Longbowman couldn't attack a city 3 tiles away?

[wintermelon]

Playing as England, gets longbows. Working on taking a capital. finally cleared units around the city and begin on the city itself, but longbows would not target the city (though it will target a tile beside the city that's also 3 tiles away). There are no trees or hills blocking their sight. They can fire on the city if I move in two tiles from the city.

Is there some explanation for this?

 

[BruinBound]

It's either blocked or you don't have actual sight of the tile.

 

[reddishrecue]

You need the indirect fire promotion to fire and it comes with artillery. Longbowmen need to be in hills to be able to do that.

 

[wintermelon]

It's either blocked or you don't have actual sight of the tile.

No trees or hills in the way, I have sight since I have a spy in the city.

 

[Browd]

See this post: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=11575472 (and subsequent post #25)

 

[daft]

I believe Longbowmen originated in Wales, not England. They were used by the Welsh Britons/Celts in their war against the invading AngloSaxons/English.
After their victory the English adopted the usage of this weapon in their armies.
So to be frank, Celts should also be allowed to enlist/construct Longbows, not only England.
On the other hand I could be way off on this

 

[reddishrecue]

Celts had a spearman uu that created faith when killing units... longbowmen were also unique for england in age of empires 2.

 

[DocRock]

Posting a screenshot would be great. Jungle and Hills and some NWs also block sights.