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Jones's Ale
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

so has anyone found a way to get artillery back into the game?

also, in the text.INI file it lists all the units, but has units like grenadoes that i have never seen in game. does anyone know what these are, or better how they could be put back in game?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Forget artillery. I doubt raiders would drag artillery through the awful terrian of an island. Definity if they are trying to get near enough to a port without being found. Thing that disapoints me is the lack of guns over all. Even when boarding ships. Swords were secondary firearms were primary. Why Sid got this wrong i dunno. The Average pirate was no good with a sword and would rather use a firearm. Better for the shock tactics when bording ships.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lumina wrote:
Forget artillery. I doubt raiders would drag artillery through the awful terrian of an island. Definity if they are trying to get near enough to a port without being found.

I think the intention was to allow artillery, like cavalry, as a unit for city garrisons, not for pirates.

Lumina wrote:
Thing that disapoints me is the lack of guns over all. Even when boarding ships. Swords were secondary firearms were primary. Why Sid got this wrong i dunno. The Average pirate was no good with a sword and would rather use a firearm. Better for the shock tactics when bording ships.

In that era, firearms were still single-shot weapons. If you survived the initial volley of lead, you would be expected to take up another weapon and continue fighting.

In any case, I don't think Sid was aiming for historical accuracy so much as cinematic convention. Think Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i agree with the part about not rowing them to shore. but like in civilization 4 your ship should be able to bombard the city.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Evasive Maneuvers wrote:
your ship should be able to bombard the city.
fire as you pass

you can bombard the city
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Press the spacebar when you get in range to bombard the city.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:34 pm    Post subject: fire as you pass Reply with quote

There are a few islands in my copy of the game upon which I cannot land, or if I can land, I'm walking on water , and it keeps asking me about returning to the ship. ( I presume that's a glitch ).

I can only enter the port.
Which is a problem if I want to capture a city that is not hostile to me.

I did learn to fire as I passed, which angered the city into returning fire, and so I was able to initiate an attack of the city by sailing into it.


SO MY QUESTION IS-
Does firing upon a city from my ship change anything besides the attitude?
Does it kill off garrison, or destroy wealth, for example?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:59 pm    Post subject: Re: fire as you pass Reply with quote

Rusty Edge wrote:
There are a few islands in my copy of the game upon which I cannot land, or if I can land, I'm walking on water , and it keeps asking me about returning to the ship. ( I presume that's a glitch ).

I can only enter the port.
Which is a problem if I want to capture a city that is not hostile to me.

I did learn to fire as I passed, which angered the city into returning fire, and so I was able to initiate an attack of the city by sailing into it.


SO MY QUESTION IS-
Does firing upon a city from my ship change anything besides the attitude?
Does it kill off garrison, or destroy wealth, for example?


I myself do not know as I have not tested it. Perhaps you can give it a go. save you gave just prior to entering port - then try to 2 scenarios.
1.) Land and check the stats.
2.) Pound the Port - then land and check the stats.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Rusty Edge, if I remember correctly bombarding enemy towns before capturing does indeed reduce wealth, that's why it's not advicable..

I don't think it does much about the garrison, but I may be wrong.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, getting my ship shot up doesn't do it a lot of good, either.

I haven't experimented yet.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rusty Edge wrote:
Well, getting my ship shot up doesn't do it a lot of good, either.

I haven't experimented yet.
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