What to do with all those ENG units?

[foliveti]

Can't assault rating also mean defense against assault?
[sarc]Can zero assault rated ENG units be wiped out via sneak attack by 4 troopers (JNSL / Marines) from a sub launched life raft??? [/sarc]

I seem to recall from my recent reread of the manual, that noncombat squads have a combat strenght of something like 1/10 of combat squads.

[rhohltjr]

ORIGINAL: foliveti
I seem to recall from my recent reread of the manual, that noncombat squads have a combat strenght of something like 1/10 of combat squads.

It's just like these guys to hide some info in some sort of manual!!!![;)]

I wish they could do more. I have 3 ENG units sitting at/on/in an undefended Japanese base and they can't do anything because they have not even a single unit of assault power. [8D] I am sending in some really bloodthirsty base force guys (with assault > 0) to form up an attack, so I can capture the base.

Hoo Yaahh and Semper Fi base force killer force.

[Sardaukar]

I did actually read manual again...and it says that only "engineer squads" are considered "combat engineers". And it says that "combat engineers" help to reduce fortification levels. Thus, plain engineers don't...but then, there have been lot of changes in patches...

Cheers,

M.S.

[eMonticello]

Only combat engineers would intentionally engage the enemy. They were, after all, trained for that mission. To have a non-combat engineer engage in combat would be equivalent to ordering a Signal Corp radio operator to assault a strongpoint. It just wouldn't happen under normal circumstances.

ORIGINAL: rhohltjr
I would agree with the no extra AV rating but why no assault ability. Not even a 1? Engineers don't spend all their training or time building bridges over rivers and filling bomb craters. They do carry weapons.

[Cmdrcain]

ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget

ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff
Bases should degrade if there is no engineering unit present to do the upkeep.

That's what I'm advocating.

ORIGINAL: Cmdrcain
Even with 0 assault, engineers in with an attack force are supposed to help reduce the fortifications.

Dump question - does the game differentiate between combat and construction engineers?

EDIT: I'm so dumb I can't even spell it correctly [:D]

Checked, a number of construction type engineers have assault ratings, 2-5

like the road construction, and others.