Dominions III and combat

[Arralen]

What's wrong with repel?

And that column of chariots is simply the starting setup before any movement - don't think there's any sophisticated "squad movement" going on. At least, I could set up my units in Dom2 in exactly the same way. But as soon as combat begins, chaos ensues... .

[Nerfix]

Well, repel doesn't take account the possible non-mundane properties of the weapon and always does 1 point of damage from what I remember. It's odd.

Well, yes, you can set your forces in roughly similar manner in D II but it's quite tedious. Maybe it was set up just for the screenie, or then there's something else there. I want to know if there's something there.

[Cainehill]

True, you would think that taking repel damage from a weapon that does Soul Slay, or poison, or electrical damage, should do a bit more than a normal weapon would, since even a tiny wound would be enough for the full magical effect to take place.

Suspect that'd be considered overpowered though - one magic weapon, and armies killing themselves via repel. Would make SCs even more powerful than they are.

[Nerfix]

Mmmhm, you have a point there.

[Graeme Dice]

Nerfix said:
Well, repel doesn't take account the possible non-mundane properties of the weapon and always does 1 point of damage from what I remember. It's odd.

Repels use the strength and protection of the attacker and defender, they just have a maximum damage of 1.

[OG_Gleep]

Doesn't repel just negate an enemies round of combat, instead of attacking that round, they would take 1 dmg?

[Arralen]

They either attack and may get 1 point of damage, or don't attack.