Richard III
Nov 14, 2001, 01:39 PM
Playing this week as Greece. Midday yesterday, was invading Egypt in a defensive war. Was finally pushing into their heartland after centuries of harassment. Round about 1750, I sail my Greek ironclad and a frigate down the coast of Egypt to run cover for my threadbare shoreside road invasion force. Eventually, while the troops were resting, I took the ships ahead of the army and started bombarding Heliopolis, which was, of course, helpless to resist.
The first rounds strike the city, killing some local residents and wounding the resident spearmen. Then, on the second turn, the ironclad fires, and: "The Library of Heliopolis has been destroyed."
The frigate goes next: "The Temple of Heliopolis has been destroyed."
:eek: In civ II, I wouldn't have thought twice, but now, think of the culture! Those buildings must have been 2500 years old!!
I actually stopped and felt guilty for a second. It was like TV footage of the shelling of Dubrovnik in the early 90's or something. Felt weird.
Maybe this could be one approach to preventing cultural takeovers: has anyone destroyed wonders with shellfire?
The first rounds strike the city, killing some local residents and wounding the resident spearmen. Then, on the second turn, the ironclad fires, and: "The Library of Heliopolis has been destroyed."
The frigate goes next: "The Temple of Heliopolis has been destroyed."
:eek: In civ II, I wouldn't have thought twice, but now, think of the culture! Those buildings must have been 2500 years old!!
I actually stopped and felt guilty for a second. It was like TV footage of the shelling of Dubrovnik in the early 90's or something. Felt weird.
Maybe this could be one approach to preventing cultural takeovers: has anyone destroyed wonders with shellfire?