Cankermore: Is it broken?

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• Marcella

  December 2014

  It is. It's infuriatingly random.

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• Zagreus

  December 2014

  Yep.. random as far as I could ever tell.
  
  Forget trying to kill all of them and go for the other win condition, get to the opposing base.
  

  

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• Elanorwen The White Falconess

  December 2014

  Ixion said:

  Yep.. random as far as I could ever tell.
  
  Forget trying to kill all of them and go for the other win condition, get to the opposing base.
  

  There is a boost to certain races fighting certain other races. That said, the RNG is skewed in the NPC army's favor in that I've seen an army that was weak against mine take mine out in 2 hits. PC army never deals as much damage as the NPC one either. The way the battlefield is set up, too... chances are you will have to walk into a location to have your army attacked first on the exchange too.
  

  
  
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• Leolamins

  December 2014

  Ixion said:

  Yep.. random as far as I could ever tell.
  
  Forget trying to kill all of them and go for the other win condition, get to the opposing base.
  

  Yep what Ixion said.  I go ahead and scout out the clear path to avoid the fights.  Makes finishing the quest a lot quicker and easier.
  

  

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• Ieptix

  December 2014

  The quest isn't broken; the difference between strong/neutral/weak is just small, and not at all make-or-break.

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• Shaddus , the Leper Messiah Outside your window.

  December 2014

  Ieptix said:

  The quest isn't broken; the difference between strong/neutral/weak is just small, and not at all make-or-break.

  Why? I mean, the battle seems like it should basically be rock-paper-scissors, but if it doesn't make a difference, why even include that information?
  

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• Ieptix

  December 2014

  You're welcome to go back in time, find the quest designer, and ask them! I'm also not saying there's no impact at all, but it's not the case that rock will always beat scissors universally.

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• Xenthos Shadow Lord

  January 2015

  Ieptix said:

  You're welcome to go back in time, find the quest designer, and ask them! I'm also not saying there's no impact at all, but it's not the case that rock will always beat scissors universally.

  (Or ever, in the case of this quest!)
  
  I too gave up on that part of it and just ignored the weak / strong aspect.  Regardless of who fought what, my team almost always lost... even when it was a full unit versus just one of the opposing force remaining.  The lone NPC survivor is basically Hercules.
  
  You beat Cankermore by not playing the game, but just ignoring it entirely in favour of a tactical assault on the Commander.  You can win essentially 100% of the time doing this.
  

  

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• Riluna

  January 2015

  Yes. Knowing that would have saved me so much time! Go that route, especially if you're grinding yourself through the epic or something.

  
  

  I was lucky I ever got it, we just had the construct to get there at the time. It still took me weeks. Army attrition is simply not the solution to that puzzle.

  
  

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• Tremula Banished Quasiroyal

  January 2015

  Luckily I got the honours line, so I can kiss seeing those allisaurs good-bye for a while. Still, it was rather annoying getting it all done.
  

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