Recent content by Civ4Mike

remember when Civ4 came out? there was a thread in the forum that was named "so you hate civ4, don't you?" or something close. and it hit close to home for me. I hated it at first, was so different than civ3 (which I liked immensely). But, the game was different. not worse, just different. And...

I don't think the suicide bomber is the right unit for Israel. Unless you count the fact that the Palestinians are using them AGAINST Israel nowadays. (and you can add a Palestinian civ - these guys were in the bible as well). a UU for Israel could be, if we're talking modern units, the F-16...

NYHunter, thanks for your reply! I've never thought of it this way, I must admit. I guess I'm a warmonger and I want my armies to be more realistic, and I guess that kind of makes me a one-dimensional player. Maybe I should try a game or two without wars. I agree wholeheartedly about navies...

Well, the stack of doom is usually what, 10-20 cavalry and 10 cannon/catapults? that's not how wars are fought... My idea was to get combat in CIV to be more realistic. It has many things you can do - imagine combining two understrength battalions (injured in combat) to one heavy brigade...

HI everyone. This is my first post to these forums, although I've read all the articles in the war academy and have been playing CIV since CIV1 for the past 10 years or so. Maybe I just didn't have much to say.. :) Now, after playing CIV4 since it's been out, hating it terribly at first...