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Aneirin 
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 Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 00:06 |
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Yes indeed
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GM Stormcrow
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Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 05:37 |
 HonoredMule wrote:
I'm glad to see blockade getting some love--especially where it is a less committed/more greedy form of hostility that ought to play a bigger role in conflicts and opportunistic behavior alike. However, some thoughts:
I would have preferred to see blockading have a low but stacking chance of interception based on the number of town-adjacent tiles that could be occupied (i.e. 75%/num tiles per tile). For example, if there were only 5 such tiles and 2 were occupied, there a caravan would roll a 100-sided die and the first 15% (1-15) means capture by the first blockade, the next 15% (16-30) means capture by the second blockade, and the remainder (31+) means escape. A city surrounded by the maximum possible number of blockades would give caravans a 100%-x(75%/x) = 25% chance of escape, assuming no modifiers (caravan research would apply to the base number of 75%, which itself might actually more appropriately start around 90%).
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I like the idea here, but - as Createure has correctly surmised - it'll be almost entirely rendered superfluous by pathfinding when it is introduced ingame - at which point the blockading army in the direction of travel will be the one that is "tested" for interception. Regards, SC
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SunStorm
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Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 11:30 |
I do have a*cough-newb-cough* question to ask... If someone is buying/selling in the market, and a town is blockaded - will it intercept the market transactions?
The reason I wonder about this is because potentially one person could ship out resources and never get paid, or one person can send money and never receive resources... or perhaps both players lose out if both the outgoing money and incoming resources are intercepted... Please let me know (^_^) Thanks!
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Createure
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Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 16:49 |
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Yes Sun. All caravans are equal (targets) in the eyes of Illy's resident blockaders.
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Kurfist
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Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 18:21 |
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So I could intercept the gold, then the items...
Awesome.
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Patience is a virtue, resource giving is a sin
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Createure
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Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 18:35 |
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Sandbox: you could do whatever you like mate... as long as you're happy to receive the consequences... ^^
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Kurfist
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Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 19:29 |
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I can blockade CV's town's and intercept all goods, to which i could random back for more money!
Moa ha ha ha
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Patience is a virtue, resource giving is a sin
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Createure
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Posted: 15 Jun 2011 at 01:53 |
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you could also tell everyone ur strategy ;)
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Rill
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Posted: 12 Dec 2011 at 05:20 |
GM Stormcrow wrote:
10JUN11 - Blockade Fix, Patchnotes
in the event of multiple armies blockading the same city, only
the first person to set up the blockade will have a chance to intercept
the caravans.
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This is not working as described. We are aware of at least two situations where a second or later blockade intercepted a caravan where the first did not.
If you wish, we could file a petition with the details.
Please note, I'm not complaining about this feature in any way, just observing that it does not work as described.
Blockades are fun!
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Createure
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Posted: 12 Dec 2011 at 11:51 |
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6 month necro... Perhaps a petition would be a better place to report this bug than in the announcements?
Also perhaps the caravan successfully "rolled" to avoid capture by the first blockade... then failed a "roll" to avoid capture by the second? I don't know, just a guess.
It would make sense if a caravan would have to roll multiple times in succession to avoid multiple blockades.
Edited by Createure - 12 Dec 2011 at 11:52
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