Eerrrrrmmm......

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. ....so here goes my Caribbean fleet, sailing past Curacao towards a rebel province to re-take it .. suddenly I spot a fleet belonging to the Knights of St. John, comprising 0 ships.

I'm not sure which is the more weird - finding a fleet of 0 ships or wondering what the Knights are doing out near Jamaica.

 

[Warspite]

Oh , so you never heard of the Ghosts of St John? theres more history in this thing than you know

 

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hmmm...so if the game has the Ghosts of St. Johns sailing about the Carribean, can we also expect to see the Flying Dutchman or is that from a different time?

 

[Vulture]

I had it happen too... But in my case the 'fleet' was under the command of a admiral (ranked leader) without ships... But since the knights dont get sea leaders... weird.

 

[Agelastus]

It's strange for the Knights, but I've seen it happen a couple of times with admirals for the AI. it's the same "bug" that allows zero strength armies when there's a general about. The ships must have been wiped out but the admiral survived.

Still, I'd love to have his "water-wings"!

 

[Vulture]

Haha indeed... As I said it is weird for the Knights.

I also see it often with land armies. A leader with absolutely NO troops also shows up with a zero...

 

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What are you all complaining about?

It's the crazed capatain Ahab sailing on his life boat and swinging his stick all around shouting: "I'll GET YOU, IT'S NOT OVER YET!!"

 

[Agelastus]

Originally posted by VultureGFF
Haha indeed... As I said it is weird for the Knights.

I also see it often with land armies. A leader with absolutely NO troops also shows up with a zero...

Actually, just realised what it could have been-a random explorer.

You'll note those zero armies are often sitting in the middle of your developing colonies or TPs!

 

[Vulture]

Yup true enough... And most often it is a Spanish army while the ToT still lasts

 

[PatMaster]

I actually happend to me once as Spain when I forgot a navy just outside the canary islands. Dont remember if it was a named leader though... Prolly an explorer?

 

[Agelastus]

Originally posted by PatMaster
I actually happend to me once as Spain when I forgot a navy just outside the canary islands. Dont remember if it was a named leader though... Prolly an explorer?

It would almost have to be-generic leaders are just that-generic. They get killed and are replaced out of an inexhaustable store of mediocrity!

 

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I think that was corrected in the latest patch - all my explorers drown quite nicely

Weirder still was to play with Spain and suddenly be attacked in Cuba and Tobago in 1540... by the Papal States! And with no small armies, too - 3k in tobago and 10k in Cuba; I barely had enough troops to hold them!

(besides, the Pope had already picked Tangiers up from the portuguese... I think he was actually waging a crusade against catholics... )

Regards,
Keoland

 

[PatMaster]

Well... When the crusedes for liberating the holy land from the heatens didnt work out...

 

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Originally posted by Agelastus


Actually, just realised what it could have been-a random explorer.

You'll note those zero armies are often sitting in the middle of your developing colonies or TPs!

There wasn't any leader there, though .. that's what made it especially weird.

 

[Vulture]

NO leader? Oink? Don't know it then...

 

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If I can ever be bothered to figure out how to post screenshots, I'll post the screenshot

 

[Vulture]

Congrats...Heyesey is the next to hit 2000 posts... So which avatar will you use?