by Bert Byfield <BertByfield@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 30, 2008 at 02:01 PM
>>> Last night I attacked a city defended with 2 longbow
>>> defenders. I had a machine gunner and a knight attacking.
>>> The computer would not allow me to attack. I had to bring
>>> up a Grenadier to get into the city.
>>> Why did this happen?
>>Because for some reason, machine guns can only be
>>used to defend. Probably because it's the older
>>model, which had limited mobility.
> It was extremely irritating when I first upgraded a unit with good
> attacking promotions into a Machine Gunner.
> Not a mistake you make twice!
On the other hand, if you have an attack stack, including a machine gun
can
be handy to defend it. Maybe they can be de-selected at attack time and it
will work.