Fighting to the end

martenzo · Post by **martenzo** » December 14th, 2004, 3:40 pm

I had the idea, that if there is a unit with leadership, then it would take control of your troops in case you are eliminated from the game. For example: You are playing with elves in multiplayer and you die, but you have an elvish marshal, the elvish marshal takes control of your troops and fights to the end as an AI controlled player. The AI player obtains your gold and villages, but if the AI leader dies too the effect is not repeated. If there are more than 1 same level units with leadership, they break off in two the ones who stay loyal to the memory of you (the troops with the traits loyal or intelligent) , and those who go rebellious (all units without intelligent or loyal traits).

MRhe · Post by **MRhe** » December 14th, 2004, 3:55 pm

Why would/should it be AI-controlled? That doesn't make sense to me.

Otherwise the idea is pretty cool, and I think something like it would be an interesting option for multiplayer games.

Na'enthos · Post by **Na'enthos** » December 14th, 2004, 7:32 pm

MRhe wrote:Why would/should it be AI-controlled? That doesn't make sense to me.

Well, I think martenzo reasons like this: Multiplayer game is playing and at one point one person loses because of the loss of his/her general. At that point, the AI takes over and directs the players remaining forces as the player has already lost.

However, one can also think of a similar thing: Creating a way to keep on playing (i.e.: not having lost the game) after one loses his/her general, by making a unit replace the general as leader of one's army.

Breeblebox · Post by **Breeblebox** » December 14th, 2004, 7:35 pm

Deja Vu check... http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3727

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » December 14th, 2004, 7:49 pm

Breeblebox wrote:Deja Vu check... http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3727

Just one? as I recall, at least three threads have been created on this subject.

Breeblebox · Post by **Breeblebox** » December 14th, 2004, 8:51 pm

I'm sure you are right EP (meems and all), I didn't mean to suggest that I came up with this, which is obviously not the case... =]

martenzo · Post by **martenzo** » December 15th, 2004, 5:30 am

Na'enthos wrote:Well, I think martenzo reasons like this: Multiplayer game is playing and at one point one person loses because of the loss of his/her general. At that point, the AI takes over and directs the players remaining forces as the player has already lost.

Exacly my point. The dead player can choose either to stay in the game as an observer or leave the game, but after his in-game self, the leader, is dead, (s)he shouldn't affect the game anymore. Btw I had the idea before I saw your thread Breeblebox, I still got some updates to my idea from there.

MRhe · Post by **MRhe** » December 15th, 2004, 5:46 am

Oh...I'm not much of a fan of this idea; if I beat a human player I'm not interested in finishing off some AI units.

I'd be interested in the possibility of that player being able to make a comeback though, i.e. the human would continue playing.

Not against the possibility of it existing, but I wouldn't like to play with the option of the AI-takeover.