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  • #1

    Unescorted Settlers

    in one of the many reviews read

    There is an danger involved in sending out a settler unprotected.
    That could be threatened by wild life

    Lions and tigers and bears OH MY

    I wonder If building an outpost help keep you see wild animals?

    What are your thoughts on this ?
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    This sounds very good and will delay players' expansion as they build warriors to escort people to new city sites.
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    • #3
      Outpost?? Did we hear anything about anything resembling an outpost?
      What's wrong with escorting them with a warrior?
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      • #4
        I can't see that anyone said escorting with warriors is bad, alva. And no, I too haven't heard of outposts so far AFAIR.
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        • #5
          just a guess on the outpopst

          has there has been something simiular to that in the games past?
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          • #6
            Only in CTP(2) I think.
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            • #7
              Didn't C3C have them or were they allready on PTW?
              Not sure, never build the buggers.
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              • #8
                Perhaps, but I can't remember that. I never can have used them in that case.
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                • #9
                  the problem with outpost in PTW and conquests is they give no greater LOS than a unit does and they dont stop barb camps appearing like having a unit posted does.

                  also as soon as a barb or enemy enters the outpost tile it is destryed so a complete waste of the worker it cost to build
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by alva
                    Outpost?? Did we hear anything about anything resembling an outpost?
                    What's wrong with escorting them with a warrior?

                    Hmm, I see potential for additions to the tech. tree- the park or forest ranger, 'the wisdom of Gaia', new city improvements such as the petting zoo, city farm and safari park... the Siegfried and Roy warriors !


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                    • #11
                      Having Settlers unescorted is a big tradeoff. You can, if you're lucky, get your new city faster, but if you're unlucky, you've just lost a Settler and a lot of time producing it. Such a setback early in the game can be very, very painful.
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                      • #12
                        Probably one of the main causes of a restart...
                        Once the AI can make such a decision and will do so, we'll have a realistic game (that no one wants...sweet irony ).
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                        • #13
                          Nah, you need to be a man and not restart!

                          I dunno why, I don't restart / reload my games. Only if I misclick and declare war on accident or something like that. If I lose an early Settler, that's my fault, and I carry on.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Solver
                            Having Settlers unescorted is a big tradeoff. You can, if you're lucky, get your new city faster, but if you're unlucky, you've just lost a Settler and a lot of time producing it. Such a setback early in the game can be very, very painful.
                            Similar to SMAC, where an unescorted colony pod could get ambushed by a mindworm.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by The diplomat


                              Similar to SMAC, where an unescorted colony pod could get ambushed by a mindworm.

                              And to Call To Power where lonesome settlers were predated by slaver units.
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