Any counter to Fires from Afar?

[Saxon]

Flying monkeys avoid the mages if I recall, so it is mostly useful for disrupting army movement just before big battles. It can be nice if they hit a cheap commander who has high leadership and lots of troops. The troops stay behind while the rest move, making your defense easier.

Wind Ride has been disapointing for me. I presume if I actually get anyone, there will be a battle in the province I cast if from?

[Endoperez]

Yes, there will be a battle with Wind Ride. Some nations, like MA Man, Can have a Wind Rider and a Charmer squad in the same province.

[Meglobob]

Saxon said:
Flying monkeys avoid the mages if I recall, so it is mostly useful for disrupting army movement just before big battles. It can be nice if they hit a cheap commander who has high leadership and lots of troops. The troops stay behind while the rest move, making your defense easier.

Wind Ride has been disapointing for me. I presume if I actually get anyone, there will be a battle in the province I cast if from?

I used flying monkeys and guess who they targeted? Yes thats right a mage...

[Twan]

IIRC in 300mp, you casted flying monkeys on a province where there were my prophet (h3), several astrologer/mystics (s3 something1 or s1 +2/3 ?) and an arco priestess (n1h2). The monkeys targeted the priestess so it seems the highest level spellcasters, holy included, are avoided but they attack the weakest caster if no other commander available.

But you have found something more efficient to divide my troops the same turn (I still wonder how my prophet has stayed with 120 footmen to fight a lone black hawk in the first turn of our war, when 7 other commanders in the same province and with the same order moved, it looks like a very strange result of the new cross-moves system).

[Meglobob]

Twan said:
IIRC in 300mp, you casted flying monkeys on a province where there were my prophet (h3), several astrologer/mystics (s3 something1 or s1 +2/3 ?) and an arco priestess (n1h2). The monkeys targeted the priestess so it seems the highest level spellcasters, holy included, are avoided but they attack the weakest caster if no other commander available.

But you have found something more efficient to divide my troops the same turn (I still wonder how my prophet has stayed with 120 footmen to fight a lone black hawk in the first turn of our war, when 7 other commanders in the same province and with the same order moved, it looks like a very strange result of the new cross-moves system).

Cheers for letting me know Twan, I thought the spell bugged. Not cast it since. I assumed because you had such a large army, you would have had a mundane army commander.

[tibbs]

Just to clarify my research center was hit with two fires from afar in a row. Luckily they are very beefy researchers and all survived the attack.

After that I recruited a ton of crap units to take the hits so they should be relatively safe now.

You really caught me offguard with that attack though and made me rethink some plans I had.

[Valandil]

Flying monkeys definately attacks mages (despite what the description says) but as far as I can tell never actually carries the mage off. They just attack.

[NTJedi]

Valandil said:
Flying monkeys definately attacks mages (despite what the description says) but as far as I can tell never actually carries the mage off. They just attack.

Since they only put the mage asleep... no real damage is done. However the one casting the spell would have wasted gems if its not carrying off a commander.

[Valandil]

hmm. I seem to remeber a direct (and lethal) attack by the monkeys. I'll get back to you...