One of those moments

HJ · #1 June 17th, 2004, 06:15 AM

So, there I was, attacking an indie province containing 300 undead, lead by a demilich with some cool items and loads of gems, and his friend the bane. Everything is going great, Wither bones at its best, to which he replies with Cloud of death and Undead horde. I'm getting an upper hand but I'm not sure if I'll manage to kill him in the end to get his Robe of invulnerability. And then, when his hordes were almost exterminated, one of my Kings of the Deep casts Breath of winter for no reason. Next to him was a Coral Queen who had cast Holy Avenger earlier. On the subsequent turn, BoW damages her, and at the same time demilich routs. And what do you know, Holy avenger gets activated, and hits and kills him just as he was about to exit the field, while none of my troops would have been able to catch him otherwise. He got smitten and I got his robe, and the poor thing wasn't even responsible for the wrath that was his doom. One of those moments indeed.

Argitoth · #2 June 17th, 2004, 06:19 AM

so you are saying holy avenger was activated by FRIENDLY FIRE

but Holy Avenger did not hit FRIENDLY UNITS, it instead hit the ENEMY COMMANDER?

HotNifeThruButr · #3 June 17th, 2004, 06:43 AM

I have these moments too, like when I read the description for Atlantian Scouts and see my archers rushing into the melee with orders on fire.

I say, that's friggin' bugged

HJ · #4 June 17th, 2004, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Argitoth:
so you are saying holy avenger was activated by FRIENDLY FIRE

but Holy Avenger did not hit FRIENDLY UNITS, it instead hit the ENEMY COMMANDER?

Yes.

I love this game.

Taqwus · #5 June 17th, 2004, 04:48 PM

Hilarious, but that should probably be fixed...

(Hmmmmmmm. Does Holy Avenger also affect Communicants?)

Ironhawk · #6 June 18th, 2004, 12:59 AM

Whoa! Thats actually pretty bad. Holy avenger could become like a "poor man's smite" if you can set it off with friendly fire and have it kill enemy units. Whats to stop you from repeating this scenario you've listed indefinitely? And furthermore outfitting your queen (or whatever unit) with a cold resisting item so they only take a minor wound?

Wait is Holy avenger activated by damage? or death of the unit in question? If its death then this is a nonissue.