Police = useless?

[justjake73]

Taxman = +2 gold, which turns into 6 (I believe) after Stock Exchange

Police = -1 corruption, -1 waste

Switching to Police is therefore detrimental, unless you have several to have any impact on Waste, and then it may only be one less turn of production.

[MattPilot]

taxmen don't get the bonus' improvements offer.

Policemen, however, undo waste, which then does get affected by city improvements.

Use taxmen in cities with too much population, use policemen in cities far away.

[Jaybe]

Police can do the trick when building a unit and you are short 1 or 2 shields to save a turn.

None of the specialists are great for general use: that is why they are Specialists!

[Willem]

Re: Police = useless?

Originally posted by justjake73
Taxman = +2 gold, which turns into 6 (I believe) after Stock Exchange

Police = -1 corruption, -1 waste

Switching to Police is therefore detrimental, unless you have several to have any impact on Waste, and then it may only be one less turn of production.

If you don't like it, you can always adjust the amount in the editor.

[CerberusIV]

IIRC policemen also cost 1 gold. I have never used them as I find it better to have civil engineers to build courthouses and police stations to reduce corruption/waste in more remote cities. If the city is too badly corrupted for that then CE's to build a few improvements then taxmen and scientists is the way to go.

[Capt Dizle]

Re: Re: Police = useless?

Originally posted by Willem


If you don't like it, you can always adjust the amount in the editor.

If I were Gawd, I would set lightening bolts on auto attack versus anyone who mentions changing something in the editor.

[Tall Stranger]

WHY? What on earth is wrong with telling someone how to adjust the game to their liking??? Lots of people mod the game: that's WHY they have an editor. Unfortunately, many people don't realize how much you can actually change in the game.

Just because you expect Firaxis to develop the game to correspond to YOUR idea of exactly how the game should play (and b**ch when they don't) doesn't mean EVERYONE has a similar view. Willem was simply trying to be helpful. I guess that's a foreign concept to you.

[Aeson]

Why don't you just change yourself to Gawd in the editor?

[DrSpike]

Watch out TS.

[joncnunn]

Police Men's effect is -1 wasted shield & -1 wasted commerce.
Before max corruption cutoff.

Eng is +2 shields but only if it's an improvement or wonder

[alexman]

Why are people so hard on Policemen?

If you have the right city improvements, Policemen can give you up to 3 extra shields and 3 extra commerce, even more if Newton and/or Copernicus are present. This is more than any other specialist can provide.

[Capt Dizle]

Why on earth would anyone bring up the editor when discussing the relative strengths of specialists? It is just a total irrelevant, inane and imbecilic coment.

I could edit the spearman to have a defense of 100. It still wouldn't be able to withstand a tank. Uh, wait...

[Tall Stranger]

That's not what you said, and you know it. Willem's point to justjake73 was that, if he thought the police specialist was too weak, he could tweak it with the editor. That's a simple fact, but one justjake may not have been aware of. (And, as alexman and others have pointed out, police are useful under certain circumstances.)

You stated that you would "set lightening bolts on auto attack versus anyone who mentions changing something in the editor." That, in many people's view, is "a totally irrelevant, inane and imbecilic" comment.

My guess, based on the vitriolic nature of most of your posts, is that you're tired of being told that many of the most common complaints YOU have about the game can be fixed in the editor. Thus, rather than be reminded that you're either a) too lazy to adjust the game to your liking or b) an angry little troll, you'd rather lash out at someone who is trying to help another player out.

Must be horrible to be that angry all the time. I only wish I could use the editor to give you a clue.

[Jaybe]

Originally posted by jimmytrick
...
I could edit the spearman to have a defense of 100. It still wouldn't be able to withstand a tank. Uh, wait...

I caught that! JT DOES have a sense of humor, after all.

[Capt Dizle]

Originally posted by Tall Stranger
That's not what you said, and you know it. Willem's point to justjake73 was that, if he thought the police specialist was too weak, he could tweak it with the editor. That's a simple fact, but one justjake may not have been aware of. (And, as alexman and others have pointed out, police are useful under certain circumstances.)

You stated that you would "set lightening bolts on auto attack versus anyone who mentions changing something in the editor." That, in many people's view, is "a totally irrelevant, inane and imbecilic" comment.

My guess, based on the vitriolic nature of most of your posts, is that you're tired of being told that many of the most common complaints YOU have about the game can be fixed in the editor. Thus, rather than be reminded that you're either a) too lazy to adjust the game to your liking or b) an angry little troll, you'd rather lash out at someone who is trying to help another player out.

Must be horrible to be that angry all the time. I only wish I could use the editor to give you a clue.

I think you are from West Virginia.