Draft problem

[Pandemoniak]

This is another question from a Civ3 newbie.

I cant draft citizens in the cities I just conquered. Is that because they are foreign nationals ?
That seems to be the only viable reason, since Im on communism, have all the ressources needed and linked to the city I want to draft, no resistent, etc...

Plz feedback ASAP.

[WarpStorm]

Are they big enough? IIRC you need to be size 6 or better.

[alva]

can't draft foreign natioals,
no drafting while in dissorder or resistance,
size 7 was it not? Warpstorm( could be wrong here),

[WarpStorm]

I know there is a size limit. Exactly what, I'm not sure of. I've rarely drafted in my games. The only times were when things went seriously wrong.

[Alex]

Then I must be a horrible player, because I draft a lot.

[SIV]

I usually draft in my "other continent" cities when attacked.
I think that using draft on your own continent is a waste of happy faces.

[vmxa1]

Drafting is not a function of skills, it is a strategy. I have not used that strategy in a very long time. I can not find anything in the manual or the guide that says anything about the size of the pop for drafting.

[WarpStorm]

You are right that it's a strategy. I find that the only time I'm willing to take the population and unhappiness double hit in a city is when it's going to be lost within a turn or two and I want to give the conqueror a little 'gift'.

But it's definitely based on city size. Make a test case (I do this for every rule I'm confused about) and you'll see.

[alva]

If I draft, most of the time it's just to disband them again in highly corrupt cities
(mech inf. is pretty good for this purpose, about 25shields)

[dworkin]

The last time I used the draft was to replace all my vet MI guarding my cities with conscripts. The resultant wave of vet MI crushed everyone.

[Pandemoniak]

Well, my strategy was to let my large army flow through the ennemy and draft behind them to secure the conquered cities and dont use vet cavalry to guard pop 2 bases. I dont know if it remains a good strategy with the pop restriction, but Ill make tests.

Thanx to all of you.

PS : one wierd thing, this thread had nine post and has been viewed 3 times, my computer said

[WarpStorm]

Originally posted by Pandemoniak
PS : one wierd thing, this thread had nine post and has been viewed 3 times, my computer said

I have 10 and 3, strange

[vmxa1]

Webmaster?

[alva]

views are sometimes 'cancelled' due to too much traffic

for more info:

more traffic then views

[Tattila the Hun]

I wonder if they could ad "National Draft", eg. draft from every city that meets the requirements with a single click of the mouse. And the draft button doesn't update if I move to the next city in city view. That's a bug, and annoying one.

You need to have more than six citizens to draft, and the seventh+ has to be from your own nationality. I wouldn't draft from newly conquered 7 pop city, though; it might cause a flip more easily.