Saba in Hungary

[Aemilius Paulus]

WTH? How did that happen?? I hit Next Turn, and when I got to the next one, a Saba Army spawns all the sudden. Notice the captain's name and the units are Sweboz. The EB Team better have an answer...

[Tyrfingr]

It's called diplomats?

[Tristuskhan]

Bràndàfusàz is definitely not, technically speaking, a sabean name.

[A Very Super Market]

Diplomats cannot bribe units that the faction cannot use, either.

[Tristuskhan]

Don't know those units but I suppose Saba could train them with a local MIC.

Did anyone conquer Germania playing with Saba yet? We need advice here!

[Aemilius Paulus]

It's called diplomats?

No, I checked everywhere. First of all, there was no Eleutheroi or Sweboz army anywhere near there. Secondly, no Diplomats at all, not just Sabyn. I kill all diplomats on sight, lest they bribe my armies. It simply spawned . Although I would imagine a spawned army would at least include a Sabaen name.

Diplomats cannot bribe units that the faction cannot use, either.

False. In RTW they could not. In EB, seemingly for some reason, such thing seems to be possible, even though one would thing this is a hardcode and thus cannot be changed. I have bribed Eleutheroi before and gotten all of their units, although I would not normally be able to recruit them.

Don't know those units but I suppose Saba could train them with a local MIC.

Did anyone conquer Germania playing with Saba yet? We need advice here!

Are you kidding? First of all, do you see the extent of Saba? They are confined to their homeland territories, while Bostra, a city in the region bordering the Ptolies, revolted to Saba. The Sabyn have no holdings in Europe. Not to mention, they could not have recruited those units anyway, as those units are not in their roster. use the Recruitment Viewer, and it will say the same.

[DaciaJC]

All I can manage is a laugh.



Really, though, the one plausible explanation that I can offer is a bribe from a diplomat. The diplomat may have been approaching death, moved into Sweboz territory via an alternate path (up through AS, around the Black Sea, and through the Sauromatae), bribed an army (which may have been hidden from your view by hiding in forests, as in an ambush), and then died/bumped off by an assassin.

Do you have the option "follow AI characters" checked? That would be an easy way to verify if a diplomat was at work.

Oh, and how are the Getai treating you?

[Ghaust the Moor]

WTF. I wanna know how a diplomat does things on his own. I have to order mine around. I fail to see how he would have accidently ordered a diplomat to bribe a random army...



EDIT: ooops. My b. I thought you were playing as the saba. Sorry bout that.

[Tristuskhan]

Are you kidding? First of all, do you see the extent of Saba?

Obviously I was kidding... Calm down friend.

Not to mention, they could not have recruited those units anyway, as those units are not in their roster. use the Recruitment Viewer, and it will say the same.

If you say so... my mistake then. I wrote that their COULD train them through local MIC so they COULD maybe catch them thru bribery.

[Ariovistus Maximus]

erm... OH! oh; never mind...

psycho-glitch is all I can think of! bizarre. But then, weirder things have happened I guess. Maybe its just the banner is messed up? Maybe try attacking it and seeing what culture you end up at war with? Reload after of course.

Maybe they're aliens...

[Vasiliyi]

That is so funny, nice empire going there AP