Anti-cav tier 2. It's supposed to double the strength of a unit when in the same square as a support unit, but it's not working, at least on the attack. Has anyone seen it work? It could be defensive only, but the description doesn't mention that.
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Square formation promotion not working?
- Thread starter gilfan
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Can you post a save file showing that it doesn't work?
Here you go. the only unit with any movement left is a spearman with square formation stacked with a battering ram, standing next to two horsemen. Unfortunately either horseman is a one shot kill, so you can't judge by their healthbars, but you can look at the tooltip and see that the tier 1 +5 vs cav promotion shows up and the tier 2 double strength with support does not.
Sorry, can't open your save. You're playing some mod I'm not familiar with.
Sorry, I have a couple UI mods, but the apparent bug does predate me downloading those (which was just earlier today). it was these two...
http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/sukritacts-civ-selection-screen.601454/
http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/divine-yuris-custom-city-panel.601696/
http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/sukritacts-civ-selection-screen.601454/
http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/divine-yuris-custom-city-panel.601696/
if the bug pre-dates use of those mods, can you post an umodded save from where the bug did present itself?
Same here, I do not see anything happen when I join a battering ram or siege tower with a pike man. Anyway what kind of support unit counts here? Why would eg.: a baloon or medic double the strength, lol. Or should I drag along siege towers in the modern era? Is it a boost against cities or units? Does this promotion work for anyone at all? Btw, I don’t even see the normal boost from the battering ram (extra attack against walls when attacking a city). It is not displayed anyware, so I have no idea if it actually works or not.
CaiusDrewart
King
Square formation is confusingly worded. It does NOT double a unit's strength when a support unit (like a battering ram or whatever) is attached. I know, that's exactly what the promotion seems to say it does. But it doesn't.
Instead, it doubles a unit's "Support bonus," which is the bonus a unit gets for having another friendly unit adjacent to it. (I believe this is +2 for one adjacent friendly unit and +4 for two, but I could be mistaken about that). It's analogous to the Light Cavalry promotion that gives a x2 Flanking Bonus. Firaxis just did an epically bad job of phrasing it.
Instead, it doubles a unit's "Support bonus," which is the bonus a unit gets for having another friendly unit adjacent to it. (I believe this is +2 for one adjacent friendly unit and +4 for two, but I could be mistaken about that). It's analogous to the Light Cavalry promotion that gives a x2 Flanking Bonus. Firaxis just did an epically bad job of phrasing it.
