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hoplitis May 16th, 2009 11:59 AM
Engineers and secondary explosions
 
When you have an "ammo" element (bunker, dump, etc) and fire at it from an adjacent hex you risk taking casualties from a "secondary" explosion (if you're "lucky" and it goes off in your hex).

Have you noticed if engineers fare better than other leg units in this kind of situation?

Should they?

Suhiir May 16th, 2009 01:18 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoplitis (Post 691253)
When you have an "ammo" element (bunker, dump, etc) and fire at it from an adjacent hex you risk taking casualties from a "secondary" explosion (if you're "lucky" and it goes off in your hex).

Have you noticed if engineers fare better than other leg units in this kind of situation?

Should they?
Never noticed any difference myself.
However if they do fare better it makes some sense...since they work more with explosives they probably have more sense then to look up and see what happened then most folks :D

hoplitis May 16th, 2009 01:36 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Suhiir (Post 691259)
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoplitis (Post 691253)
When you have an "ammo" element (bunker, dump, etc) and fire at it from an adjacent hex you risk taking casualties from a "secondary" explosion (if you're "lucky" and it goes off in your hex).

Have you noticed if engineers fare better than other leg units in this kind of situation?

Should they?
Never noticed any difference myself.
However if they do fare better it makes some sense...since they work more with explosives they probably have more sense then to look up and see what happened then most folks :D
I guess in a RL situation engineers are trained to execute a controlled explotion/demolition but in the "heat" of the battle?

Mobhack May 16th, 2009 01:37 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoplitis (Post 691253)
When you have an "ammo" element (bunker, dump, etc) and fire at it from an adjacent hex you risk taking casualties from a "secondary" explosion (if you're "lucky" and it goes off in your hex).

Have you noticed if engineers fare better than other leg units in this kind of situation?

Should they?
No - Since if you touch off a load of explosives next door to yourself, you may well suffer the consequences!

If you want to fire up an ammo dump, then do it from outside the blast radius. (3 hexes I think, same as a 1000lb bomb)

Andy

Suhiir May 16th, 2009 01:48 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoplitis (Post 691263)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Suhiir (Post 691259)
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoplitis (Post 691253)
When you have an "ammo" element (bunker, dump, etc) and fire at it from an adjacent hex you risk taking casualties from a "secondary" explosion (if you're "lucky" and it goes off in your hex).

Have you noticed if engineers fare better than other leg units in this kind of situation?

Should they?
Never noticed any difference myself.
However if they do fare better it makes some sense...since they work more with explosives they probably have more sense then to look up and see what happened then most folks :D
I guess in a RL situation engineers are trained to execute a controlled explotion/demolition but in the "heat" of the battle?
Sorry, I'm guessing English may not be your primary language...my reply was ment to be taken as a joke rather then a "real" answer.

pecoragialla May 16th, 2009 02:03 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
Once I played a scenario were I had to destroy enemy's depots but some of them were placed in woods! I sacrificed a couple of squads

hoplitis May 16th, 2009 02:16 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
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Originally Posted by Suhiir (Post 691267)
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Sorry, I'm guessing English may not be your primary language...my reply was meant to be taken as a joke rather then a "real" answer.
No problem, your humor was appreciated!:D I was "intercepted" by my kids while answering and couldn't response likewise. And yes my English is not my primary language! God, is it so obvious? :eek:

runequester May 16th, 2009 02:18 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
depot exploding is definately a hobby best pursued at a safe distance

hoplitis May 16th, 2009 02:28 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobhack (Post 691264)
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No - Since if you touch off a load of explosives next door to yourself, you may well suffer the consequences!

If you want to fire up an ammo dump, then do it from outside the blast radius. (3 hexes I think, same as a 1000lb bomb)

Andy
Was just wondering if there was any difference in extra protective gear etc....

Ok, thanks!

Suhiir May 16th, 2009 04:31 PM
Re: Engineers and secondary explosions
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoplitis (Post 691273)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Suhiir (Post 691267)
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Sorry, I'm guessing English may not be your primary language...my reply was meant to be taken as a joke rather then a "real" answer.
<snip>
And yes my English is not my primary language! God, is it so obvious? :eek:
Not at all, but humor, particularly sarcasm, is often VERY language specific so it commonly causes problems; as does slang.

Quote:
Originally Posted by runequester (Post 691274)
depot exploding is definately a hobby best pursued at a safe distance

Small arms or antitank weapons (since they seem to be considered vehicle targets) work great BTW.


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