SuperDave9x19
Chieftain
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I have had Civ3 since it came out, and after beating it on Regent on a couple different scenarios, I let my Civ3 disk catch a little dust. Havent been back checking this forum out in over a year. Read a thing about Jag Rush, and read the discussions on Jaguar Warriors with interest. I noticed that people dwell on its low atack/def ratings and just sort of gloss over the movement capabilities. That is the main event for Jag Line Dancing.
During that awkward adolescent period, likely after your first real war has ended and you are working on your sea travel/culture/connection/resource allocation, the Jaguar Warrior is likely the most cost effective land control tool in the game. Their effectiveness continues for a long time and I almost NEVER upgrade Jags to the dead end Swordsman. But consider that you have one core area of control and a bunch of spidery outlying cicies that extend like spiders awaiting cultural investment.
Get a line of 3 or more jags and move them such that they form a blocking line. Against the o so standard spearman/settler exploration group, you can use 3 Jags to completely control the direction your adversaries proceed in whether friend, foe or indifferent. Never saw it listed but it is an immensely powerful tool for drawing up a long term map of newly settled cities during that final rush for uncontrolled land that has NEVER been settled. Attack defense strength irrelevant as you are merely funnelling traffic, not atacking or defending.
Force compettitors towards tundra as you take game and pelts in that period when you are scrabbling for the last of the mediocre unclaimed territory.
I just thought Id take credit for that simple concept. Actually, I bet most Aztec players use it regularly, but I guess I am just taking credit for the cool name.
Ciao.
During that awkward adolescent period, likely after your first real war has ended and you are working on your sea travel/culture/connection/resource allocation, the Jaguar Warrior is likely the most cost effective land control tool in the game. Their effectiveness continues for a long time and I almost NEVER upgrade Jags to the dead end Swordsman. But consider that you have one core area of control and a bunch of spidery outlying cicies that extend like spiders awaiting cultural investment.
Get a line of 3 or more jags and move them such that they form a blocking line. Against the o so standard spearman/settler exploration group, you can use 3 Jags to completely control the direction your adversaries proceed in whether friend, foe or indifferent. Never saw it listed but it is an immensely powerful tool for drawing up a long term map of newly settled cities during that final rush for uncontrolled land that has NEVER been settled. Attack defense strength irrelevant as you are merely funnelling traffic, not atacking or defending.
Force compettitors towards tundra as you take game and pelts in that period when you are scrabbling for the last of the mediocre unclaimed territory.
I just thought Id take credit for that simple concept. Actually, I bet most Aztec players use it regularly, but I guess I am just taking credit for the cool name.
Ciao.
and i don't get it. I guess that when I play a more militaristic game (I am a culture monger as a rule) with my militaristic civ I don't get GLs and GAs as easy as I did in Pattch 1.17.
