UU's

[Cyrus The Mike]

Have you ever use just a UU for attacking citys? (not counting seige units)

[Kuciwalker]

Um, yes. Ever played as Rome?

[Dis]

all the time, esp as rome. But other civs with early uu's as well. Mongols, even the persians (I usually give extra withdraw so I don't lose most of my attacking force).

In fact, I don't use enough seige units. Actually, I almost never use them. . I don't need to on noble. Winning at that level isn't tough, so I don't need to micromanage wars. I hit fast and hard.

[Nugog]

Yes - all time - particularly civ's with early UU's.

And always with Rome!

[Adagio]

Depends on the UU... when playing as the Indians I never attack with the UU

But yes, for most UUs I attack cities with them, if the unit is designed for that

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Off the top of my head, the only UU that I seldom build is the Cho-Ko-Nu.

I usually attack with a mix of units, unless I have a kick ass early UU.

[Ming]

There are many civs where you can do an early rush with their UU's. Besides the romans, war charriots can be used... You can even do it with the Incans if you move quick enough. In significant numbers, many will work

[MightyTiny]

Played the Inca once on a crowded map, and got XP out of a hut - gave my Quechua city raider promotions... and then stumbled upon Rome; got fair odds against their single defender, took a chance and got the city.

I'd built another Quechua that I sent to defend Rome, and set off with my lone coquerer to explore, only to bump into Moscow very close to Rome... thought, what the heck, and gave it a go despite the not too hot odds... and won!

A three capital start... that's kinda nice.

[Ming]

If you take out a few barb animals, and can get a city raider bonus and archer bonus, they can take out non promoted archers in cities However, you have only a small window of opportunity for an early rush with them. All it takes is one axman, and you are toast

[Solver]

If you do a Quechua rush while allowing the enemy to hook up Copper, your Quechua rush sucks .

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Adagio
when playing as the Indians I never attack with the UU

[Nugog]

Originally posted by Solver
If you do a Quechua rush while allowing the enemy to hook up Copper, your Quechua rush sucks .

Yes - that really hurts - and vs a human player will almost certainly cost you the game.

[Ming]

Actually... Quechua are great early in the game for taking out other people's resourses. It usually takes two warriors to take out a single Quechua. So you can just march them right into people's lands knowing it's going to cost them more to take them out, then it costs you to build them.

[Virdrago]

Unless it's the Fast Worker (obviously), I always use the UU. Whatever the strengths are, I use them for whatever advantage. And that includes the Cho-Ko-Nu... I actually do use them a lot.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Virdrago
And that includes the Cho-Ko-Nu... I actually do use them a lot.

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