Ardent Fox wrote:Well it's not like I said you didn't need some kind of military force. Barbarians are still -Borgan- early on when you have a civ that doesn't include warriors and they're RIGHT FRIGGIN THERE. I just meant you didn't really need an army that could populate Jupiter snugly with extra spill over on Europa.
(I know they couldn't populate Jupiter, just use your imagination.)
I do, I often like my armies for conquering like so: 10 Mechanized Infantry and 10 Heavy Armor per square, on every square that touches the border of another Civilization. As for water defense, I like 10 Battleships per square of water for a single line all around the entire continent, with several fleets of 30 battleships + 10 aircraft carriers.
One time I invaded another continent with over 300 Mechinaized and Heavy Armors (total, not each). I did have over 700 units, but I decided to 'downsize' after conquering my continent (two continent map).
- "Sometimes life smiles when it kicks you down. The trick is to smile back."
Ardent Fox wrote:Well it's not like I said you didn't need some kind of military force. Barbarians are still -Borgan- early on when you have a civ that doesn't include warriors and they're RIGHT FRIGGIN THERE. I just meant you didn't really need an army that could populate Jupiter snugly with extra spill over on Europa.
(I know they couldn't populate Jupiter, just use your imagination.)
I do, I often like my armies for conquering like so: 10 Mechanized Infantry and 10 Heavy Armor per square, on every square that touches the border of another Civilization. As for water defense, I like 10 Battleships per square of water for a single line all around the entire continent, with several fleets of 30 battleships + 10 aircraft carriers.
One time I invaded another continent with over 300 Mechinaized and Heavy Armors (total, not each). I did have over 700 units, but I decided to 'downsize' after conquering my continent (two continent map).
Oh. I think I see your problem. When you've spent so many resources producing so many units at once, before a war... of course there's going to be inflation! When I conduct total war, I do so with a smaller and more economically sustainable force...And, playing with human players, I think they would notice the tens of units in each border tile before you built them up, and would respond accordingly. At least I would.
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"Than seyde Merlion, "Whethir lyke ye bettir the swerde othir the scawberde?" "I lyke bettir the swerde," seyde Arthure. "Ye ar the more unwyse, for the scawberde ys worth ten of the swerde; for whyles ye have the scawberde uppon you, ye shall lose no blood, be ye never so sore wounded. Therefore kepe well the scawberde allweyes with you." --- Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory
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Ardent Fox wrote:Well it's not like I said you didn't need some kind of military force. Barbarians are still -Borgan- early on when you have a civ that doesn't include warriors and they're RIGHT FRIGGIN THERE. I just meant you didn't really need an army that could populate Jupiter snugly with extra spill over on Europa.
(I know they couldn't populate Jupiter, just use your imagination.)
I do, I often like my armies for conquering like so: 10 Mechanized Infantry and 10 Heavy Armor per square, on every square that touches the border of another Civilization. As for water defense, I like 10 Battleships per square of water for a single line all around the entire continent, with several fleets of 30 battleships + 10 aircraft carriers.
One time I invaded another continent with over 300 Mechinaized and Heavy Armors (total, not each). I did have over 700 units, but I decided to 'downsize' after conquering my continent (two continent map).
Oh. I think I see your problem. When you've spent so many resources producing so many units at once, before a war... of course there's going to be inflation! When I conduct total war, I do so with a smaller and more economically sustainable force...And, playing with human players, I think they would notice the tens of units in each border tile before you built them up, and would respond accordingly. At least I would.
That's why I use unicorn units.
Only the truly righteous can see them.
Only problem is I can't find my army later.
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Ardent Fox wrote:Well it's not like I said you didn't need some kind of military force. Barbarians are still -Borgan- early on when you have a civ that doesn't include warriors and they're RIGHT FRIGGIN THERE. I just meant you didn't really need an army that could populate Jupiter snugly with extra spill over on Europa.
(I know they couldn't populate Jupiter, just use your imagination.)
I do, I often like my armies for conquering like so: 10 Mechanized Infantry and 10 Heavy Armor per square, on every square that touches the border of another Civilization. As for water defense, I like 10 Battleships per square of water for a single line all around the entire continent, with several fleets of 30 battleships + 10 aircraft carriers.
One time I invaded another continent with over 300 Mechinaized and Heavy Armors (total, not each). I did have over 700 units, but I decided to 'downsize' after conquering my continent (two continent map).
Oh. I think I see your problem. When you've spent so many resources producing so many units at once, before a war... of course there's going to be inflation! When I conduct total war, I do so with a smaller and more economically sustainable force...And, playing with human players, I think they would notice the tens of units in each border tile before you built them up, and would respond accordingly. At least I would.
At that point I disabled inflation, because I found out that even if I had no army, I was loosing money because of it.
The line was more as a deterent against them declaring war on me. I'm often fine with my nation, but sometimes some things need a good arse kicking, which led me to conquer my continent. My invasion force of 300 failed for the other continent though, since without inflation they would have an equally massive military, and the game's engine just couldn't handle a turn like that. It froze after 30 minutes of non-stop attacks against my forces.
- "Sometimes life smiles when it kicks you down. The trick is to smile back."
This looks like fun! Unfortunately I don't think I'm reliable enough to participate. The last PBEM anything I did, I was the one who held everything up...
