Minor tribes question

EricWright · November 27, 2001, 09:20

Started a game last night as Zulus on large map, 6 civs total. I sent the original scout and one other out to look for minor tribes to see what I could get from them, hoping for a kick-start on techs or military... possible even more cities.

Anyway, after my first 10 huts, I've gotten 25 GP once, a conscript warrior once, and tech 8 times! Shouldn't I expect more money/units/cities from a militaristic/expansionist civ?

BTW, I'm not complaining. I started out with science at 20%, the lowest I could still get techs every 32 years. Due to all of the huts, I am the world leader in tech AND money...

One of these days, I'm going to have to put the smack down on the Germans... I finally got some iron to make swordsmen. Impis don't seem to do squat to spearmen... other than attack and run away.

Eric

quinalla · November 27, 2001, 11:56

I started a game this morning as the Zulus! Anyway, the huts are pretty random, but so far I have gotten one settler (which was really awesome out of the first hut), 3 techs, and 25 GP 3 times. I was really happy to get the techs and I was suprised I didn't get any warriors either, but I didn't mind because I don't need them with my fast impis. I pummeled the Babylonians and I am fighting the Persians right now. They both started the war with me when the demanded stuff and I told them what they could do with their demands. I have actually had a lot of sucess with my impis, they usually attack better than my horsemen

-quinalla

EricWright · November 27, 2001, 13:53

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I have actually had a lot of sucess with my impis, they usually attack better than my horsemen

I'm really surprised how poorly they have fared. I'm not even attacking spearmen in cities. I'm going after the one's who protect settlers. I may get luck and knock one HP off the spearman, but I invariably get dropped to 1 and run away. All of this is on warlord, so I should be getting some kind of combat bonus too...

Eric

quinalla · November 27, 2001, 14:49

Oh well, at least when the impis get beat, they can run away and don't die! It was just funny because I would attack an enemy warrior who was just standing on grasslands (not even fortified) and my horseman would lose hp and run away, but I would attack the same one with an impi (from the same place) and he would kill him while maybe only losing 1 hp. I must have some scary impis

-quinalla

Pyrodrew · November 27, 2001, 20:00

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Originally posted by EricWright
Started a game last night as Zulus on large map, 6 civs total. I sent the original scout and one other out to look for minor tribes to see what I could get from them, hoping for a kick-start on techs or military... possible even more cities.

Anyway, after my first 10 huts, I've gotten 25 GP once, a conscript warrior once, and tech 8 times! Shouldn't I expect more money/units/cities from a militaristic/expansionist civ?

I have NEVER received a minor tribe city from a hut.

In Civ2 they seemed FAR more common.

quinalla · November 28, 2001, 12:04

You have a much better chance if you are an expantionist civ, I have never gotten one except as an expantionist.

Pyrodrew · November 29, 2001, 16:18

I've always been the Americans (expansionist, industrialist) so far... I'll keep trying.