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Dr_Pylons

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Ambush party!
« on: February 03, 2011, 09:57:54 pm »


So 7 ambushes at the exact same time (one offscreen). Is this normal? They all ended up annihilating each other leaving me to reap the benefits, so I can't complain.
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Re: Ambush party!
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2011, 10:02:08 pm »
That depends. Was the ambush actually found by multiple units at the same time? Because that leads to multiple messages for one ambush.

Also mounted ambushers are revealed independently of their mounts.
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Re: Ambush party!
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2011, 10:06:41 pm »
To me it looked like independent groups since they came from all different sides of the maps and then proceeded to attack each other. And then the remaining victors stood there until I cleaned them up. Also each group was once specific type of warrior (lashers, marksmen, etc)
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Re: Ambush party!
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2011, 10:08:02 pm »
It sounds like you had a loyalty cascade. Also, I think loyalty cascades might give you multiple messages per ambush party, but I'm not sure about that one.
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Re: Ambush party!
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2011, 03:47:52 am »
I'm fairly sure loyalty cascades don't give new ambush announcements. The only announcement a cascade will get you is a combat report, which isn't really an announcement. I've never seen it happen, anyway.
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Re: Ambush party!
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2011, 03:52:07 am »
Maybe the message was triggered when the different ambushes discovered each other?  I think caravans can discover ambushes.
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Re: Ambush party!
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2011, 07:00:31 am »
Anything can discover an ambush.  Zombie creatures will as well, which caused me to put zombie critters on chains outside.  Goblins attack them, triggering an ambush warning.

Were these all from the same civ?  Like, all goblins?  Or do you have more goblin races than one?  Was one ambush goblin and the other elf?
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Re: Ambush party!
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2011, 07:41:54 am »
Quote from: Girlinhat on February 04, 2011, 07:00:31 am
Anything can discover an ambush.  Zombie creatures will as well, which caused me to put zombie critters on chains outside.  Goblins attack them, triggering an ambush warning.

Were these all from the same civ?  Like, all goblins?  Or do you have more goblin races than one?  Was one ambush goblin and the other elf?
ok... You JUST have to tell me how you assigned zombie critters that way. Did you tie them to a chain or?
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Re: Ambush party!
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2011, 07:49:17 am »
Assigned to a chain.  Note that your guys will run from them, so it's a wall that sees ambushes, but also prevents civilian movement.
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