Army Not Deploying

[lil5qui5h]

As the title states, I'm having issues with my Army not deploying it's troops during rebel attacks. This goes for the Barracks and the Army Base. The buildings are full of workers and my constitution is set to 'Militia'.

I've read somewhere that a given Barracks will not deploy to attack/defend if any of it's workers are not currently 'on duty' at the Barracks. If this is true then will simply having the Barracks built near housing, entertainment, etc. simply solve the issue? Because I've done just that and only about 2-3 soldiers are ever at the Barracks at any given time and when rebels attack the soldiers on duty simply will not deploy and the ones not currently at the Barracks will be in no hurry to get back to the Barracks in order to deploy.

Is this a bug or what? Thanks for any info.

[FinaL]

It is a feature.

Military and Terrorist attacks are broken in this game. Your best bet is to build an Aircraft Carrier ASAP because it's the only relieable way to deal with Terrorists in time. Don't bother building Watchtowers or Barracks - they eat Manpower, budget and reduce liberrty.

[captainpatch]

THE REASON your Military seems to not deploy is because they are ssslllooowww. A Barracks' or Army Base's personnel aren't always at their base. Most are off elsewhere attending to their various Needs. (Faith, Entertainment, Food, etc.) When the Guerrilla attack starts, they have to move back to their base, THEN, when enough have returned to make up a unit, they move to the site of the attack.

The trouble is, by the time your Military units are ready to roll, the attack is already over, the building is burning, and the Guerrillas are no longer visible on the map. So instead of rolling out, the Military personnel go back to what they were doing before the attack started.

You CAN stall the Guerrillas long enough for the Military to show up. Build a Watchtower next to a likely Guerrilla target; the Guerrillas WILL attack the Watchtower FIRST. When the Guerrillas destroy the Watchtower -- they WILL destroy it; no question about that -- Pause the game, click Repair on the destroyed Watchtower's panel, and then Quick Build it. When it reappears the Guerrillas will once again turn their attention on the Watchtower -- and if necessary, destroy it again and again and again, until your Military _finally_ arrives and defeats the Guerrillas.

This defensive approach may cost you a few thousand dollars by rebuilding Watchtowers. But that's still MUCH cheaper than spending $10,000+ to rebuild a destroyed factory or whatever.

[lil5qui5h]

Ah, I appreciate the responses!

[FinaL]

I'm very sorry that we can not give you any more advices. It's a shame that you can't really deal with Guerrillas in a reasonable matter (only the way captainpatch described).

[mfmorganist]

This is only one of the many bugs that make this game annoying to play. I've stopped playing it for the moment. Unfortunately, the devs are completely ignoring such simple but crucial fixes of which they have been informed years ago.

It is sadly simply below respect for the users, only focusing on (redundant) expansions, as long as the basics aren't working...

[lil5qui5h]

This is all rather unfortunate. Such a wonderful game, shame really.

[FinaL]

Originally posted by mfmorganist:

This is only one of the many bugs that make this game annoying to play. I've stopped playing it for the moment. Unfortunately, the devs are completely ignoring such simple but crucial fixes of which they have been informed years ago.

It is sadly simply below respect for the users, only focusing on (redundant) expansions, as long as the basics aren't working...

This is the absolute core of the problem. Because of this simple fact I won't invest further in Tropico 6.