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Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: Lord_Leviathan on May 13, 2005, 11:01:39 AM

In the absence of big nasties or a multitude of chariots enemy war machines are usually a priority target for my war machines.

So this question is bound to come up soner or later: What happens to the crew after that a great cannon has taken out the war machine? It is unlikely that I can take out more than one of the crew with the cannon template, wich should leave 1-2 crew left. Are  they considered slain, killed by shrapnel and debris, or can they be used to reinforce another war machine or run around behind your lines.

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: peteratwar on May 13, 2005, 11:20:09 AM

They are there as a skirmish unit which must flee if charged. If another machine loses its crew they can recrew it.

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: BAWTRM on May 13, 2005, 11:28:58 AM

peteratwar has it. Especially that last part is important, they can only join another warmachine that has lost it's original crew, so no beefing up of other arty crews!

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: FR1DAY on May 13, 2005, 11:30:37 AM

really, i always plated that they join an exsisting crew of the same type. You live and learn

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: Lord_Leviathan on May 13, 2005, 11:38:07 AM

I had also hoped that I could reinforce a depleted crew with fresh gunners from a destroyed cannon. Oh well.

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: Gunther Schloss on May 13, 2005, 02:21:27 PM

Hmm.. then an interesting question would be:

If say, one warmachine has been destroyed, and two of the crew are still alive. Now you have another warmachine standing around of which only one crewmember lives. As you just stated, the two crewmen from the first warmachine can only recrew the other of it's former crew has been entirely slain. But, can the single crewman voluntarily leave his warmachine, so that the other two can take over?

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: Kaz on May 13, 2005, 02:23:55 PM

No, warmachines can only leave their machine to recrew another machine, so he has no option of leaving

chronicles 2002

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: Tanker on May 14, 2005, 12:45:26 AM

I ran across that one time, too. It sucked. I had one crewman on a HBVG and 3 crewmen left from a cannon that was destroyed. The 3 crewmen stood right behind the HBVG waiting for him to croak. My opponent was saavy enough to not make an effort to kill off that one last crewman on the HBVG.

It was quite annoying and IMHO a pretty lame rule that the one can't leave so the others can take over.

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: towishimp on May 14, 2005, 02:55:08 AM

Yeah, seems pretty nonsensical.  Three perfectly able crewmen just standing around while that poor last HVG crewman works frantically to work the blasted thing all by his lonesome.   :(

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: Visu on May 14, 2005, 06:23:01 AM

"Hey there Ernie, we'd like to help, but you know how these Union rules are.  Oh, and you forgot to swab that barrel there."
-Visu

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: Graf von Carroburg on May 14, 2005, 12:30:50 PM

I recall a battle report with an artillery crew charging in WD? Was this one of their many rules mistakes??

-Eden

Title: Q: What about the crew after a war machine is destroyed?
Post by: queek on May 14, 2005, 02:49:40 PM

yes.  War machine crew are forbidden to charge.  There is a bit of a debate regarding using spells to make the crew frenzied and force them to charge that way.