Grenedier: +50% ATTACK vs Riflemen

[ben_sphynx]

Grenedier: +50% attack vs Riflemen

Does this bonus only apply when attacking, and not defensivly?

I just attacked an enemy Grenedier with one of my riflemen, and the odds bonuses listed in game didnt seem to include the red +50% I was expecting.

One can contrast this with units like
Axemen: +50% vs melee units
- this doesnt have the word 'attack' in the bonus.

Other units that have the word attack in their bonus description are
Cavalry/Cossack: +50% attack vs cannon
Horse Archer/Keshik: +50% attack vs catapult
Marine/Navy Seal: +50% attack vs machine gun/Artillery

[joncnunn]

Yes, the Grenediers bonus is attack only. While the Axemen bonus is all the time.

[OzzyKP]

I'm pretty sure it goes both ways.

[MattPilot]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
I'm pretty sure it goes both ways.

If you look into the files, you will notice 3 (THREE) different modifiers.

Attack, defense, and general bonus.

So the +50 would only apply when ATTACKING, as it obviously says it does.

[albucc]

The answer is "ATTACK ONLY", proofed by the file that defines the Grenadier characteristics:

This file is in <>\Assets\XML\Units and is named CIV4UnitInfos.xml;

For the grenadier is this text:
<UnitClassAttackMods>
<UnitClassAttackMod>
<UnitClassType>UNITCLASS_RIFLEMAN</UnitClassType>
<iUnitClassMod>50</iUnitClassMod>
</UnitClassAttackMod>
</UnitClassAttackMods>
<UnitClassDefenseMods/>

See that there is a point for "Attack Mods" and "Defense Mods"; for "Defense" there are no bonuses.