740 AD Minister of War Poll - Organization

[Ben Kenobi]

Or we can treat visiting ambassadors to our new zoo exhibit, the 'Glorious Roman Empire.'

Should that not aid our negotiations?

[Hydey]

Just crush them and then we can have fun crushing them again

[MrWhereItsAt]

If we were to go ahead with the surrounding idea to avoid respawns (they end around 1750AD, I believe...?), then perhaps just a couple of Crusaders would be enough. Not right next to the city, of course, but they could dash in every few turns to check for defenders. What tech level are they likely at? If we know what sort of unit to expect and it's not as advanced as Pikemen, we will be able to take down any defenders easily.

[atawa]

What is the problem if they respawn?

They will be defenseless anyway and with a bit of luck they'll respawn in someone elses backyard.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Well if we want to win this game, it ain't going to be through the SS unless we suddenly get REALLY lucky. It's going to be through conquest, and with a map like this we might be searching for lost cities/civs forever, as we won't be able to cover all that much of the map at once. And we can pretty much count out the Apollo Program too, unless another civ gets it and we take it off them - also pretty unlikely.

We will need to kill each civ as we see it without having it respawn elsewhere, so this surrounding idea may be a very good move, if tricky to pull off. A shame - if this was Civ3 it would have the extra benefit of allowing us to "train" our troops against the pathetic Romans forever, giving us Great Leaders with which to build armies!

Having dispensed that little bit of Civ3 Strategy to a forum full of Civ3-haters, I hastily step out of the way of the shower of rotten bananas that suddenly occupies the position from which I was talking...

[-Jrabbit]

"Hate" is such a strong world...
In fact, the problem is that you're off-topic, MWIA.
This is the Civilization II forum.
Don't confuse with foreign strategies.

[cavebear]

We are dedicated to a military conquest anyway, so even if we reached SS technology, we wouldn't be able to use it.

[-Jrabbit]

Confirming what MWIA said, just read in another thread (Strategy forum iirc) that the "no more respawns" date is 1750 on Deity level.

So we have 1,000 years to round them up...

[Ben Kenobi]

so even if we reached SS technology, we wouldn't be able to use it.

No wonders certainly keeps our ambitions grounded.

I say keep a zoo, and then crush them after 1750. Why should we worry about respawns?

[cavebear]

I didn't know they stopped respawning after 1750. That's good to now. Thanks. So we know a date when we can kill them off safely...