Sneaking units

General Tacticus · #1 January 16th, 2004, 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by Zen:
In Single Play issue 2 is more of a 'mandatory' but MP this is not the case and it's more based on the strength of the Provincial Defenders to what you set it at while being able to stop sneak attack spells and spy/stealth province snatches.

Just a FYI about Provincial Defense is the AI thinks in terms of 10's in determining how many units are there. So if you have between 1-10 Provincial Defense it thinks you have 10 Units there, 11-20 = 20, 21-30 = 30, 31-40 =40 etc.

Try not to abuse it too bad

Oh! I already knew 21 was a very good number (you get your unit and a second commander at that number). Now I know it's even better !!

Truper · #2 January 16th, 2004, 04:45 PM

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Oh! I already knew 21 was a very good number (you get your unit and a second commander at that number). Now I know it's even better !!

The variability by nation is worth paying attention to. Man has awful province defence - at 21 they get more militia and a Monk. Abyssia on the other hand gets Abyssian infantry and a Warlord - and a couple of nations even get mages for the 2nd commander...

General Tacticus · #3 January 16th, 2004, 04:51 PM

And Ulm gets a havy infantry with Ulm Ring mail and tower shield, while Mictlan gets a captured slave and a slinger

Kristoffer O · #4 January 16th, 2004, 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by Zen:
Just a FYI about Provincial Defense is the AI thinks in terms of 10's in determining how many units are there. So if you have between 1-10 Provincial Defense it thinks you have 10 Units there, 11-20 = 20, 21-30 = 30, 31-40 =40 etc.

Try not to abuse it too bad

No risk, this is a false assumption.

#5 January 16th, 2004, 08:27 PM

Are you sure? Either the AI thinks that or is under some other assumption. I guess from those that is how it used to work and now it still works. Maybe there is another factor that makes 11 and 21 key provincial defense numbers that the AI prefers not to attack.

Arryn · #6 January 16th, 2004, 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by Zen:
Are you sure? Either the AI thinks that or is under some other assumption. I guess from those that is how it used to work and now it still works. Maybe there is another factor that makes 11 and 21 key provincial defense numbers that the AI prefers not to attack.

From my own observations of when I was being attacked by Imprint Souls, the AI tended to attack my 20 def locales and left my 21 locales alone. I do believe there is some merit to your argument ...