launch detection

[backdoor2]

Hi, I´am a little bit confused about a detail in launch detection. If someone launches his ICBMs in the silos (or the subs), there will be a launch detection showing up on the screen. But is that launch detection (and the silos) just visible to that guy, whose cities are the destination of the missiles or will everyone see it?

I guess everyone will see it. But if noone knows if this launch sends "greetings" to him or to someone else, probably everyone fires back because noone is sure. So if you fire first, it is likely that you get "answers" by all other players and you can´t be sure that anyone sends you missiles you wouldn´t expect. Right? quite uncomfortable...

[residue]

My guess is you'll see all launch detections, and no, you won't be able to see where they're headed, until you start plotting the nuke over the map.

Or maybe one can click on the nuke and get info what it's target is? Either way, unless you're playing 15 min game, you have time to ponder the situation

[backdoor2]

I think, if you see incoming missiles, it would be to late to switch silos into launch mode. If you don´t fire back in that moment the launch detection appears, you just can hope that your defense scores ...

So I don´t think, that I will fire ICBMs first, because it wouldn´t be worth to surprise one opponent, if you´ll get incoming missiles by all oponents.

[residue]

I think I read somewhere that it takes 60 seconds to switch mode on them sillos. And it has to take more than 60 secs for a nuke to go from Europe to America (as an example, them subs in your harbor is a different matter, but that's why you make sure to find them before they hit the button).

Of course, a decision has to be made at some point. Could it be a viable tactic to send just one missile towards an enemy, as some sort of diversion? (for whatever else, I don't know...)

[yokken]

I'm liking the whole sub/sub detection concept. There's so many ways, you have to micromanage everything to make sure you aren't backstabbed.

[nuk-a-bazooka]

Of course, a decision has to be made at some point. Could it be a viable tactic to send just one missile towards an enemy, as some sort of diversion? (for whatever else, I don't know...)

That would be a bad idea IMO... by the time Defcon 1 is triggered everybody will be twitchy enough just waiting for the whole thing to start coming down. People will target cities to score, ignoring the one single nuke that really can't do much damage (if the targeted has still his defenses up).

[shilsdon]

I think I read somewhere that it takes 60 seconds to switch mode on them sillos. And it has to take more than 60 secs for a nuke to go from Europe to America (as an example, them subs in your harbor is a different matter, but that's why you make sure to find them before they hit the button).

Of course, a decision has to be made at some point. Could it be a viable tactic to send just one missile towards an enemy, as some sort of diversion? (for whatever else, I don't know...)

60 seconds? Surely that's all realtive to the speed at which you're playing the game.

I would imagine, however, that if you switch a silo to defence the instant an ICBM is launched, you're probably going to have time.

On the other hand, if someone launches an SRBM from a bomber, you're kind of screwed...

-Stephen-

[JaguarUSF]

Launched nuke locations are seen by every player.
It takes 120 real time seconds to switch silo modes.

[Secretpact]

When a nuke is launched from a sub or a silo, you will be alerted and the location of the launch revealed. If it's a silo, you'll know the location of the silo. If it's a submarine, you'll know where the submarine is. The target of the nuke is not displayed to anyone except the player who launched it.

It takes 120 game seconds to change from defense to missile mode and 300 some seconds to switch from missile mode to defense mode. This is from memory so sorry if I'm wrong.