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Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/12/2007 5:40:59 PM   
JustusII

 

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Status: offline 		Is there anything as the Union I can do to interfere with southern blockade runners? I understand I can't intercept lone ships (which they always seem to operate alone). Per the manual, it appears each Union ship has a chance to damage BRs if they are in the same province at the end of a segment, is it worthwhile to put some ships out patrolling the seas, hoping to hit one? Does it matter if it's Frigates or Ships? Thanks.
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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/12/2007 8:37:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		A fleet has a chance at intercepting runners, so long as the fleet is not blockading a port. Obviously, the fleet needs to be moving around the area freely, rather than tied down. So be aware of that key rule for interceptions.

I'm not at home so I can't consult the manual, but I'm 95% certain that ships must be in fleet containers to have an impact. Also, if the manual doesn't state that there's a difference between frigates and ships in this respect, there probably isn't any. (There's always the chance we left something out of the manual, but I don't think so.)

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/12/2007 9:05:32 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Gil R.
A fleet has a chance at intercepting runners, so long as the fleet is not blockading a port. Obviously, the fleet needs to be moving around the area freely, rather than tied down. So be aware of that key rule for interceptions.


Are you sure about that? I thought Eric said blockading ships also had a chance. After all, the blockade runners need to go to and from a port.

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/12/2007 9:43:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm pretty sure, but might be wrong. Not being at home, I can't check on any of this. I guess we'll have to wait for Eric to weigh in.

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/13/2007 12:31:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		This issue was raised previously and Eric confirmed that ships in a blockading fleet possessed the same kill chance for runners.

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/13/2007 3:59:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		Oh. I guess I was remembering the discussion, but flipping around what the upshot was. Thanks.

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/17/2007 2:54:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		If a ship or fleet starts the turn in the same sea zone as a blockade runner is there a 10% chance of the runners destruction?

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Utinam populus romanus unam cervicem haberet!

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/18/2007 2:45:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, blockading fleets should have a chance to damage runners.

(Quod Caligula dixit, numquam expectaveram aliquem scribere!)




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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/18/2007 4:14:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Oh, an opportunity to brush off my dusty latin skills!
Here goes:

"Utinam populus romanus unam cervicem haberet!" = If only the roman people had (but) one neck!

Having a bit of trouble with the verbalforms in the second quote...
Let me see... "Dixit": present perfect tense, singular, third person - easy enough - but "expectaveram" ...?
God, it's beeen a while ... (thinking) ... ...
Ah, eureka! (greek, I know )
It must be a ... pluperfect active indicative, first person singular (luckily one of the few I still know by heart) - now it makes sense.
So it's something like this (I hope):

"Quod Caligula dixit, numquam expectaveram aliquem scribere!" = What Caligula has said, I had never expected anyone to write (down).

See, now you can all sleep calmly tonight without nightmares of unknown latin quotations with big, pointy teeth chasing you down endless, darkened hallways...
All you have to do yourself is look up Caligula on Wikipedia and you'll even get the joke too.
Ain't I nice to you.

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/18/2007 10:01:20 PM   
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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/18/2007 11:51:05 PM   
MilRevKo

 

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/22/2007 2:29:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		When your fleets intercept blockade runners--do the results of it show in the turn report or does it just hamper the southern supply level?

Case in point--I am currently in a game where I'm at late 62'. I have 5 fleets containg 2 ships & 3 frigates each--all are set on blockade at dfferent southern ports & all are set on intercept & seek battle. I have seen quite a few times where individual reb ships are in the same zone as one of my fleets & sometimes they stay there for a turn or so. I do not believe I have seen mention in the end of turn report of any "blockade runner" interception. Will it show? or if my fleets posibly intecepted some runners would it have only possibly reduced the resource gathering of the south for that turn only??

Lastly--does the armanant of the fleets factor in?? Due to my using all my "gun points" on repeatedly upgrading my western land armies (where most of the large scale fighting is going on in my current game) all of the ships in my fleets are still only "improvised". Would arming them better give me results in interception??

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RE: Another Question - Blockade Runners - 11/22/2007 9:23:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't think the USA gets a message when it damages blockade runners, though I think the CSA does.  I don't have the source code with me to check for certain.

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