Carpet bombing

[euramer]

Can somebody explains to an artillerist supporter the fine art of how to shell a surface with for example a Karl Canon (even if some friendlies are in the neighbourhood)?
A one hex shot always work but I have never managed to shell a 3 hex radius circle: Is-it because he never move without an AA canon close by?

Thank you for your help!

[euramer]

Sorry, since nobody took the keyboard to give me some clue, I am asking you this question, which is more on the user side.

Could you explains to an artillerist supporter the fine art of how to shell a surface with for example a Karl Canon (even if some friendlies are in the neighbourhood)?
I have red sight circles on all objectives, but the canon never fire to more than one.
A one hex shot always work but I have never managed to shell a 3 hex radius circle: Is-it because he never move without an AA canon close by? Does he needs to have absolutely zero friendlies in a 3 Hex radius to use this capacity?

Thank you for your help!

[bru888]

Sorry, but we need to keep Tech Support reserved for technical issues. Please post comments and questions about the game here, in this general forum. Your question will receive more viewership here anyway and if anybody can and wants to answer, it's more likely they will do so here.

[conboy]

Sorry, since nobody took the keyboard to give me some clue, I am asking you this question, which is more on the user side.

Could you explains to an artillerist supporter the fine art of how to shell a surface with for example a Karl Canon (even if some friendlies are in the neighbourhood)?
I have red sight circles on all objectives, but the canon never fire to more than one.
A one hex shot always work but I have never managed to shell a 3 hex radius circle: Is-it because he never move without an AA canon close by? Does he needs to have absolutely zero friendlies in a 3 Hex radius to use this capacity?

Thank you for your help!

an artillery piece can only fire once per turn and it can only land in one hex. surrounding hexes are not affected. does that answer your question, euramer?

conboy

[PoorOldSpike]

..I have red sight circles on all objectives, but the canon never fire to more than one...

Look, the red sight circles show all the units that the artillery can hit.
You must choose one to shoot at..




Look, when you move your cursor over them, you'll see the predicted damage.
The hard armoured unit will be toughest, but the soft truck and infantry are not so tough.
Click on the unit you want to hit, and the artillery will fire at it-


(PS- This thread is wrongly called 'carpet bombing'. Artillery never does carpet bombing)

[euramer]

Sorry but their is a special function given to most canon which permits to hit all its objectives inside its maximum range at the same time for the price of let say 5 points, or am I wrong? If it exists what are the conditions to activate it?

[13obo]

That function (top left option of the command UI buttons) is to fire without visibility and also hits 1 hex only. It just allows you to fire anywhere within the range of the artillery allowing you to shell targets you know are there but are not visible at the moment for whatever reason.

[PoorOldSpike]

That function (top left option of the command UI buttons) is to fire without visibility and also hits 1 hex only. It just allows you to fire anywhere within the range of the artillery allowing you to shell targets you know are there but are not visible at the moment for whatever reason.

Wow thanks, I never knew that and I've been playing the game for 6 months, I assumed the UI icon was just the same as the 'shock' button for informative purposes!
So for me and anybody else who missed the icon, I just ran this test in the editor to play about with it-
1- That's the icon at bottom left-



2- And when it's clicked the map fills with red circles. I'd placed an enemy unit in the city at the top but it's invisible, but I click to bombard the city anyway, then send one of my units to eyeball him (inset).
And I see that the enemy has dropped from 10 to 8 strength points, proving bombarding 'blind' really does work..

[euramer]

Thank you for the explanation, they have been siting in front of me in hiding for too long.
I think that this function gives a real advantage to the long ranged 17 cm K18 Canon to take off its counterparts or in town entranched infantery.

[jeff00t]

thanks for the test, i was septical on real damage on invisible unit.

Just a similar question: why this kind of artillery can't no more fire after some turns ?? . But it remains the -5 option fire.

[conboy]

thanks for the test, i was septical on real damage on invisible unit.

Just a similar question: why this kind of artillery can't no more fire after some turns ?? . But it remains the -5 option fire.

Artillery loses efficiency after a few turns continuous firing or movement without rest. Once it turns red, it can't fire until it rests up.

conboy

[carter122]

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[kondi754]

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[Admiral_Horthy]

Thank you for the explanation, they have been siting in front of me in hiding for too long.
I think that this function gives a real advantage to the long ranged 17 cm K18 Canon to take off its counterparts or in town entranched infantery.

It is best for counter battery fire. Enemy artillery is usually fires out of sight, and you can't target it directly