Seeking advice (PBEM strategy q's)

[Stuie]

Cut his luxuries! All of them! You can explore later while he struggles to keep his citizens happy.

[Arrian]

Stuie,

I could probably cut some or all of his gems. I cannot cut his wines w/o conquering him (they are arranged around Thebes). His cities are smaller than mine, and thus do not have the happiness issues mine do.

But I still might do it, as spearmen marching through his mountains are largely invulnerable to attack and will explore better than the galley. The galley shall be recalled and loaded.

-Arrian

[vmxa1]

Nice job Arrian, I wonder why he would come at that size 7 city with out bombarment units? I guess he had no idea how many units you had on hand, otherwise it was hopeless.

[DaveMcW]

A size 6 city would still have a city wall for the same defense bonus. Arrian was just bragging about how he saved 10 shields.

A smart defender will have fortified + wall + terrain bonus for close to double defense strength in every city. It's not a good idea to attack in MP until you have overwhelming force.

[vmxa1]

True, but you can not know if they have a wall or not (if size 6), but you do know what size 7 means.

[vulture]

Originally posted by vmxa1
True, but you can not know if they have a wall or not (if size 6), but you do know what size 7 means.

You can't know if they have a wall or not ... unless you look at the graphics on the screen which show city which cities have city walls.

[laissez-faire]

I feel Tom's pain. That's usually when I get up for a beer.

What is the defense bonus received if defending from across a river?

[Arrian]

Crossing a river: 25%
Up a hill: 50%
Walls/Size 7+: 50%
Size 13+: 100%

Tom conceded. My gf didn't object much given her isolated starting spot (though she was vaguely annoyed since she finally got a galley over to make contact with us).

You shoulda seen the huge dent in the powergraph in 490bc.

-Arrian