Here are some details about tanks:

* You can purchase up to 10% of your soldier # or up to 8% of your citizen population, whichever is less
* Technology requirment = Level 10
* Purchase cost = Soldier cost * 25
* Base upkeep = $40 (Oil and Iron both reduce this by 5%)
* Soldier battle strength = # of soldiers * 1 (stated here for reference)
* Attacking tank battle strength = # of attacking tanks * 15
* Defending tank battle strength = # of defending tanks * 17
* Defending infrastructure bonus = # of infrastructure * 2 (stated here for reference)
* Attacking tank infrastructure bonus reduction = 1% reduction per tank up to 50 tanks
* Technology level tank strenght bonus = tank strength + (technology level * 20% up to tech level 100)

Good stuff

What are the "Defending infrastructure bonus" and the "Attacking tank infrastructure bonus reduction" used for?

Destroying infra in war?

Like the figures, gives a new use for tech.
(means my tanks probably aren't WW1 vintage after all)

Gosh my post here got deleted earlier:(

All I said was sweet stuff!

Any idea on the strength boost?

and any opinion on the education idea?

Again, VERY SWEET!

Huzzah for Admin.

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*SaLUEtes*

Sorry about that. I had to start over on the post because I messed up.

In battle, since I re-coded everything earlier this week, defenders get bonuses for their infrastructure level. Tanks help reduce that up to 50%.

Very nice.

Great addition, Admin! Should be really interesting to see how this affects the game.

No problem. I cant imagine the barrage of PMS,posts,emails,etc you have to go through.

Still curious as to the education stuff though.

I go through this monthly... with my wife... ROFLMAO

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Bad stuff man bad stuff.....last month i got yelled at all day for literally nothing like you dont understand....I didnt answer my phone on the second ring and got yelled at for an hour straight....crazy man crazy....

back to my point though...

opinion on education?

yeah, PMS is a feminine thing. duh! anyways, looking good admin. we appreciate the work!

Excellent addition admin B)

HAIL Admin!!!

will a nuke wipe out all of a countries tanks as well as thier ground troops now?


because in the real world only the nearby tanks would get hurt

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Ooooh, I need to expand my Panzer divisions tonight.

Hail The Mighty Admin!

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You're Prussian, not German. No Panzers for you! Leopards are better anyways. :J :J :J

Hail Admin!

Hmm, maybe I'll buy some tech tonight to upgrade to Leopards then. :)) :J :))

Of course, although anyone over 5 tech will be massing these things by tomorrow.

BtW, Will these affect population density, or what?

I feel you man this will be big.

What happens when nuked? Technically nuking shouldn't destroy all tanks as it does soldiers.

I would think the majority of your tanks would get destroyed if not all of them.

Tanks are heavilly armored though. They'd have to be nearer to Ground Zero to be completely destroyed.

Yes, but most tanks use electronics, so the EMP would disable them.

Destroy><Disable either way you're not using them anytime soon.

No, but with disable, you still have them, they just need new hardware, so maybe increase the costs of tanks to repair?

You still would not use them any time soon after the EMP hit.

Which is why you'd repair, because their not like infantry, who take a bullet and go down. Tanks can take shells without stopping, and only need to be repaired.

Tanks are nice, but I have some questions about the upcoming addition of ships.

1. Would ones range of attack increase if one bought a ship? (at least double?)
2. If so, how many soldiers would fit on a ship? (100-250 perhaps?)
3. And would tanks fit? (not sure..)

I'm curious, so I'm just asking.

I know that but what I'm saying is that they would be inoperable until you repaired them.

Hmm...

With tanks (and soon ships) I do like this idea: nuking destroys 25% of your tanks and damages the rest. Sometimes in battle tanks get damaged instead of destroyed or left alone. Damaged tanks cannot be used until you pay double upkeep for them.

Im a big fan too :)

The way i see it is that all tanks on the defense should be 50% destroyed, 50% disabled. Soliders, well i think that a substantial part of a nations defending infantry should be destroyed.

The flipside is that all of your deployed forces and your navy since they will be out and about likely should be unharmed.

Tidal waves would harm yout ships if they put that into the game.

As would all storms in the Ocean.

but they probably wouldn't put tidal waves and storms into the ship factor of war.

True, but those have counted for more deaths at sea than battles have.

I concur

Can a mod split this? We seem to have left tanks behind since the first or second post this page.