Like it says, double you tee eef is that whole missle sheild thing about? Someone discovers it, then you can't :nuke: them anymore? That sucks! :thumbdown: Is there anyway I can take that out of the game?

Like it says, double you tee eef is that whole missle sheild thing about? Someone discovers it, then you can't :nuke: them anymore? Uhh... that's the point ;)

To stop construction of the missle shields, and all other future techs, just set the ending age to early info age before starting a game (in T&P, at least)

Apart from that, I dont play with nukes anyway, so I've never really dealt w/ it before

I see it as a double edged sword. I like the missle shields if I am the only one who has it and I hate it when other nations have them (regardless if I do or not)

I like them to save my ass from enemy nukes. I can live without nukes, and seldom find them to be a game breaker...

I only use nukes if i'm significantly ahead in the game which only happens occasionally.. Those ICBMs though can destroy can really halt a civ in its tracks though. I try and catch an enemy army in a large enemy city for double the effect.

I love the missile shield tech. The AI has a nasty habit of nuking me A.S.A.P. So, I construct a missile shield and then no worries. After that if they don't have the missile shield tech I release all nukes, air force, and army, and take them over in about two minutes. Revenge is sweet :)

Why do people like it? There could be nothing farther from historical innacuracy. Think about it, If USA nuked USSR, would they not be able to nuke them? The USSR may have installed a nuklear defense system, with satilites, AAs, etc, but that would only lessen the chace that it would hit, not illiminate it.

Why do people like it? There could be nothing farther from historical innacuracy. Think about it, If USA nuked USSR, would they not be able to nuke them? The USSR may have installed a nuklear defense system, with satilites, AAs, etc, but that would only lessen the chace that it would hit, not illiminate it.

Calm down, it's just a game.

The AI has a nasty habit of nuking me A.S.A.P. So, I construct a missile shield and then no worries.

Really? THEY nuked YOU ??? :confused: On one game, I blast the living crud out of them and they never retaliated. :hmm:

Yes as soon a the AI get nukes they nuke me without fail. I remember one game where the AI nuked my three industrial cities all at once. The nuked the other AI twice. I almost lost that game.

If your opponent starts researching Missile Shield, nuke all his libraries. Problem sorted. Besides, don't tell me you can't win without nukes. Right?

Don't cry historical accuracy, by the way. It's a future tech, and about as real as World Government, Global Prosperity or AI. I for one don't remember any of those during the Cold War, either.

it's ok with me, i usually nuke all of their capitols or best citys asap, then they usually dont have the recorses to make nukes, much less the missile sheild, if they get it up i just build a few airbases and fill them with bombers and attack their capitol with them, then send a few light infantry in to capture the capitol (assuming i have world gov., otherwise i just send in a bunch of tanks and a couple of infantry).

I think it should offer a % chance to destroy the nukes. you would still be able to nuke them, but the nuke mihgt be destroyed

you could also just nuke your borders enough to make the blast radius enugh to destory thier citys like 5

I nuke transports when they're coming to my country...

I think it should offer a % chance to destroy the nukes. you would still be able to nuke them, but the nuke mihgt be destroyed

Exactly! ;)

When I'm getting my cities nuked from an insanely long range, I've learned to appreciate the missle shields.

i dont like nukes, i prefer to fight AI with "standard ground strategies"... so i display that damn nuke option

Usually, I don't use nukes, just get terra cotta army and build up from there

While were on the subject:
"Coming close only counts with hand grenades and Nuclear bombs"
-General Abrams

Me personaly hate nukes, nukes are the stuff of cowards. I prefer the traditional warfare, you know, air force, armor, mechj infi,infi ext. ext.

Which is why i also think htye should make an option to take the nukes out because its annoying when im trying to have a nice long fun game and the a.i's nuke the world into armageddon.

The missiles are really annoying in RON.

I got a script to disactivate both of them, makes the game way better.


Cruise missile spamming is so lame, and since I hate future techs I have no choice but to watch my wonders crumble.

well, i love cruise missiles, those are more reasonable. Its just the nukes i hate, better yet, i like the silos better than the actual nukes or missiles.


I built like 15 silos once to make this guy think thats where the nukes were. When he declared war and the attacked the fake silos i nuked his army from my real silo and strolled into his capitol.

Nice idea, never actually tried that though... I llove cruise missles, who can't? They are the only way to take out the other guys AA so your Air force can wipe out his city. Same effect as nukes, no Armeggedon! Note: This only works with over 5 Airbases maxed out with bombers, and a full army at your disposal.

Must say, I do hate Missile Shields. In the rare event that I let the game get to Information age I have to make an effort to blast away the enemy's libraries as soon as they start researching it. I mean, if your going to play Information age, may aswell be proper about it and use everything a modern army would-which includes Missiles. My opinion is that if you dont want missile shields, dont let it get to Information age, stop it at...Industrial, or Enlightenment. Then just play with BiPlane Wars!
...I did that once before, in a LAN game, everyone agreed to not use infantry or navy excessively so everyone had masses of Biplanes. Oh, memories.

What makes so many people think I'm a nuke crazed n00b that carpet nukes people like this: "I Carpetn00kzyou!! lolololololololol!!!!" Even though I usually don't use nukes, It's still really unrealistic, and I usually use cruise missles, not nukes.

I enjoy having the missile shield, but I began to enjoy the Information Age less and less. I know limit tech advancement to the Industrial Age. I like the bi-planes and the need to perform more tactical offensives than the "shock & awe" tendencies of the last ages.

I use stealth bombers. Much more precise when missile shields are up, and no armageddon counter.

Which is why i also think htye should make an option to take the nukes out because its annoying when im trying to have a nice long fun game and the a.i's nuke the world into armageddon.

There is a way, disable Info age-or I'm sure you could crawl through the XML files and either delete Nukes from the code (which might have game read error repercussions) or just re do the price to make them ludicrously expensive(add a few dozen zeros on the price 10000000000000000000metal per nuke etc) that way no nation will be able to afford them.

Anyway, why si it that when he Missile Shield is mentioned you all think of Nukes? I mean, I'm no Historical Accuracy buff like some people arround, but I dont want to throw myself into a full fledged Nuclear war, that truly is cowardly in my honest opinion. My main offensive from a missile point of view is 3 or 4 Cruise Missiles per city I want to take. If it's unit trouble your having then often a well place Cruise Missile can take out the Supply Truck, leaving the enemy open to attrition damage on their way to you-hence you really only fight half the army.
Last time I used a Nuke was the last time I played through a conquest, on Toughest level. It was me and the Aztecs by the end, each controlling about half the world (me Eurasia, them Americas and Africa + Oz). I managed to take a few regions on the West of America from my Japan army which exposed their Capitol. I had to nuke them simply for the fun of whiping out the all powerfull Aztecs with one final Nuke of DOOM. Unfortunatley for them they were researching Missile shield at the same time and were nearly complete by the time I nuked the capitol. Hehe.

Yes, missile shields suck more **** than a two bit h:eek: :eek: ker working overtime when the entire US fleet is on shore leave.

Now, now, let's not scare the kids away from the thread on nuking the heck out of all humanity.

I think that nuclear missile shield should only be activated in a city that has a working SAM site (similar to the NIKE defenses) that way you can always sneak a special forces into the city to deactivate them (which would be a pretty cool thing to do).

Nothing wrong with missile shields when you have them and no other nation does. Then you can enjoying sending nukes out to people within the comfort of your own defences!:D

But if the enemy get hold of them, it's annoying. But I always have the last four techs available because I need to research Global Prosperity to get my lovely Stealth Bombers!

With me, I am happy with the shield, even if the AI has it too. It gives me the comfort of not being able to be nuked. My strategy for being attacked is a few simple fortresses and a whole load of troops/mechs.

I like nukes which is why I stop tech at Modern Age and play then.

nukes... heheheh... since i always gonna do futuretech anyway, i screw the nukes.