces coming in, the order is the same as in the regular battle-phase."

Does this mean that if you teleport forces into a province that is joined by forces moving regularly (or into a province already containing friendly forces) that the teleporting and regular forces will attack together in the regular battle phase?

Jurri · #6 September 8th, 2005, 06:02 PM

No, as far as I know, you can't catch a teleporting mage unless you know his destination. This makes Boots of the Planes very desirable, in my opinion. You can catch him with assassination spells like Earth attack or manifestation, however, and also with ritual spells and the like, I believe.

And no, what I meant is that if players A, B and C attack a province owned by player D, the order of the attacks is the same both in the teleport phase and in the regular attack phase.

magnate · #7 September 9th, 2005, 05:34 AM

Er, Jurri, I think I've spotted an error. Physical assassination (your #6) happens before movement and non-magical combat (your #3b). I can confirm this from play.

CC