Question relating to "sentry"-command

[Snotty]

I think Im confusing myself with the pbem fortify all bug.

[gunkulator]

In Civ2 it really did cost you a full turn to fortify. If you had any movement left on turn 1, you could hit the F key and on turn 2, you'd get the bonus. The point being that there was a turn in there after you gave the command when you could be attacked without the bonus. If you clicked on a fortified unit, it had to start all over again to regain the bonus.

Civ3 lets you can fortify and activate numerous times within the same turn. I always assumed the bonus was instantaneous - not that it's much of a bonus anyways.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
Wow - this could even be considered a bug by some, as who would fortify ever again unless they didn;t care that a unit came across their own?

And especially since the Fortify bonus doesn't kick in until a full turn after giving the order, this could be a bit dodgy. Unless this works differently in MP, then it is not quite so bad.

The fortify bonus kicks in as soon as you give the command.

EDIT: others have mentioned this