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Title: Cities: friendly or enemy?
Post by: Steven on October 20, 2001, 05:56:00 PM

It's probably clear I'm no genius here, but how can I tell when a city will fire on me before I get shot at?  For example, the Knights took a bunch of bases last night and finally I decided to land somewhere safe which was deeeeeep into Knight terriroty and prior to landing at field overflew some city not marked on the map and got the one ping ack death.  Is there an easy way to tell or do I now have to start flying around all these things?

Title: Cities: friendly or enemy?
Post by: 2Late4U on October 20, 2001, 11:48:00 PM

Best way is to tell your wingman you think you see an enemy goon huggin the deck.....then wait and see if he goes boom   :D

Title: Cities: friendly or enemy?
Post by: Steven on October 21, 2001, 12:01:00 AM

Oh!  Is that why I never see any goons?  Now I am on to my wingmen!

LOL

Title: Cities: friendly or enemy?
Post by: Saintaw on October 21, 2001, 01:06:00 AM

Strategic maps (with Cities, factories) are usualy released by players.

I haven't seen any for this version yet though.

Title: Cities: friendly or enemy?
Post by: BlauK on October 22, 2001, 04:49:00 AM

Steven,

The strat targets that are not marked on the clipboard map cannot be captured and thus they dont change ownership. That means Factories, HQ, etc (actually HQ is marked on the map)   :)

Only A, V and D bases can be captured. Those other targets always fire AA at you if AA is up.

Title: Cities: friendly or enemy?
Post by: air_guard on October 22, 2001, 08:59:00 AM

Every city,factory, and stuff that looks like that outside your own borderlines (marked with white), just avoid them and suspeckt them to be full of ack who wanna 1 ping kill you   :)
ahh blauk just said that lol

airguard

[ 10-22-2001: Message edited by: air_guard ]

Title: Cities: friendly or enemy?
Post by: Steven on October 22, 2001, 11:00:00 AM

I see.  Well, I was returning from a fight to land a kill in a 51B and went deep into territory with green bases (captures bases) to land because our bases on the perimeter were being attacked.  I had the fuel and figured I should play it safe.  Setting auto pilot I walked away to let my aircraft fly straight to a base.  Walking back in and as I started getting my bearings again I hear a "bang"...one hit by lazer ack and I'm going down.  Since these strat bases are not marked on the map, it makes it really difficult to let your guard down at all even in territory surrounded by green bases.  Shame the game works this way.  I guess it's easy bomber points if I want to attack such a strategic target deep inside green bases.

Title: Cities: friendly or enemy?
Post by: john9001 on October 22, 2001, 02:05:00 PM

i think you were shot down by partisans operating behind enemy lines