Something I wonder about the dragon

[DragonsLover]

In the in-game texts of the game, Bullfrog considers the dragons as being "fickle" creatures which required to keep an eye on them. What do they mean by "fickle"?

[Evi]

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[dk2player]

I think they meant that they are weak and brave, so they will try to attack whatever they come across. In fact, without the heal, they would probably die way to easily

[JLE]

"fickle" should mean "disloyal". As in, if you don't pay them enough, they might go to another master.

In fact, this isn't the case - dragons don't tend to cause trouble if they get angry. I suspect that this is because their "unhappy" behaviour is incorrectly set - they won't turn hostile (hero), or fight your creatures, or defect to another master. They might just head to the portal and leave.

It would be interesting if they did have the potential to defect to other Keepers if you didn't pay them: dragons are notoriously fond of gold...

[Metal Gear Rex]

Actually, they keep stealing your gold. I annoyed a dragon once before to see it happen. They keep taking all the money out of your treasury until you run out or they can't carry more (I'm not sure which) and then they leave.

[DragonsLover]

JLE and Metal Gear Rex : Yeah, each Dragon can carry up to 5000 gold in your Treasure Room when they're very angry. Dragons and Thieves are the only creatures that steal gold when annoyed. But is it what Bullfrog wanted to say? Some kind of warning to avoid them to be angry?

Evi : I know what fickle means. My question is, what does Bullfrog mean by considering the dragon as a fickle creature.

dk2player : How's that related to their fickleness?

[dk2player]

It's not, I just wanted to express my oppinion

[Pizu]

I think i maybe know what i mean.

I remember playing a map of DZJEE AR and i remember level 10 Dragons (white) slowly moving to my dungeon heart. Most of my force were beaten and i was poor (made the level tough). But i remember sending all the creatures i had onto one lvl 10 dragon. to my suprise the couple level 1 dragons were converted to the landlord. I remember seeing this happen with orcs to, they look at the stronger en decide to join. IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES!!! Im strongly convinced this CAN happen.

[DragonsLover]

Does DzjeeAr's levels used alternate Creature.txt/Dd1creat.txt files? Because if so, it is no longer a valid answer.

[Searingflame2]

Perhaps it is a reference to the fact that most of the dragons noises sound particularly tempermental

(eg, THE HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HISS, HISS, HOAR) kinda nonsense that goes on when you pick em up.