Ranged combat

[·Imhotep·]

Is it just me, or does this feel a tad too powerful? 2 Crossbows and a sword have no problem taking down more advanced units like a Rifle... Then again I quite enjoyed blasting away that medieval crap with my Artilleries. Okay, I played only Prince for an easy start

[Krill]

It is powerful - the aim is to get as many ranged combat units as possible to kill anything that comes into range, and a maginot line of other units to stop horsemen etc from slaughtering them all.

[MxM]

Is it just me, or does this feel a tad too powerful? 2 Crossbows and a sword have no problem taking down more advanced units like a Rifle... Then again I quite enjoyed blasting away that medieval crap with my Artilleries. Okay, I played only Prince for an easy start

Well, it is just rifleman in RL is ranged unit as well. In fact rifleman much more ranged than crossbows. But for the sake of the game (gameplay >> realism) it is a melee unit. So, consider riflemen as if they could not shoot and only could use rifles for melee attack. Then sure, crossbows would beat them, even without swordsmen.

[Jaybe]

If the rifles were accompanied by some horse then the xbows wouldn't be a problem, now would they.

[campm@jor]

I think the ranged units concept is an improvement. Personally I also liked the flanker units concept of CTP.

But I haven't bought Civ 5 yet. I wait a while till it gets patched and gets better! I am still busy enough with Civ IV.

[Proteus_MST]

I think the ranged units concept is an improvement. Personally I also liked the flanker units concept of CTP.

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Definitely.

While I personally (if I were to develope a civ type game) would rather go with the CtP concept of warfare, or even implement the master of magic one
(Having a stacked army on the strategic map and as soon as there is combat, having the game switch to a tactical map, on which you can move your units, until the battle is resolved) the ranged attacks of Civ V are definitely an improvement over the earlier Civ titles from Sid Meier/Firaxis