[Suggestion]If Monsters won't attack AI stacks, can we at least get a Pass With No Trace spell?

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Loving 0.86 ( and thx for mini-patch, you guys rock!) but still really peeved by stacks of AI pioneers and lone heroes waltzing (whistling nervously?) past Death Demons, Shrill Lords and Air Elementals without so much as a pursuit. 

My poor stacks get within one or two squares and WHAM! 

I did not choose the "rub troops down in Bacon grease" trait when designing my faction <_< so here is a simple (I hope) idea to at least make it less unfair for the human player:

Pass Without Trace

Earth 1 (or generic if you want to make it more available)

Mana cost to cast: 15

Upkeep: 1 per turn

Area of effect: One army

Lets an army sneak past any monster on the overland map but DOES not hide stack from other AIs. So a jerky AI could dispel it on you just as you are tip-toeing past that dozing Forest Drake X|

And just as an aside... are you guys considering interdisciplinary spells?  Like an Earth/Life spell that lets you grow entangling forests in your ZOC?

That would be a fun way to fortify chokepoints ... 

Back to playing, thanks!

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Yeah, The monsters seem to ignore the AI players.  My last game the AI took The Shroud and left half the monsters still wandering around.  When I took the city he built in it, whooosh!  I got attacked every turn for about 5 turns.  And I only had 3 defenders in the city, but my killer Frost Mages were displaced by militia.  That really annoyed me.  I almost quit that game at that point.

 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting DexCisco, reply 1
Yeah, The monsters seem to ignore the AI players.  My last game the AI took The Shroud and left half the monsters still wandering around.  When I took the city he built in it, whooosh!  I got attacked every turn for about 5 turns.  And I only had 3 defenders in the city, but my killer Frost Mages were displaced by militia.  That really annoyed me.  I almost quit that game at that point.

 
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You certain that your Mages were displaced? I've been noticing that some of my mage type units simply won't join in city defense at all.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I also noticed monsters not being interested in attacking AI units. Also they are kind of not interested in attacking anything within zones of control.

This is all on normal difficulty. They should be targeting Outposts whenever they can and leave cities alone for higher difficulties.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes, quite annoying, I'm dodging drakes like crazy trying to make it to the enemy cities, while they just waltz right past them with impunity.