[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Heli News

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 10:41:26PM -0700, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> 
> --- Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >From NEWS file:
> > 
> >  - Helicopters defending against air units get 50% penalty, and
> >    have their firepower reduced to 1 against fighter units.
> > 
> > What does that mean exactly? What "penalty", and are bombers
> > and fighters treated differently?
> 
> 
> 50% Defence penalty. The heli has half its normal defence when attacked by a
> unit with the Fighter flag(Stealth and Fighter units only in the default
> rulest), along with a firepower penalty. Bombers do not get any advantage!

So the above NEWS item should read:

 - Helicopters defending against fighters have only 50% defence, and
   their firepower reduced to 1.

??

> Makes sense. A heli stands no chance at all against a jet fighter, but I don't
> see a bomber as having superiority over a heli. It is also part of the holy
> process of Civ 2 compatability. Nothing can be permitted to stand in the way
> ;).

absolutely :-)

Christian

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