Got paratroopers?

[planetfall]

Until Firaxis changes the code, I don't know of any way to get helios based off carriers. If they are going to go that, they might as well fix there preference of not allowing paratroopers to be based off carriers.

-- PF

[monkeyman]

Make'em cheaper...

Perhaps if they were significantly cheaper, we'd use'em more (I myself built 1 each of para and helo in my first week with the game and haven't built them since...). I don't know what they cost since I never build them, but there must be a reasonable cost

If they're cheap enough we'll find a use for them. Don't believe me, read a book on WWI, the "Strategy" section...

--mm

[Patroklos]

I usually viw paratroopers and marine as elite forms of infantry (paras with normal offence and increased defence, and mariens visa versa) which the sort of are in real life. So I mod them for that purpose, increasing their cost to reflect their relative power in the game. I have found that the AI will build masses of paratroopers and marines if this is the case, shunning the cheaper generic infantry.

I personally find paratroopers very useful as shock troopers to toss behind the lines in the beginning of an offensive. If anything they distract the enemy from reinforcing their frontier cities against my main force (human players will see through this tactic I guess), and even human players will have to leave some untis in the rear to deal with them.

[Saint Marcus]

Not an unreasonable mod. The Army Corps of Engineers certainly travels by airplane when the occasion calls for it.

Yes, but they don't build cities, do they?

[FNBrown]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus


Yes, but they don't build cities, do they?

Well, not in a manner of speaking... but they have been known to build significant infrastructure improvements to support cities (bridges, dams, roads, etc.); and they would be used to build a base of operations in enemy territory, which a new city in that situation would really be serving as.

It should be noted that many cities throughout history started as military installments that grew out of civilian installments nearby that supported the local militia and enjoyed the protection as a result.

[Dida]

I just make a speical worker unit, named Engineer, which can be airdropped, and cost more.

[TheRascalKing]

Woo, I'm'a just go and make 'em cheaper! Problem solved, woohoo!

Well, and I do like the marines having decent defense idea there.

Oh, by the way, hello again! I used to be here, then I wasn't, and now I am again. Therefore I win. Yay. See ya around.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Dida
I just make a speical worker unit, named Engineer, which can be airdropped, and cost more.

wat about a fighting engineer?

[Willem]

Originally posted by Calc II


wat about a fighting engineer?

The AI wouldn't have a clue how to implement it properly. It would give the human a huge advantage.