Bromley Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 I've never had much luck bombarding units in fortifications/cities. So if it says 1 : 1 (1), I 95% of the time do not hurt the unit there. Am I missing something? Do I need to somehow target the unit and not the city/fort? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombra Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Page 69 of the manual. You only have a 10% chance of hitting a unit after you have hit the fortress first. Though that you fail in 95% of the cases is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bromley Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 Thanks Sombra, hadn't seen (or remembered) that bit. So if I'm used to using the calc to evaluate risk, I should always divide the bracketed number by 10-3.3 (depending on GLR). Effectively that confirms what I thought was the case - there's no point in bombarding a unit in a city if your only interest is efficiently killing that unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 However, you are cutting off it's ability to reinforce, so it's not totally useless. But yeah, once you get the city down to 0, there's not much point in hitting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaoJah Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I never understood how to take Malta... Do I use bombers to bomb the CITY to zero so it can't reinforce ? Or the PORT ? And what other units then bombers work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Use battleships/cruiser for the fortress and airfleets for the port to bomb them to zero. After this you can easily take the Malta garrison out, no matter what unit type. Only 2-3 german AFs + HQ and a bit patience necessary . Question remains if it is worth all the mpps you have to spend for taking this little island... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I can take Malta out in 2-3 turns. They really start to take losses once their morale and readiness hits bottom. You need the Italian navy, a few AF w/ HQ support, and a few turns and Malta will be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaoJah Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Originally posted by Terif: Question remains if it is worth all the mpps you have to spend for taking this little island... . It's not for the MPPs but when you want to invade Egypt, taking out Malta helps ALOT with your supply there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Spinello Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Something must be wrong here. When I started that other Malta-thread a while ago, I had the fortress at efficiency 0, the port at 0 and the morale and readiness of the corps at rock-bottom, too. Still, it did not take any losses. I used only Battleships and cruisers, though. Is it maybe ESSENTIAL to attack the corps from the air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Yes you have to use air power. They just bunker inland and avoid ship bombarding casualties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 If you have a german HQ in Africa, it doesn´t matter . For Africa you certainly don´t need Malta . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Who are you going to trust regarding this issue? Yoda (Terif) Or will you trust JarJar (TBlashy)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 At least as JarJar I'm on the winning side... (self titled) Darth Rambo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Darth Rambo rebelled against the Communist government & tried to help his woman! Darth Rambo later got saved! Episode #6, pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 He repelled to late, billions had died .` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Repented, not repelled! "Haven't you ever been to Sunday school?" --- Indianna Jones as he tries to explain things to the other good guys about the Bunta's motivations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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