BUG - no rifleman vs mounted bonus

[thectexperience]

Hey all, just came across a very frustrating bug ...

As France, riflemen are my basic unit while I catch up on buildings and research towards Foreign Legion. I'm sharing a continent with Montezuma and he's just declared war on me for the third time. He has a bunch of cavalry but no riflemen and I'm losing guys trying to defend without the combat bonus riflemen are meant to get fighting cavalry.

The strangest part is that with two riflemen next to each other, you can target the same opposition cavalry: with one the PC predicts 7 damage, factoring in the bonus, and with the other rifleman it predicts a stalemate

Anyone had this problem, or know how to fix it??

 

[buchengshi]

Riflemen don't have an inherent bonus vs mounted.

The only times they have a bonus vs mounted is:
a) You gave it the promotion
b) It was upgraded from a unit that keeps the vs mounted bonus

 

[Ranos]

The strangest part is that with two riflemen next to each other, you can target the same opposition cavalry: with one the PC predicts 7 damage, factoring in the bonus, and with the other rifleman it predicts a stalemate

Does one rifleman have a promotion that the other one doesnt?

 

[thectexperience]

I realised my mistake after checking the Civilopedia and seeing that there isn't meant to be a [vs mounted] bonus for riflemen. I think that was a rule in Civ3; can't remember about Civ4

Anyway Buchengshi has it right: the rifleman with the bonus was an upgraded pikeman. That's a quirk of the game I never knew about and I'm very glad I do now. It should solve all my problems with cavalry.

The attachment is here if anyone wants to check it out. I ended up swamping Montezuma with the French Foreign Legion and holding the continent for a Tech win, my first ever on Immortal
Def the expanded combat rules make it easier to beat the AI. Any tips for a deity newcomer??


And thanks for the helps Buchengshi

 

[PieceOfMind]

Def the expanded combat rules make it easier to beat the AI. Any tips for a deity newcomer??

Probably best to browse or post in the Strategy and Tips section. Not many players would necessarily look through Bug Reports.