During my recent game as the Scions, the 2nd turn I had Alcinus (sp?), he went barbarian on me, so I killed him with Korrina the Red. After 50-75 turns, I had not gotten him back. Is this a bug? Did I do something wrong? Help! I am running 23a.

thanks

Alcinus doesn't always return to the Scions. There's a decent chance that he will spawn for a different civ instead... Which is fine, as eventually he goes barb again and comes back, with new spell types. :lol: There is also the Emperor's Dagger unit that can hunt him down.

But even after he goes to another civ, will he ever return to the Scions? (one mana type= complete annoyence):mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad:

He will, yes. Once he goes barb again, and he will, he'll be killed by the AI and then respawned... He has a much higher chance to respawn for the Scions then for anyone else.

Actually, there still is a minor chance that he will go barb and actually manage to flee from his civ. I saw Alcinus gone barb hiding out in a goblin fort just the other day... it made colonization a real headache -_-

Might be worthwhile to place a PyPerTurn on Alcinus which makes him have a chance to insta-die if he is a Barbarian and on an unowned tile (or in a Barbarian owned city)

Could even tie it to an AA/MM promotion which requires one of the 3 Alcinus versions and Barbarian Civ so that it ONLY runs while he is Barb

In 0.22d
Just after I got Alcinus he "committed suicide rather than turn on his civilization", a message to that effect at any rate. By Turn 400ish, when I gave up due to continual CTD's, he still hadn't returned & I never found him with Emperors Dagger Spell; so it does seem there is another possibility.

That's the message for when Loyalty kills a unit instead of letting it turn to the Barbarians. Thought Tarq had Alcinus specifically blocked from being capable of gaining Loyalty though.

good to know.