Things I learned about the science of warfare through Civilization IV

150 - Spearmen can destroy tanks if the tanks are driven by barbarians and you haven't had your quota of free victories yet

151 - Soldiers attacking with artillery can run away from the enemy while pushing their heavy weapons and still escape

152 - People in cities sang "War! What is it good for?" thousands of years before it was written
 
153 - You can only learn how to Heal people by training to kill them; this is presumably the only way to get the necessary study of anatomy.

154 - All Medical knowledge is gained this way rather than by research and study. This is demonstrated by the fact that all the best medics are Generals and not Scientists.
 
156 - A transport has the capacity to carry four tanks, yet can only carry four spies.
 
156 - A transport has the capacity to carry four tanks, yet can only carry four spies.

Spies travel with alot of luggage (disguise kits, evening wear, gadgets). Duh. :lol:
 
157 Building stone pyramids inspires people to learn how to vote.

158 If another civilization completes a wonder before you, yours disappears and turns into a gigantic pile of gold.

159 People can learn fusion but still have no idea how to replant trees.

160 One herd of cows will provide the same health benefits to one city as well as a pan-continental empire. Also, those fusion discovering scientists have no idea how to create a new population of cows elsewhere.

161 Mechanized infantry cannot take over a city if there are two scouts defending it. It will take a year before its ready to take on the second one.

162 hwachas, a device that fires a volley of countless arrows, are incapable of killing anything, but they can level city walls.
 
163: Blitz doesn't mean lightning war, it just allows stuff to attack twice a year.
 
164) The 7 years war is impossible because it implies that a city can be bombarded in any less than 10 years
 
This topic made me register.
I laughed for real in almost every post here. "Elephants are made of ivory" takes the cake - it's exactly what I would've posted, if it wasn't here already.
 
Yeah we recruited a lurker!
 
165) Tanks and Cavalry have special railroad cars that are faster than those used by infantry units.

166) Modern Armor travels at the same speed as a normal Tank.

167) Units riding on trains can only travel a few hundred miles in a whole year.

168) The Temple of Solomon contains a transmogrification device that can turn faith in Judaism into gold.
 
81) War elephant are made of ivory and you need to know how to make a good bridge to use them to battle.

Well, that's better than Civ III, where Elephants (Indian UU alternative to Knights) didn't require access to ivory, and so could be built anywhere in the world. Unlike Knights, which required access to both horses and iron, so there was a good chance you couldn't build them ;)

But anyway:

169) Cavalry has a small chance of being able to break off an attack. But they can never, ever run away when someone else attacks them.

170) Chinese crossbowmen are the only missile infantry able to injure multiple squads of enemy troops simultaneously. No-one else, not even grenaderes, knows how to do this.

171) Riflemen can shoot down fast-moving cavalry with ease, but cannot do the same to bomb-throwing men with big hats.

172) Despite (judging by the Civilopedia entry) US Marines being the only ones of historical note, the Americans don't actually have a Marine Corp, just special forces.

173) The development of Ironclad warships didn't progress beyond the US Civil War.

174) [non-military] Even in a democracy, it is entirely possible to deal with overcrowf=ding in your cities by ordering everyone to not gather food, thereby reducing population by starving people to death. No-one will object, and the survivors will be happy that overcrowding has been reduced.

175) [non-military, and game-specific] Moses was born in Bejing, and invented Theology. In the same year, Christianity was founded in Shanghai.
 
176) It is physically impossible to build any spies whatsoever, unless you have Scotland yard.
 
178) Planes awaiting your orders are able to perpetually stay airborne without moving.
 
179) It is considered completely wrong to gang up on one's enemy once combat has started. Thus, when a single enemy is beating on you with a club, your two buddies, standing right next to you, won't deign to shoot him. Luckily, just owning a rifle makes one almost completely immune to the effects of said club

180) A statue honouring American presidents, and thus presumably Democracy, is really a Fascist ideal. If you do not understand what Fascism is, then there is no way that you could possibly appreciate your democratically elected leaders
 
181) A Fighter can fly half-way round a Huge world if sent from city to city, but only 6 tiles on a combat mission. Much the same is true of other aircraft.
 
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