qalsip1977
Wonder Lust
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- Jun 25, 2011
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My playing style tends to be on the "small and focused empire" end of the spectrum. I generally don't build more than 4-6 cities, I am usually not aggressive in the military realm, and I micromanage my cities to the Nth degree. That being said...I don't usually have much of a military. In fact I generally choose to have little more than my starting warrior. I tend to be clever in my diplomacy (I never accept a DoF without knowing the "global politics" situation), DoF those who are popular, denounce those that aren't, and keep the "big boys" on my side. I generally decline *all* requests for open borders as well.
I say all of this to ask this: is Civ "Entrapment" a viable strategy...or simply a novelty worth taking a stab at just for fun? Allow me to define this. Generally speaking...even the most peaceful Civ (India) will DoW you if they they think you're weak and they have a chance of kicking your teeth in.
So picture this:
1. It's the medeival era.
2. You've had units scouting for goodie huts and barb camps to clear.
3. You've teched and policied your way to a strong economy.
4. You're in line with the other civs (or ahead of them) in military tech.
5. You have little to no military.
6. Your cities are virtually defenseless (e.g. no walls or garrisons).
7. Your gold is piling up because you haven't built many buildings or entered into any RAs.
If you haven't already had a civ DoW you...it's coming! So why not be in (quasi) control of that? Single out a Civ you know isn't very high on the military food chain and open borders with them. Then they see you're "weak". They decide to DoW you (generally you'll have a few turns warning because you'll see their units mobilizing in your direction). Now you take the 2-3k (maybe more) gold you're sitting on and immediately buy walls, castles (if appropriate), and a garrison for each of your 3-4 cities right as their troops get close. The next thing you know you annihilate their initial wave and have them reeling. You switch your cities to producing military units, spend your remaining gold on purchasing all the units you can, and begin your counterattack. They've sustained such heavy losses when they attacked you that they don't have much standing in your way of their cities. Then you just dig in and surgically take them apart...
Will this wacky idea work? Opinions...comments...?
I say all of this to ask this: is Civ "Entrapment" a viable strategy...or simply a novelty worth taking a stab at just for fun? Allow me to define this. Generally speaking...even the most peaceful Civ (India) will DoW you if they they think you're weak and they have a chance of kicking your teeth in.
So picture this:
1. It's the medeival era.
2. You've had units scouting for goodie huts and barb camps to clear.
3. You've teched and policied your way to a strong economy.
4. You're in line with the other civs (or ahead of them) in military tech.
5. You have little to no military.
6. Your cities are virtually defenseless (e.g. no walls or garrisons).
7. Your gold is piling up because you haven't built many buildings or entered into any RAs.
If you haven't already had a civ DoW you...it's coming! So why not be in (quasi) control of that? Single out a Civ you know isn't very high on the military food chain and open borders with them. Then they see you're "weak". They decide to DoW you (generally you'll have a few turns warning because you'll see their units mobilizing in your direction). Now you take the 2-3k (maybe more) gold you're sitting on and immediately buy walls, castles (if appropriate), and a garrison for each of your 3-4 cities right as their troops get close. The next thing you know you annihilate their initial wave and have them reeling. You switch your cities to producing military units, spend your remaining gold on purchasing all the units you can, and begin your counterattack. They've sustained such heavy losses when they attacked you that they don't have much standing in your way of their cities. Then you just dig in and surgically take them apart...
Will this wacky idea work? Opinions...comments...?
No need to be fancy, the AI is as bad controlling his army in his own turf as yours.
