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[PvK]

Patrol doesn't "catch" attackers? I've never seen that. You're saying an army can invade a province, and patrollers will also still be in the province? I thought that only sneaky units could go through, and in that case, only patrolling units had any chance to cath them - no?

PvK

[Psitticine]

Any army in the province who isn't hiding or sneaking will get involved in any battle that occurs there. The only exception is the Defend Castle order, which causes people to stay in the castle instead of meeting aggressors when they enter the province.

This, BTW, is the reason for the Move and Patrol order. If it were just Move, units would go to the new province (all movement between friendly provinces occurs before movement into enemy provinces) and then go to Defend by default. If an enemy attacks, they'd go into the castle instead of fighting. Move & Patrol tells them to switch to Patrol instead of Defend after the move, allowing them to engage in any battles that occur during the same hosting.

[Chris Byler]

Originally posted by Psitticine:
Any army in the province who isn't hiding or sneaking will get involved in any battle that occurs there. The only exception is the Defend Castle order, which causes people to stay in the castle instead of meeting aggressors when they enter the province.

This, BTW, is the reason for the Move and Patrol order. If it were just Move, units would go to the new province (all movement between friendly provinces occurs before movement into enemy provinces) and then go to Defend by default. If an enemy attacks, they'd go into the castle instead of fighting. Move & Patrol tells them to switch to Patrol instead of Defend after the move, allowing them to engage in any battles that occur during the same hosting.

How do you move and patrol in Dom II? I tried giving him a move order and then selecting change orders, but I didn't see move and patrol.

(I realize this is probably in the manual, but I haven't got the manual yet.)

[HJ]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:
How do you move and patrol in Dom II? I tried giving him a move order and then selecting change orders, but I didn't see move and patrol.

(I realize this is probably in the manual, but I haven't got the manual yet.)

I did it through orders panel, the same way as in Doms I. You order a commander to go to the province with a castle, click on "move" order, and issue move and patrol from the order selection list.

[ November 07, 2003, 23:40: Message edited by: HJ ]

[Chris Byler]

Originally posted by HJ:

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Originally posted by Chris Byler:
How do you move and patrol in Dom II? I tried giving him a move order and then selecting change orders, but I didn't see move and patrol.

(I realize this is probably in the manual, but I haven't got the manual yet.)

I did it through orders panel, the same way as in Doms I. You order a commander to go to the province with a castle, click on "move" order, and issue move and patrol from the order selection list.

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Ah - so you can only move and patrol if you have a castle? What if I want to move and patrol to catch sneakers, reduce unrest, etc? Am I just out of luck?

[HJ]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:
Ah - so you can only move and patrol if you have a castle? What if I want to move and patrol to catch sneakers, reduce unrest, etc? Am I just out of luck?

I guess so. Patrolling or not is the same thing defense-wise if there is no fort present in the province, and for the rest of the benefits of patrolling I believe you have to issue a manual command once they get there.