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Marquesta 
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Joined: 31 Jul 2011
Location: Nevada, USA
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 Topic: Why can't I scout this city?
Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 01:57 |
Why can't I scout the city I'm siegeing?
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Rill
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Player Council - Geographer
Joined: 17 Jun 2011
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 02:18 |
It allows me to send scouts there ... it's quite a ways away so I'm not going to bother.
Do you not get an option to send diplomats?
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Marquesta
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 02:56 |
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I can send them, but they always fail, and don't return.
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~~Marquesta
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Rill
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 03:00 |
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Maybe there are just a heck of a lot of defending scouts?
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Marquesta
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 03:03 |
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Guess I should give more info... I scouted the city before my army arrived, and got a report back. I've been thieving it since I found it, and can still get goods from it, but scouts and spies fail as long as my siege army is there. And, this has happened before, when my alt sieged a city. I just accepted it as part of the game. The more I think about it though, the more it doesn't make sense.
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HonoredMule
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 03:27 |
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It's possible that being under siege increases the diplomatic defense with an "alertness" factor. I suspect that scouting is still possible, but may require greater forces.
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"Apparently, quoting me is a 'thing' now."
- HonoredMule
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Marquesta
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Location: Nevada, USA
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 03:57 |
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I thought about that, and have sent more, only 8, but guess I'll know when they get there.
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Createure
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 03:57 |
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If the population has been decimated by the siege then the proportion of defending diplos per head of population will have risen a lot, increasing failure rates.
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Marquesta
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 04:49 |
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I will send more then, as many as I have.
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~~Marquesta
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Marquesta
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 18:04 |
The 8 scouts failed, didn't return. I sent 23 (all I had left at the time) right behind them, they returned but were unable to complete the mission. So, making more scouts and will try again! Thanks everyone!
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~~Marquesta
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