Whatever happened to selective pillaging?

[Inverse Icarus]

I just remembered in civ2 pillaging was selective, i could destroy a mine before i destroyed a railroad, etc. Why did this feature go away?

i also dislike roads/mines/irrigation going away at the same time.

[Zachriel]

Re: Whatever happened to selective pillaging?

Originally posted by UberKruX
I just remembered in civ2 pillaging was selective, i could destroy a mine before i destroyed a railroad, etc. Why did this feature go away?

Good question. For me, the most important problem is that you can't remove forts without taking out the rail, road and mine first.

[Panag]

hi ,

, ...

, it would be nice to have this option after a certain tech or improvement ,...

have a nice day

[hr_oskar]

Agree with Zachriel - this only bothered me when I wasn't able to remove the Modern Age green blob forts; I would like to have selective pillaging back, it's a minor thing to add after all.

[Sean]

I never pillage, because of this problem. It is to much of a risk that tt may be costing my unit an entire movement point just for the privalge of pillaging.

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by panag
hi ,

, ...

, it would be nice to have this option after a certain tech or improvement ,...

have a nice day

why would you need a special tech to be able to decide whether to tear down a fort or to destroy a mine?

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Gangerolf


why would you need a special tech to be able to decide whether to tear down a fort or to destroy a mine?

"which one's the fortress again?"
"beats me jim, lets just tear apart these railroads and go home"

[Panag]

Originally posted by Gangerolf


why would you need a special tech to be able to decide whether to tear down a fort or to destroy a mine?

hi ,

, explosives would be nice , ...

have a nice day

[Gangerolf]

a sledgehammer is sufficient

[SpencerH]

A choice of what to pillage PLUS we should get gold for doing so.

[sabrewolf]

recieve gold when pillaging?

that could be exploited like the "plant woods, clear woods" i later times when you have free workers

however, a "raid city" with some hired barbarians (or some invisible unit) would be a nice idea. as long as the city doesn't have a police station, theft would have a high chance of success (without declaring war)