Suddenly Disappearing Lions

[angeleyes]

I've seen this a few times in the beginning of the game:

a lion (movement one , no road) moves from the dark to a tile next of my scout or scouting warrior and ffft disappears ....

Anyone else with this experience ? What do you think of it ?

Asperge

 

[Clown2TheLeft]

They're crouching in the grass, waiting to pounce upon you like... like a big lionesque pouncy thing.

Yes, I've noticed this, too-- but with all the other problems in the game, it ranked low in the priority of mention list.


Later!

--The Clown to the Left

 

[warpstorm]

It could be that it was time to replace animals with barbs.

 

[Prince David]

I always figured that's how they were meant to work. Sneak in, sneak out. At least they don't just appear and attack in the same turn.

I've also noticed the exact same thing with barbs - it starts with random barb units fading in and out. If you don't get them eventually they found a city somewhere, whereupon they become a "permanent" barb and run around making your life difficult.

 

[The Last Conformist]

It could be that it was time to replace animals with barbs.

So animals evaporate into thin air after turn 35?

 

[Zhahz]

Animals do go away to be replaced by barbarians at some point. I think both also have the potential to "expire" or "disipate" (sp). So you might see a barb on your map who wanders off out of sight, send a unit after it, and never find it because it just went away by itself.

Another possibility is that an AI killed it and you missed it happening.

 

[Gerikes]

Animals do go away to be replaced by barbarians at some point. I think both also have the potential to "expire" or "disipate" (sp). So you might see a barb on your map who wanders off out of sight, send a unit after it, and never find it

I think if this happens the nearest city should be able to build a "Windigo Lore" improvement that adds +1 to culture.

 

[angeleyes]

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[angeleyes]

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Another possibility is that an AI killed it and you missed it happening.

Animals just move before your turn and i see them moving and i see them disappear.

Asperge

 

[karadoc]

But what's even more weird is that I think I've seen barbarians disappear. It's hard to be certain that I haven't just lost track of where they went, and didn't see them get killed or something like that; but I've had this disappear barbs experience a few times, so I'm reasonably sure that it's really happening.

 

[angeleyes]

it's really happening.

that sound really scary ! So there are suddenly disappearing animals and
barbs, and also dead units still living ( see 'dead scout walking') in the game!

Asperge