escaping combat

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I just started playing, and while this specific situation doesn't matter much, I do want to understand how the mechanic works. I have a pioneer that has been attacked by a spider that far outclasses it. I have run to the glowing tiles on the edge of the combat board, but it will not allow me to move onto them. Am I wrong that these are the "escape tiles?" Why am I unable to escape with my pioneer? are there conditions for escape?

I've done my best to search this topic on the forum, but no results clarify my situation.

 

Thanks!

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Run towards the light.  After the 4th/5th unit escaping, the rest of your troops become demoralized and they are dead.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

A talent would be nice like Tactic. (lvl 1 deploy units, lvl 5 orderly retreat, lvl 10 Great deploy (units get +2 to attack or def),....).

A hero talent that you can learn at certain lvl ups.

 

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I didn't see anything official, but from what I can tell, lower level units are unable to flee combat.  This would include pioneers.  Heros and such can move on the glowing tiles to get out of combat, but cannon-fodder isn't so lucky.  They have to stay behind and do as much damage as they can before getting wiped out.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I am usually able to escape combat, but there were a couple times when the tiles over the edge of the map by the visible light would not let me move onto them.  I think the computer randomly generates inaccessible obstacles, and it happens to do so on the escape glowing-lights on occasion.  That seems to be one of the many serious bugs with the tactical combat maps.