The Will of the Senate PBM - out of character thread IV

**econ21** · 09-10-2006, 17:49

Just a note to say how pleased I am with the progress of the PBM. The campaign may be at its most interesting in terms of tactical challenges - I don't envy the next Consul having to defend against Seleucia and Conquer Carthage. We also seemed to have worked up to a healthy number of Lower House members, including at least 3 who have expressed an interest in being Consul at some point.

I'd also point out that motion 11.14 - requiring the defeat of the 2 Carthaginian armies at Melite and Sardinia - is an out of character one. There is a weird bug that means those armies are just not going to move. If the AI was operating properly, we would have lost Melite, Sardinia and Corsica by now. Requiring us to get rid of the armies is trying to establish a more realistic situation. (We could try to control the AI to take the settlements, but that requires scripting and is too much trouble IMO.)

**Lucjan** · 09-10-2006, 18:04

After playing out the fall of Lepcis Magna, the army in Sardinia actually becomes active and trashes the town.

Weird..

**StoneCold** · 09-10-2006, 18:10

hmm... maybe the original objective of that army was to go back to Lepcis Magna, and now that it change hands, a new objective was given to it?

**Lucjan** · 09-10-2006, 18:16

I doubt it would land an army solely to take it back. We know for a fact the computer forgets what it was doing because of certain situations and armies sometimes become stranded for this reason, until something prompts the computer to re-issue a new order for that unit.

But we could just pass it off in RP as the army's leadership becoming indecisive after hearing about their fleets destruction, or some other silly excuse.