Its a Indy Knight Revelution!

Gargoyle711 · #1 October 20th, 2006, 12:05 PM

I'm playing MA Ulm on a Random Map. 7 AI empires, VP for Capitols only. 4 VP wins.

My empire has taken the the whole southwest quarter of the map. To the east is a large body of water, held by another empire. To the North I've engaged 3 other empires.

I sent half my army into the capitol of Pythia. I was repulsed but killed every troop there except his cyclops god (which is half dead now too). The rest of my army is fighting along the rest of the northern border.

Then TWO random events Indy Knight attack in my rear areas one turn followed by TWO more the next turn! OMG, my empire is shaken to it's core! It actually is fun, but my question is....

Is this really random? Seems so coordinated. I mean, it struck on a turn that I had taken severe casualties, hit provinces that only had 10 PD (I use 20 or 30 in front lines, 10 everywhere else), and formed a mini-empire of 4 provinces in the south, far from most my troops.

Arralen · #2 October 20th, 2006, 12:14 PM

Don't we all love the random number generator?

AFAWAK, it's totally random and only depending on A) your scales, B) the actual scales and your dominions strength in those provinces.

There is some talk about the RNG getting "stuck" sometimes (the 1st two knight events been random, the 2nd two 'stuck', e.g.), but that is absolutly unconfirmed ... .

Morkilus · #3 October 20th, 2006, 12:51 PM

Heh heh, did you see my Bogus' Army thread earlier? Count the variety of indies in that province.

Endoperez · #4 October 20th, 2006, 12:57 PM

Unrest could cause knight events to be more common. So if you started over-taxing those provinces, in theory this was a bit more probable than it would've been without it. Spies might also have been the cause, but you would've got a message from that.

In short, it was just mad luck.

Nerfix · #5 October 20th, 2006, 01:35 PM

KNIGHT KNIGHT REVOLUTION! DANCE! DAAAANCE!

Agrajag · #6 October 20th, 2006, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Nerfix said:
KNIGHT KNIGHT REVOLUTION! DANCE! DAAAANCE!

So that's why you have so many posts

Anyway, as they (don't) say: its the imporbability that proves the probable

PDF · #7 October 20th, 2006, 06:32 PM

Did you take Misfortune scales ? It seems to really hurt now...

Truper · #8 October 20th, 2006, 09:43 PM

I have felt for a long time that certain provinces attract far more than their share of events. I suspect it has something to do with whatever algorithm chooses the province in which an event will occur.

Endoperez · #9 October 20th, 2006, 09:51 PM

There are also sites that affect it. E.g. unrest makes Barbarian events more common, perhaps Knight attacks too.

Daynarr · #10 October 21st, 2006, 05:01 AM

Well, misfortune attracts it too. If you have order and misfortune scales usually misfortune get up first and order slowly follows. Before order catches up you are open for a slew of bad events. Enemy dominion is even worse. No order to help you as it has no effect on your provinces (bad scales from enemy dominion affect you but good ones don't).