I've been having fun with the game so far.
At the moment I'm up that big tree in Trynton. Those patrols seem to be an annoyance rather than a help. They either run away when I'm having a battle or move in front of me and get in my bloody way (the narrow walkways dont help much).
One time combat started with the enemies heaps far away - 6 wasps and 4 of those magic deadly sprites. A patrol of 7 trinnies were next to em, and I had to use 4 movement turns to get to the melee. By the time I got there, there only 2 of my cute but pathetic allies left - and they died the next round

(But to be fair, my party died afterwoods as well [img]smile.gif[/img] Those wasps and sprites together were hardcore)