new feature ? draw in fights

[shad2389]

yesturday game told me someting like this :
your trroops could not win this batle your remaining troops left the batle
after that screen i was chocked to see i still had 1 unit eaven if i did not win the fight
is this a new feature ?

forgot to do a print screen
this happened on my live world was this an AB test ?
first time this happens to me
just find it weird that i did'nt loose all my troops in that batle

 

[shad2389]

2nd time it happens to me never happened to me befor this year and i'v been playing almost since game was created

 

[Thunderdome]

From other games, the only way to get a draw is if both sides didn't finish the battle in a specific number of rounds (usually when defined by the game itself, either by visual or behind the scenes through a line of code). This usually happens if both sides have nearly the same stats that hardly any damage is being done to move the battle forward.

 

[Leones]

This generally happens when there's a stalemate. It can sometimes happen that two sides cannot kill each other, no matter how many rounds there are.

For example, if there are two units left, both able to hide in a forest, it can happen that they both hide, unable to attack each other, which will result in this message.

There's probably a maximum amount of rounds for a battle as well.

 

[shad2389]

lol only happens with auto-fight i know for sure that if i would have batled manualy i would have wun this fight was my artilery +7 rogues against 8 light units wich is perfectly possible to win in manual fighting

 

[Thunderdome]

For example, if there are two units left, both able to hide in a forest, it can happen that they both hide, unable to attack each other, which will result in this message.

Or, probably any other unit that has the "stealth" (hide) feature for that matter.

 

[shad2389]

"stealth" (hide) feature

eaven with that in manual batle i would have wun

 

[Fire Witch]

FYI: merged two threads, because it's about the same thing started by the same OP.

 

[Sams512]

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I´ve had this two times last week in GEX... i think i spider LOL

 

[Outlaw Dread]

Seems more a bug than a logical design.




My same army, with no replacements or units healed, beat the same AI army the next time (1 min later) using auto-fight again. So how can the AI force a retreat with all new units, but allow the same (now damaged) units to fight and (easily) win?

 

[Emberguard]

Seems more a bug than a logical design.

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My same army, with no replacements or units healed, beat the same AI army the next time (1 min later) using auto-fight again. So how can the AI force a retreat with all new units, but allow the same (now damaged) units to fight and (easily) win?

As you have progressive Era units, you're going to have barbed wire / trenches on the field.

It's been a long time since I've done Progressive Era fights. Forget which terrain Rogue can step on.

But hypothetically what if the two remaining units on each side were a (untransformed) Rogue and the Drummer, with a line of barbed wire/trench across the map? Wouldn't that mean both sides would be unable to touch each other if all ranged attackers died first?

Re-do the fight and the terrain randomizes again. Maybe the next time without the middle section blocked, or maybe the melee range units get killed earlier on

 

[Outlaw Dread]

As you have progressive Era units, you're going to have barbed wire / trenches on the field.

It's been a long time since I've done Progressive Era fights. Forget which terrain Rogue can step on.

But hypothetically what if the two remaining units on each side were a (untransformed) Rogue and the Drummer, with a line of barbed wire/trench across the map? Wouldn't that mean both sides would be unable to touch each other if all ranged attackers died first?

Re-do the fight and the terrain randomizes again. Maybe the next time without the middle section blocked, or maybe the melee range units get killed earlier on

I don't think that could be the case. I've an unboosted A/D 1371/1228, and had a 20% tavern boost at the time. In the screenshot, you can see that my units took almost no damage, despite the fight being aborted. Plus, it happened twice within 30 minutes. That just does not fit with the idea that this is an extremely rare event (though, statistically, of course it is possible)

 

[drakenridder]

I don't think that could be the case. I've an unboosted A/D 1371/1228, and had a 20% tavern boost at the time. In the screenshot, you can see that my units took almost no damage, despite the fight being aborted. Plus, it happened twice within 30 minutes. That just does not fit with the idea that this is an extremely rare event (though, statistically, of course it is possible)

You might've been exceptionally unlucky. Although there's no confirmation, I suspect the AI can compute a maximum number of turns. If the battle isn't concluded (victory/defeat) within those turns, the computer forces it to a conclusion by forcing a retreat. This is speculation but imho the most likely cause.

 

[shad2389]

Forget which terrain Rogue can step on.

rogues can go everywhere