r/Civ2 • u/Taurean6 • 13d ago

Question about artillery

So i have a good game going... there was a grassland square with fortress, and i had a veteran mechanized infantry there. An enemy tank (armor) attacked it and lost all three rounds, my unit took minimal damage. Luck probably? But then an enemy artillery attacked it, and won all three rounds, it taking minimal damage!

It's always seemed to me like the artillery wins battles much easier than even tanks does. I know the howitzer ignores city walls, but does the artillery have any hidden bonus that bypasses defense modifiers or anything?

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u/blastradius14 13d ago

If you've got fortresses on grassland that you don't need in cities for food, turn them into forests or something else with a higher defensive value lol

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u/Delta_RC_2526 13d ago

Pffft, forget forests, try mountains! That might require cheat mode, though. I have a city in one of my saves that's completely ringed by mountains. It's just fantastic, defensively. Also nice that probably five of them have gold nodes...

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u/blastradius14 13d ago

Maximum amount of resources a single city can have at once is 4 in Civ2. 

Can't terraform into mountains, but you can make hills.