Should SC's autorout?

[Reay]

Perhaps because the dying skeleton is only 50% of the army .

So I assume you need 3 units to die before your last unit would auto rout.

That is a bit weird.

[OmikronWarrior]

If my memory serves, the entire army routs once 75% casualties are reached, whether or not that includes 99 morale units I'm not sure. As for the single skeleton, it'd only be 50% of the troops, so there's that.

[Agema]

Putting your SC in the right place to do the right things is part of the strategy, so don't use them to defend a province if your PD is going to cause him to rout before he's done his thing.

What you could do is try casting beserk, as I think beserk units carry on fighting even when the army routs. If your SC then beats the enemy, I don't know whether the winner is the player who routs last or has the last man standing, but your opponent will barely have an army left.

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Last man standing wins.

Not using an SC to defend a province if your PD is going to cause him to rout is a good idea, because of the current game mechanics. However, these particular game mechanics do interfere with my suspension of disbelief, and I'd probably enjoy the game even more if nonsensical actions (like the SC in the PD case routing) did not occur.

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Agema said:
Putting your SC in the right place to do the right things is part of the strategy, so don't use them to defend a province if your PD is going to cause him to rout before he's done his thing.

Wait till your SC "does his thing" and in the process kills his own PD and then routs before the attacking enemy reaches him

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Well, that's not so bad. He's fleeing because he's embarrassed and wants to get out of there before anyone recognizes him.