[Freeciv] Re: Cannons attacking ships?

[Gregory Berkolaiko <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Ross Wetmore wrote:

> I think you got it backwards ...
> 
> Historically land based cannons were almost useless against ships unless
> guarding a narrow waterway like a river. The range is just inadequate.
> 
> Historically ships were always used to blockade ports without fear of
> any attack from the land.
> 
> A useful technique would be to let cannon use their *attack* factor
> when defending and fortified. When defending, the attacker has come
> within range.

This would render any attacker useless against a fortified cannon, which 
is not right.

I think cannons defending city from ships is almost adequately reflected 
in the Coastal Defence bonuses and cannons defending city from land attackers 
is more than adequtely compensated by City Wall bonuses.

So instead of the below option you should consider making Coastal bonuses 
a bit larger.

> This had better be implemented with an option, and it defaulted to *off*.
> 
> Cheers,
> RossW
> =====
> 
> Alan Horkan wrote:
> > I keep getting the crap totally beaten out of me by enemy ships and I was
> > wondering why cannons are not allowed attackin ships?  Even if the ship
> > had to be right beside the cannon it would still be pretty useful, and
> > historically cannons were used for this purpose.
> > 
> > Sincerely
> > 
> > Alan Horkan
> > http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
> 
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