Wars under democracy

SlowThinker · June 21, 2003, 12:18

How do you conduct wars in demo? Is it easier in MP than in SP?

deity · June 21, 2003, 21:39

If you build lots of Size12+ cities with most improvements and even without Wonders you can still support a good number of troops away from home.
MP is always harder than SP

atawa · June 21, 2003, 23:28

Nah, just build a lot of size 1 city's on forrest, that should do the trick, have your main city's build caravans.

rah · June 22, 2003, 00:54

Use creeping leap frog offense if your cities are not ready to happiness-wise to support a field army.
Build fortress three squares out, stock up, take enemy city building fortresses over attacking troops, leap frog to next city.
But as others have said, once your cities are large, it is easy to support a decent field army.

SlowThinker · June 22, 2003, 07:06

I am sorry, I wasn't clear: I meant the problem when the senate interferes. Does it interfere the same way as in SP?

atawa · June 22, 2003, 08:40

No it doesnt, unless you fight an AI civ you can stay at war indefinately.

rah · June 23, 2003, 08:19

Yes, not a problem in an MP game with no AI.

Ming · June 23, 2003, 11:04

With all the rule differences for AI's... I'm surprised anybody adds AI's to MP games. I'm glad we don't include them.

rah · June 23, 2003, 11:25

The city bribing alone is a good reason not to have them in the game.

Ming · June 23, 2003, 14:50

Especially when a horse walks up to your city and bribes it...

rah · June 23, 2003, 14:57

Yes, you're thinking, vet pike on river forest. That horse is going to go down in flames, and all of a sudden you're getting the civil revolt message.

Cyrion · June 24, 2003, 02:38

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Originally posted by Ming
Especially when a horse walks up to your city and bribes it...

Are you trying to pour oil on the Deity - AH flame war??

Oh, you didn't mean THAT kind of horse, sorry...

DrSpike · June 24, 2003, 05:26

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Originally posted by Ming
Especially when a horse walks up to your city and bribes it...

Hehe...........I have never played with an AI in the game, but I can see how that would be annoying.

rah · June 24, 2003, 08:09

Yep, when someone drops or quits for the night and the AI takes over, you must modify your strategy to guard against it. Especially for those encroachment cities.

Ming · June 24, 2003, 10:43

Yeah... when the AI takes over, you just pray to god that the player has been spending his money instead of saving it

rah · June 24, 2003, 11:17

But it doesn't matter since the AI has the ability to build it's treasury quite quickly.

Ming · June 24, 2003, 11:21

But at least you have a few turns to prepare for the bribing onslaught

rah · June 24, 2003, 16:06

But I love the way the AI thinks it's safe to send their caravans to your cities.

DrSpike · June 24, 2003, 16:18

Like a lamb, bleating innocently at you as you sharpen your blade.

rah · June 24, 2003, 16:21

And then your attacking unit dies trying to kill the damn caravan.

Ming · June 24, 2003, 17:50

While you are busy cranking out caravans and building city improvements, they seem to love cranking out Vet Knights and Vet Legions... The good news, if their capital is far enough away, they can be bought very cheaply with all the money you are earning from caravans

War4ever · June 24, 2003, 21:15

the ai and its bribing sucks