Routing Mechanics

Agema · #1 April 2nd, 2008, 08:24 AM

Immortals don't die. So I'm not sure why they'd be afraid of dying.

Duncan_Frost · #2 April 2nd, 2008, 08:45 AM

It's still painful to be stabbed by a sword, even if it won't finish you.

Agema · #3 April 2nd, 2008, 10:29 AM

True, but your average immortal probably has a lot of experience getting stabbed, burned, squished by a large stone or whatever, occasionally fatally. Furthermore, fear of getting stabbed may as well apply to getting into a battle in the first place, whether or not the rest of your friends have run away or not.

kasnavada · #4 April 2nd, 2008, 10:32 AM

On a side note, if I were immortal and occasionnaly put into such danger that I might die again, I'd try to die every few months so I can be sure that I'm properly trained to handle pain.

Also, I would use "dying" to get back home faster.

Wauthan · #5 April 2nd, 2008, 12:02 PM

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kasnavada said:
On a side note, if I were immortal and occasionnaly put into such danger that I might die again, I'd try to die every few months so I can be sure that I'm properly trained to handle pain.

Also, I would use "dying" to get back home faster.

*Imagines a small pile of ex-Kasnavadas choking up the entrance of the local pub*

Immortality. Home is just a suicide away.

fungalreason · #6 April 2nd, 2008, 01:33 PM

He wasn't beserk or immortal. Just wearing ring of the fish, luck amulet, and I forget what the last item was. However the army was very small (about 10 or so, half being commanders).

Maybe stealth units in the same province count towards that 75% of the army auto-rout number? Or perhaps 75% is counted from the total health of all units in the army rather than the number of units in it?

thejeff · #7 April 2nd, 2008, 02:01 PM

Something doesn't quite follow the 75% rule. I know I've seen SCs stay and fight when their troops are all dead. I've also seen them rout.
They do seem more likely to stay if there were only a few troops to start with.

kasnavada · #8 April 4th, 2008, 12:40 PM

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Wauthan said:

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kasnavada said:
On a side note, if I were immortal and occasionnaly put into such danger that I might die again, I'd try to die every few months so I can be sure that I'm properly trained to handle pain.

Also, I would use "dying" to get back home faster.

*Imagines a small pile of ex-Kasnavadas choking up the entrance of the local pub*

Immortality. Home is just a suicide away.

Which brings me to the point : immortal units should have a "die" command that brings them back home.

This has nothing to do with routing though.

vfb · #9 April 6th, 2008, 04:22 AM

I couldn't figure out why the Wraith Lord in Ghost Riders never routes, when all the horsemen die so fast. So, I just realized it's because he's immortal, in a weird kind of way.

Thanks, thread!

OmikronWarrior · #10 April 2nd, 2008, 02:54 PM

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Agema said:
Immortals don't die. So I'm not sure why they'd be afraid of dying.

I'm not sure why elephants would run in terror from a single guy wearing a scary helmet, but they can and do. Morale checks are almost always decoupled from realistically dieing, both ways. Flagellants running into a melee with no regard to their own safety due, but due to their 15 base morale before blessing stay and fight and get slaughtered.