Dessertion of units?

Empier4552 · Post by **Empier4552** » Dec 06 2004

Did we cover this? Will units maybe either overly ignored or put in ridiculous situations maybe just disappear to to speak?

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » Dec 06 2004

I dont know if its changed, but im pretty sure it was said units and even territory could desert /change sides.

Ill try and find the post.

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » Dec 06 2004

http://www.bgforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=104

got it.

Post by **George Geczy** » Dec 06 2004

Surrender and/or desertion is still planned...

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » Mar 22 2005

Have Surrender and/or desertion been implemented yet ?

If so ,could we have a small "this is how they work " post ?

If no,could we have a small "this is how we plan on making them work" post ?

Post by **George Geczy** » Mar 23 2005

Unit-based Surrender and Desertion are no longer going to be included as 'distinct' actions - instead, they are just part of the 'casualties' number you see when a unit is attacked. It really wasn't all that useful to have an entire battalion surrender to the enemy - it wasn't something that was going to happen a lot.

We may take another look at this in the future, but for this version I think it will work well as a 'automatic' part of the casualties calculation.

-- George.

red · Post by **red** » Mar 23 2005

How does the player know that desertions are happening?

tkobo · Post by **tkobo** » Mar 23 2005

Bummer.
Does this mean that unit defection is now out also ?

Post by **George Geczy** » Mar 25 2005

Under current design, desertions only happen when a unit is under fire, and are reported as 'casualties', so they are automatic.

And yes, for now defection is not an active element. We'll look at it again in the future to see if it would be useful to add.

-- George.