Lack of supplies...

Tuidjy · #1 July 20th, 2007, 11:30 PM

One of my armies lacked 26 supply units. It did not get them. As a result,
about 250 units got diseased. This is more than 50% of the troops, and
about 10 times as many men as supplies were lacking.

Now, it was only my fault I let the guys starve - I had no time to take the
turn. But seriously, shouldn't only the weakest X units get a disease when
only X supplies are missing?

lch · #2 July 21st, 2007, 01:32 AM

Sounds fishy. Only units that were already starving the turn before should have gone diseased, I think.

Jazzepi · #3 July 21st, 2007, 01:41 AM

You might have walked into a province with a disease causing site.

Jazzepi

llamabeast · #4 July 21st, 2007, 07:10 AM

That doesn't sound normal for lack of supplies. I've had an army that's been 10% starving for ages (maybe 10 turns), and it's mostly fine.

Tuidjy · #5 July 21st, 2007, 07:25 AM

I had searched the province at level 3-4 for anything but fire and blood.
I found no bad sites. It has white man's hill(!), another good site, and
something that causes 5 points of unrest.

In any case, the number of diseased troops is extremely close to 50%.
It's a shooty army, so I would not be surprised if it is exactly 50 plus
the few units who were diseased before the disaster.

Szumo · #6 July 21st, 2007, 09:23 AM

Is that something that causes 5 points of unrest called Inkpot something by chance? Because that site spreads disease...

RonD · #7 July 21st, 2007, 10:36 AM

If any commanders got the disease, then it is from a site for sure.

And just a guess... does [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif[/img] "something that causes 5 points of unrest" [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif[/img] mean a blood site that you haven't searched for yet?

Tuidjy · #8 July 21st, 2007, 03:05 PM

Isn't the "Inkpot" a site that is always visible? I know that I have
seen it before, and I also know that I have never blood searched a
province in four years of playing Dominions II/III. Maybe I saw it
after an Acashic Record.

Ballbarian · #9 July 21st, 2007, 03:17 PM

Crown of Darkness is a level 4 death site that causes disease. Also consider sneaking disease spreaders (especially in multiplayer).

Inkpot End is a level 0 site and should be visible instantly.

Kristoffer O · #10 July 21st, 2007, 06:20 PM

I'm not sure how starvation works, but it should not cause 50%+ diseased troops in one turn. You should get one turn of warning and regular starvation. Next turn those units with a starvation tag are eligible to disease IIRC. Starving is somewhat proportional to supplies, but I'm not sure to what extent. A large starving army is probably affected worse than a small one, but I'm not sure.