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Noobazzah

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Trolls going pacifist?
« on: September 16, 2012, 07:35:46 am »
During a siege, five trolls caught one of my drunians and started beating it up. All it's limbs were broken, but then something weird happened. The trolls started running away, each coming up with a civilian profession like "troll metalcrafter" or "troll fish dissector". The drunian then woke up and went after them, but was shot once it got outside. Now the trolls are milling around the countryside, doing nothing to help their goblin masters. Is this usual behaviour?
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2012, 08:07:57 am »
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I... highly doubt it.
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2012, 08:18:55 am »
The part about trolls having civilian professions is normal. There was once a troll architect,
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2012, 08:51:03 am »
So, did my computer develop feelings and somehow started living them though these trolls?
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2012, 10:51:59 am »
Successful "Feign death" skill-check??
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2012, 05:37:39 pm »
This sounds like what happens when a squad gets its orders cleared, becoming civilian.
When you do it to your squad, sometimes they revert to civilian and go running away from the conflict.  This is probably not the desired behavior for trolls, and they glitched...
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2012, 05:49:27 pm »
May i suggest that they you are being trolled?
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2012, 06:09:53 pm »
Quote from: thiosk on September 16, 2012, 05:37:39 pm
This sounds like what happens when a squad gets its orders cleared, becoming civilian.
When you do it to your squad, sometimes they revert to civilian and go running away from the conflict.  This is probably not the desired behavior for trolls, and they glitched...

Did this happen when the map was cleared of goblins? I assume not, since you said the drunian got shot (presumably by a goblin). Or perhaps, when one squad of goblins was eliminated/run off?

I'm wondering if perhaps, with their masters gone, the trolls became... disconnected from the siege, in a way.
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2012, 10:00:06 pm »
Quote from: Drazinononda on September 16, 2012, 06:09:53 pm
Quote from: thiosk on September 16, 2012, 05:37:39 pm
This sounds like what happens when a squad gets its orders cleared, becoming civilian.
When you do it to your squad, sometimes they revert to civilian and go running away from the conflict.  This is probably not the desired behavior for trolls, and they glitched...

Did this happen when the map was cleared of goblins? I assume not, since you said the drunian got shot (presumably by a goblin). Or perhaps, when one squad of goblins was eliminated/run off?

I'm wondering if perhaps, with their masters gone, the trolls became... disconnected from the siege, in a way.

Sounds like the closest solution I can think of. Trolls do have the ability to have jobs and skills, but doesn't mean they will always use them.
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Re: Trolls going pacifist?
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2012, 05:04:35 am »
The siege was still very much alive, only 5 invaders had died yet (from a total of almost 200). Do trolls have squad leaders? One of them was shredded by a trap, just before the others started fleeing. By the way, once the gobbos were killed/routed, the trolls still hanged around, walking in and out of crossbow range. After a few lucky hits, they were all dead.
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