On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 08:51:42 -0600 William Astle <l...@l-w.ca> wrote: > On 14-07-12 04:28 AM, Michael T. Pope wrote: > > Which documentation, and where? I looked through the Colonization manual > > and only found a footnote "Artillery units list attack/defence > > strengths, they suffer severe penalties when not inside a > > fortification". > > The FreeCol manual states...
The FreeCol manual mostly documents what the FreeCol code does, and often poorly. Do not rely on it to work out what *should* be happening. I broadly agree with your points, but we need Col1-confirmation to be really sure. > I can't find a reference in the actual Colonization manual with relation > to artillery and colony attacks. However, if they do receive a penalty > for being in the open for attacking colonies, they're useless for > offensive purposes and not worth the cost of production except for > defending a colony. If that were the case, there would be no point for > the REF to have a large stack of artillery. Quite so, however the REF has the "bombard" bonus. Cheers, Mike Pope
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