Q; Regarding Communion Master/Slaves

[Potatoman]

I've got a question regarding communion AI. It seems like commanders who cast communion slave or carry slave matrixes will not follow scripts and simply sit where you place them and do nothing.

Is this intended?

Edit: The slaves seem to always try to do what the communion master is doing, even if they cannot (say, because they lack the right magic paths).

Edit again: Sometimes the slaves do nothing, but sometimes they follow scripts. Very strange!

[alexti]

General rule is that communion slaves do something only when they are not assisting communion master.

In Dom2 you could script masters to cast various buffs and then everybody to attack. Communinon slaves wouldn't move forward, but if the enemy approached they would fight, so one would place slaves in front. My favourite slaves for that were Tartarians.

I haven't checked if the mechanics is still the same in Dom3 though.

[DrPraetorious]

Okay, let me make sure I have the math right.

I have 32 communion slaves with an astral of 1, giving them an effective astral of 1 + 5 = 6.

When the communion master casts Master Enslave (800 fat, astral 8), as he is want to do, they will pay - 800 * (8 - 6 + 1) / 32 = 2400 / 32 = 75 fatigue each, plus encumberance? Given the 20 from casting CS in the first place, they'd be unconscious after a single casting. That was about correct from the one single player game where I tried it.

If the original caster (who is looking at 25 fatigue) spends extra gems, does that reduce their fatigue or just his? Can you spend gems to reduce the fatigue below what a level 10 caster would pay, or not?

[mivayan]

DrPraetorious said:
Okay, let me make sure I have the math right.

I have 32 communion slaves with an astral of 1, giving them an effective astral of 1 + 5 = 6.

When the communion master casts Master Enslave (800 fat, astral 8), as he is want to do, they will pay - 800 * (8 - 6 + 1) / 32 = 2400 / 32 = 75 fatigue each, plus encumberance? Given the 20 from casting CS in the first place, they'd be unconscious after a single casting. That was about correct from the one single player game where I tried it.

Sounds right, except their encumbrance is tripled too.

If the original caster (who is looking at 25 fatigue) spends extra gems, does that reduce their fatigue or just his? Can you spend gems to reduce the fatigue below what a level 10 caster would pay, or not?

No idea.