Attacking Single Square Settlements
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gmaharriet
Ancient Crone
For actually "attacking" a 1-square island, you have to wait until you can build marines. However, if you are at war with the civ who owns that island, you can ask for the island as part of a peace treaty. Then the island is yours and no other civ can take it from you until THEY get marines.
Um, the single exception to the above is if you're at war with the Vikings. They can do direct city invasions from the sea with their Berserkers, who are like a very early-age marine.
Um, the single exception to the above is if you're at war with the Vikings. They can do direct city invasions from the sea with their Berserkers, who are like a very early-age marine.
Yeah, those one tile islands are a pain untill you get marines. And even then, carefull. By the time you have a good sized marine force, chances are that island has a few Mech Inf. defenders.
I suggest you heavily, and I mean really heavily, bomb it before you attack. You could loose boatload after boatload of marines on even only one fortified Mech Inf. defender.
What I tend to do however is not bother with too many marines since they're expensive to build and not worth it for a few little islands. Instead build bombers, lots of them. in PTW/C3C they have leathal bombard. So just bombard the city till all defenders are dead. Then all it takes is one marine to land and take it.
I suggest you heavily, and I mean really heavily, bomb it before you attack. You could loose boatload after boatload of marines on even only one fortified Mech Inf. defender.
What I tend to do however is not bother with too many marines since they're expensive to build and not worth it for a few little islands. Instead build bombers, lots of them. in PTW/C3C they have leathal bombard. So just bombard the city till all defenders are dead. Then all it takes is one marine to land and take it.
WackenOpenAir
Deity
You may happen to have an opposing civ that has too few cities for you to conquer to get the island in peace nagotiations. (the more you hurt them, the more likely they will be to give you a city)
In this case, you can gift them a bunch of cities (possibly conquered from another AI) and reconquer those. That could then be incentive to give you the island town.
If the island town however has a resource, it is very difficult, maybe even impossible to get it from them in a peace deal.
In this case, you can gift them a bunch of cities (possibly conquered from another AI) and reconquer those. That could then be incentive to give you the island town.
If the island town however has a resource, it is very difficult, maybe even impossible to get it from them in a peace deal.
