Medusa Sheild is killing blind and undead, bug?

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NTJedi said:
On a side note... within DOM_3 mindless beings such as the vine ogres can receive the feeblemind affliction which is equivalent to a unit without eyes receiving the 'lost an eye' affliction.

True, to me those sounds more like a bug/over sight then by design. Depending on how the game is coded it could be difficult to fix and could require some serious refactoring which is always problematic.

The same is true for the topic, although it more comes down to defining what actually causes the petrification. Is it a kind of ray blast from the Gorgon/Aegis that hits a target and turns them to stone like in God of War? Or is it merely the target seeing the hideous visage of the Gorgon/Aegis that causes them to turn them to stone?

There is a slight difference in the descriptions for the Gorgon and the Aegis as far as how they work exactly.

The description for the petrification effect of the Gorgon states "This unit is so hideous that onlookers will be petrified if they attack the beast". Implying that only the target must see the Gorgon, the Gorgon does not necessarily have to see the target.

The description of the Aegis says "The image is so vivid that anyone who meets the mad gaze of the painted eyes". I'm assuming this would mean eye contact, the target eyes must meet the eyes of the Aegis.

So according to the descriptions, it would seem that the latter is the more likely of scenarios as to how the petrification is suppose to work. For simplicity sake we could say that the target would need to make eye contact with the Gorgon, just like with the Aegis. But in both cases the targets eyes must meet the eyes of the Gorgon/Aegis and it is the hideous and horrific visage of the Gorgan/Aegis that causes the petrification. Therefore, blind units should not be effected and animated mindless constructs that are incapable of comprehending ugliness or horror would not be effected.

I have no qualms about how it works currently, after all it can always be chalked up to "It's Magic", this is only my interpretation given the information that is provided. If it is working as intended then perhaps the definitions need to be altered or clarified.