What happened: Call of the Winds?

[llamabeast]

If there was a battle (where are they otherwise?) I bet they fled almost immediately. When flyers flee they look like they just disappear, an if the province is in enemy territory everything that fled would just die.

[Gandalf Parker]

I might make you mad to ask this but are you sure that they are missing? They are small and black against a dark background. On one of my machines I cant see them unless I click on them. Then the no-combat thing might be that there was no one there to fight.

[Meglobob]

They could have all died as well, I have had 40 hawks die in 2 rounds, every single one of them, its usually the cheap flying commanders I am after anyways. Everything else is a bonus for 5A gems.

[magemaster]

I hate casting Call of the Winds because they die so quickly. I've never had the spell quit on me, though. Are there any other spells that you can cast on an enemy province and get troops?

[Taqwus]

Call of the Wild, Call of the Winds, Army of the Dead, Arouse Hunger, Hordes from Hell, Imprint Souls can all be cast into an enemy province for friendly troops that remain if the survive the resulting battle and don't get eliminated by fleeing without a neighboring friendly province.

[Gandalf Parker]

They all have their pros and cons.

Call of the Wild is weaker for attacking a province than Call of the Winds. But if it does survive then it can sit there and generate more wolves, or it can slink into the neighboring provinces to pop up someplace else (stealth). I even cast it on my own provinces near the front line when Ive found someone I want lots of sneak attacks on. Casting it on my own province makes sure it arrives.

On the other hand, the Winds gives you good patrollers so casting it on your own newly-taken high-population province can be good. Or when you need a flying leader.

Both can take a province but its best to use them with scouts as spotters to not waste them on provinces that are too strong.

[Nick_K]

Is call of the wild really weaker than the call of the winds? I thought it was the other way round.