Japanese Road Construction Engineers

[Capt Cliff]

Can Japanese Road Construction Engineers build roads?

[d0mbo]

No.

[Grfin Zeppelin]

Lemme check the game package if they talked about intuitive unit managment [:D]

[d0mbo]

Perhaps my snawer was a bit too short.

In the real deal, I guess they did build roads. In WITP you can't build (rail)roads to upgrade your infrastructure. Alas, since the engineer units were called this way, they have been given this unit name. I *think* there are also tax collector units in China somewhere. Make no mistake, those DO collect taxes, but it's just not simulated in this game. Perhaps something for a new patch

Cheers,

d0mbo.

[awaw]

ORIGINAL: d0mbo

Perhaps my snawer was a bit too short.

In the real deal, I guess they did build roads. In WITP you can build (rail)roads to upgrade your infrastructure. Alas, since the engineer units were called this way, they have been given this unit name. I *think* there are also tax collector units in China somewhere. Make no mistake, those DO collect taxes, but it's just not simulated in this game. Perhaps something for a new patch

Cheers,

d0mbo.

In the real deal, I guess they did build roads. In WITP you can build (rail)roads to upgrade your infrastructure. Alas, since the engineer units were called this way, they have been given this unit name. I *think* there are also tax collector units in China somewhere. Make no mistake, those DO collect taxes, but it's just not simulated in this game. Perhaps something for a new patch

Or maybe the tax collection was simulated in the game, just that it collected gold, and not HI/engines/planes/Manpower, hence you cannot see it. Definitely a problem for the tracker guys to look into and see if it is another similar scenario like the mines not showing up in game

[Gridley380]

ORIGINAL: d0mbo

Perhaps my snawer was a bit too short.

In the real deal, I guess they did build roads. In WITP you can build (rail)roads to upgrade your infrastructure. Alas, since the engineer units were called this way, they have been given this unit name. I *think* there are also tax collector units in China somewhere. Make no mistake, those DO collect taxes, but it's just not simulated in this game. Perhaps something for a new patch

Cheers,

d0mbo.

d0mbo, did you mean to say you CAN build (rail)roads or you CAN'T build railroads?

[PaxMondo]

In AE you cannot build roads/railroads.

[Durbik]

Is that the famous TAX POLICE REGIMENT you're talking about? They even have some armored cars! It must be hard to collect taxes in occupied China...

[d0mbo]

Gridley:
Sorry, I should have sticked to my short answer!
I meant: you can't. Edited for everyone's convenience.

[cohimbra]

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[Capt Cliff]

LOL!!! So they are cotton candy. So no bridge over the river Kwai!!?? [8|]

[Gridley380]

ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff

LOL!!! So they are cotton candy. So no bridge over the river Kwai!!?? [8|]

No you can build that bridge... and it will last exactly as long and carry just as much cargo as it did in the movie.

[mike scholl 1]

ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff

Can Japanese Road Construction Engineers build roads?

Don't feel bad Cliff. I think every single player on the forum had the same thought the first time they saw these units. "Really? I can finally build the Burma Railway and the Ledo Road!" Only to have their hopes crushed.

[HansBolter]

That limitation swings both ways as the Americans are not allowed to build the road through the Klondike to Alaska that they actually did build.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff

LOL!!! So they are cotton candy. So no bridge over the river Kwai!!?? [8|]

They *are* quite useful units, make no mistake about it. They serve as engineers squads for building forts, airbases or ports, it's just that they've got funny names.

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

That limitation swings both ways as the Americans are not allowed to build the road through the Klondike to Alaska that they actually did build.

The ALCAN wouldn't help too much. It would most likely be a long yellow road anyway. I've been up it and we had to replace the windshield when we got back from all of the gravel that hit it on the way.

[Gridley380]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

That limitation swings both ways as the Americans are not allowed to build the road through the Klondike to Alaska that they actually did build.

True, though the roads built behind the Allies in the Burma campaign were much more significant - by the time the ALCAN Highway was finished the need for it had mostly passed.

[LoBaron]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff

LOL!!! So they are cotton candy. So no bridge over the river Kwai!!?? [8|]

They *are* quite useful units, make no mistake about it. They serve as engineers squads for building forts, airbases or ports, it's just that they've got funny names.

"I´m sowy Sir, thats a misunderstanding,...no...no we do not build woads, no. And now, where exactly do you want that runway...?"

[Capt Cliff]

Oh yes the units are useful but not having RR and road build capability is like buying a card board cutout puzzle and finding out your missing pieces.

[Gridley380]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron


"I´m sowy Sir, thats a misunderstanding,...no...no we do not build woads, no. And now, where exactly do you want that runway...?"

"Fine. I want you to build 20 runways end to end..."