Entire enemy army heals to full health

[ktek78]

Hello! I'm in the midst of a war against Sweden, and after grinding their forces down heavily (in their own territory), I've found that the entire enemy army suddenly regains all of its health. I reloaded the game after this happened, and it happened again in the same turn.

Am I missing something here? Is there some kind of ability/black magic I don't understand?

 

[Moi Magnus]

Hello! I'm in the midst of a war against Sweden, and after grinding their forces down heavily (in their own territory), I've found that the entire enemy army suddenly regains all of its health. I reloaded the game after this happened, and it happened again in the same turn.

Am I missing something here? Is there some kind of ability/black magic I don't understand?

It is Sweden Unique Ability : "If a Great General is born, all Military Units are healed and receive +15 XP."
Yes, it is strong. (and that's not the only part of their unique ability)

 

[Hinin]

Sweden is the civilization with the highest "unpredictability factor" when being fought against : you can't see the GGeneral jauge of the Swedish player, and, later in the game, when GGenerals can be bought with faith, a Swedish player can, as an emergency mesure (for it can cost a lot of faith and Sweden has no bonus in faith generation), buy a GGeneral to heal all his army instantly. To be frank , I really don't like that kind of bonus you can not see coming, but Sweden is the only civ with a bonus with such a powerful effect.

Also, to compensate, Swedish unique components come quite late, and all the Swedish UA offers is military bonus, so failing in a military campaign can be disastrous.

 

[ktek78]

Ahhhhhh horsehockey. Gotta say I was kind of hoping it was a bug.

Looks like it might be time for a tactical retreat. Thanks for info!

 

[grmagne]

Sweden is unbeatable? Are you from Switzerland? Ooooh, too soon!

If you ever have Sweden on one side and Indonesia on the other, the perfect country to be is France. Use your combined firepower to take down the strongest Swedish units before they can magically heal. Once they've been neutralized you can focus on conquering Indonesian cities and putting Chateaus all around their spices.

Of course, with random civs you'll get this exact scenario maybe once in a lifetime. And I've had already had my one time...

 

[andersw]

You want to kill off the units and not leave several with few hps, this goes vs all civs since they heal up extra with promos and can retreat to safety to heal more.
Try to focus your forces better.
It's probably easier to abuse that swedish ability if used by human but it can also be risky with a lot of wounded units.

 

[ktek78]

Sweden is unbeatable? Are you from Switzerland? Ooooh, too soon!

If you ever have Sweden on one side and Indonesia on the other, the perfect country to be is France. Use your combined firepower to take down the strongest Swedish units before they can magically heal. Once they've been neutralized you can focus on conquering Indonesian cities and putting Chateaus all around their spices.

Of course, with random civs you'll get this exact scenario maybe once in a lifetime. And I've had already had my one time...

No, from England, so it'll be important to beat the Swedes within 90 minutes otherwise they'll fully heal for extra time and we'll be screwed.

Quick! Someone call Gareth!