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Originally posted by geoschmo:
Every time I have landed troops on a planet with units (WP's, troops, mines) the defending units are destroyed in the attack. You have seen something different?
Geo
I've noticed that the troops cannot actually TAKE the planet as long as there is any sort of enemy unit still surviving. But, due to recent changes there is no longer actual combat beteeen troops and other units. So, there is a stalemate until the other units are destroyed by some other means. I once dropped troops on a planet containing very little population and some mines -- the troops sat there and "fought" with the mines for the full 10 rounds, neither units taking any damage. I presume this would have gone on 'automatically' at each turn but I fired on the planet before combat ended and destroyed the mines.
So, when the next chance for combat came up there was automatic victory for my troops. I never get close enough to drop troops on a WP since WPs in my mod have powerful mounts like bases with extended range. It's is always essential to destroy the WPs before closing in to drop troops.