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Chieftain
Hi guys, I've just got COL but have been playing CIV4 for a while. I've read the guides and some of the strategy threads, but have a few questions based on my own limited experience of the game so far. Can you help?
1) does your colonist get consumed when you build a settlement, like in CIV4? I've had a couple of games, where it seems my soldier was consumed (in 1 game) but my free colonist (in another game) wasn't.
2) I have a veteran soldier fishing at the moment. I try to drag him to the garrison section but he doesn't stay there. If I was attacked, would he automatically be part of the defense?
3) I have about 20,000 gold, after finally shippig it all back to Europe myself. I'm about 1560AD, what's the best thing to buy? Lots of soldiers etc? Or Experts? I guess there's no right answer, but I'd like your views.
4) can you mark on the screen what each indian colony wants in trade? Or do you just have to remember all of the settlements? I'm wandering around all over the map with a wagon full of stuff trying to remember which settlement wanted trade goods.
5) can you turn seasoned scouts into dragoons? At the moment he's farming as the map is all expored, but I try to equip him with guns but can't seem to do it.
thanks very much.
1) does your colonist get consumed when you build a settlement, like in CIV4? I've had a couple of games, where it seems my soldier was consumed (in 1 game) but my free colonist (in another game) wasn't.
2) I have a veteran soldier fishing at the moment. I try to drag him to the garrison section but he doesn't stay there. If I was attacked, would he automatically be part of the defense?
3) I have about 20,000 gold, after finally shippig it all back to Europe myself. I'm about 1560AD, what's the best thing to buy? Lots of soldiers etc? Or Experts? I guess there's no right answer, but I'd like your views.
4) can you mark on the screen what each indian colony wants in trade? Or do you just have to remember all of the settlements? I'm wandering around all over the map with a wagon full of stuff trying to remember which settlement wanted trade goods.
5) can you turn seasoned scouts into dragoons? At the moment he's farming as the map is all expored, but I try to equip him with guns but can't seem to do it.
thanks very much.