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[Jarod Cain]

Capture Persepolis, but burn down Susa first. We can deal with the instability if needed.

Pretty much this, it's time to civilize the Persians and place them where they belong. The bottom of our new Caste System. Let our temples run red, so that we may shake the foundations of creation.
-J-

[Karnewarrior]

This is going 100% contrary to plan.

Let it be known that advisor Karne is certain we shall all fall down in doom and gloom, never to be seen again in history. Let it also be known that he is in favor of Crumpet thursdays and higher pay for wisemen and teachers.

[EuchreJack]

This is going 100% contrary to plan.

Let it be known that advisor Karne is certain we shall all fall down in doom and gloom, never to be seen again in history. Let it also be known that he is in favor of Crumpet thursdays and higher pay for wisemen and teachers.

So it will follow the Dwarf Fortress Model.  EuchreJack approves!

*EuchreJack also favors fine beer and crude humor.*

[NRDL]

Um...could you place units in stacks like that in vanilla Civ 4? 

[Frumple]

Yes? I think so, anyway. It's certainly been like that in all the mods. Still haven't played vanilla

You might be thinking of civ5. I think that changed in that'un.

[Aqizzar]

Um...could you place units in stacks like that in vanilla Civ 4?

In every Civ game, and for that matter pretty much every 4X game ever made, the basic rule of warfare is "how many cheap units can you converge on one tile in an unending blob?"  Civ 5 decided to break away from that model to mixed results depending on who you ask.

Now I'll admit, I've never seen a stack that fucking big in Civ 4, except maybe one time when I found an AI city on a three-tile island.

Anyway, let's burn Susa to the ground and see if we can find that other city.  Make sure to keep sending reinforcements up the coast.

[Satarus]

Attack the weaker cities and burn them to the ground.  Then take the capitol.  If you need more units for the final city assault, you can do it without trying to hold a city that wants to revolt against you.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Does Caveman2Cosmos keep the normal Ghandi AI? This will be very important if we run into him and he survives to post-WWII tech.

[10ebbor10]

To be fair, Caveman to Cosmos gives a pretty nice bonus for surrounding you enemy. (Surrounding on 3 tiles something of 40%, so a complete blockade might be the thing you need.)

Also, when can we build a Hero? Heroes are awesome.
Also, are you playing with cities retain their original culture on? While fun, it can break the game a bit if you conquer lot's of 1 city former barbarian civilizations. (You get lots of different cultures, giving you a serious benefit.)

[Neonivek]

To be fair, Caveman to Cosmos gives a pretty nice bonus for surrounding you enemy. (Surrounding on 3 tiles something of 40%, so a complete blockade might be the thing you need.)

Also, when can we build a Hero? Heroes are awesome.
Also, are you playing with cities retain their original culture on? While fun, it can break the game a bit if you conquer lot's of 1 city former barbarian civilizations. (You get lots of different cultures, giving you a serious benefit.)

Nowhere close. The prehistoric Era all leads to the classical era with the first building that was actually in the base game.

[Korbac]

Um...could you place units in stacks like that in vanilla Civ 4?

In every Civ game, and for that matter pretty much every 4X game ever made, the basic rule of warfare is "how many cheap units can you converge on one tile in an unending blob?"

In theory, this is counterbalanced by the fact that those with many weaker stacks can cover more land, but all that usually results in is the weaker stacks initially taking more ground, and then getting smashed piecemeal by the deathstack, which accrues massive xp bonuses.

[stabbymcstabstab]

Its best to lead with a few smaller stacks to take over out lining towns then a fewer larger stacks to  garrison captured towns and capture larger inner towns.

[Satarus]

Yeah, death stacks are a fact of life in Civ 4.  You pretty much gotta take it out with some suicide cats and then finish the job with your death stack.

[10ebbor10]

Things tend to change a tiny bit once you get a hero (Strength:11 unit, and can have a whole lot of usefull upgrades), and start to exploit the surrounding bonus.

Another usefull things is the mechanic of combat promisions, which gives random promotions to units surviving against the odds.

[Boksi]

There won't be an update today, but hopefully there will be tomorrow. School's started, you see.