Suggestion, questions, observation.

[fgodec]

Hola all. I've been enjoying the editor tools since coming back and working on creating new factions. I'm a big fan of the production limits and permanent death options in the editor and have a suggestion about the purchasing UI. There is no way to tell if there is a production limit or if the unit has the permanent death option in the purchasing screen which is valuable information. Perhaps some markers in the same space as is used to indicate paratroops or flamethrowers. A hammer with a number to indicate production limits and a little skull to indicate permanent death perhaps?

I have noticed that in the OOB and in the panel where units are kept before you deploy them on the map, there is a little button with an arrow in it. I have no idea what that is supposed to do and nothing seems to be happening when I click on it. Anyone know what that button is supposed to do?

What are barrage balloons good for? As far as I can tell their only possible use is to park over cities so that bombers cant bomb them with fighters clearing them first.

I noticed that the values of generals has been buffed significantly. I see hard attack values up to 30 now. Was the consensus that the generals were to weak? Also is there any particular reason why sea generals attack range is only 3?

Random observation. I've had this game for awhile but never noticed that in the OOB you have a button (the house) where you can pay to re-deploy your unit. Granted I've never really used the OOB much but this is such a useful tool hehe. Am i blind and has this always been there or is this something that has been added recently?

Anyways, hope everyone is having a good day.

[Metal Izanagi]

- The button with the curved arrow in OOB and the deployment rack? That lets you give the unit to another nation in your faction.

- Barrage balloons perform the same role they did in the war. They prevent your airfields from being directly targeted by bombers until they're destroyed. They're honestly a pretty good way to provide a safeguard against players, as the AI usually doesn't plan ahead enough to go after your airfields. Set up some AA coverage around the balloons and it can prove very difficult for an airfield near the frontlines to be taken out of commission by anything but a very focused and costly attack that will leave your opponent's air coverage weaker elsewhere.

- General bonuses used to stack. They don't as of a recent update, with only the strongest bonus applying. Their bonuses are a bit higher as a result of only one applying at a time. I think sea generals have a low area of influence so that you're encouraged to keep the admiral surrounded by your heaviest ships for a proper fleet-to-fleet engagement instead of being able to use them to boost a bunch of battleships to bombard shorelines for huge damage.

- The redeploy thing has been there a while I think? I only started using it recently as well, and it's incredibly useful particularly for large maps like the Pacific scenarios.

[jlowerre]

I also recently discovered the redeploy option in the OOB, and am using it a lot.

[fgodec]

Ah thx for your reply Metal. Yeah that redeploy button is a great discovery as I tend to play on larger maps myself and i can now move units from one end of the map to the other without it taking five years. And you can upgrade those units while they're waiting to be redeployed :)

[fgodec]

Wow I just fired up a game and I think that Val has already implemented my suggestion for marking a permanent death unit with a skull in the purchase screen. That guy really is great at taking suggestions and implementing them almost immediately.

[A Corsican Frog]

Originally posted by fgodec:

Wow I just fired up a game and I think that Val has already implemented my suggestion for marking a permanent death unit with a skull in the purchase screen. That guy really is great at taking suggestions and implementing them almost immediately.

Yeah I did it yesterday
Sorry I'm not always commenting
Others have greatly explained what you asked about