The most useful unit

[War4ever]

thats why they are the best unit lol

[Xin Yu]

Ming: Sorry, my wife is coming so now I'm overwhelmed.
Plus, I'm having fun playing scenarios. You can imagine the satisfaction when I played Hitler in '2194days of war' and destroyed the Soviet Union in 4 turns. BTW you should try this scenario before Captain Nemo makes it more difficult. His new scenario, Red Front, was extremely hard and now he's trying to revise '2194days of war' using the new techniques he developed from 'Red Front'.

[don Don]

MasterBob, you must be the no-trading idiot Sgt Sheets beat up in MP.

[Sten Sture]

My fav unit combo would be the Alosaurus and the Triceratops; or the Kraken/Sorcerer. Damn, I've been playing too many scenarios too...

Now for the real purpose of this post:


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I already look quite stupid enough - Graag

[klesh]

Dips/Spies, Caravan/Freight, these are fun to play with, but they can be terribly unrealistic. No need to poison water supplies 8 or 9 times, or build a wonder in 1 turn with freight. I enjoy having a realistic struggle where each move is crucial for strategic dislocating the enemy.
The armor unit has good attack and very respectable defense, and there is no eliminating a huge AI Civ in one turn using the railroad. Those things don't happen. And if it means that my final score isn't 30,000% or whatever....fine, I had a fun time anyway. It's no fun to see just how perfect you can be. Trying to contain blunders and such is just as enjoyable.

[klesh]

Damn....double post ......sorry y'all
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[Steve Clark]

No, it's not about how perfect one can be, but about strategies that wins, within the context of the game of course.

[Scouse Gits]

Without a doubt!
Scouse Git + Vet Battleship
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The SGs in tandem (but SG2 has the con)
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[Graag]

My vote for best pair or team of units is pikeman and catapult. When both of these are vet in the early game, and parked on a hill by a city, that city doesnt have a prayer

Although a close second is pikeman and settler, this is great combo in the above strat, as it makes the trusty pikeman even harder to remove, and of course means much more effective borders can be maintained between two civs (try getting through 2 vet pikes and 2 vet catapults in a fortress on a hill )

Graag

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[David Floyd]

quote: (try getting through 2 vet pikes and 2 vet catapults in a fortress on a hill )

Well, for starters, I guess you could just go around, either walk your unit around the mountain, or bypass it with your units in transports.

I don't play much multiplayer, but what you should know about me is that late in the game I'm the navy king.

I'm not so good early game though, lack of practice.

[Graag]

Play yourself some mp, I'll duel you if you like.
You will discover that pikes and catapults on a hill are very nasty, if the hill is in the right place.

Oh, and everyone is king towards the end of the game, but you'll see that mp games very very rarely (esp. duels) get that far.

Graag

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You should never smoke in pyjamas, you could start a fire and burn your face

[War4ever]

thats cause all the opponents concede way to early IMO

[Sergeant Sheets]

Battleships are good for two things: High seas terrorism (with missiles this task is done for) and harbor defence. The enemy has to exhaust five to ten missles to get a battleship, if property fortified.
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[Scouse Gits]

Sergeant Sheets

A vet battleship has many uses. If you like playing as a Democracy it allows the continuation of war without your Senate intervening. Let me explain.

If your neighbours on a nearby continent persist with “sneak attacks” – as they always do – the battleship permits you to blockade their coastal towns. If they fail to put anything to sea they can’t do much to harm your empire. (All this assumes that you are well ahead in the tech tree – as you should be playing in demo) Once you have bottled up the enemy forces on their own territory they cannot contact you for peace. They cannot send their emissaries out to your ships. Hence, no Senate conducting deals behind your back.

On many occasions I have used this strategy with cruisers/ironclads – but the beauty of the vet battleship comes with its ability to kill a defender in each coastal city every turn. This concentrates the AI’s attention on other things – like reinforcing its troops to the coast from their inland cities.

When playing in Fundy/Communism the vet battleship is wasted if it just conducts terrorism on the high seas. This unit destroys city defenders quickly and efficiently. It paves the way for your ground troops to conquer.

Your comments on the posting above seemed a little out of character. Were you sent to bed early?

On a happier note, I trust you are enjoying “Colonisation”

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SG (2)

[Aurelius]

SG's, you have to remember, Sten has a vested interest...

If we all want to be happy, I could order MPG for you and do the shipping for microprose and you could just order me the ToT and send it directly...and Sten could get richer....does sound complex

AU