Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)

Ewierl · #1 August 6th, 2008, 05:54 PM

Yeah, it was quite a shocker for me in MP when all my longbowmen charged straight into melee. I looked at the replays, and in the first battle they'd fired bows as normal, so their commands were all correct. The only explanation I can see is that they were out of arrows from round 1.

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Taqwus said:...that not even national heroes (or Hinnom commanders...) are guaranteed to peacefully coexist?

What does that mean?

Taqwus · #2 August 6th, 2008, 07:15 PM

OM NOM NOM, in the case of Hinnom's cannibalism.

Sauromatia has a couple of national heroes who have a certain history and shouldn't remain in the same province if you want to keep 'em both. I don't recall if other nations have similar situations.

Tifone · #3 August 6th, 2008, 07:39 PM

I think Bandar Log with the fallen four-harmed thing hero (Devasura). But I don't really remember.

I'm very surprised by the non-healing-nor-reloading thing too. A big advantage to the counterpart without any doubt.

MaxWilson · #4 August 6th, 2008, 08:04 PM

No healing is not a surprise, since healing takes place in a later phase. What surprises me is the notion that ammunition is explicitly tracked, and reloaded during the healing phase. I need to verify this because it's just plain weird--PD regenerates between battles, mages go down to zero fatigue, but archer arrows are still expended? Maybe it's done on purpose to be thematic, though.

-Max

Nikelaos · #5 August 6th, 2008, 08:24 PM

i believe eriu or tir nan og (can't remember which) has two heros which won't live together in the same province, the 1 with the spear always kills the other according to the little description i read on one of the heros.

MaxWilson · #6 August 6th, 2008, 11:58 PM

... you can have climate effects during an Arena match? E.g. cold-blooded creature creature in cold climate takes extra +1 encumbrance. Dominion effects on morale don't seem to apply, though.

-Max

chrispedersen · #7 August 7th, 2008, 11:55 AM

I have never gone to a deathmatch - is there a way to know in advance what the climate is likely to be like.. or is it random arena?

It would be cool if the annoucement said...

Territory X is hosting a deathmatch...

trentzero · #8 October 9th, 2008, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Ewierl

Yeah, it was quite a shocker for me in MP when all my longbowmen charged straight into melee. I looked at the replays, and in the first battle they'd fired bows as normal, so their commands were all correct. The only explanation I can see is that they were out of arrows from round 1.

Actually this might also be caused if one of your archers in an all archer stack (or if you stick a non-archer in one) happens to lose an arm, he won't have a bow anymore, thus, sending the whole squad rushing forward into the arms of the enemy.