When do we declare war?

H Tower · May 31, 2003, 03:01

We haven't found any enemy cities yet, but we have found several of their units. We've milked all the techs we can out of both the Japanese and the Greeks too. Now we just need to find out when we declare war and what the minister of Offense wants to do

SCG · May 31, 2003, 10:21

i personally would like a focal point for the enemy to attack before we declare war - hense finding their cities so we can build a city near them and either have the city be the focal point (once we have city walls) or as a place for easy reinforcement of a hills or mountain fortress

btw, once we discover writing or trade, we can cancel the war on the foreign fruit trade

cavebear · May 31, 2003, 13:24

I'd sure like us to be a Monarchy before we start our military campaigns!

mrboo123 · May 31, 2003, 14:25

Find cities, get Monarchy, THEN war!

Ben Kenobi · June 1, 2003, 19:57

Our people seem to be very strong-willed. We should wait until Monarchy so that we have less to worry with discontent.

It would be nice to have some infrastructure as well between our cities before declaring war.

War4ever · June 1, 2003, 23:59

if the enemy is close by, dont' waste resources on a city walls or infastructure, get monarchy, find cities, starting the war machine accordingly....

atomant · June 2, 2003, 01:29

Would be nice to have an army before we go to war

Hydey · June 2, 2003, 07:07

I think we should be demanding tribute from the AI's, any funds we get can be put to good use building temples, barracks and a mighty army.

-Jrabbit · June 2, 2003, 13:28

Monarchy, tribute. :b Use time to develop elite fighting corps
Meanwhile, find and pop huts -- use dips for instant embassies should we actually find foreign cities..

atawa · June 2, 2003, 19:04

Use the time before we get Poly and Mon to build roads, temples and barracks, then swarm them with Elephants.

We should be able to take out a civ or two before they get Pikes

Bob_Smurf42 · June 2, 2003, 22:18

Wait until we find some cities, but in the meantime, get tribute/science/maps/whatever out of them while we build up our army.

James Adams · June 3, 2003, 04:59

If we can be successfull in war with both so we should go to war with both!

Zedd · June 3, 2003, 10:08

Although I love to catch the AI early in the game i think we need to work on the infrastructure to support an army before we go to war. Now all the troops are either keeping workers quiet or exploring.

BTW greekish Bannannas

Ben Kenobi · June 3, 2003, 12:38

Yes, we are the sworn enemies of Greekish bananas.

And if there were a Canadian civ, we'd be the sworn enemies of Canadianish bananas as well.

Zedd · June 3, 2003, 15:06

Long live the Apolytonish Bannanna!

mrboo123 · June 3, 2003, 15:37

get a life

Bob_Smurf42 · June 3, 2003, 21:43

Results as of now are:
Japanese:
War now:1
War later:14
No war:2
Banana:9
Greeks:
War now:1
War later:13
No war:2
Banana:9
Almost as creepy-wierd as Zedd.

cavebear · June 3, 2003, 22:25

The conclusion seems clear. We want to establish our Monarchy (with the attendant advantages) before declaring war on the 2 neighboring civs we have found, and we want to have a viable attacking army to use for war (which we do do not have now).

Messer Niccolò · June 4, 2003, 06:11

Quote:

Originally posted by atomant
Would be nice to have an army before we go to war

naaah, that's too easy, let's declare waving our bananas and let discover them how hard a "King size" (meaning we have to wait for monarchy of course

)banana can be...