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Old October 23rd, 2006, 02:22 PM
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Default Re: Bug thread

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JaydedOne said:
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Tortanick said:
If a mounted unit is a prophet and gets killed the mount becomes a prophet. Saw that happen with one of the giant black spider riders in the arena. In a later arena battle the spyder was casting smite.
Hey, that's no bug. That's just awesome. ;-)
Seriously though, I buy that the spider was gifted with additional intelligence by virtue of its bond with the god.
This ain't a bug, that ain't a special gods gift:

If a Machakan spider rider dies, you'll get a big spider unit instead. If it was a commander, the spider will be a commander, too. That happens regardless of prophet status, and its either in the nations description or the units'. Btw., it has been this since Dom2.
(The spider is actually the 2nd form of the unit. Some units switch to 2nd form when they die. Most switch back .. Werewolfs, Jaguar Warriors, Dragons, some do not because the 2nd form is in fact the mount only)

This does not work with mounted units in general, though.
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