[Freeciv] Re: Dirigible

[Marco Colombo <marco@xxxxxx>]

>>Well,  you  already  can  detroy  a  bomber or  a  fighter  with  some
>>phalanx...  Put  a fortified phalanx in  a fort on a  mountain, and if
>>someone attacks  you with a fighter,  the fight will lose,  and even a
>>bomber will be damaged.
> 
> 
> Which is not realistic at all either. But I agree with the idea of units 
> being able to attack the dirigible... just set the defense points high so it 
> is not that easy to bring down.
> 
> Arturo

If so, land units should be able to choose not to attack. Otherwise you just
put a line of dirigibles on your border and nobody will be able to pass.
By 'choose not to attack' I mean hostile units should be able to enter
the same square w/o performing an attack. But I don't know if that's
even possible.

Also, I believe they would be counted as defensive units in cities, and
high defense points will make them a much better defence than, say,
phalanxes. I do really think they should be easy to bring down, just like
explorers.

.TM.
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