Wish for unique unit not working

Ewierl · #1 November 20th, 2007, 06:55 PM

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Evilhomer said:
In test games I ran using wish recently, you actually can wish for unique units that are currently being owned by opponents. They turn up with all their gear - though they turn up hostile! If you are convinced you can kill them or better yet, charm them it can be a great wish.

I have seen this used in MP.

noname · #2 November 20th, 2007, 07:38 PM

How can you wish for a unit that has the same name as another unit (ex: titan)?

calmon · #3 November 20th, 2007, 08:03 PM

In dom2 you can wish for a unique not by his name but for his type. For example demonlord instead of the unique name. You get multiple demonlords of the same type but never the "real unique" one. But not sure how it works in dom3.

Evilhomer · #4 November 20th, 2007, 09:20 PM

It is changed in dom3 - now you cannot have multiple unique units. So if you wish for "lord of the plague wind", then pazuzu turns up. If someone had pazuzu already he turns up "hostile" in the wishing province.

Cor2 · #5 November 21st, 2007, 01:40 AM

He did not turn up at all hostile or not. And it was elemntal royalty. I could have sworn that it worked in other games. Oh well.

Cor2 · #6 November 21st, 2007, 01:41 AM

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Ewierl said:

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Evilhomer said:
In test games I ran using wish recently, you actually can wish for unique units that are currently being owned by opponents. They turn up with all their gear - though they turn up hostile! If you are convinced you can kill them or better yet, charm them it can be a great wish.

I have seen this used in MP.

why did it not work in this game?

Micah · #7 November 21st, 2007, 04:07 AM

Here's one possible reason: If the unit was given a magical movement order (AQ casting cloud trapeze for example, or the gatestone, etc.) and it resolved after your wish the unit would vanish to the destination province before the magical battle phase of the turn. The game probably doesn't check for labs during the casting phase, since the only way for a unit to move and cast in the same turn is via a wish. Perhaps the opposing player would let you know if that happened? Otherwise it sounds like a bug.

Xietor · #8 November 21st, 2007, 04:17 AM

Or you did not type the correct unit name.

Sombre · #9 November 21st, 2007, 05:30 AM

He wouldn't have seen the message in that case.

Cor2 · #10 November 21st, 2007, 07:45 AM

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Xietor said:
Or you did not type the correct unit name.

I don't think this is possible because when you type something wrong you get a message" I cannot give you that"
I always watch for this message.

Besides, I got "Unique Unit appeared outside" which would not have happened if I had typed a nonexistant thing.