can a submarine be aircraft-attacked?

[Jim Bro]

i was wondering if a submarine could be attacked from air if they are seen through a destroyer or another sub. and can subs be seen from a city?

 

[Ddude97]

Yes, they can be attacked from the air if spotted, and I'm pretty sure they can be spotted by cities.

 

[Emstinson]

I'm not certain cities can see them without the aid of a destroyer or another sub. Alas, I'm not great at remembering details but I'm fairly certain in a recent game that I had a sub out side of an enemy city taking three turns to blow up embarked units...... to get exp. My sub was never attacked by the city until he built/rushed a sub out on his own and it sat inisde the city. If I'm wrong maybe the sub was out of range by a tile, guess I could load it up and find out!

 

[MadDjinn]

I'm not certain cities can see them without the aid of a destroyer or another sub. Alas, I'm not great at remembering details but I'm fairly certain in a recent game that I had a sub out side of an enemy city taking three turns to blow up embarked units...... to get exp. My sub was never attacked by the city until he built/rushed a sub out on his own and it sat inisde the city. If I'm wrong maybe the sub was out of range by a tile, guess I could load it up and find out!

People have been complaining about it for a long time. Everything can spot a sub Which somewhat defeats the purpose of making them.

I haven't made one in a really long time now, so given that there's been multiple patches since, they could have 'stealth' fixed it. But unlikely.

 

[jagdtigerciv]

Aircraft should be able to attack subs since fighters and naval bombers were one of the most deadliness arsenals fielded against submarines.

Now, the fact that they are so easy to detect is a big problem. I really free that frigates should upgrade into some sort of Dreadnought, which will then upgrade into Battleships -- leaving destroyers to be crafted from scratch (or perhaps just be upgraded from Caravels?).

 

[Jim Bro]

Aircraft should be able to attack subs since fighters and naval bombers were one of the most deadliness arsenals fielded against submarines.

Now, the fact that they are so easy to detect is a big problem. I really free that frigates should upgrade into some sort of Dreadnought, which will then upgrade into Battleships -- leaving destroyers to be crafted from scratch (or perhaps just be upgraded from Caravels?).

lol the question was if aircrafts can attack subs not if they should or not.

Moderator Action: Extrapolation on the thread topic can be a good thing.

plus can they be seen from cities? yes or no?

 

[Jim Bro]

Aircraft should be able to attack subs since fighters and naval bombers were one of the most deadliness arsenals fielded against submarines.

Now, the fact that they are so easy to detect is a big problem. I really free that frigates should upgrade into some sort of Dreadnought, which will then upgrade into Battleships -- leaving destroyers to be crafted from scratch (or perhaps just be upgraded from Caravels?).

it would be dumb to upgrade caravels to destroyers since they have rarely more than one promo however they SHOULD CHANGE OR DO SOMETHING WITH THE FREAKING IRONCLAD!