As far as I know, bombardment success rate is a fixed percentage, and is independent of the position of the unit. (This seems to be especially confirmed by the success rates of aircraft units.) So, bombarding from 2 squares away should not make any difference than bombarding from 1 square away, and likewise bombarding within enemy territory will not tilt the odds differently from bombarding within your own territory. Perhaps you just had a run of 'bad luck' (or 'good luck'), which happens sometimes.
. It probably just would have been a stroke of bad luck, as you said. Yes there is!
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, the US united in war fever. The entire economy had to be adapted to support the massive war effort, but the citizens did so happily. And when they war was over, they continued to build up the wealthiest nation in the word.
In england, during WW2, there was a shortage of everything, because the British government put all of its resources in the war effort. Yet, if you'd ask any of the old folks about their memories of that time period, they'd answer you with a very, very big smile on their face: it was the happiest time of their lives.
More recently, when the WTC was attacked, the American public (an most of the rest of the world for that matter) was very supportive of a war with Afghanistan.
And just to show you how closely the game fits with reality here, when the US declared war on Iraq, it did not work out for the US public. Just like it would have in the game.
To expand upon what MAS posted...
I'm really old...born during WWII. I remember the Korean Conflict (at about age 8 to 10) and Viet Nam (age in 20's and 30's then) and the 1st war with Iraq. I supported going into Afghanistan, but when Bush wanted to go into Iraq, I was appalled. But online all these young people were posting things like, "We're really gonna kick their b*tts!" and "We'll show them!!!". They were excited and happy about going to war...they didn't have any memory of earlier wars and weren't thinking about our troops dying. NOW the U.S. has War Weariness, right?
So the War Happiness, followed by War Weariness, is very true to life.
It's good to have some older people in the forums
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Turner said:
Selling them techs for GPT to cripple their economy. Might not work, as the AI will not go negative GPT for a tech.
Unless you placed Privateers (Peacetime) or other warships (Wartime) in those squares.
Er.......Well, I make 'em............specifically for that purpose.....during Lower Playing Level HOF Histographic Victories. I put the remaining AI Civ on tundra adjacent to the coast and fill the city's water squares with Privateers!
