nobling villa keeping existing walls, possible?

[DeletedUser5063]

1. I spied on a barb building and it had no units and no walls.
But when my noble walked into it, it died. why?

2. If another village had no units but a wall lvl 12. I used the http://tw2calc.com/ and saw that if I escorted a noble with 20 axemen, the noble lives but 10 axemen dies. Is this calculation accurate? Or should I ram down the wall with 36 rams? Because nobling a villa with wall prebuild would save me time right?

 

[DeletedUser2635]

You should have sent more axes, always do it unless even if you're using the most accurate calculators, better be on the safe side.

 

[DeletedUser486]

Nobles don't fight, if you send them on their own, they trip over their own stupidity and die.
In all seriousness though, nobles don't fight, if half of the troops accompanying them die, the noble dies. If there are 0 troops with the noble, the noble dies.

If you send 20 axes, and 10 die, your noble will likely die. Send more axes, save time on wall building,

 

[DeletedUser5063]

I mean, would you take down the wall first before nobling, or just noble with army with existing wall and save the wall for yourself?

 

[DeletedUser486]

I would leave the wall, but send more troops, 20 axes won't do

 

[DeletedUser2369]

I actually think theres a random factor in nobles surviving vs dieing. I have had attacks lose 40% with the noble dead, and attacks with 90% losses and the noble surviving. The mods havent been able to explain why its different, so I have to assume a random factor.