c#204 TALKING WITH SID AND SOREN

[TCO]

Oh...for some reason, when I went to this thread directly from the column, ot cam up in the old format and I couldn't reply. Thanks, Mark.

[MarkG]

the link is to the html page of the old ubb forums

[Capt Dizle]

Doesn't sound like any tough questions were asked.

[nato]

Actually, I was half serious about my comment.

Does anyone think "Sid went for the Romans: he likes the "military and building skills" " implies that Sid thinks Romans are still Industrious? Or am I reading too much into it?

Not that it is a huge deal, just a funny little detail that caught my eye.

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by nato
Actually, I was half serious about my comment.

Does anyone think "Sid went for the Romans: he likes the "military and building skills" " implies that Sid thinks Romans are still Industrious? Or am I reading too much into it?

Not that it is a huge deal, just a funny little detail that caught my eye.

I find this detail interesting, too. It explains why the Romans were the first civ in on the Civ2's list. The Romans had the longest list of city names, and everytime I didn't care I started with the Romans.

-Martin

[Panag]

Originally posted by jimmytrick
Doesn't sound like any tough questions were asked.

hi ,

could it be that that is because of future (PTW) innovations into the game , .............

have a nice day

[DilithiumDad]

I was most interested in the answer to the Spearman-beats-tank question, or in other words the highly random combat results. They said they wanted to de-emphasize the importance of strategic resources for making certain units. Presumably, that also applies to having certain techs. So in other words, it's not a bug but a feature.

What does this mean for strategy? It means that to some extent, "Any Old Unit Will Do". This is my new motto. It means you can attack with inferior and outdated units and occasionally get lucky. That strategy is sheer foolishness in SMAC because you will lose every single time. Not so in Civ3. The AI will throw 12 warriors against your pikeman and eventually win and go on to take two more cities defended by single pikemen. This means you need multiple defenders and you need to take your opponents outdated units seriously. I always disband or upgrade outdated units. but maybe it's better to use them for suicide attacks.

I am currently testing this strategy. Having quit a number games after seeing 3 warriors overwhelm a fortified Hoplite in a city or something similar, I am coming around to changing my overall strategy.

[Panag]

Originally posted by DilithiumDad
I was most interested in the answer to the Spearman-beats-tank question, or in other words the highly random combat results. They said they wanted to de-emphasize the importance of strategic resources for making certain units. Presumably, that also applies to having certain techs. So in other words, it's not a bug but a feature.

What does this mean for strategy? It means that to some extent, "Any Old Unit Will Do". This is my new motto. It means you can attack with inferior and outdated units and occasionally get lucky. That strategy is sheer foolishness in SMAC because you will lose every single time. Not so in Civ3. The AI will throw 12 warriors against your pikeman and eventually win and go on to take two more cities defended by single pikemen. This means you need multiple defenders and you need to take your opponents outdated units seriously. I always disband or upgrade outdated units. but maybe it's better to use them for suicide attacks.

I am currently testing this strategy. Having quit a number games after seeing 3 warriors overwhelm a fortified Hoplite in a city or something similar, I am coming around to changing my overall strategy.

hi ,

spearman beats tank is gone with 1.21 , .....
so it seems to work for you ,..............

have a nice day

[ShredZ]

The AI will throw 12 warriors against your pikeman and eventually win and go on to take two more cities defended by single pikemen.

Yes but on the plus side, there is a chance that they will all die leaving you with a horde of Elite troops, I personally dont mind taking that chance, as it is usually most likely that Ill be getting Elite units & perhaps a GL? ...

[Panag]

Originally posted by ShredZ

Yes but on the plus side, there is a chance that they will all die leaving you with a horde of Elite troops, I personally dont mind taking that chance, as it is usually most likely that Ill be getting Elite units & perhaps a GL? ...

hi ,

at least someone who thinks positive , .....

have a nice day