Going back to Call to Power 2

[Venger]

Is cradle the best mod? Is there a DEFINITIVE mod out there that combines the best elements of all of them?

Venger

[Moraelin]

Shameless self-promotion: If the probabilities annoy you that much, you can also try the Exponential Mod from the files forum. Note that it still IS possible for hordes of archers to take a city defended by riflemen -- and the AI _will_ send hordes if needed -- but it one-on-one fights, modern units tend to hold their own MUCH better. Also now it IS possible to attack with infantry: true, tanks still do better in offense than infantry, but modern infantry hits harder than knights, and mech infantry hits even harder than that.

Seems to me like if THAT problem totally ruins your Civ 3 experience, there, problem solved.

[Thrawn05]

This will amke you feel better:

I've had the game for circa 3 weeks, and I STILL havn't gotton a single Leader.

But I still like Civ3, it cheered me up when AL|ENS v PREDATOR 2 let me down .

[mattcj]

I have yet to get a leader as well (plenty of elite units but I guess they don't go that extra mile). But, not a big deal. However, I still have yet to experience these war inaccuracies that everyone talks about. Even if I lose 1 infantryman to a spearman, the other 4 (plus a couple of cavalry) are there to mop up and I don't really miss the one guy anyway. The end result is I still take the city with ease.

[XPav]

Going back to Call to Power 2

You mean CLICKING ON A DIFFERENT SHORTCUT?

I mean, you people make it sounds like its a big thing. You don't like Civ3. Hey, its your trombone, toot it however you want. You're not going anywhere, you're just playing a different game.

Its a game. That's it. Its not a lifestyle choice, its not even a bad dye-job that you have to live with for a few months.

[Kolyana]

Originally posted by XPav
You mean CLICKING ON A DIFFERENT SHORTCUT?

I mean, you people make it sounds like its a big thing. You don't like Civ3. Hey, its your trombone, toot it however you want. You're not going anywhere, you're just playing a different game.

Its a game. That's it. Its not a lifestyle choice, its not even a bad dye-job that you have to live with for a few months.

Actually, with the sheer volume of work that I'm not doing, it has become a lifestyle choice ...

[Moraelin]

Originally posted by Thrawn05
But I still like Civ3, it cheered me up when AL|ENS v PREDATOR 2 let me down .

You serious? AvP2 would be easily my choice for FPS of the year. It has VERY varied missions. The Marine ones are sort of like Undying. The Predator ones are admittedly a jump-puzzle fest. (I swear that Predator's name must be Mario, or the equivalent in his language. And he probably has a red hat under that mask ) But the Alien ones REALLY rule. Pure melee, no health packs to go back to later, walking on walls and ceiling, plus the stealth missions during evolution from face hugger to full grown drone. And of course, biting people's heads off

[admiralk]

Ok lets get something straight, I don't hate civ3. I just hate how that combat is. And yes i attacked with infantry it makes sense since its supposed to kill a friggin spearmen. Am i a wussy, no. Its just that I've been playing this monarch game for days now. I've fought war after war after war. I finally put myself up to second place. All i need to do is manage to get a little more territory and I would win. I don't have time for dip**** messed up combat I mean regular cavalry defeating elite infantry. Does that make sense to you. Germany comes out of freaking nowhere declears war at me and takes one of my cities. My relief force includes an elite infantry and a whole bunch of cavalry. But 1 regular cavalry kills my elite. That would piss any1 off. I'm gonna try again but its pushing me to the edge of my sanity. Is CTP2 better than Civ3? No probably not. But it can cool me off with its easier combat after getting pissed at Civ3. My friend who also has Civ3 agrees that the combat should be changed. His rifleman got killed by an archer and the rifleman was in a hill. Now, does that make sense. See what i mean? Hmmm maybe i should try Civ2 again?????

And gee wiz u guys didn't have to bite my head off for this.

Who's the one that said no country attacks with infantry. If your talking about real history then your dead wrong. WW1 was all infantry backed up by aritllery and towards the end tanks. So what u said was stupid.

To the guy who talked about Empire Earth. I already have it (i was one of the first to buy it and played the beta version) I admit its an excellent game that i play too.

And it is true about the mods for CTP2 they're great. And some of them are hard. So CTP2 is an excellent game. Although i like Civ3 in terms of interface, the advisors, diplomacy and AI. CTP2 does have its strong points.

Yeah and the leader thing should be changed too. If they are going to include leaders in the game then it should be in every1's game. I mean if a game has leaders then the player should get 1 every single game he plays. Not just get lucky and boom there's a leader. They really have to fix that.