ARGH Barbarians!!!

Otherones5 · Mar 28, 2014

Why does at least one barbarian spawn within my territory per turn, despite my happiness clearly being +15? :confused:

edit: after about three turns the barbarians stopped spawning..I'm still very curious about why this happened; a glitch maybe? I wasn't on quick movement so I would've noticed if they were just moving in from somewhere else.

Browd · Mar 28, 2014

Are they pillaging trade routes? When barbs pillage trade routes, they spawn another barb, rather than taking gold.

SULOMON · Mar 28, 2014

Well that's strange... Well maybe late game Barbarian paratroopers are spawning outside your territory and parachuting in (If they can do that). Regardless a screenshot would help.

Callonia · Mar 29, 2014

Browd said:
Are they pillaging trade routes? When barbs pillage trade routes, they spawn another barb, rather than taking gold.

This is very likely circumstance.

Or OP's borders has expanded in a direction which revealed a encampment right next to the border so when a barbarian spawn, it randomly picked the hex where border and encampment meet.

Doktor Vic Tim · Mar 29, 2014

Better go and clear out that encampment. It's times like these you wish you were the Aztecs or possibly the Songhai, though the latter matters much less in late games.

Any civ: Argh, barbarians!

Aztecs: Yay, barbarians!

beetle · Mar 29, 2014

Otherones5 said:
after about three turns the barbarians stopped spawning..I'm still very curious about why this happened; a glitch maybe? I wasn't on quick movement so I would've noticed if they were just moving in from somewhere else.

Unlike previous civs, barbs only spawn at camps (unless you are 20+ unhappy). The interface is quirky enough that moving in from the fog can look like spawning.

Doktor Vic Tim · Mar 29, 2014

beetle said:
Unlike previous civs, barbs only spawn at camps (unless you are 20+ unhappy). The interface is quirky enough that moving in from the fog can look like spawning.

In BNW rebels/barbarians spawn in your borders at only 10 unhappiness, so be careful.

Unless it's part of your Aztecan strategy to intentionally have unhappiness to farm more culture.

SULOMON · Mar 29, 2014

Doktor Vic Tim said:
In BNW rebels/barbarians spawn in your borders at only 10 unhappiness, so be careful.

Unless it's part of your Aztecan strategy to intentionally have unhappiness to farm more culture.

Or Heathen Conversion when it comes to unhappiness strategy.

Otherones5 · Mar 29, 2014

Browd said:
Are they pillaging trade routes? When barbs pillage trade routes, they spawn another barb, rather than taking gold.

This is actually a very plausible explanation! I didn't know they did that, thanks!

ARGH Barbarians!!!

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