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  • I have to know: Marine+Berserk Armies?

    Do they work?

    /me thinks that the Scandinavians are going to be BAD-*SSES anyway, but will burn a kid goat in thanks for a functional Marine+3xBerserk Army.

    [Note: No offense to any goat lovers out there...]
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    I'm pretty sure that mixed unit armies cannot amphibiously attack, even if the original units can; they have to be all the same unit (all Berserks or Marines should work)

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    • #3
      I bet it would work; it probably only tests the flags.

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      • #4
        they can't amphibiously attack because you can't load a unit bearing unit into another unit bearing unit.

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        • #5
          Yes, you CAN load armies into a transport. Trust me.

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          • #6
            Yes trust him, I do it all the time , load unit bearing units into unit bearing units that is
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            • #7
              An army gains the abilities of the units it is comprised of if and only if all of said units are of the same type. Therefore, a marine+berserk army will NOT have the ability to do an amphibious assault. Although both units can do an amphibious assault, Marines and Berserks are radically different units and realistically operate in different ways.

              And yes you can load armies onto transports.
              Last edited by Mike Breitkreutz FIRAXIS; November 5, 2003, 11:39.
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              • #8
                No flaming or trolling. Just asking. This comment confuses me, because I don’t understand the concept of “realistically operate in different ways”. Marine/ Berserk Army can attack on land with no problems, as can all mixed Armies I’ve seen. I have put Cavalry in with Immortals, which couldn’t operate more differently. I am unable to grasp what makes the amphibious assault that much different than the land based attack in that respect.

                - edit: grammar, of course.
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                • #9
                  I was wondering what that anguished wail I heard a few minutes ago was. Now I know that Theseus just read Mike's post.

                  Mike, with all due respect, I agree with TheArsenal: the logic of your explanation doesn't hold up. I could understand (maybe) if you had said that it would be too unbalancing, but "operate in different ways"??

                  Too bad, I was really hoping to get me a goat steak!
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by publius
                    they can't amphibiously attack because you can't load a unit bearing unit into another unit bearing unit.
                    You can't load an army if the transport doesn't have enough capacity for everyone in the army. It's awesome when transports show up...boatloads of armies on their way to conquer the enemy!!!
                    Haven't been here for ages....

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                    • #11
                      Doh! Sorry Theseus!

                      And yeah, the explanation doesn't really work.

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                      • #12
                        You know I've never blown an army on a bunch of marines before... but a marine army could knockout many cities with ease. With the new improvements, I'm gonna have to build more armies from now on.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Mike Breitkreutz FIRAXIS
                          An army gains the abilities of the units it is comprised of if and only if all of said units are of the same type.
                          So does this mean a Paratrooper Army can Paradrop?

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                          • #14
                            I hope the AI computer player uses armies more too. That could change some warfare strategies if the computer was adapt at punching a hole in your lines with an army or two.
                            Haven't been here for ages....

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Arrian
                              Doh! Sorry Theseus!

                              And yeah, the explanation doesn't really work.

                              -Arrian
                              Maybe a better explanation is "it's just way easier to code that way..."

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