Combat analysis in Col1 with Artillery shows the following: Attacking village:
Artillery: 7 Attack Bonus: +50% Artillery +176 Attacking Brave in the open: Artillery: 7 Attack Bonus: +50% Artillery In Open: -75% Artillery: +44 Attacking European Colony: Artillery: 7 Attack Bonus: +50% Artillery: +176 That seems pretty conclusive: Artillery attacking a village or colony does not get penalized for being in the open. On 14-07-12 09:51 AM, Michael T. Pope wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freecol-developers mailing list > Freecol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freecol-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freecol-developers mailing list Freecol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freecol-developers
