Your favorite special unit

[hexagonian]

Its a tossup...either the

Spy, mainly because their vision radius gives ample warning if anything is coming your way.

Or the Slaver because it gives you so much production/growth benefits, plus it makes a great recon.

Gotta go with the Slaver though!

[The Evans]

Me, I never use Slavers. To evil. Though having said that, I have no qualms about using Eco-Rangers (my favourite unit) nanite cleansing, and earlier today I nuked 3 Russian cities to the ground, and captured Mosco (Conquering them) because they didn't like me much (For NO reason)

:0

[Zorro's Z]

I hate them special units. The lawyer is the only one I use, to get rid off those pesky corporate branches.

[Iskandar Reza]

what do you mean pesky? this are like one of the coolest things available to get more production. i usually have like a legion of them out, draining resource from every city in the world.

it's do wonders to your economy, at the expence of others. in short, for me, any unit that increases resource productivity is good, including clerics and televangelists, though clerics are better to annoy the enemy (reform costs are high)

[Martin Gühmann]

Slaver

Originally posted by me_irate
Arrrg, Martin you took my avatar thing.

my vote goes to slaver simply because they make really good early spies, allowing you to scout out the enemy.

Ups I didn't noticed I turned them off, but in the meantime I found the CTP1 UFO in the avatar list, that's great. I wonder how they mde them. Coppying from CTP1 *.tga images with a black background? Slaver is a good decision, I it creates lot of fun in the game, I should make a mod that add them to the later game.

-Martin

[Immortal Wombat]

The CTP1 tgas were made by Locutus, by taking the black bachground off, and making it transparent. The CTP2 avatars took longer, because I had to take them off the brown tga background...

[Locutus]

Actually, Martin, I could ask you the same question My source for the unit tga's was your file in the CtP2 download database, so you actually helped make your own avatar

[Darkknight]

What colour is the transperent backround is it that ugly green colour in PSPro or is it just white or what??
I've only 150 posts till I can upload my own avator! 3 more weeks! Especially during the summer weeks!
!!Bouncy mood!!

[Immortal Wombat]

In PSP you should be able to create a transparent-background window, which you can paste your avatar into. Then export it as a *.gif, go to the transparency wizard and follow the instructions. This should make a nice transparent background. (It will look white/brown checkers)

[ACOLKitty]

Originally posted by Iskandar Reza
what do you mean pesky? this are like one of the coolest things available to get more production. i usually have like a legion of them out, draining resource from every city in the world.

it's do wonders to your economy, at the expence of others. in short, for me, any unit that increases resource productivity is good, including clerics and televangelists, though clerics are better to annoy the enemy (reform costs are high)

I do the same thing when playing the computer. Send them all over the world.

Against human opponents I go for the slaver.

[:) Smiley]

I like the Abolitionist, because with everyone else going about and slaving, there's a nice big stock of slaves to mooch off of.

[Skeeve]

Ugh. My poor Eco Rangers have sunk to 4th place on this thread.

Is there not anyone to stand up for the Eco-Ranger!??

[Xjitsou]

Slavers are THE special unit in the early stages of the game. RAIDING PARTY!!!

[rooboy]

Another nod to the slaver.

[Garth]

Well, Slavers are cool but I think the Infector is pretty neat too......being able to plague a city.....just neat!

P.S.>
A Brain Teaser:
One time I played CTP2 and I had only 4 or 5 cities, the next turn I had over 20. Not a drop of blood was shed nor was a spy used.
I had hardly any money. How did I do it?

True story.......