I don't think the importance of nuclear weapons are shown at all in civ3 (or 2 for that matter). I just won a full-scale nuclear war (on monarch) with Russia, and while I had missile defence I don't think enough damage was done. The first turn they declared war on me they attacked me with ICBM's, I got REALLY lucky and my defence intercepted all of them, about six. Well I didn't expect them to use nukes, but since they started it I nuked some of their armies and navy. The Zulu, however, had other plans. Because they liked me so much they declared war on Russia to, and they didn't restrain themselves in launching a major nuclear attack even though Russia had spent all their nukes on me. So when I came marching into the Russian cities (the Zulu never bothered to capture any of them) the place was a mess.
The point is nuclear weapons changed the face of the Earth (from the human perspective). When they are used, it's not just a matter of killed people and units plut pollution, it's a major catastrophe. The Russian should not have been so quick to use them, esspecially since I had vast missile supiriority. Only a nation with death wish would do such a thing in the real world. Nukes should have the power to wipe out entire cities, and the pollution should be radiation instead, something that would kill people for a long time after the attack and sometimes move around. The relative power should depend on tech level, the bomb dropped on Heroshima was 5 kilotons, the ones America has today are up to 80 megatons (16,000 times as powerful). I'm tired, you get the point.
The point is nuclear weapons changed the face of the Earth (from the human perspective). When they are used, it's not just a matter of killed people and units plut pollution, it's a major catastrophe. The Russian should not have been so quick to use them, esspecially since I had vast missile supiriority. Only a nation with death wish would do such a thing in the real world. Nukes should have the power to wipe out entire cities, and the pollution should be radiation instead, something that would kill people for a long time after the attack and sometimes move around. The relative power should depend on tech level, the bomb dropped on Heroshima was 5 kilotons, the ones America has today are up to 80 megatons (16,000 times as powerful). I'm tired, you get the point.
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