Will somebody tell my mages that it's not a good idea to...

[Illuminated One]

Yeah, considering the wide scope of the game it's pretty amazing that the AI mostly works anyway.

Though that problem could be solved quite simply by making the communion slave + bloodvengeance spell a bloodvengeance + communion slave spell.

[Rookierookie]

While playing Marignon I was wondering why my Witch Hunters were losing battles right and left, so I watched a battle replay.

Oh my Baphomet. He blessed himself on the first turn, and on the second turn he casted Blink.

[esd29a]

Mages that are set to cast spells (or not given orders) will cast spells even if the only possible (path/range/research) spells are useless or even harmful in the current situation. Desperate to impress the mage-chicks I guess

[Wrana]

That they shouldn't be cast if he's the only commander is true. As for the first part - it actually isn't all bad as this allows the mage in question to have the benefits of spells cast by other Communion Masters (and if it's Summon Earthpower or Power of the Spheres... quite nice, I'd say) and still channel some fatigue to Slaves. This isn't for all to do, of course, but for a part of communion it could be useful (and extra Slave can help in increasing power of Masters if you have no surplus slaves).

[chrispedersen]

Reminds me of the old game where you built a robot and had to write pseudo code for the robot so it could fight in arenas.

The robot had to balance finding the enemy; moving; firing; repairing, scavaging resources.

Cool game.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by chrispedersen

Reminds me of the old game where you built a robot and had to write pseudo code for the robot so it could fight in arenas.

The robot had to balance finding the enemy; moving; firing; repairing, scavaging resources.

Cool game.

Bug Wars?

-Max

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

Bug Wars?

-Max

LOL... I don't remember. I know I certainly spent a *lot* of time mumbling.. why doesn't it work!!!

But, here are some links:
http://www.iit.edu/~acm/robotwar/
http://grobots.sourceforge.net/

[danm]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

Bug Wars?

-Max

"crobots" was the version i remember - no ui to speak of, but a great intro to C programming.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by Wrana

That they shouldn't be cast if he's the only commander is true. As for the first part - it actually isn't all bad as this allows the mage in question to have the benefits of spells cast by other Communion Masters (and if it's Summon Earthpower or Power of the Spheres... quite nice, I'd say) and still channel some fatigue to Slaves.

Yes, but in that case why bother casting Communion Master at all? During any turn in which a Master draws upon his power, a Slave won't cast any spells.

Unless. Hmmm. Maybe you could make the very FIRST Communion Master also be a Communion Slave.

-Max

[Wrana]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

Yes, but in that case why bother casting Communion Master at all? During any turn in which a Master draws upon his power, a Slave won't cast any spells.

Unless. Hmmm. Maybe you could make the very FIRST Communion Master also be a Communion Slave.
-Max

Certainly. Also, in case the first Master drops from exhaustion and this Slave regains consciousness quicker, I think.