[Freeciv-Dev] Re: helicopters and Sea units

[Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 05:32:17PM +0200, Aasmund Midttun Godal wrote:
> > Allowing Helocopters to fly from and land on Sea units would simulate
> > real world conditions.  Or atleast allwing the option for it.  I was
> > thinking along the follwing lines:
> This is an interesting idea, however, helicopters are not very usefull,
> except perhaps, to take out weak opponents. The reason for this is it's
> high cost, low movement, and bad defense.

        Whatever.
        They're not that much weaker than Howitzers, and a heck of a lot
more versatile on a low-land map.
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Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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