Javelin Thrower enslave too strong?

[TheArsenal]

Thank god my wife doesn’t play. There is only one computer in the house. My set up is pretty good though, I play, she sits in the office with me and reads.

No complaining about me playing too long, just the occasional “that battle is awfully loud don’t you think?”

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by Arrian
I played as the Maya last night.

Those Jav guys cost 30 shields, first of all. Second, my Jav won 10-15 battles against barbs, and enslaved exactly ONE worker. If there had been more open land and I'd gotten some uprisings, I would have gotten a few more. But I was REXing like mad (mmm, Agricultural, mmm) and filled up the land before that happened.

-Arrian

Just a bad stroke of luck, I would think. Before I upgraded them all to LB, I think I got a slave out all but 4 fights. They are too expensive for any rushes.

[Arrian]

Oh, I know. It's supposed to be a 1/3 chance, so a more average result for 10-15 battles would be 2-5 slaves, instead of the 1 I got.

I only built 1. He's elite, and did start my GA (going down to redline before winning the battle), so he was useful.

-Arrian

[Stuie]

I'm assuming it's the same code used for enslave with Privateers, and I'm experiencing a pretty good 1:3 ratio with enslaving with them.

[Dis]

oh yes. I was playing as the Mayans last night.


I likey, likey.

I didn't need to have any of my own workers. I had an army of enslaved workers

But you only get that if you wage a decent amount of warfare early. And then you are hit with an early golden age. So it all evens out I think.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Uber KruX
yes, it's 1/3 odds, and yes, they're free.

in my first mayan game i actually farmed two barb camps, ended up with like 30 barb slaves.

didn't realize you could do them to barbs. I was playing sedentary barbs.

They should take the barb option off. But other than that I don't think it's too powerful. Because it does force you into an early golden age.