fish_sticks
Chieftain
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- Feb 4, 2006
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I noticed that Giant Spiders are infrequent because they are killed by non-animal Barbarians. I think the cause is they begin with Hidden Nationality and there are multiple Barbarian factions. The factions are allied but I think this doesn't override Hidden Nationality.
None of this is a huge deal, just makes it harder to find spiders and it occasionally creates a Greater Werewolf which wreaks havoc in the early game
. I personally do not use Giant Spiders as much anymore are they are visible to all units. I assume this was on purpose but making them invisible would make most Barbarian units unable to attack them.
Another simple solution could be to remove the promotion. Unsure how had it is to tell the AI to not attack spiders if they are part of the other faction as a one-off. Other, the promotion could be applied after capture but this uncovers if the spider has been captured or is truly wild.
Reproduction
Setup three Hill Giant Barbarians next to Giant Spiders. The left has Hidden Nationality removed. The middle is normal. The right is human normal. After going to the next turn the Giants killed the one with Hidden Nationality (and the human controlled one which is expected). They did not kill the one without Hidden Nationality.
None of this is a huge deal, just makes it harder to find spiders and it occasionally creates a Greater Werewolf which wreaks havoc in the early game
. I personally do not use Giant Spiders as much anymore are they are visible to all units. I assume this was on purpose but making them invisible would make most Barbarian units unable to attack them.Another simple solution could be to remove the promotion. Unsure how had it is to tell the AI to not attack spiders if they are part of the other faction as a one-off. Other, the promotion could be applied after capture but this uncovers if the spider has been captured or is truly wild.
Reproduction
Setup three Hill Giant Barbarians next to Giant Spiders. The left has Hidden Nationality removed. The middle is normal. The right is human normal. After going to the next turn the Giants killed the one with Hidden Nationality (and the human controlled one which is expected). They did not kill the one without Hidden Nationality.
