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Quest 3 - Village Fields; Demon AI and loss conditions
Topic Started: Aug 20 2015, 11:27 PM (103 Views)
TrystanGST

One of the loss conditions for Quest 3 is a demon getting on to the Village tile.
Demon AI always prioritizes moving to and attacking TP.
So if TP is not in the village tile, will the demons ignore this condition? There are scenarios where a demon might veer onto that tile if another Pilgrim is close enough and TP is out of range, but if all the Pilgrims are on the other tiles (which is likely, given 3 active spawn gates), then there are no conditions where the demons will go on to that tile.

Or at least that's my understanding of it. Am I correct?
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Tripitaka
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At last! Monk Sha has had all the fun and now I get to do something!

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Demon AI always prioritizes moving to and attacking TP.

Not quite. Look at the Priority 3 Plan, for example on the back page. Demons will sometimes give up chasing Tripitaka and go after the other Pilgrims. See Figure 35 in the book.

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There are scenarios where a demon might veer onto that tile if another Pilgrim is close enough and TP is out of range

So it looks like you understand the Priority 3 Plan.

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So if TP is not in the village tile, will the demons ignore this condition?

I am not sure what you mean by "[under certain circumstances], will the demons ignore this condition". The Demons are not aware of the loss condition and are not moving towards the village Map Tile to trigger a loss. So you could say that they are always ignoring the loss condition. They follow their normal moves and if that means one Demon moves into the village, the Pilgrims lose.

Here are some ways that might happen:

  • A Pilgrim is hurt, returns to the Water Well and a Demon follows the Pilgrim because he cannot engage Tripitaka with the Priority 1, 2 or 4 Plans.
  • You try to keep Tripitaka safe by leaving him in the Village, but the other Pilgrims fail to engage the Demons.

I am not sure if we are on the same page; perhaps this does not answer your question.
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TrystanGST

We are - you answered it perfectly. The only way the demons will go onto the village tile is if you leave a pilgrim (or pilgrims) there and the priority will send the demon after them.
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