Civ Quiz I

[ruff_hi]

I don't think that inland sea gives 3 food. Also, how do you get 2Hs with the Portugese? 1 from moai and that is it.

Spoiler :

isn't it?

 

[Matthew5117]

Yeah but Portugal doesn't have a financial leader, only the dutch do, so, they are matched in commerce, however, the dutch have the advantage with their UB, the Dike.

So, the right answer is:
3F, 5C, 3H

Spoiler :

inland lake, dike, moai, colossus, lighthouse, financial, golden age

Btw, ruff_hi, your signature is more than 5 lines... which is the limit...

Edit: Inland Lake starts with 2F, but with a lighthouse, it provides 3F.

 

[r_rolo1]

UWHabs corrected his math in time

Like i said, I didn't assumed nothing besides BtS and no events. Unrestricted leaders were acepted.

Ruff, a GA gives 1 H and/or 1 C to every tile that already has 1 H and/or 1 C

 

[ruff_hi]

Ruff, a GA gives 1 H and/or 1 C to every tile that already has 1 H and/or 1 C

Oh. I thought it was +1 if 2 or more - sort of like financial.

@Matt - shhhhhhhhhhhhhh - already got in trouble re that once before. And they are only very little lines.

Edit: Ok, edited my sig - back to 5 lines.

 

[UWHabs]

UWHabs corrected his math in time

Like i said, I didn't assumed nothing besides BtS and no events. Unrestricted leaders were acepted.

Ruff, a GA gives 1 H and/or 1 C to every tile that already has 1 H and/or 1 C

Woo! I won!

My question will be an easy one, I think: Give me one 1 on 1 battle where upgrading your unit will give you worse odds in combat.

*edit: and for a bonus, a battle that doesn't use any specific "vs XXX" from a unit.

 

[ruff_hi]

chariot v axe is 4 v 2.5
horse archer v axe is 6 v 5

 

[UWHabs]

chariot v axe is 4 v 2.5
horse archer v axe is 6 v 5

Chariots don't upgrade to horse archers (if I remember correctly).

 

[r_rolo1]

Gren to MG ( I can't awnser , so this one is just for fun )

 

[ruff_hi]

they do according to this ... http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/info/units

 

[r_rolo1]

they do according to this ... http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/info/units

Not according to BUG 3.5.1 Sevopedia

Spoiler :

 

[ruff_hi]

my CFC information is probably out of date . Will have to come up with something else.

 

[Tephros]

Letting DanF ( a much more habilitaded person) to speak

Unless a statistical miracle just happened, that's incorrect.

I took 37 attack subs and gave them all flanking I, flanking II, tactics, navigation I + II, and blitz. I gave them a comparable stack of barbarian battleships to attack.

For my experiment, the first battle didn't count. 90% of the time the sub is taken down to 4 hp and withdraws, else it wins. Then with blitz and navigation, can attack with <.1% chance of winning 8 times, with >99.9% withdrawal. Due to the subs doing better than usual, 2 of them did this 7 times.

I had 294 withdrawals and zero casualties. The odds of this happening if the max withdrawal is 90% is: 1/(0.9^294), or 1 in 28 trillion.

The save (3.17, not HOF) where I did the experiment is attached. The picture below is before I added a lot of extra subs. If the odds were 90% I was reasonably certain I would get a casualty in the initial stack below.

 

[UWHabs]

they do according to this ... http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/info/units

Apparently I don't remember correctly. I guess I'll give you the win, although the bonus might not be so easy (plus, horse archers suck).

*edit: Haha, vindicated! Still waiting for an answer then.

 

[r_rolo1]

Unless a statistical miracle just happened, that's incorrect.

I took 37 attack subs and gave them all flanking I, flanking II, tactics, navigation I + II, and blitz. I gave them a comparable stack of barbarian battleships to attack.

For my experiment, the first battle didn't count. 90% of the time the sub is taken down to 4 hp and withdraws, else it wins. Then with blitz and navigation, can attack with <.1% chance of winning 8 times, with >99.9% withdrawal. Due to the subs doing better than usual, 2 of them did this 7 times.

I had 294 withdrawals and zero casualties. The odds of this happening if the max withdrawal is 90% is: 1/(0.9^294), or 1 in 28 trillion.

The save (3.17, not HOF) where I did the experiment is attached. The picture below is before I added a lot of extra subs. If the odds were 90% I was reasonably certain I would get a casualty in the initial stack below.

Quoting myself:

Not in unmodded game. Max withdrawn is coded in XML to be 90% . If a promo can give a unit more than 90% withdrawn ability, it will simply not appear in the interface.

I didn't said that if you go to WB, you couldn't get 100% withdrawn ( you forgot Guerrilla III ). I said ( and it was in that context that DanF also spoke ), that in normal game, you don't have acess to a promo if it will give you more than 90% of withdrawn probability

 

[ruff_hi]

infantry (20) upgraded to sam infantry (18) v anything except a chopper

 

[r_rolo1]

Gren to MG ( 12 str in attack to no attack )

 

[ruff_hi]

Gren to MG ( 12 str in attack to no attack )

Saw this above ... but it is not valid! The question specifically says your battle odds worsen.

Give me one 1 on 1 battle where upgrading your unit will give you worse odds in combat.

You cannot generate battle odds when (trying to) attack with a MG because you cannot attack. Null battle odds cannot be compared to valid battle odds.

 

[Tephros]

Quoting myself:

I didn't said that if you go to WB, you couldn't get 100% withdrawn ( you forgot Guerrilla III ). I said ( and it was in that context that DanF also spoke ), that in normal game, you don't have acess to a promo if it will give you more than 90% of withdrawn probability

yeah I just double checked that by giving exp instead of promos directly and intended to edit the post if you hadn't corrected me already. Glad I didn't try to do that in a real game. 90% withdrawal is not worth a great general. You have to do tactics and flanking I to get 90%, denying you access to first strike immunity, since if you do two flanking first you can't get tactics. So under no circumstances should a gg be attached to an attack sub, lol. That's very disappointing.

 

[UWHabs]

I don't count the gren to MG stupidness.

But yeah, Infantry to Sam Infantry would count. Stupid upgrade 99% of the time, but it counts.

You can also get other fun ones like on in a city, Quechua (2, +25% city defense,+100% vs archer) to spearman, when attacked by an archer (4.7 to 4.4).

Or your biggest difference I believe will be maceman vs conquistador on a forest hill fort, to maceman vs. cavalry on the same square. 8 vs 30 to 8 vs 15.

 

[r_rolo1]

Saw this above ... but it is not valid! The question specifically says your battle odds worsen.

You pass from a possibility to win to not even a snowball chance in hell to win. If that is not worsen your attacking odds, I don't know what it is ( but, as i can't awnser this question, this is all wind talk )