Airship: the moost ridiculous unit in the game?

[Wolfshanze]

Not true: submersible vehicles saw active duty (even if not spectacularly successful duty) during the American Civil War. Though you are correct about the idea not being original to Verne: I've seen both Greek and Danish (Viking, actually) historical documents putting forward the idea, and da Vinci's Codices have some fairly detailed and forward-thinking plans - some of which were used as the basis for those Civil War subs.

The American Revolutionary War even had some form of submersible, though not really all that recognizeable as a submarine, and even less successful then the Civil War subs (the Hunley did manage to sink an enemy ship... along with itself).

 

[Monty Python Ni]

Yeah, airships are pretty annoying at times... but what annoys me the most is still the classic complaint about civ: old units killing modern ones.

Seriously, when a stack of 20 macemen and tribuchets take out even 3 machine gun men I just want to scream They should mow them down before they even get within a square of my city

 

[Wolfshanze]

Seriously, when a stack of 20 macemen and tribuchets take out even 3 machine gun men I just want to scream They should mow them down before they even get within a square of my city

Maybe the MG crews ran out of ammo... either that, or their barrels over-heated and warped, making them useless... then the macemen closed in.

Still trying to figure out why I lost my battleship to spearmen in Civ1 though.