September 28, 2002, 10:10
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CGW has new preview of PTW
Yesterday, I got the latest the issue of Computer Gaming World in my mailbox. And there is a 2 page preview of Play the World.
There was one tidbit that caught my attention. The preview mentions 3 new improvements, "Stock exchange", "Commercial docks", and "civil defense functions".
Stock exchange and commercial docks are obviously city improvements.
But what is the "civil defense function"? Is it a late game city improvement that gives a city a defense bonus? Or is it a new feature similar to the draft?
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September 28, 2002, 10:40
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this all sounds like things we already knew, but I'll probably buy it anyway.
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September 28, 2002, 12:07
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Originally posted by Cidifer
this all sounds like things we already knew, but I'll probably buy it anyway.
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You already knew about the "civil defense function"????? Where was it talked about before, I must have missed it.
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G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"
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September 28, 2002, 12:30
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oh yeah sorry, it's a city improvement, it give a 50% bonus to bombardment defense or something like that I'm not sure but I think it mentions it specifically in the UGO preview.
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September 28, 2002, 12:35
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Warlord
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Here's the actualy quote
"New city improvements include Civil Defense (a 50% bonus to unit and bombardment defense), the Commercial Dock (adds trade for each water tile in city's radius) and the Stock Exchange (which becomes the prerequisite for the Wall Street Small Wonder and adds a 50% tax output from the city in which it is built). Workers can now build airfields, outposts and radar towers in the field as well."
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September 29, 2002, 06:05
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September 29, 2002, 06:10
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Bombardment has alreay 50% miss chance against city units.
Like Displacement spell (those who play D&D will know what I think).
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September 29, 2002, 18:35
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Originally posted by player1
Bombardment has alreay 50% miss chance against city units.
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But of course that's true regarding current vanilla Civ III.
Probably Firaxis changed some artillery stats in PTW, or maybe they are balancing defense against Radar Artillery (a quite effective but late bombardment unit, IMHO).
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September 29, 2002, 18:43
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It would be great if they realy tweaked it.
Form my expirience, bombarding of cities doesn't pay off until you get atrillery with it's ROF of 2.
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September 29, 2002, 20:01
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Originally posted by player1
Form my expirience, bombarding of cities doesn't pay off until you get atrillery with it's ROF of 2.
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Civil Defense comes with Radio, so BOmbers and Arty will be the big threat. It also adds another 50% to all defending units for regular attack.
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September 29, 2002, 21:23
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Exactly!
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