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Re: Dungeon Keeper -- Enemy Keeper Mining Gold???

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From: etho...
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 15:33
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On Tuesday, 1 July 1997 08:00:00 UTC+1, mwh...@earthlink.net  wrote:
> On 2 Jul 1997 00:48:25 GMT, "Matthew Cameron Peckham"
> <ine...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> >Quick notice:
> >
> >If you just start up a level and sit there (do nothing), watch the gold
> >fields on the other parts of the map.  You'll notice the enemy keeper
> >begins digging, but stops early on.  In other words, the enemy keeper seems
> >to just leave gold resources sitting around--I am finding the first 7
> >levels incredibly simple so far.
> >
> >I suspect something isn't quite right--I'm not THAT good yet.
> >
> >Shouldn't they mine all the gold they can, as quickly as they possibly can?
> >
> >-Matt
> >
> 
> I've noticed the same thing, I'm on level 8, and the first thing I do
> is make a beeline for all the gold.  Then I realized that the enemy
> doesn't mine gold, so I can spend more time strategically building
> my dungeon.  I just hope it's not a sick joke on Blizzard's part to
> keep our hopes and egos high and then SPLAT.

I've noticed the same thing on Skirmish levels. Problem is once they stop mining gold, they don't start again and won't dig larger dungeons. Once pay day comes around, all the creatures they've trained up get pissy and leave! Then I have no  decently levelled creatures to be able to convert. I think its a glitch :/
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