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First off, apologies if this has all been said already (what hasn't though?), but I have to get this of my chest and provide a little counterbalance to all the Civ3 is crap threads.
I'm getting really tired of reading threads stating that some game element is useless/overpowered or that unspecific favourite "broken."
Take nukes for example, I've seen quite a few people state that nukes are useless and must be "fixed" in the next patch. Granted, lots of things need fixing in the forthcoming patch but nukes 'aint one of them. Whenever I build a nuke there's a sharp rise on my "power" histogram. Nukes are meant to be terror weapons, the thought of them worse than actual use, and that's how it works. With enough ICBM you can tell even the strongest Civ where to do and they'll take it.
Flight too, loads of people say bombing needs patches. I disagree, with a good number of bombers you can decimate the defences of a city leaving it venerable to ground attack. But a ground attack is what you should have to follow... think combined arms, that's the best way to fight in Civ3.
I could go on and on but I think the point is made. But I'll be most p'ed off if Firaxis neuter their fantastic game just because a number of vocal people don't really know where the designers where coming from with it. I couldn't agree more that Civ3 needs a good patch, but I think patching time would be much better spend squashing bugs than messing about with game rules and spoiling it for all the satisfied people.
I'm getting really tired of reading threads stating that some game element is useless/overpowered or that unspecific favourite "broken."
Take nukes for example, I've seen quite a few people state that nukes are useless and must be "fixed" in the next patch. Granted, lots of things need fixing in the forthcoming patch but nukes 'aint one of them. Whenever I build a nuke there's a sharp rise on my "power" histogram. Nukes are meant to be terror weapons, the thought of them worse than actual use, and that's how it works. With enough ICBM you can tell even the strongest Civ where to do and they'll take it.
Flight too, loads of people say bombing needs patches. I disagree, with a good number of bombers you can decimate the defences of a city leaving it venerable to ground attack. But a ground attack is what you should have to follow... think combined arms, that's the best way to fight in Civ3.
I could go on and on but I think the point is made. But I'll be most p'ed off if Firaxis neuter their fantastic game just because a number of vocal people don't really know where the designers where coming from with it. I couldn't agree more that Civ3 needs a good patch, but I think patching time would be much better spend squashing bugs than messing about with game rules and spoiling it for all the satisfied people.
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