Interesting use of Cruise Missiles

[player1 fanatic]

In Conquests, air units when bombarding, try first to take out enemy planes, before ground troops.
Now, here is the idea.

If there is enemy city heavily guarded by fighters, you can try to take them out with Cruise Missiles.
It's probably the best way, since all other options, like using Bombers or Jets are less optimal because of interception chance when defender gets advantage. Also, unlike Cruise Missiles, planes don't always target units.

Even if Cruise Missile doesn't take out the target, it will be weakened so you could try bombing it with conventional planes with much lesser chance of getting your bombers damaged.

 

[thetrooper]

Interesting approach. In general cruise missiles are considered a complete waste.

 

[player1 fanatic]

In this case they are less wasteful, since while you do lose them you'll do more damage then with Bomber, which will be probably shot down.

 

[player1 fanatic]

Post by alexman at Poly:

Since ships also target planes before other units (except other ships), ships can also be used in the same way to damage enemy planes without risk (but not kill them like CM, and only in coastal cities of course).

So we can have a combo:
Bomb with ships, destroy with cruise missiles.

 

[player1 fanatic]

Although they could be destroyed with planes too, since with just 1hp I doubt that fighters can intercept anything.

 

[K.F. Huszár]

Nice idea.
but i can't see any way to ship cruise missiles far away from my mainland.

 

[Berrern]

Nice idea.
but i can't see any way to ship cruise missiles far away from my mainland.

What about Carriers, Airports or Airbases?
I'm not even sure if they can be airlifted, I think I've built a total of 2 Cruise Missiles in my CivIII carrer - as I always found them to be useless. However, your strategy is valid - good tip! I think I'll use them more now!

 

[Dogmeat]

What about Carriers, Airports or Airbases?
I'm not even sure if they can be airlifted, I think I've built a total of 2 Cruise Missiles in my CivIII carrer - as I always found them to be useless. However, your strategy is valid - good tip! I think I'll use them more now!

Carriers? Airbases?? Is that possible?

 

[Theoden]

Nice idea.
but i can't see any way to ship cruise missiles far away from my mainland.

Just build railroad and they will enjoy infinite movement as well.

About the idea. It sounds interesting and I think it can be put to good use. I just hope the AI soon will manage to get planes before i win so I can try it out.

 

[Theoden]

Carriers? Airbases?? Is that possible?

Cruise missiles can be based at aircraft carriers. They don't have re-base option like bombers but they just move like a ground unit into the carrier.

 

[Sparrow3]

You have to load cruise missles on transports. Carriers to apparently (I have never tried this). They can not be airlifted or rebased. Bummer!

 

[WS78]

In vanilla, PTW and Conquests only:
Only cargo ships are valid transports for Cruise missiles, this does not include carriers.
In vanilla, you must load them manually from shore to ship, not in cities.
In Conquests, it's possible to load them in cities.
It is possible to change the ability in the editor.

 

[Theoden]

In vanilla, PTW and Conquests only

That covers everything so why are you saying "only"

Anyway, thanx for clarifying

 

[WS78]

Very simple: Mods and scenarios are not included.