Col. Kurtz Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I have a newbie question concerning surprise contacts. Does a land or naval unit triggering a surprise contact or an air unit being intercepted by another air unit that is not visible suffer any kind of combat penalty in the combat resolution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Kurtz Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 Does someone know the answer to the above question? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Talk to Yoda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltero Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 ah! yoda knows all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 hihi... In a surprise contact attacker and defender change roles and units originally without an attack ability (e.g. transports or subs vs subs) get an extra bonus i.e. can do damage to the surprised unit. So e.g. if you move a submarine and get surprised by an enemy ship, then your submarine defends and the enemy attacks. Cause the sub has a defence of 0 the enemy doesnt take damage, but attacks your sub with its full attack value. Since the attack value of nearly every unit is much higher than its defence value, it is a big disadvantage to get surprised - reconnaissance is very important. Before an attack/move if possible use air or cheap corps/corps-transports to reconnoitre the enemy positions. In air to air combat it makes no difference - there doesnt exist a real surprise contact (surprise contacts only occur when you move a unit, but here you attack with the AF and dont move it) - only when an attacking AF gets destroyed the game displays a surprise contact, but as far as I know here it has no influence in the combat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Yoda in 'da house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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