civ4 warlords: how many times can i bomb a city in 1 turn?

[merdyl]

does that include bombing the defense until it's zero?

thanks in advance

 

[Greeneyedzombie]

as many times as you have bombers. ussually till defense is 0% and all defenders in it are half strength? or 1/3 strength

 

[merdyl]

are you guessing or is this a fact???

there is an assumption that one has infinite # of bombers. ( i forgot to mention this...sorry)

I was thinking of bombing a city until there was noone there or something

thank you again

 

[Elandal]

Bombers can be used to reduce city defenses and reduce the strength of city defenders (to half). When you've done enough bombing runs to take the city defenses to zero, you won't even have the "bombing run" command active anymore - and the same with air strikes when no defender is above half strength anymore.

And yes, I've tried that. Had maybe 40 stealth bombers, selected them all, sent them to bombing run, then air strike. Still had bombers left after those two.

 

[Greeneyedzombie]

with bombers you cant destroy units. but you can make strategic runs on the city till it is size one. might take a while to reach it. but it is a great way or ruining your neighbour with out sending out troops to keep them in check.

 

[Phrederick]

with bombers you cant destroy units. but you can make strategic runs on the city till it is size one. might take a while to reach it. but it is a great way or ruining your neighbour with out sending out troops to keep them in check.

No you can't. That was Civ 3. With bombers, you can bombard cultural defense or lower the health of the units inside until they're at half or 60% health or something. You can't remove population and you can't destroy buildings.

 

[B1sh0p]

If my games get into that period, I like to use bombers instead of artillery. That way you can move your mech inf and tanks fast, not having to wait for artillery to catch up. The town you're attacking will be at 0% defenses, and all the defenders at half strength by the time your armour/mech inf roll up to the gates. Now I understand why in real war air supremacy is crucial.

The best part is that even if your bomber gets intercepted, usually it won't be shot down, only reduced by half or more HP. Just let it rest, and continue the bombing campaign with other bombers.