Helicopters/paratroopers...

[floppa21]

I tried the Communism and that did not work well... I still don't unsderstand how people can like it when it is a "lose money" government... Anyways...

I don't use paratroopers. Sooo, I have a couple questions on them. Can they paradrop from carriers or transports? Say you use a battleship to bombard a coastal city, or even fighters/bombers to hit an inland city from a carrier. Once the enemy units are gone, is it possible to paradrop into the uninhabited AI city FROM A TRANSPORT OR CARRIER?

I hardly ever build helicopters either, although recently, I did build one when I saw barbs harrassing a neighboring civ's city that was not accesible by fighter or bomber for me. I went and attacked the city but didn't take it. Next turn, the barbs moved in... Didn't help me really, but it was strangely satisfying to screw the enemy like that.

 

[JayKay]

Nope.

You can only paradrop from cities (airbases too?? - must test it).

Note: Your paratrooper unit must not have moved yet (even when you didn't spend any movement points?? - must test it too)

 

[slothman]

If it just has moved along a rail then it can still paradrop.

 

[JayKay]

After a few tests, the results are:

You can paradrop from a city or airbase.

The unit must have all its movement points (Ex.:it can arrive at city/airbase by rail and then paradrop, but you can't paradrop a unit with 2/3 of movement).

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[el_kalkylus]

Veteran paratroopers are my favourite. I use them all the time. Just paradrop to a mountain to stop the enemy, or take a city on another island etc. Except for the howitzer and planes, this is the best troop for me, it's even better than tanks.

 

[ferenginar]

Partroopers are great, particularly for island hopping, bombard the city with a vet battleship until no units are left, then send in the para.

I don't use helicopters very often, they dont move far enough and are to easy to take down, but they can be useful for recon.

 

[Sodak]

Communism is great! If you trade trade trade, you can earn hefty amounts of gold - and science that almost keeps pace with representative gov't.

Anyway, back on topic:
Indeed, paratroopers must have a full movement point to jump from either a city or airbase.

Helicopters are very useful on large watery worlds. No need to wait for carriers to tote them around! In small groups they are very powerful - highly mobile and strong on the attack. Alone, a helicopter is not so great except as a front line scout/ship escort. Many players don't like them because they are relatively weak on defense. But used effectively, they can be an overwhelming force.