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Title: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Constantine on August 12, 2014, 06:25:23 PM
I was captured on a ferry half way to my destination. There were like 20+ more hours till I was supposed to arrive.
Is this a bug or intended behaviour?
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Anaris on August 12, 2014, 07:16:14 PM
Boarded for customs inspection, and they found you hiding in the cargo hold!

...Ferry routes aren't (and shouldn't be) very different from normal routes. There are a very few exceptions. This is not one of them.
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Constantine on August 13, 2014, 01:17:47 AM
Yeah, it's just that I have never been captured while still on the road during travels.
Hence my question.
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Eirikr on August 13, 2014, 04:55:42 AM
Yeah, it's just that I have never been captured while still on the road during travels.
Hence my question.

I believe it's possible at any turn, so you could be captured while traveling 16 hours between land points as well. Or if you delay arrival, etc. I think.
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Ketchum on August 13, 2014, 05:27:07 AM
I believe it's possible at any turn, so you could be captured while traveling 16 hours between land points as well. Or if you delay arrival, etc. I think.
Hmmm.. amazing, I never thought of this before. I never been captured while travelling on roads or ferry ride before. Did the chance % go up suddenly?

Look interesting to know some game parts I never know before and which can bring some surprise factor :o
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Eirikr on August 13, 2014, 07:16:51 AM
Well, it is a percentage, so the Law of Large Numbers means someone will get hit by it eventually, given a large enough sample size.  I'd suggest it went "way up" if there were a bunch of people noticing it, in which case it would likely be a bug.

Otherwise, it's just always been there... there aren't many ferries on which to be captured, so the sample size is smaller.

Oh, and if I wasn't clear, by land points I mean one landlocked region to another, not a sea route.
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Indirik on August 13, 2014, 02:41:50 PM
Hmmm.. amazing, I never thought of this before. I never been captured while travelling on roads or ferry ride before. Did the chance % go up suddenly?
Well, characters normally travel with soldiers. So long as you have at least 1 healthy soldier, you cannot be captured while traveling.

Also, you can only be captured while traveling when in enemy lands. i.e.: traveling through a realm with which you are at war. And how often do you travel through enemy lands with no healthy solders?
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Constantine on August 13, 2014, 05:00:56 PM
Daang, that's kinda counterintuitive.
I figured that I'd have better luck with covert mission if I go alone with just a bunch of scouts rather than with an army.
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Anaris on August 13, 2014, 05:10:21 PM
Daang, that's kinda counterintuitive.
I figured that I'd have better luck with covert mission if I go alone with just a bunch of scouts rather than with an army.

If you have no guards to protect you, you're going to get captured.

If you have a unit, you're likely to get skirmished (and also captured), or simply involved in a battle.

Infiltrator skill makes it less likely that you will get captured as a lone commander in enemy territory, but there is no way to eliminate the risk entirely.
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Chenier on August 13, 2014, 05:11:40 PM
Daang, that's kinda counterintuitive.
I figured that I'd have better luck with covert mission if I go alone with just a bunch of scouts rather than with an army.

A soldier on one's pay
Keeps the patrol guards at bay
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Thehatter on August 14, 2014, 03:51:02 AM
Commoners leading a unit of soldiers, that would be a fun sight to see.
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Deytheur on September 10, 2014, 09:36:03 PM
Recently I was attacked by bandits while traveling without a unit and they stole my gold, it has been so long that I have gone anywhere without a unit that I forgot that could happen  >:(
Title: Re: Captured during a ferry ride
Post by: Indirik on September 10, 2014, 11:04:31 PM
It is possible for it to happen even if you do have soldiers, if you carry enough gold with you.