Firaxis please...

[Capt Dizle]

eliminate the poofing units when a city flips...just move them out of the cities territory. Please?

[Pythagoras]

The problem with that is you could easily move back in and reconque much of the time and city flipping would be pointless.

[zulu9812]

well that would mean war, which isn't always desirable

[Capt Dizle]

Py, your point is pointless. We already have the option to raze or station large garrisons outside of the city. Troops don't go poof.

As it stands, razing cities, which is illogical and unhistorical and downright silly is the safest course of action. IRL, it would be the most dangerous as people would rebel against genocide of that scope.

Troops don't poof.

[Alex]

The troops should be moved back to your capital or something like that.

(Hmm, is jt trolling? Or not? I'll keep my post, anyway).

[Kryten]

I'd like to see half of the garrison returned to their own lands (the other half were destroyed in the revolt, or deserted, or made prisoners of war).

[Cyclotron]

Yawn. Use another thread. Since jt is on the topic of "pointless points," how pointless is it to make topics on things that are already being discussed in so many other threads? If you are talking to Firaxis, send them an e-mail.

[Jaybe]

This would probably not be such an issue with jt if he would just learn how to avoid losing cities to flipping. Must be something to do with his playing style.

[Coracle]

Originally posted by Pythagoras
The problem with that is you could easily move back in and reconque much of the time and city flipping would be pointless.

Wow. I couldn't have stated the illogical STUPIDITY of Culture Flipping better myself!!

Flipping IS "pointless". And to make this crap feasible in game terms Firaxis makes entire large garrisons vanish into thin air. What a load. "Razing" cities is even dumber.

If I wanted a Fantasy game I would not have bought Civ 3.

[Coracle]

Originally posted by Jaybe
This would probably not be such an issue with jt if he would just learn how to avoid losing cities to flipping. Must be something to do with his playing style.

Typical specious sophistry.

I KNOW what to do about Culture Flipping. But it is non-historical, unrealistic, and just plain STUPID to have to do it in the first place because of a braindead concept Soren dreamed up.

[reds4ever]

its a game mechanic, it's not supposed to historically accurate,(like bishops only moving diagonally in chess) it's there to stop players sending out settlers out indiscriminatly without building any sort of infrastructure in their Civs

[MosesPresley]

Originally posted by reds4ever
its a game mechanic, it's not supposed to historically accurate,(like bishops only moving diagonally in chess) it's there to stop players sending out settlers out indiscriminatly without building any sort of infrastructure in their Civs

I hate to stick my nose in this sort of discussion again, but:

You hit the nail on the head.

[Jon Shafer]

Though JT is a troller extrordinaire (), I have to agree with him. LoL, the first time I ever saw it happen I thought it was a bug and complained about it at another forum.

[notyoueither]

jt's point is no troll, unless I'm a troll.

I too am in favour of what he proposes.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

JT,

I agree with your points. Who knows perhaps Jeff Morris will actually check out the thread (not likely as he has you and Coracle on an ignore list but who knows?). Regardless, the point is being addressed in mucho other threads.

Coracle, by the by in the last impromptu chat it was discovered that the city flipping was not a Soren idea. It was Briggs idea. You may not like the AI, but unfortunately laying culture at the feet of Soren is just dogpiling. Seems there is enough credit/blame to go around in CIV3 depending on your view point.

Og