Problem: Enemy/Neutral Caravans can block your army

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I noticed during my game today that I could not move my army south of my city. After clicking around for a bit I noticed that the army could not move because a caravan from one of my neighbors was blocking my path as there was only one tile leading out of my peninsula.

It seems kind of silly that one caravan could block an entire army.  I think armies and units should be able to move through caravans freely.

I have included a screenshot of this: http://imgur.com/WI4GS.jpg

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Yep, I'm having the same problem. It's really bad at choke points, like in your image, or on really small cities. It really is very silly.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

i managed to have one of my heroes landlocked in a corner by a "ceasefired" npc faction's city.... apparently you can't just walk through them like your own...

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

You need a non-aggression pact in order to move freely through each other's territory.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Has happened to me numerous times.  I once trying to link up my cities with caravans but couldn't because Percipenee (or whom ever she is) had packed caravans in my city centers.  There were 3 cities I could not connect.  This also has happened with trying to build on a square, such as gold.  A hero was on it, neutral, and I couldn't access it for several turns because the sod wouldn't move.  Also, if any neutral is in a stack, you can't attack the stack.  You also can't access various buildings in your own town if you have a unit on it.  It's a bit of a royal pain.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

right. non aggression.  that's the 3rd treaty after tech/trade, right?

 

had that.. i think the problem was, the city centre square was the only square out and i can't move into/past that.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I had declared war on a minor to find myself unable to attack the city because during more than 10 turns, a Karavox merchant was parked in the minor capital and I could only select the Talk option for the merchant and not the attack the city. Treaties of any kind with Karavox are usually impossible in my games due to their amazing ability to sky rocket themselves into the realm of uber power.