Me too.
Playing as Victoria in the early game, I have blocked Isabella into the NW corner of the huge long snaky continent we share (with a few others). K-Mod, Monarch. Izzy has 3 cities, no Copper, and no Horses. So Izzy gotta die, right? I have Horses and no Copper, so I figure a Chariot rush is called for.
Unlike Lemon, I actually got the Great Wall built, which was handy when the 6-Spearman barbarian event (
the Philistines? Philanthropists? Filipinos? Something like that
) occurred. All I had at that end of my empire was 2 Chariots (didnt have Archery) and a Warrior per city, so without the GW, I would have been mush. What those barb Spears could do for me, though, is soften up Izzy while I add to my 2 Chariots. Sure enough, the barb spears headed for one of Izzys border cities, with my 2 Chariots trailing them at a safe distance, and 2 others 2-3 turns behind them.
All Izzy has in her border city is a CG1 Archer. Awesome. The barbs will take it, and I'll snag it a few turns later, right?
Wrong. I had a Scout nearby to watch the show, but all I saw was that the 6 barbarians disappeared, and Izzy now had a wounded CG3 Archer in the city, plus another Archer that was presumably whipped. And a 3rd one arrived a turn later. So much for my Chariot rush.
Barb uprisings: A restart event for human players, but nothing more than free XP for the AIs.