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Strange Promotion

#1
March 17th, 2013, 12:45
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I was messing around with an AW game (SP) and discovered this odd promotion:

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How did Bismark get Drill onto a sword? This is unmodded (and recently re-installed) BTS. I opened world builder because I thought this was weird and he other melee units have it too. Is this a random event?
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#2
March 17th, 2013, 12:51
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Yeah, must be an event.
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March 17th, 2013, 15:25
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Thats one result of the "Elite Swordsmen" quest.

If you run HR when you fulfilll it you can choose to give all Melee-units the Drill I promotion. (standard reward is city raider I).
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March 17th, 2013, 17:04
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Good god why would anyone pick Drill I over the possibility of getting CRII swords?
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March 17th, 2013, 17:45
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(March 17th, 2013, 17:04)Nicolae Carpathia Wrote: Good god why would anyone pick Drill I over the possibility of getting CRII swords?

Pretty sure the AI rolls the dice on picking Quest Rewards. Incidentally, this means that any underpowered quest reward is a stealth AI nerf...
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March 17th, 2013, 18:07
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(March 17th, 2013, 17:04)Nicolae Carpathia Wrote: Good god why would anyone pick Drill I over the possibility of getting CRII swords?

Well, it's Drill I on all melee units versus City Raider just on swords, so an axe-based army would probably choose the Drill I.
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