Observation towers?

[Adagio]

Just what is the smart thing in this:



As you can see, the map border are just above all those observation towers... I can't see what purpose this should do...

[Solver]

None .

One thing - in Industrial, when they become SAM, it will be impossible for any plane to last even a second there.

[Palpatine]

y its much cheaper to build them early... . I try to built 2 close to every wonder of castle so that i dont have to mess around with building air-defence later.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Palpatine
y its much cheaper to build them early... . I try to built 2 close to every wonder of castle so that i dont have to mess around with building air-defence later.

That makes sense....

[albiedamned]

The OP's in that screen shot are pretty pointless - I can't think of any situation requiring that many that close together. Did the AI do that? I tend to pair OP's and Towers together, near cities. That way my cities don't have to worry about spies and commandoes. The OP sees the stealth unit, allowing the Tower to open fire on it.

[Adagio]

Yeah, it was the AI that did this...

[Laughing Mind]

Maybe the governor of Zeila is afraid for his daughters....

[Laughing Mind]

Anyone seen that dog?

[Laughing Mind]

*citizen 1, from Yeha* why do I always feel like someone's watching me?

[dearmad]

They need to watch the mangos grow?

[Cookie Monster]

That is a smart move on whoever did that. Prebuilding AA/SAM sites while they are cheap. That is one way to stop all those annoying bombing raids in the late game!

[wilebill]

Great screenshot, reminiscent of scenes from StarCraft where the defender would be anticipating mass attacks by mutalisks.

[Red Scorpion]

He's been reading George Orwel.

[Sencho]

It's also a great way of thwarting spies, for those who don't like bribery.