Does the AI paradrop parachuters??

[Colwyn]

I belive they only use them as ground units, has anyone ever seen the AI paradrop them.

[Kuciwalker]

I have never even seen a Paratrooper (or Modern Paratrooper) so I don't know.

[vmxa1]

I have have never seen one used on me, I have used a few.

[Tacit_Exit]

If you play the WWII Pacific Conquest as Commonwealth you'll see AI use Paratroops on the 1st turn.

[vmxa1]

I have not played any of them yet. I tend to wait for 2 years to pass before I do the scenarios.

I may have to start sooner with all the interesting things I have read.

[steven8r]

The only AI Paratroopers that I've ever seen actually dropped was in one of my very first Civ3 pre any patch games. I think the AI also used a Helocopter in that one. I haven't seen either since.

I have seen some Paratroopers if the AI didn't have certain resources or tech to make better units, but it seems to mostly go for Marines.

Steven

[Jaybe]

In a Debug game I recently played, there were multiple occurances of paradrops. I do not know that they were "combat drops" though.

[joncnunn]

I've never seen the AI acquire Advanced Airflight or Amphious Warfare without moding the techs to make them required, let alone see them building marines or paratroopers.

[Plotinus]

In my last game, I had a city on an island, protected by Infantry and with a couple of Infantry units on the adjacent tiles to make landing impossible. The AI turned up with some Marines and took the city as I stared aghast. Looks like it can happen after all - and oh yes, I had never researched Amphibious Warfare myself.

[vmxa1]

In C3C you had better be ready for marines. They are nasty.
I had a big surprise in one game and came very close to losing a city with a 4 team calv army and an infantry unit. IIRC it was two lousy marines.