AAH! I keep getting nailed!

[GOLD NUKE:)]

modern era. king level. ( I am not very good) Germany keeps sendinmg the panzers to rip up my land. I get mad, and Nuke them. (last resort)

so he sent his own 50 Icbms. here is the deal: He is annoyed with me, I fight persians, I sign Alliance with him, suddenly, GRACIOUS STATUS? we annihalate the Persians, and he Is suddenly annoyed when it ends. then he rips me apart. Ow. Any suggestions? ( I am not very good in English, sorry.)


I build and get larger, but it is always sudden. sometimes 2 turns later, sometimes 60 turns.

 

[Darkness]

Try Regent level...
Or attempt to finish your enemies off before nukes come avalable...

 

[Supernove]

Originally posted by Darkness
Try Regent level...

Thats what i did, i got sort of killed on a deity one, and decided to play an easier one on regent. :ripper:

 

[Fanny Brice]

If possible, establish a defensive line at a choke point or in the mountains somewhere. The AI is lazy and single-minded... it will rarely outflank you and will most likely attack the nearest city. It will want to approach that city by the most direct route. Build you defense near this city.

Stack your line with strong defensive units like infantry or MI... and LOTS of artillery. Build forts.

If the terrrain allows, build your defensive line with a hole in it... or better yet a "valve." Let the enemy waste his time trying to go around you... then open the valve on your turn (choose a square of open terrain if possible)... the enemy will turn around and try to move through your valve. Make sure your valve offers the shortest route to a city. Also... make sure the enemy can only get a few units... or none... actually in this square. While the enemy is dancing back and forth from turn to turn in front of your defensive line, you rain artillery down on him. Pick off what red-lined units you can with mobile units. Attack stacked units so you actually don't have to move out of your defensive line.

The "zone of control" works to your advantage here as well. You will inflict some hits on the enemy as he move back and forth across your front.

With plenty of artillery, you can break up even those massive stacks.

 

[steviejay]

Originally posted by GOLD NUKE
modern era. king level. ( I am not very good) Germany keeps sendinmg the panzers to rip up my land. I get mad, and Nuke them. (last resort)

How many nukes do you have? if you have a few spare you could maybe try nuking a few major cities to get rid of some of their own ICMB's.

 

[civ_steve]

Germany is gracious to you because of your alliance against Persia. Try to keep Persia in the game longer to delay his attack against you. Let Germany waste itself on Persia, while you make an occasional attack and build up your own forces.

Also, make some sort of trade with Germany where he gets a per turn benefit from you. Trade an excess luxury, or pay him gpt (gold per turn) for something, or just give him a gift. It might cause him to think twice before attacking you because he will lose this payment.

 

[ProPain]

Originally posted by Fanny Brice
If possible, establish a defensive line at a choke point or in the mountains somewhere. The AI is lazy and single-minded... it will rarely outflank you and will most likely attack the nearest city. It will want to approach that city by the most direct route. Build you defense near this city.

Not always so. When you leave a city undefended the AI will notice and bypass other cities to take the undefended one.

This works great to annihilate enemy troops. Vacate a 'second line city' (i'm referring to city a little behind your border line cities) Build up forces 'en route to this city, preferably with some sort of artillery (cats, cannons, artillery depeding on era an availablity). Bomb and kill the enemy while it tries to get to your 'undefended' city. This basically is the same as Fanny Brice's valve except you don't need a choke point.

 

[civ_steve]

I thought I'd seen the AI behaving like this. How stupid!