Caelum a bit cheap?

[Amhazair]

Foodstamp said:

I am 99% certain they do not get the patrol bonus because I believe the game counts them as the pd value worth of generic units until combat ensues, then the appropriate units are loaded. If they received the bonus, it would mean the game was storing an instance of that unit, which would carry affliction, experience and have to be tracked by the game towards the unit cap. Also, if units did receive the bonuses they normally get, certain nations would be at a severe disadvantage concerning catching scouts, spies, assassins and so forth.

Hmm... what you says makes sense, but I had the impression my scouts got caught a LOT more often by moderate PD of Caelum and the monkey nations. (loads of high AP markata's) I've allways thought this was because the troops were far better at patrolling, and saw it as the saving grace of these otherwise poor PD's. Anyone else knows for sure?

[B0rsuk]

Tips between turns say that units that are
-fast
-scary
-flying
are better at patroling.

[Sombre]

I'm also 99% sure the troops in national PD make no difference in terms of autopatrol - it's just based on the numbers.

If you really want 100% sure,.. well I don't know what to tell you. There aren't many things people will say they're 100% sure about, especially in dom3.

[thejeff]

According to the manual, the troops in national PD have no effect on catching stealth units, only the number of points of PD.

Of course, the manual has been known to be wrong.

Note that only a few patrolling national troops can make a big difference if they're fliers.

[Meglobob]

Sombre said:
I'm also 99% sure the troops in national PD make no difference in terms of autopatrol - it's just based on the numbers.

I am 100% sure Sombre.

It does not matter what troops make up PD, you start to get a chance of finding stealthy units at PD 10 or above. This is a very, very low chance.

It follows the rules clearly outlined in the manual.

[Sombre]

Yeah well the manual clearly outlines various things which aren't true. Hence 99% is my limit ;]