Ogre Chieftain - Does recruiting work? - Does Orc Veteran Scold work?

ckdamascus · #1 10-09-2010, 12:56 AM

I just had one stack of Ogre Chieftains, and one stack of Veteran Orcs.

No recruiting occurred. Is there a level limit? e.g. he will only recruit plain orcs or any other orc unit below 4? (Is there any other unit?).

Conversely, goblin shamans easily recruit goblins for me.

Also, I tried the orc veteran skill "scold" and I did not notice any increased damage for my goblins or my ogre chieftains.

Does anyone else know if this is the expected behavior?

rancor26 · #2 10-09-2010, 06:27 AM

He only recruits "orcs" it doesnt mean race orcs it means a troop called orc/orcs. He doesnt recruit veteran orcs or any other orc race unit.

ckdamascus · #3 10-09-2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by rancor26

He only recruits "orcs" it doesnt mean race orcs it means a troop called orc/orcs. He doesnt recruit veteran orcs or any other orc race unit.

Oh, he literally only recruits... "orcs". Bleh. that's retarded in a game where only 28 veteran orcs spawned.

And, where it seems converting orcs to veterans will be a lot of money. Ah well, thanks!

Any idea on scold? Admittedly the idea seemed overpowered. There goes my chance to two-hit Baal.

BB Shockwave · #4 10-10-2010, 09:40 PM

Well, he recruits Orcs - meaning Orc, Veteran Orcs, Orc Trackers, Orc Shamans and Blood Shamans. Nifty.

Btw, the unit is called Orc Chieftain. He is big, but not an Ogre - that's another Level 5 unit (yep, the Orcs are the only race now with 2 Level 5 units).

Metathron · #5 10-10-2010, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BB Shockwave

Well, he recruits Orcs - meaning Orc, Veteran Orcs, Orc Trackers, Orc Shamans and Blood Shamans. Nifty.

Wait, so which is it now, all sorts of orcs or just the level 3 unit orc? Rancor claims it's the latter.

ckdamascus · #6 10-11-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BB Shockwave

Well, he recruits Orcs - meaning Orc, Veteran Orcs, Orc Trackers, Orc Shamans and Blood Shamans. Nifty.

Btw, the unit is called Orc Chieftain. He is big, but not an Ogre - that's another Level 5 unit (yep, the Orcs are the only race now with 2 Level 5 units).

Is it random? The goblin shaman always recruits after a battle, but randomly picks a goblin troop. If you pair only a goblin shaman and goblin in your army, you will always accrue more goblins after a battle. If you pair only a goblin shaman and catapults, you accrue catapults, etc. If you have all three units, you accrue either goblins or catapults.

However, when I tried this technique with Orc Veterans and Orc Chieftains, I was not able to get any additional Orc Veteran units after a battle.

I agree that it should recruit any of those units by design. Perhaps another bug?

BB Shockwave · #7 10-12-2010, 05:47 AM

So what units did you get? Or nothing at all? By description I think it should be all units of Orc Race that are not Goblins or Ogres.

ckdamascus · #8 10-12-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BB Shockwave

So what units did you get? Or nothing at all? By description I think it should be all units of Orc Race that are not Goblins or Ogres.

Nothing at all. I totally agree with your assertion, as that would work in a similar manner as the Goblin Shaman's "recruiting" ability.

ckdamascus · #9 10-14-2010, 11:38 AM

Ok, the description was a little misleading, or I was being too optimistic.

Scold ONLY works for the actual veteran orc stack itself.

BB Shockwave · #10 10-15-2010, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ckdamascus

Ok, the description was a little misleading, or I was being too optimistic.

Scold ONLY works for the actual veteran orc stack itself.

Another thing to add for the "incorrect descriptions" list...