Pizarro, Columbus, Cortez, de Leon.... who needs 'em?

[Harovan]

I never built, and (at this point) never will build:
Explorer
Paratrooper
Marines
Fighter
Helicopter
Radar Artillery
Tactical Nuke
Stealth Fighter
Stealth Bomber
Aegis Cruiser

I built once, but won't anymore:
Chariot
Longbowman
Privateer
Frigate
Submarine
Destroyer
Cruise Missile
ICBM

Note that I left UU's out, substituting their equivalents. An upgrade I count as a building. I did never build a Galleon, but I use upgraded Caravels and Galleys though.

[Nimokmai]

Remember the days when Chariots were a great unit.
*sigh* those were the days.

[Worthingtons]

The AI seems to build the apparently useless Longbowmen a lot on my games. Although I will never use it, I made it stronger cos I pitied the AI.

[godinex]

Explorer.
It`s the only I never use. The helicopter, marines and paratropers are the best.

[AJ Corp. The FAIR]

Originally posted by Aeson
Actually I play almost exclusively on Deity. I've never seen a need for air units. They can't capture/raze cities, kill units, or generate leaders. Ground based bombardment is more efficient anyways.

IMHO bombers are the best/easiest way to bombard (better distance range for bombarding cities, luxury roads, ...).

AJ

[Aeson]

I agree that bombers are the best form of bombardment, just not the most efficient. Catapults upgrade all the way, so a large standing bombardment force is readily available with a slow buildup throughout the game. Also the fact that the AI usually keeps a treasure trove of artillery for the taking in the later stages of the game just means they provide extremely cheap bombardment. Often I only build Tanks/Modern Armor late in the game, and just capture artillery from AI cities for bombardment purposes.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Rothy
The AI seems to build the apparently useless Longbowmen a lot on my games. Although I will never use it, I made it stronger cos I pitied the AI.

Don't say they're useless, they are a 4-attacker for anybody without horses or iron. Btw, the English longbowmen were famous in history, victorious for example against a huge army of French knights in 1346 (IIRC). A 5-1-1 longbowman would be a much better English UU than this crappy Man-O-War.

[Spec]

For me, an un-used unit is a useless unit. And these units are:

Explorers, marines, submarines, all ships except the Battleship and the transport, cruise missiles (they dont kill! WTF?!?) and paratroopers and fighters.

Spec.

[Spook42]

I don't bother with explorers in Civ3 either, for reasons similar to those given above.

But one thing I did to make these units more "accessible" was to change the required technology. In default, explorers don't happen until "navigation." Instead, I set it so that "astronomy" is the required tech; that'd be certainly enough for land movement. But even then, I suspect that the unit's value, at that stage of development, is pretty low.

Perhaps a higher movement allowance (even more than horsemen) would help too?

[Method]

Originally posted by Nimokmai
Remember the days when Chariots were a great unit.
*sigh* those were the days.

back in civ I that was IIRC. in civ 2 chariots (the wheel, 3-1-2) were quickly replaced by elephants (polytheism, 4-1-2)