Modern naval poll

Just wondering what ships people are building most of in C3C now that alot has improved and changed? I still like Aircraft Carriers with a full load of planes. Also Destroyers are pretty good for chasing down transports with their fast speed.

I like battle ships and crusisers.

Subs!

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Carriers. I just love to build as many as possible and load aircraft on them and go to war with some Civ. When you send out all the airpower you have from them, it just makes wars so much easier. I always bombard the enemy first (in Industrial & modern times) for a few turns and then send out the ground units. If there were multiple choices allowed, I would also pick the Battleship and the Transport as second and third choices.

I build lots of cruisers/subs and basically 'blockade' my own waterways - not much sneaks through or gets through without being noticed or sunk - everything on 'sentry'...

I place them close enough together that they can assist each other if need be.

...sometimes backed up with aircraft carrier a few paces behind or with shore-based bombers.

I like battleships. Just because they are the most destructive of all other ships. Carriers and subs are also fun.

Carriers and Subs.

You left out AEGIS cruisers. Great unit, high anti air defense, sail them about in stacks over your transports and watch the bombers fall out of the sky.

I really like the new cruisers. Quicker to build and greater range than battleships. If my goal is to just watch my coast, I'll stick to crusiers and a few destroyers.

If I'm going on the hunt and plan to attack amphibiously, I'll add a battleship and a carrier two.

Currently not building subs until the collision bug is fixed (or if I'm already at war with everyone).

Funny -- I'm not sure if I've ever built an AEGIS in all of my Civ 3 games. I've only researched that tech a few times.

The ship I use the most would be the Transport, but I always love having a Cruiser to escort it, because both are quite fast units. During war-time, subs, battleships, and carriers are my prfered naval force.

Proportionally (not absolute numbers!) I build approximately
1x battleships, 1x carriers, 1x subs
2x cruisers
transports would be 2-to-3x
4x destroyers

I might build more subs once the AI stops colliding with them, starting "unintended" wars.

Battle Ships and Cruisers.

Destroyers. C'mon, they can move pretty darn fast, especially if you have the right trait and wonder. They are fast-moving, hard-hitting, and you can make more of them with the same amount of shields as compared to the Battleship or the Cruiser. AEGIS look cooler, and are better vs. airplanes, yes, But I still prefer the Destroyer. I usually build a bunch of Destroyers, maybe a Battleship or 2, some Nuke Subs with Nukes just in case, and some regular Subs for surveillance of AIs.

I am not a naval player. I focus on the landwar, I like subs when I am completely outnumbered on sea however.

Then I build carrier groups, guarded by Destroyers, Battleships and subs.

I never found any use for the AEGIS so far.

But now with C3C, the Cruiser has very nice statistics! Maybe even the AEGIS has now some merits, but I think it still comes too late to be really useful.

I don't think i've went far enough in a game yet to get those modern ones.. i'm not sure why.. I just stop

Didn't vote because I'm just getting a taste for this now, my first C3C game in the modern era. But playing as Carthage, with the MV wonder, I must say the 10-move destroyers get around pretty quick!

And to think that I got most of them by upgrading 5-move ironclads...

What's sad is the AI is hopelessly behind...still putt-putting around with ironclads.

I am surprised to see how many of you selected battleships. I would think destroyers and cruisers would be built more because they are cheaper and faster. Now of course aircraft carriers are definitely better then battleships, but there are a couple of things to think about. For instance, it is alot cheaper and easier to build a few battleships then to build a few carriers with all of their planes. If you plan on building a carrier and 4 planes in one city, that can take a while. So if you want it all fast you need to commit a few cities to the job, that will tie up those cities for a few turns while you wait. Possibly several turns if they are not large industrial type cities.

This is why I think people tend to build more battleships then carriers, which is also why there are more surface warships then carriers in the real world too. Its like carriers are really really good, but the price of the whole package is scary. A carrier is nearly useless without planes. So really I answered my own poll wrong. I am wanting to know what ships are build more often, not favorites. Oops! I picked carriers but really for me its destroyers. I build more of those then anything. Sure carriers are my favorite but normally I can't afford to produce those in large numbers. Destroyers are cheap and expendable, no problem affording those.

I should have put AEGIS cruisers up there too. Especially now since the cruisers can upgrade to them at no cost.

Transports+escort ships

Destroyers and nuclear submarines (loaded).