Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[justanick]

Does bombarding your airbase tile work?

 

[RobS]

Does bombarding your airbase tile work?

Yes, that worked, thank you:

I first pillaged the improvements with a Modern Armor, then bombed the base with a Stealth Bomber, which immediately destroyed the base.
So, problem solved, but...weird.

 

[Vuldacon]

RobS... it is the same as having to Bombard a Fortress or Barricade you own in order to remove them.

 

[justanick]

And if you bombard a Barricade while still having multible moving points left, then you will lose all moving points. That seems to be some kind of glitch.

 

[RobS]

I seem to remember that pillaging fortresses and barricades, as opposed to bombarding them, works as well, so it seems odd that pillaging apparently doesn't work with airbases.
I could be wrong, because I rarely build fortresses, barricades or airbases, so I don't have much experience with them, despite playing this game for near a quarter century.

 

[tjs282]

Pillaging definitely works on Fortresses (not sure about Barricades?), though irritatingly the Fortress itself is always the last thing to go -- so if you want to be able to restore all the other tile-improvements immediately afterwards (rather than over the next several turns), you need a stack of Workers already on the tile before you pillage away the road.

 

[Spoonwood]

Pillaging definitely works on Fortresses (not sure about Barricades?), though irritatingly the Fortress itself is always the last thing to go -- so if you want to be able to restore all the other tile-improvements immediately afterwards (rather than over the next several turns), you need a stack of Workers already on the tile before you pillage away the road.

I think you have good advice here, because you suggest planning out worker moves before pillaging. Knowing how many turns it will take a worker or group of workers to road a tile can also help.