[0.914] BUG - We are too busy to talk...

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... but I don't want to talk, I want to kill you. Still, all I get is the talk cursor. Even if I manually select Attack command, click on the target unit, it still changes to talk  cursor... and they are too busy. Seems a bit retarded.

Oh - and unit selection is still living hell. I manually select all my three heroes, want to move - no more moves. Okay, I click end turn, the two heroes besides my sovereign ninja-deselect, so when I want to finally move, I find out I am charging the enemy army alone. Uber-retarded.

Units still exhibit little surrounding awareness - I understand you had to disable mob attacking each other, because they are utterly careless. AI still parades lone sovereign three steps behind the main stack (challenging difficulty).

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

There is a "workaround" if you want to attack but cant, because they are too busy.

Say i can talk with altar, but not gilden and pariden, and want to attack gilden.

Initiate a chat with altar. Notice the arrows on top of the screen beside the name which enable you to cycle thru the factions. Click on them until you get to gilden, and then you can declare war np.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Or you can just trade your war declaration with another faction for res... >.>

It's kinda cheap, but works too well.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Or, can we understand why this happens?  It reminds me of the days of playing Abraham Lincoln with democratic government.  Getting outvoted for war at every turn.

That's what this essentially is without there being a vote.  Essentially the AI decides.

 

On the note of unit selection...Since WoM shift clicking or Ctrl clicking severely lag the cursor.  Forcing me to shift-click, shift-click...and of course I do the occasional click-shift (damn-it) and have to start over.  Is this just me?

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I could not do any of the proposed workarounds, because the kingdom I wanted to kill was the only one I was in contact with.

Attack should circumvent any diplomacy - no more talk, just slit their throats, let the sand drink their blood. 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

@Kamamura_CZ completely agree. Refusing to talk is just rude, there should be a way to uni-laterally null and void any treaties you have and go to war. I spent ages trying to get into contact with a faction I needed to go to war with, they refused to talk and my armies just sat there idle.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

In that case, just walk your army up to their cities, they'll tell you to get out, and you can say, "I want your head on a pike!" or something like that. Then take their city while you're at it.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting dctrjons, reply 3
On the note of unit selection...Since WoM shift clicking or Ctrl clicking severely lag the cursor. Forcing me to shift-click, shift-click...and of course I do the occasional click-shift (damn-it) and have to start over. Is this just me?
End of dctrjons's quote

 

No it is not just you my cursor also lags like hell in fallen enchantress and in War of magic whenever I try to shift click chars.

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Schob13, reply 7

Quoting dctrjons, reply 3On the note of unit selection...Since WoM shift clicking or Ctrl clicking severely lag the cursor. Forcing me to shift-click, shift-click...and of course I do the occasional click-shift (damn-it) and have to start over. Is this just me?

 

No it is not just you my cursor also lags like hell in fallen enchantress and in War of magic whenever I try to shift click chars.
End of Schob13's quote

Me too.  It has gotten old.