Burn, trees, burn...!

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I just noticed something peculiar.  Found a really nice piece of terrains with trees, and created a pioneer to bring up there.  But by the time the unit arrived, all that were left were burnt out trees.  Do those kind of environmental changes occur in the game?  Possible culprits: a horde of elementals coming down from their turf, presumably to have a poker game.  A fire elemental added to one of my parties.  A party member who a fire shield spell whose name I forget, capable of administering damage when hit.

 

 And will those trees ever grow back in the game?  Or should that pioneer unit take up another hobby, such as knitting?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

No else has experienced this?  Very odd.  I thought I'd missed comments about it, since having units that can scorch the strategic map as they move is kind of different.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Is it possible the AI founded a city there and nearby monsters immediately annihilated it while you weren't looking?  That can scorch the ground I think?

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Poko8, reply 2
Is it possible the AI founded a city there and nearby monsters immediately annihilated it while you weren't looking?  That can scorch the ground I think?

 

That definitely sounds like the most likely culprit.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

It's possible I missed it.  But is it only city annihilation that can leave a scorched ground effect? 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Glazunov1, reply 5
It's possible I missed it.  But is it only city annihilation that can leave a scorched ground effect? 

Yep, that's the current mechanic. I personally wish it didn't work like that.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting AlLanMandragoran, reply 6

Quoting Glazunov1, reply 5It's possible I missed it.  But is it only city annihilation that can leave a scorched ground effect? 

Yep, that's the current mechanic. I personally wish it didn't work like that.

 

I can understand why.  It would be useful if there were a very expensive strategic spell, mana-wise and money-wise, that let you regenerate the land in a given 3 x 3 zone.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top


There is such a spell,  but it requires you to be an archmage in earth magic. (5 ranks)

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Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Supreme, reply 8

There is such a spell,  but it requires you to be an archmage in earth magic. (5 ranks)

 

Earth5?  My bad.  I seldom go that far in Air, and never in Earth.  I'll have to keep an eye out for it.  Thanks.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

I take it back. ;)  Had my sovereign reach Earth5, and there's no such spell listed for casting on the strategic or tactical map.  I suspect it (perhaps Birth of Summer) was removed.