Helicopter Transports

[BigDog_Civ]

I love the fact that now ou can load units onto helicopters ,,, i think that is great

 

[spiky82]

too bad that the helicopters can only carry 2 foot units...i'm guessing that means no tanks allowed

It would be awesome if I can load an army of e.g. marines,
since army is like one unit with multiparts...i wonder if this can be accomplished. (without tweaking editor)
if it can't, then editor will save me

 

[joespaniel]

NO F*CKING WAY!!!

Seriously? I didnt hear that yet.
Thats awesome!
Airmobile infantry, the 101st Airborne.
Death from above!

Two partisans or paratroopers could do alot of damage.

 

[spiky82]

yes, this is a cool idea...but i now wonder if the paratroopers are obsolete becuz of this fact, and also I think there won't be an attack helicopters...none in the tech tree

 

[Traquenard-fx]

Originally posted by BigDog_Civ
I love the fact that now ou can load units onto helicopters ,,, i think that is great

Where do take that???

 

[spiky82]

well, i think it's somewhere in the info center...
gosh, even with color-coding, it's still looking for a needle in a hay stack

 

[Vinc]

and

I hope helicoptors can drop their units anywhere, maybe not as easily and planes...

 

[joespaniel]

Just for starters, you can move 'out of place' infantry to a spot where they can defend (like forest,mountain etc.) against enemy thrusts in ONE TURN! Instead of walking (takes too long). Saves other resources, like airpower or armor for offense/counter-attacks.

You can pick up paratroops dropped the previous turn that are away from roads and cities.

Dropping partisans behind enemy lines to destroy roads and rail sounds like fun.

Even regular infantry with helos are dangerous now. They could pop-up anywhere!

From the description, it sounds like you can drop in multiple spots, as well...

I LIKE IT!

 

[spiky82]

yupyup.....ahh it gives a warmonger like me a warm-glowy feeling inside even if infinite rail movement in enemy territory is lost

 

[jedi rat]

I love the idea of helos, but I think that with a good air defence they should be an easy feed for for fighters and SAMS… well we shall see soon, very soon.

 

[spiky82]

i know what u mean...but people won't be dumb to just go blindly into enemy fighter and SAMs...they'll destroy those to oblivion by bombing and airstrikes first I can't wait until I try these nifty air missions!!

 

[joespaniel]

Escort your helos, and destroy SAM sites first.
Rule #1 - Helos are used in air-superiority.

Supposedly you can bombard city improvements now. I wonder if that includes surgical air strikes?

 

[spiky82]

if u mean "precision-bombing" by saying surgical airstrikes, then yes ...except u need F15 or the stealth units...

 

[jedi rat]

well…
1 if you are so strong as US and enemy’s power is Taliban alike – you do not have to waste time on your air drops. Why would you pillage something you conquest next turn?!?!
2 if you start bombarding others first, air drops would not be a surprise to them! – unless you play the easiest level.
Anyway, that is a cool feature and will be fun to implement in the game.

 

[spiky82]

well it all depends how smart the AI is...whether is it smart ENOUGH to think about possible air drop

Still, if one has air superiority over his enemies, then AI can't do anything about it, whether it likes it or not

 

[zpriesko]

Do you guys think that helicopters will be only for transport or will they have some attack value of their own as well?

 

[BigDog_Civ]

I am assuming that the helicopter will be the same as in Civ 2 ,, just be able to transport two foot units

 

[zpriesko]

That should make for one hell of a powerful unit then!

 

[Monte Pyton]

is this supposed to be the airlift mission for planes?...and that its really only for helicopters?

 

[spiky82]

well, even if there isn't an attack value for the helicopter, there's always the edito :jump: