Ground combat details

[CW]

Can somebody explain, with all the details, how ground combat works? I'm trying to mod the thing and I realised that even though I've been winning just about every GC I fought so far I don't know how it works!

Does weapon range matters? Do offensive and defensive bonuses work the same way like ships? Which side shoots first? Does the strategy affects GC at all?

[Suicide Junkie]

Weapon range does not matter.
Weapon reload rate dosen't matter either, IIRC. (Everything fires every turn)

Troop Shields were not working, and have been recently patched. I'm not sure if that was part of the most recent public patch or not.

[Gryphin]

I belive the following is also currently true:
Troops follows the "FLFD", (First Loaded First Deployed". model.
First Deployed, First Targeted, (shot at) (I'm not sure of this)
First Deployed, First to Fire
Strategy, Load troops with nothing but Armor first
Then load your troops with the heavyist weapons, (to take out his heavyier weapons).
Then load your troops with the lighter weapons, (to do mop up)

Troops inherit the Experiance Level of the thransport.

Troops with only a Cockpit will still act as fully armed troops for purposes of keeping the population happy.

Question:
Do Weapons Platforms or Fighters help defenders?

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by The High Gryphin:
I belive the following is also currently true:
Troops follows the "FLFD", (First Loaded First Deployed". model.
First Deployed, First Targeted, (shot at) (I'm not sure of this)
First Deployed, First to Fire
Strategy, Load troops with nothing but Armor first
Then load your troops with the heavyist weapons, (to take out his heavyier weapons).
Then load your troops with the lighter weapons, (to do mop up)

Troops inherit the Experiance Level of the thransport.

Troops with only a Cockpit will still act as fully armed troops for purposes of keeping the population happy.

Question:
Do Weapons Platforms or Fighters help defenders?

No, WPs and fighters have no effect on ground combat.

Where did you get the information that the troops inherit the transport's experience level? If it's true it suggests some really important uses for ship and fleet training but how the heck was this determined?

[ June 12, 2002, 21:12: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]