Slitherine

How do these guys work as far as the game mechanics are concerned?
Tutorial and manual didn't really cover it.

Put them in the river hex. Units will then be able to cross as if there was a bridge present.

Put a bridge Pioneer unit on top of a river hex and they act as a bridging unit for other units to cross. Normally a unit on a river hex also gets a defence penalty and therefore are more vulnerable, bridge engineers are immune to this penalty, although on the same time their attack rates are not that great, they are the best units to help you other units cross a river and hold out longer against counter-attacks on river hexes.

lordzimoa wrote:Put a bridge Pioneer unit on top of a river hex and they act as a bridging unit for other units to cross. Normally a unit on a river hex also gets a defence penalty and therefore are more vulnerable, bridge engineers are immune to this penalty, although on the same time their attack rates are not that great, they are the best units to help you other units cross a river and hold out longer against counter-attacks on river hexes.

You sure they don't get the penalty? I got my bridging units absolutely devastated while bridging. Will test again later to be sure.

The are still vulnerable, but far less than other units that normally are wiped out completely due to the extra river penalty.

ok cool, thats what I thought how you used them, but while bridgelaying they got attacked by infantry and took -7 damage so
didn't see a whole lot of use.

Loving the DP Flak 88 tho.

For future reference, the tutorial explains bridge engineer functionality too.