Hidden in Snow - Page 6

jutetrea · #51 August 29th, 2007, 12:41 PM

He hacked the code!

Kristoffer O · #52 August 29th, 2007, 12:49 PM

> I think the game is playing favorites. FAVORITES, I SAY!!

I'm inclined to agree. I'ver had more luck in my game than anyone deserves. Especially in the beginning when it counts the most.

vfb · #53 February 18th, 2008, 10:07 PM

Time to resurrect an old thread ... can Hidden In Snow get some help from Cold or Luck scales in the next patch?

2 casts in MP, the 1st one gave 25 warriors total and a D1 mage ... not too terribly shabby, especially for a nation with horrible upkeep problems, a bit of surplus water, and dire need of ground forces AKA chaff. But the second cast gave no mages, and a whopping total of 7 units. In a cold-3 luck-3 province.

Should have just gone for another Kokythiad, and it would even have been cheaper.

Edit:
Whoops, I gotta learn how to count. 6 units for 55 water gems, not 7:
1 Unfrozen Lord
1 Flint Sword guy
4 Stone Spear guys

That's got to be the saddest tribe ever. More of a little nuclear family than a tribe, really.

Lingchih · #54 February 18th, 2008, 11:17 PM

Wow, that second cast was bad. I think I have always gotten the 25 undead warriors, though the mages are always kind of iffy. I haven't cast it in ages though, probably two patches ago was the last time I cast it.

Aethyr · #55 February 19th, 2008, 01:46 AM

Are the results completely random without regard to caster level?

vfb · #56 February 19th, 2008, 02:42 AM

There's no "caster level" value set in the Number of Effects for the spell. But the custom code for the spell that determines the number of Unfrozen could look at the caster level. I guess it needs to be tested. Or ignored.

Kristoffer O · #57 February 19th, 2008, 04:48 AM

Indeed a sad count

B0rsuk · #58 February 19th, 2008, 03:46 PM

Ballbarian · #59 February 19th, 2008, 03:58 PM

PvK · #60 February 19th, 2008, 07:04 PM

See, I think now the spell should be made even LESS reliable, but maybe a little better on _average_, so actually very good when it works. And require mountain terrain. That way, one can't just go around automatically finding hidden tribes everywhere. And most importantly, the T-shirt will still be valid comedy, and the players who hate to get unlucky will still be annoyed and not use it, even though on average, they should. ;-D