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Old October 27, 2001, 12:42   #1
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Why do paratroopers rubber?
If you head on over to the Bump thread, you'll see that someone has already gotten their paws on Civ3. So he posted the civilopedia entry of Paratroopers, which require rubber. So why do they need rubber? Rubber boots?
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After paratroopiong behind enemy lines, they seek out foreign concubines. Hence, the need for rubbers.
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To cushion their landing, of course.
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I don't know exactly why they need it, but it was known before that page was posted as we already had the Civilopedia page for rubber.
I think Firaxis knows what they are doing, and if you don't like it take it out yourself.
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Silk would have made so much more sense, but that's a luxury, not a strategic resource. But yeah, trust Firaxis to be balancing it right, I'm pretty sure that Meier fellow knows what he's doing
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nylon cord or synthic rubber was used for US paratroopers in WW2
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oh, and you have to get the paratroopers in an airplane somehow so you can paradrop them.. im sure the plane needs more rubber than the paratroopers.
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And more oil
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but i would've thought silk would've been more important... even if it's a luxury resource....
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And more oil
Actually you should use a water based lubricant with your rubber
or the integrity will be compromised.
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Hmmm...

I wonder if it's possible to link a unit with a luxury resource... because if you could, it would be nice to link paratroopers with silk and war elephants with ivory... which would be a bit more realistic.

If not, I suppose silk and elephants can be added as strategic resources through the editor. I imagine a lot of people will be changing a lot of things with the editors, trying to make the settings, advances, etc., just right.
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Elephants aren't made out of Ivory though, it's the other way round

Also what if the Indians, the only civ with the elephant, don't start somewhere with access to ivory ( more than likely ). Do they just never get their UUs?
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The impression I got from the official CIVIII page was that Elephants do not need any resources to be built, unlike it's equivalent, horsemen (I think), which needs horses. So I don't believe you will need ivory for your UU. Therefore, I guess the indians will always have access for their UU.
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Unfortunately true, as unrealistic as it sounds, elephants are not required to build the "war elephant."

Makes you wonder what the Indians are smoking when suddenly their war elephants show up, despite never finding an elephant in their own territory (assuming random map).
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Errr...I know you don't need an elephant resource to build war elephants or silk for paratroopers...however, since I think it would be better this way, this is something I intend to change with the editors. I was not wondering whether there was an 'elephant' resource - I know there isn't. Sorry I wasn't more clear in my post.

And I still think many other people will do lots and lots of modding and tweaking to fine tune Civ3 for their personal tastes, just as I intend to do.

As for the Indians...I don't know. Maybe create a common elephant unit, and tweak the Indian UU a bit. As for spawning in an elephant-free region, tough luck. Many UUs need resources to build. Besides, I've been considering making the Ghurka the Indian UU...tough, fearless and inexpensive...gotta do some research.
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Elephants aren't made out of Ivory though, it's the other way round
True, but where there is one there is often the other.
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The wonderful thing about tiggers, is that tiggers are wonderful things. There tops are made out of rubber, and their bottoms are made out of springs.
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The wonderful thing about tiggers, is that tiggers are wonderful things. There tops are made out of rubber, and their bottoms are made out of springs.
I think you'll find that

a) their heads are made out of rubber and their tails are made out of springs

and

b) A. A Milne + E. H. Shepard are far superior to Disney
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My vote goes with the fact that the paratroopers need planes to get drop from, and the planes need rubber and oil. What i dont understand is that suddenly, these paratroopers guns dont require saltpeter... Exactly how do they propel their bullets??
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Maybe they use rubber bullets...
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After paratroopiong behind enemy lines, they seek out foreign concubines. Hence, the need for rubbers.
Damn!!!! I wanted to post this!!
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My vote goes with the fact that the paratroopers need planes to get drop from, and the planes need rubber and oil. What i dont understand is that suddenly, these paratroopers guns dont require saltpeter... Exactly how do they propel their bullets??
paratrooper guns probably use whatever modern bullet propellants are made out of. Maybe some keen gun nut can enlighten us
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paratrooper guns probably use whatever modern bullet propellants are made out of. Maybe some keen gun nut can enlighten us
Actually, this would interest me too, since I doubt guns use the same gunpowder nowadays as hundreds of years ago.
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