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How do railways get damaged?
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:53 am
by Lovenought
Is it ONLY during combat? I've tried bombing railways intensely with air attacks, but it only seems to use up capacity, not actually damage the tracks. Unless I just can't see it.
Also, is it possible to pre-emptively destroy your own railways with ground units? I think it would be really useful in specific situations.
RE: How do railways get damaged?
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 5:16 am
by Devonport
I think the reduction in capacity is how the rail damage is shown.
I only play as allies, but whenever I capture hexes with railways they are already damaged, so I assume that it occurs automatically with the change of hex ownership.
RE: How do railways get damaged?
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:43 am
by RedLancer
You impact railways using air power in two ways:
- Damaging Railyards reduces available Railyard Points which are equivalent to rolling stock. AFAIK you need available Railyard Pts within 20 MPs of your journey.
- Attacking a rail in a hex adds additional congestion (i.e. movement cost in SMPs) to the network which then also raises the cost in railyard points to move through the hex.