Coastal fortresses

[DeadDireWolf]

Do these things work? I have a bunch of enemy frigates blockading my port and the Coastal fortress hasn't fired a single shot? I have the latest patch. I just reinstalled Civ3 after having taken it off my HD just weeks after it came out. I've tried to read all the new FAQ and the readme but I don't see much addressing.

And if they are working properly, how are the damn things supposed to work?

[vondrack]

Re: Coastal fortresses

Originally posted by DeadDireWolf
Do these things work? I have a bunch of enemy frigates blockading my port and the Coastal fortress hasn't fired a single shot? I have the latest patch. I just reinstalled Civ3 after having taken it off my HD just weeks after it came out. I've tried to read all the new FAQ and the readme but I don't see much addressing.

And if they are working properly, how are the damn things supposed to work?

IIRC, they are supposed to take a free shot at enemy vessels PASSING by them, that is moving from one adjacent tile to another adjacent tile. They are not guaranteed to hit, though. Moreover, in vanilla Civ3, you will not see misses, only hits - PtW adds waterspouts for missed shots.

[SanPellegrino]

Re: Re: Coastal fortresses

Originally posted by vondrack

IIRC, they are supposed to take a free shot at enemy vessels PASSING by them, that is moving from one adjacent tile to another adjacent tile.

vondrack is right, I saw a coastal fortress firing a shot once and marked this day red in my calendar.

[DeadDireWolf]

Ok. Thanks.

[bobbo008]

Does the fortress lessen the chance of a "hit", e.g. the temple being destroyed...?

[vondrack]

Originally posted by bobbo008
Does the fortress lessen the chance of a "hit", e.g. the temple being destroyed...?

Nope.

[bobbo008]

So, with the exception of having a maintenance cost, it doesn't do anything really?

[SanPellegrino]

It gives you that satisfied feeling when you have built everything.

[benjdm]

Its maintenance cost is 0.

[Pyrodrew]

It... looks pretty.

[Pyrodrew]

It... allows you to disband/sell it later for shields & gold.

[WarpStorm]

It's an extra target for bombardment (and it seems to 'absorb' the hits well. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it is usually the first destroyed.

[alva]

True Warp, that's probably the best you can get of of them

eug btw:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72641

???

[Optimizer]

I've moved the ability to build veteran ships from the Harbor to the Coastal Fortress. Then they are at least good for something.

[SanPellegrino]

Optimizer, the translation of your sig is:

Männer, die vor einem Schokoladenladen Laden laden, laden Mädchen ein zum Tanz.