You can still make suicide galley runs if you want. It's just more risky because they don't get as far in the ocean.
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APOLYTON UNIVERSITY MOD 1.13 BOMBARD UNIT CHANGES
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Deviating from its goal to make as few changes as possible, the AU mod
makes several changes to units with the bombard ability. This document
attempts to justify those changes.
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There are a few problems with the stock version of Civ3 when it comes to
bombard units.
1) Ironclads, Destroyers, and even Frigates, are more cost-effective
bombard units than Battleships.
2) There is no reason to build Stealth Fighters, as two of them cost the
same as one Stealth Bomber, but do less damage and have double
maintenance costs.
3) Carriers are relatively weak for their cost, because airpower is not
lethal to ships
4) It is generally more effective to build ground units than to invest
in bombard units.
SOLUTIONS
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[B]We increase ROF of Battleships and AEGIS by 1[/B]. This balances the bombard
cost-effectiveness of naval units, as shown in the following table:
===ORIGINAL===
Unit Str ROF Cost Dmg(HP) Value(%BB)
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Frigate 2 2 6 0.33 125
Man-O-War 3 2 6 0.46 173
Ironclad 4 2 8 0.57 161
Destroyer 6 2 12 0.75 141
Battleship 8 2 20 0.89 100
AEGIS 4 2 16 0.57 80
===AU MOD===
Unit Str ROF Cost Dmg(HP) Value(%BB)
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Frigate 2 2 6 0.33 83
Man-O-War 3 2 6 0.46 115
Ironclad 4 2 9 0.57 95
Destroyer 6 2 12 0.75 94
Battleship 8 3 20 1.33 100
AEGIS 4 3 16 0.86 80
Tables assume a 10-strength defender
Value = Percentage of cost-effectiveness of battleship.
The problem is that these increased ROF values make Battleships equally
effective bombard units as Bombers. As a result, if no other changes
are made, the AI seems to build less Bombers.
To maintain balance between air and naval units, [B]we increase the ROF of
all air units by 1[/B]. This makes Bombers more effective than Battleships
again, and all bombard units more effective combined-arms elements.
The new problem is that air units are now too powerful against naval
units, which do not get terrain or fortification defensive bonuses. The
solution is to [B]increase the defense strength of all naval units by 50%[/B].
To keep naval combat unchanged, [B]we increase the attack strength of naval
units by 50%[/B] also.
The increased defense of naval units almost offsets the increased ROF of
Battleships and air units, so the net result is more effective bombard
units against ground troops.
The ROF changes makes fighters a moderate bombard threat to weak units.
Still, Jet Fighters are not as cost-effective bombard units as regular
Fighters, [B]so increase of their strength by 1[/B] to fix this problem. To
establish fighters as a valid bombard unit, as opposed to being used
strictly for Air Superiority, [B]add the lethal sea bombard ability to
all fighters[/B]. In addition, [B]add the lethal land bombard ability to the
F-15 and Stealth Fighter[/B]. Fighters are now effective units for killing
weak targets, so [B]add the AI air bombard flag[/B] to all of them. This new
ability makes it worth building Stealth Fighters in addition to Stealth
Bombers, and Carriers with Fighters become a naval offensive threat.
The following table shows the cost-effectiveness of each air unit in
bombarding:
===ORIGINAL===
Unit Str ROF Cost Dmg(HP) Value(%Bbr)
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Fighter 2 1 8 0.17 16
Bomber 8 3 10 1.33 100
Jet Ftr 2 1 10 0.17 13
F-15 4 2 10 0.57 43
St. Ftr 4 2 12 0.57 36
St. Bbr 8 3 24 1.33 42
Cruise 16 3 6 1.85 231*
Table assumes a 10-strength defender
===AU MOD AGAINST GROUND===
Unit Str ROF Cost Dmg(HP) Value(%Bbr)
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Fighter 2 2 8 0.33 23
Bomber 8 4 10 1.78 100
Jet Ftr 3 2 10 0.46 26
F-15 4 3 10 0.86 48*
St. Ftr 4 3 12 0.86 40*
St. Bbr 8 4 24 1.78 42
Cruise 16 4 6 2.46 231*
Table assumes a 10-strength defender
===AU MOD AGAINST SHIPS===
Unit Str ROF Cost Dmg(HP) Value(%Bbr)
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Fighter 2 2 8 0.24 21*
Bomber 8 4 10 1.39 100
Jet Ftr 3 2 10 0.33 24*
F-15 4 3 10 0.63 45*
St. Ftr 4 3 12 0.63 38*
St. Bbr 8 4 24 1.39 42
Cruise 16 4 6 2.06 247*
Table assumes a 15-strength defender to reflect naval changes
Str = Bombard Strength
ROF = Rate of fire
Cost = shield cost / 10
Dmg = expected damage in HP
Value = Percentage of cost-effectiveness of bomber.
* = lethal bombard
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