Nukes are the bomb...literally!

[tetley]

Ohmigosh I just finished the COOLEST game on Civ V ever!! Siam and I had been best buds all game--we even double-teamed Persia and Greece together. I was on my way to winning; I had just completed my SS Engine. That's when Siam decided I was a threat and he needed to backstab me, big-time. And boy, did he ever. He sent one serious can of whoop-a** my way. There was this big column of Siamese armies, almost 4 deep, about 7 wide. Caught me COMPLETELY by surprise. I thought he was going to overrun my cities for sure, before I had a chance to complete the remaining spaceship parts.

So I spent 2000 gold and rush purchased a nuclear missile. I hit the Next Turn button, and he bombards one of my bigger cities to red in one turn. Then...next turn, I had a present for him. Big mushroom cloud--the most beautiful fiery inferno ever--and there goes 6 artillery, 4 infantries, a cavalry, a crossbowman, a worker, his Great General, and oh, one of his cities. Kaboom! That was the end of Siam's attack. I won a few turns later, but ohmigosh, that was hilarious!

[BuilderFTW]

SWEET nukes are the bomb

[Heerlo]

Lol.Absolutely hilarious!

[Scars n Stripes]

Thats priceless... I have yet to have a chance to use a nuke like this buti am gonna keep my eyes out for a chance now!

[Terran Emperor]

nice

[Ashigaru]

Ahh sounds like a blast! Only time I've nuked anyone was for a "let's try it out" kinda thing. Won with space victory next turn

I've seen a lot of people use them like crazy in the end game. Go read Raelyn's game as Egypt and you'll see the Babylonians and Persians going crazy with them!!

[treck]

Not so fun being on the other end of one

[Hustapha Thool]

Originally Posted by treck

Not so fun being on the other end of one

One, not so fun, when you get hit by a dozen, that's when the fun begins!

[svett89]

Nukes are so satisfying to use. :>

I ended up in a trench-like war with France the other week (I played Rome). Basically, there were very few tiles from which I could reach his territory due to ocean and mountains blocking the way. I play on Immortal, so he had a steady stream of units filling up those passages. Eventually, I just decided to nuke his entire territory as he was the last AI alive. I ended up dropping over 30 nukes total, wiping out all his cities except the capital. It was a glorious day for the Roman empire. :P

[smallfish]

Originally Posted by svett89

Nukes are so satisfying to use. :>

I ended up in a trench-like war with France the other week (I played Rome). Basically, there were very few tiles from which I could reach his territory due to ocean and mountains blocking the way. I play on Immortal, so he had a steady stream of units filling up those passages. Eventually, I just decided to nuke his entire territory as he was the last AI alive. I ended up dropping over 30 nukes total, wiping out all his cities except the capital. It was a glorious day for the Roman empire. :P

I think this shall be the fate of the Incans in my current Deity game, though I doubt it'll matter since I'm about to do the same to the French (for their uraniums) and the Siamese/Polynesian mini-runaways. They are just too held up in this all hills corner of the world, and it covers around 20+ hexes horizontally.