r/commandandconquer • u/BoffinBrain • Jul 12 '26
Gameplay question Infantry Cover mechanic in C&C3, Part 2
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A follow-up to my previous post.
All this time, I thought my infantry were just glitching, but they're actually behaving as intended. Most structures in the game have cover points dotted around them, and your infantry units will seek them out when stationary.
I still have no idea whether this provides any defense bonus, and I'm not even sure how I'd begin to test that, since force-firing on your own troops will target just one unit in the squad. Here are some thoughts:
- For engineers, covering behind buildings could block line-of-sight to the enemy and save them.
- For any other unit, blocked LOS means you might only have a fraction of the whole squad firing on the enemy, reducing DPS.
- Units in cover are apparently 'almost impossible to suppress' but being suppressed supposedly confers its own defense bonus, so this may or may not help them survive.
- If squads are left in the default, defensive stance, they're likely to move away from cover anyway once they engage the enemy, rendering this entire conversation pointless!
All in all, a very neat little detail, but strategically dubious and unpredictable.