How to organize your military

Pro2A · Jul 01, 2012, 11:17 AM

I'm in a bit of a pickle here. I am playing Spain right now and my empire is sorta shaped like an upside down T. I had a war with William and took his empire early on, he was to the north of me. North west of me is England who I'm OK with. We aren't peaches and cream, but we don't hate each other. There is still an open 5-10 tile length between us. I had a lot of my military up north after my war with the Netherlands. I sorta spread them out thinly to the south and center and kept the bulk up north. Ethiopia shared a border with me to the south and decided to declare war on me for whatever reason. The rest of the game they were quiet and didn't bug me really. We had a few trades here and there, so they didn't worry me.

I had to scramble my military from the north while he put a hurting on my thin defenses to the south. After he took a city and did some damage to some improvements, I managed to get the bulk of my military down and push him back into his territory to end the war. So now all my military is down south, less a few units up north. If I split my forces evenly I'm afraid I'll get attacked again. England worries me, so I want forces up north. Too many units and I start loosing gold. If I spread them out all over the place, I have to mobilize quickly and risk loosing another city. Ethiopia has a large military, so half of my units won't hold him back, all of them can. I don't want to keep them all down south because of England.

So my question is, what is the best way to station your units in this scenario? What is the best way to station your units period?

PreLynMax · Jul 01, 2012, 07:44 PM

Could you perhaps post a picture that could illustrate your point?

DaveMcW · Jul 01, 2012, 08:17 PM

Your military power is too low.

Press F9 and try to stay above average in soldiers, or near the top.

veteranspy · Jul 01, 2012, 11:57 PM

build walls and keep your military in the centre for rapid response.

CharlieM · Jul 03, 2012, 08:49 AM

Duck and cover.

budweiser · Jul 03, 2012, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pro2A

So my question is, what is the best way to station your units in this scenario? What is the best way to station your units period?

If I found myself facing that many opponents, I would have started stationing my troops in the enemy capitols.

Tabarnak · Jul 03, 2012, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlieM

Duck and cover.

South Park's way to play civ5

otomik_ · Jul 04, 2012, 12:18 AM

keep your army in the center and have a few units on hills to provide early warning of large troop movements. at the first sign of trouble occupy all the good defensive ground in his way in order to grind his advance to a halt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_in_depth

Jul 01, 2012, 11:17 AM	#1
Pro2A Chieftain Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 25	How to organize your military I'm in a bit of a pickle here. I am playing Spain right now and my empire is sorta shaped like an upside down T. I had a war with William and took his empire early on, he was to the north of me. North west of me is England who I'm OK with. We aren't peaches and cream, but we don't hate each other. There is still an open 5-10 tile length between us. I had a lot of my military up north after my war with the Netherlands. I sorta spread them out thinly to the south and center and kept the bulk up north. Ethiopia shared a border with me to the south and decided to declare war on me for whatever reason. The rest of the game they were quiet and didn't bug me really. We had a few trades here and there, so they didn't worry me. I had to scramble my military from the north while he put a hurting on my thin defenses to the south. After he took a city and did some damage to some improvements, I managed to get the bulk of my military down and push him back into his territory to end the war. So now all my military is down south, less a few units up north. If I split my forces evenly I'm afraid I'll get attacked again. England worries me, so I want forces up north. Too many units and I start loosing gold. If I spread them out all over the place, I have to mobilize quickly and risk loosing another city. Ethiopia has a large military, so half of my units won't hold him back, all of them can. I don't want to keep them all down south because of England. So my question is, what is the best way to station your units in this scenario? What is the best way to station your units period? Last edited by Pro2A; Jul 01, 2012 at 11:45 AM.

Jul 01, 2012, 07:44 PM	#2
PreLynMax Your Lord and Master Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In the depths of computer hell... Posts: 1,090 Images: 6	Could you perhaps post a picture that could illustrate your point? __________________ My identity is of no consequence save for the epitath of your grave.

Jul 01, 2012, 08:17 PM	#3
DaveMcW Deity Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,475 Images: 2	Your military power is too low. Press F9 and try to stay above average in soldiers, or near the top. __________________ . Cottages! . GP Bulb Techs . Vaporize Stupid People Build at least 6 cities . Press Ctrl R to turn on resource bubbles . Build 1.5 workers per city . Check F9 Demographics often . Stay near the top in soldiers . Rush Buying Formula

Jul 03, 2012, 08:49 AM	#5
CharlieM Creative, Spiritual Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Existential State Posts: 260	Duck and cover. __________________ "You must be the change you seek in the world." Gandhi

Jul 01, 2012, 11:57 PM	#4
veteranspy Chieftain Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 27	build walls and keep your military in the centre for rapid response.

Jul 04, 2012, 12:18 AM	#8
otomik_ Chieftain Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 15	keep your army in the center and have a few units on hills to provide early warning of large troop movements. at the first sign of trouble occupy all the good defensive ground in his way in order to grind his advance to a halt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_in_depth

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