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How will they handle air units? - 1/14/2011 10:56:14 PM

warishere

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Its been a while since I've played PG and I suppose that goes the same for everyone. haha...

However, if I remember correctly, didn't air units have to be directly over an enemy unit to attack it? I like how they handle air units in C-EAW. In EAW, air units can attack from a distance which makes them mainly support units. How will it be different in PC?

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RE: How will they handle air units? - 1/14/2011 11:21:42 PM

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quote:

didn't air units have to be directly over an enemy unit to attack it?

Technically no, since you can not stack air units this would make attacking air units impossible.

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RE: How will they handle air units? - 1/15/2011 9:35:33 PM

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I must be thinking of PG3D. It seems like you had to move an air unit directly over an enemy unit to attack it.

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RE: How will they handle air units? - 1/15/2011 10:06:21 PM

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Not that I remember. Maybe you are confused with that one promo that let the planes HIDE above the clouds.

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RE: How will they handle air units? - 1/16/2011 5:12:24 AM

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Ok, I found it on youtube. here it is... it's PG3DA! At about 1:05 a plane flies over a tank and attacks it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeBgIeL7oGg

I thought I was imagining things for a minute there....

I wonder if this how they're going to handle air attacks in PC?

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RE: How will they handle air units? - 1/17/2011 4:51:33 PM

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bombers had to be directly over a unit to attack it in PG1

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RE: How will they handle air units? - 1/17/2011 6:43:00 PM

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Attacking ground units, you can stack, but air can't stack against air units.

I wonder... if this rule could be broken a bit in the remake. Perhaps allow fighter escourts to stack with bombers?

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RE: How will they handle air units? - 1/20/2011 7:23:44 AM

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Just move your fighters first and that would be your escort.

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RE: How will they handle air units? - 1/20/2011 8:03:21 AM

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Perhaps allow fighter escourts to stack with bombers?

Its kind of like this in Strategic Command 2. Not sure if you've played it, I personally love the game but in SC, you don't exactly stack units, however fighters will automatically give support to both strategic and tactical bombers and air units can attack from a distance, same with artillery and AA, AT units. Its a really nice attack and defend system in that game. It gives the game a very nice tactical feel for a grand strategy game. But unfortunately you can't stack units in SC, although, the HQ units kind of simulate stacking since they give all the units under their control attack and defend bonuses.

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