It’s interesting, because this weekend when we ran a purge, the base camp set up quite a ways from our base. The first wave took a bit of time to get to us. So, I set out in the direction from which they came to find the camp. It was over the hill in the front of our neighbor, whose small base I can’t even see from where we are. The conscripts were attacking a single horse behind the base. I killed them off, and the rest of the waves came at our base as they were supposed to do, since he had no thralls outside.

Now, this was an isolated event, because of the dozens of purges and tests we’ve run, this is the first time that’s happened. However, I have seen places where someone has built very close to an existing base, and had their thralls wiped out when the original base ran a purge. I don’t feel bad for them. They should have located elsewhere.

However, I was concerned about trolls placing a coffer to attract a purge at a base on purpose. I found that placing multiple coffers around the edges of my bases creates a buffer zone. They can be inside walls with no treasure. They’re footprint is so large, it helps.