Hello everybody,
Once upon a time (Civ 1 and/or Civ2), there was the concept of 'zone of control', i.e. you could not just go around an enemy unit: you either attacked it or backed away (or stand still, I guess).
In those days, I would choose choke points on the map (typically where the land reduced to 2 or 3 squares) and would have a worker build a fort (or was it a fortress?) and I would stack units in it, confident that this would effectively block any incoming armies (or at least slow them down!).
I was quite surprised when, in Civ3, I again used that strategy only to see the marching armies of my ennemies just walk by! "What a useless thing this has now become!" I thought.
Now in Civ4, the option is still there for my workers, but where/when is this useful? Do you build those at all?
Chiss!
Once upon a time (Civ 1 and/or Civ2), there was the concept of 'zone of control', i.e. you could not just go around an enemy unit: you either attacked it or backed away (or stand still, I guess).
In those days, I would choose choke points on the map (typically where the land reduced to 2 or 3 squares) and would have a worker build a fort (or was it a fortress?) and I would stack units in it, confident that this would effectively block any incoming armies (or at least slow them down!).
I was quite surprised when, in Civ3, I again used that strategy only to see the marching armies of my ennemies just walk by! "What a useless thing this has now become!" I thought.
Now in Civ4, the option is still there for my workers, but where/when is this useful? Do you build those at all?
Chiss!
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