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martinuzz

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WAR?
« on: May 03, 2020, 04:33:49 pm »
During embark site selection, what is the difference between Tower: WAR and Tower: -------- ?

Aren't necromancer towers always hostile anyways?

Found a location with 4 (!) towers nearby.  One of them says WAR.
Sadly it has no goblin or elf access so I don't think I'll embark there.
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Re: WAR?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2020, 05:14:41 pm »
Gobbos and towers have two states towards you: WAR and "currently not actively at war". WAR means they're engaged in war started prior to your embark, so there is a historical war ongoing. I'm not sure it makes any difference at all, as they can start a war at any time, although logically, sites of a civ they're at war with ought to have a higher priority than random new targets (when all other factors, such as distance, are taken into account). However, my logic doesn't have to be the game's logic...
Also, I've seen that towers have a tendency to get themselves wiped out fairly quickly after you've embarks because they tend to get into open war with just about every civ around them, but the new experiment fueled necros are tougher, so they may fare better.
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martinuzz

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Re: WAR?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2020, 05:54:57 pm »
Thanks.
I do notice that there are a lot of towers on my world.
I used to get 1, 2 or even none on small worldgens. Now I got more than 10 in this medium sized world (350 years history), never seen this many, I guess they survive better now.
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PatrikLundell

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Re: WAR?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2020, 02:37:38 am »
The new experiments make necros extremely brutal, and yes, there are a lot more necros and towers now, although they tend to be knocked out over time (only for two new to spring up before that).
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Re: WAR?
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2020, 05:23:26 am »
Is it actually possible to raze a tower site if you happen to be able to train a sufficiently powerful squad?  Mine came back from the mission having acquired lots of troll fur socks... but on the c page the tower looks to still be there as before...
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Re: WAR?
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2020, 01:32:36 pm »
Quote from: Jacko13 on May 07, 2020, 05:23:26 am
Is it actually possible to raze a tower site if you happen to be able to train a sufficiently powerful squad?  Mine came back from the mission having acquired lots of troll fur socks... but on the c page the tower looks to still be there as before...
Don't know about razing, but it is certainly possible to conquer the sites.
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