captured workers disappear

[Barrius]

I just observed this and I am not sure if it is a bug in v1.17 or if it is because I am playing at a higher level. I am the Germans and I was at war with the zulus. I had 2 workers in my territory building a road when a zulu horseman captures them. On my next turn I look around for where the captured workers were sent so that I can capture them back but they were nowhere to be seen. They were in the middle of my territory surrounded by my cities so I could see every square within 3 moves of where they were captured. But they were nowhere to be seen. The only possible thing that could have happened according to the rules of the game was that they were disbanded.

Has anyone else seen this?

 

[dojoboy]

What happened to the capturing Zulu unit? Did it move over the captured workers? If so, and you killed it, the workers died as well. I've noticed this in my games, and I've not patched my version yet.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

The Zulu unit is not the problem. The AI has finally learned to disband units it cannot expect to bring to safety, that`s all!

 

[Jason Fox]

I see this all the time. Frustrating but they are doing the right thing. Does anyone know if they'll disband their own previously captured workers?

Also, if your worker is captured and then you get him back, does he work at original speed or "slave" speed? I swear I saw one of my workers listed as 'Worker (Egyptian)" (while I was Egypt) and I was going to check but he was captured next turn and uncerimoniously disbanded.

 

[joycem10]

the AI will disband its own units when recaptured.