Yesterday I started a game on Sid for the first time. At around 1200BC, I'm almost at par in tech (3-4 techs behind the best, 1-3 techs ahead of the losers).
Anyway, I went to war against the Zulu, who had 2 cities of sizes 6 and 3 respectively.
After declaring war, I set-up an ambush of Catapults, Swordsmen and Spearmen - and waited for their offensive forces. Only 2 turns later they arrived, and I couldn't believe my eyes! I had expected 10-20 units, but they sent 12 Swordsmen, about 20 Impi and 5-10 Archers!!
The big question that arose was; how the hell can they afford the unit cost? They are either in Despotism, Monarchy or Republic - meaning that their number of allowed units is max. 8. They sent about 40 units at me, and I'm sure they have atleast 5-10 defensive units left in their cities, so let's assume that they have a total of 50 units, meaning a minimum of 42 gpt in unit support costs.
How in the world can they afford this, AND be the tech leader? Do they get a huge bonus with regards to allowed units at Sid? Or is there some other factors at play here?
Needless to say - they raped my only city, and now I'm left with only my capitol
Can't wait for my revenge though, I'm spitting out Catapults and Swordsmen like there's no tomorow
Anyway, I went to war against the Zulu, who had 2 cities of sizes 6 and 3 respectively.
After declaring war, I set-up an ambush of Catapults, Swordsmen and Spearmen - and waited for their offensive forces. Only 2 turns later they arrived, and I couldn't believe my eyes! I had expected 10-20 units, but they sent 12 Swordsmen, about 20 Impi and 5-10 Archers!!
The big question that arose was; how the hell can they afford the unit cost? They are either in Despotism, Monarchy or Republic - meaning that their number of allowed units is max. 8. They sent about 40 units at me, and I'm sure they have atleast 5-10 defensive units left in their cities, so let's assume that they have a total of 50 units, meaning a minimum of 42 gpt in unit support costs.
How in the world can they afford this, AND be the tech leader? Do they get a huge bonus with regards to allowed units at Sid? Or is there some other factors at play here?
Needless to say - they raped my only city, and now I'm left with only my capitol
Can't wait for my revenge though, I'm spitting out Catapults and Swordsmen like there's no tomorow
