Trading commanders, exploit or not?

[Jarkko]

Originally Posted by Sombre

Yeah except it isn't really 'throwing chaff units'. I could understand it if armies were bogged down by hordes of chaffy units. The point is it doesn't seem to matter how many units there are on either side and the chaff units down have to be 'thrown' or sent 'kamikaze' style, they just have to appear then retreat. I've also seen it work with just scouts, so it could more accurately be described as constantly attacking with cheap commanders, rather than chaffy troops.

I've never seen Earthquake or any other BF damaging spell cast against a single target, even when scripted to do so. The AI does override the script if the opposition is not big enough.

Unless you meant a single unit is able to "lock down" an army from moving?

[Sombre]

Originally Posted by Jarkko

Unless you meant a single unit is able to "lock down" an army from moving?

Yep. Not reliably, just randomly.