The introduction of Cargo Planes into Call of War would allow for unit transport in later games to be quicker, and especially in games where the map is quite large. The use of the tool would be something similar to selecting a unit, pressing move, and a new menu would pop up asking plane or ground. If plane is selected the unit will take time to board, and will take the fastest route to its destination. Cargo planes would be automatically researched (similar to cargo ships), and could be upgraded for better speed, and defense capabilities.
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9 Replies
4 Jun 2019, 20:21
While I love the idea (unit transport is slow already) I find it unlikely that this will happen.
WW2 didn't have the planes to transport tanks and infantry.
Sure, they had planes for supplies and paratroopers, but they were never hauling tanks.
General Nightman
Retired Hero "War is fought in three ways. Helping your enemy to lose, helping your allies to victory or helping yourself to win. Any way you take it, you are always helping someone."
4 Jun 2019, 20:36
No. You would be really frustrated to produce a plane, embark a infantry or more there and get shot by an AA gun. As GN said, it can only be used to transport infantry, and we already have paratroopers.
4 Jun 2019, 21:08
There was no troop transport back in WW2. Only infantry could be sent in as paratroopers or with gliders but we have those now.
Of course back then there are already the first possibilitys to transport even light vehicles, and personally, I think it would be fine to have transport planes here in CoW, especially because they would be far more useful in this game than paratroopers.
However, in my opinion ingame only foot soldiers (infantry, commandos and militia) as well as AA and AT should be transportable.
Rough suggestion for requirements:
>> Strategic bomber level 4 or 5 researched (or a separate research, as in the transport ships, based on Strategic Bomber level 3.
>> Start-, interim- and landing airport at least level 2.
>> Time to load / unload respective 1 or 2 hours (maybe even more..).
>> Conversion into transport planes automatically as with sea convoys -- a button for choice option Land / Air would be required.
>> Transport planes should be stackable with other planes.
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5 Jun 2019, 06:43
I didn't even know this. Anyhow only the last year of the war and only the Germans, not really the reference. Might be a possibility in the late game after day 40 or with the new knowledge tree maybe day 28.
This is hardly justification for a transport plane in CoW.
For instance, the Panzer IV has 8800 tanks built. Bytro can't add every unit there ever was.
General Nightman
Retired Hero "War is fought in three ways. Helping your enemy to lose, helping your allies to victory or helping yourself to win. Any way you take it, you are always helping someone."
5 Jun 2019, 22:07
General Nightman wrote:
198 transport planes ever built?
This is hardly justification for a transport plane in CoW.
For instance, the Panzer IV has 8800 tanks built. Bytro can't add every unit there ever was.
Aah, yeah, now I see ..
.. that's why there are no railroad guns, rocket fighters, nuclear battleships or any other nuke weapons etc. here in the game ..
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5 Jun 2019, 23:14
Restrisiko wrote:
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I think I see why you put that in your signature.
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Retired Hero "War is fought in three ways. Helping your enemy to lose, helping your allies to victory or helping yourself to win. Any way you take it, you are always helping someone."
6 Jun 2019, 13:36
This ideas of supply planes to be introduced, is viable and mostly necessary during battle hardened times. However it could be implemented is fine by me and should be available from airbase level 2 only, a strong enough air base that would contain stores and supplies for defensive reasons.
It is that the supply drops may fill the void of the transport planes and that these might be alternatively considered.
I might like to suggest that the engineer unit be introduced, that can speed up the development of forts and make airfield defense stronger.
Also that the supply drops, having been mentioned, could also be implemented as militia, partisan or guerrilla resistance,loyal to yours or the opposing nation(s), depending on morale performance in those province(s).
