Velihopea

Join Date 06/2010

[Newbie Question] Monster spawns

I'm just into my first game(s) of FE and I have noticed that some monster locations spawn monster armies. I have left a few of these locations untouched near my cities so that I can train my recruit troops by killing these armies off. So I guess my question is two-fold:

1) Is there obvious faults with this strategy that I have missed?

2) Is there random spawns of monsters in the game, making the strategy useless? (I haven't noticed any spawns in the areas that I've cleared totally)

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Heavenfall

Join Date 07/2008

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1. I don't see any fault with it, it's a bit cheesy perhaps. I warned the devs about this type of strategy before the beta where monster lairs are hoarded as XP farms. This is a big reason why I suggest monster lairs should continue to grow and grow in strength (but most don't).

2. There is a very rare chance of a certain event occuring that is basically "random spawn", but for 99.9% of all monsters the rule is that they do not spawn randomly (after the game has started). As you progress in the game, the time it takes for an army from a monster lair decreases, so they spawn faster and faster.

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joasoze

Join Date 02/2006

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There should be enough stuff out there to kill, so that you should not have to "farm" spawns. I do some farming if I play Resoln (I leave bandits alone to level the death shard demons on).

There is a spell that creates a nasty new spawn lair, but I will not spoil it for you

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Thanks for the reply's.

Quoting joasoze,

reply 2

There should be enough stuff out there to kill

If there is no random spawns doesn't that mean that low level monsters are quite quickly killed? (If you don't deliberately avoid killing them)

Has there been any talk of random spawns? A sudden onslaught of ogres in your rear would bring nice extra challenges (and randomness) to the game.

Further question: What do the monsters do to a city that they capture? I've so far had only one (very futile) attempt by the AI to do so...

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joasoze

Join Date 02/2006

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Yes, the low level units go away early. They dont give much experience to kill, so I dont save them for spawns.

If a monster army takes a city its destroyed. Should happen more often (at least on Challenging and beyond).

The monster lairs will spawn armies, and I have heard of random events that makes new monster lairs (but they are so rare, that I have only heard about it). If you have cleared an area the general rule is that its clean. Its not like Warlock: Master of the Arcane where Ogres spawn on your doorstep (this works fine in Warlock, but would be no fun in FE).

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