Currently, on Atamara, Eston is running a friendly takover of Meneriel. However, the situation does not conform with my understanding of how FTOs work.
Here is the context: The Cagilan Empire recently took Meneriel from Eston via a BTO. There were still some retreated Estonite peasant militia around after Cagilan and allied Talerium forces retreated. A single Estonite knight entered Meneriel afterward, and was defeated by a straggler Talerium knight still in the region.
So the troops in Meneriel are:
25 Eston peasant militia, retreated
15 Eston infantry, led by a knight, retreated
45 Talerium infantry, led by a knight, stationary
The region is currently owned by Cagilan Empire.
However, scout reports now show an Estonite FTO running on Meneriel. This seems strange to me because:
1. 15 troops should not be enough to start a TO. I know that FTOs require fewer troops to start, but 15 men seems way too low.
2. I thought scattered/retreated units cannot start TOs.
Assuming that this is not a new bug, what's the trick to doing this? How do you start a FTO in a region with just 15 retreated troops?
Quote from: GoldPanda on December 25, 2011, 09:51:53 AM
Currently, on Atamara, Eston is running a friendly takover of Meneriel. However, the situation does not conform with my understanding of how FTOs work.
Here is the context: The Cagilan Empire recently took Meneriel from Eston via a BTO. There were still some retreated Estonite peasant militia around after Cagilan and allied Talerium forces retreated. A single Estonite knight entered Meneriel afterward, and was defeated by a straggler Talerium knight still in the region.
So the troops in Meneriel are:
25 Eston peasant militia, retreated
15 Eston infantry, led by a knight, retreated
45 Talerium infantry, led by a knight, stationary
The region is currently owned by Cagilan Empire.
However, scout reports now show an Estonite FTO running on Meneriel. This seems strange to me because:
1. 15 troops should not be enough to start a TO. I know that FTOs require fewer troops to start, but 15 men seems way too low.
2. I thought scattered/retreated units cannot start TOs.
Assuming that this is not a new bug, what's the trick to doing this? How do you start a FTO in a region with just 15 retreated troops?
There is some cases for automatic FTO's carried out by rebellious regions. This is most likely the case.
Quote from: De-Legro on December 25, 2011, 10:34:43 AM
There is some cases for automatic FTO's carried out by rebellious regions. This is most likely the case.
I actually just discovered this on FEI, blew my mind. Control was so bad and there were partisan militias running around that started a FTO all by themselves for
rogue.
I was really hoping that FTO by rogue would work, too, but alas, no.