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Mergle posted 05-12-99 03:24 AM ET
Is it just me or are drop probe teams unable to move after dropping? Presumably this is a design choice, as probe teams wouldn't suffer the attack penalty that penalizes other drop troops and so would be immensly powerful if they could just drop near (not next - apparently, even my armoured (thus not "non-combat") drop probes count as "non-combat" for this and so can't drop next to enemy) a city and move to subvert it. I couldn't find this feature documented. Come to think of it, I couldn't find the "non-combat can't drop in ZoC" documented, but at least I got a nice pop-up.
Oh well, there goes my latest sure-fire how-do-I-get-to-Deidre-when-she's-halfway-round-Planet tactic.
GaryD posted 05-12-99 09:54 AM ET
Sometimes they can, sometimes they can't.
Probably wrong but I was wondering if you have to drop them in your own city before they move again, but I'm almost sure that wasn't the case a few games ago.
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Author	Topic: Drop probe teams
Mergle	posted 05-12-99 03:24 AM ET Is it just me or are drop probe teams unable to move after dropping? Presumably this is a design choice, as probe teams wouldn't suffer the attack penalty that penalizes other drop troops and so would be immensly powerful if they could just drop near (not next - apparently, even my armoured (thus not "non-combat") drop probes count as "non-combat" for this and so can't drop next to enemy) a city and move to subvert it. I couldn't find this feature documented. Come to think of it, I couldn't find the "non-combat can't drop in ZoC" documented, but at least I got a nice pop-up. Oh well, there goes my latest sure-fire how-do-I-get-to-Deidre-when-she's-halfway-round-Planet tactic.
GaryD	posted 05-12-99 09:54 AM ET Sometimes they can, sometimes they can't. Probably wrong but I was wondering if you have to drop them in your own city before they move again, but I'm almost sure that wasn't the case a few games ago.