Routing Mechanics

OmikronWarrior · #1 April 2nd, 2008, 05:35 AM

That immortal thing never made much sense to me. Routing has never been about the possibility of death, it was about the FEAR of death, or sometimes just fear or terror in general.

Agema · #2 April 2nd, 2008, 08:24 AM

Immortals don't die. So I'm not sure why they'd be afraid of dying.

Duncan_Frost · #3 April 2nd, 2008, 08:45 AM

It's still painful to be stabbed by a sword, even if it won't finish you.

Agema · #4 April 2nd, 2008, 10:29 AM

True, but your average immortal probably has a lot of experience getting stabbed, burned, squished by a large stone or whatever, occasionally fatally. Furthermore, fear of getting stabbed may as well apply to getting into a battle in the first place, whether or not the rest of your friends have run away or not.

kasnavada · #5 April 2nd, 2008, 10:32 AM

On a side note, if I were immortal and occasionnaly put into such danger that I might die again, I'd try to die every few months so I can be sure that I'm properly trained to handle pain.

Also, I would use "dying" to get back home faster.

Wauthan · #6 April 2nd, 2008, 12:02 PM

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kasnavada said:
On a side note, if I were immortal and occasionnaly put into such danger that I might die again, I'd try to die every few months so I can be sure that I'm properly trained to handle pain.

Also, I would use "dying" to get back home faster.

*Imagines a small pile of ex-Kasnavadas choking up the entrance of the local pub*

Immortality. Home is just a suicide away.

fungalreason · #7 April 2nd, 2008, 01:33 PM

He wasn't beserk or immortal. Just wearing ring of the fish, luck amulet, and I forget what the last item was. However the army was very small (about 10 or so, half being commanders).

Maybe stealth units in the same province count towards that 75% of the army auto-rout number? Or perhaps 75% is counted from the total health of all units in the army rather than the number of units in it?

kasnavada · #8 April 4th, 2008, 12:40 PM

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Wauthan said:

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kasnavada said:
On a side note, if I were immortal and occasionnaly put into such danger that I might die again, I'd try to die every few months so I can be sure that I'm properly trained to handle pain.

Also, I would use "dying" to get back home faster.

*Imagines a small pile of ex-Kasnavadas choking up the entrance of the local pub*

Immortality. Home is just a suicide away.

Which brings me to the point : immortal units should have a "die" command that brings them back home.

This has nothing to do with routing though.

OmikronWarrior · #9 April 2nd, 2008, 02:54 PM

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Agema said:
Immortals don't die. So I'm not sure why they'd be afraid of dying.

I'm not sure why elephants would run in terror from a single guy wearing a scary helmet, but they can and do. Morale checks are almost always decoupled from realistically dieing, both ways. Flagellants running into a melee with no regard to their own safety due, but due to their 15 base morale before blessing stay and fight and get slaughtered.

Tyrant · #10 April 2nd, 2008, 03:13 PM

Anyone know how battlefield summons (skely spam, imps, phantasmals et.) fit into the morale equations?