Communism...

[capnvonbaron]

When is it usful in Civ3 vanilla? I can't figure it out...

 

[ecuwins]

I used it a couple of times in Vanilla. I found it to be not much better than Monarchy. But then again, I never use it in C3C either. So maybe I am just a commie hater?

 

[vmxa]

You cannot figure it out, because it is not useful in vanilla. It useful in C3C under the right conditions. I do not ever research it.

 

[Taras Bulba]

there are several useless aspects in civ III... vanilla communism is one of them

 

[Lord Emsworth]

Besides despotism it is the only government that allows pop-rushing. FWIW

 

[capnvonbaron]

"And tonight in Moscow news... our new cathedral is open after only one turn! The new east side cathedral promises to bring happiness and culture to the city.

In other news, 1.2 million were killed today in a series of tragic crane accidents, dump truck collisions, and jack-hammer malfunctions, along with several other mishaps, at a construction site on the east side. State Officials declined to comment, but witnesses say it appeared that 'they were in a really big hurry.'"

 

[rysingsun]

the only time i ever found it useful in vanilla was for heavy pop-rushing late in the game of a 100K culture victory. In C3C it is occasionally useful, for me mostly in situations where unit support becomes unbearable, such as in a huge 20% archipelago game. Such games I don't play often, because they also take a huge amount of time to play.

 

[del62]

the only time i ever found it useful in vanilla was for heavy pop-rushing late in the game of a 100K culture victory. In C3C it is occasionally useful, for me mostly in situations where unit support becomes unbearable, such as in a huge 20% archipelago game. Such games I don't play often, because they also take a huge amount of time to play.

If you are looking for better unit support you might look at democracy in the situation were you have few cities especially if they are decent size, a large metro in your core could easily support 20 units for the 6 free under communism on the extra trase, whereas a same sized republic could only support 14 or even slight less due to greater corruption

 

[I. Larkin]

We tried vanila communism at SGTOM 6(?) when play 100K culture. Corruption appears to be higher then at Despotism, so we swiched back. Never tried on C3C, but calculation says that it might be usefull

 

[CarthageFTW]

I join you capnvonbaron as an avid vanilla player, and to this day, I don't find much use for communism. I find monarchy much more useful, but then again I don't switch to Monarchy that often unless my Rebuplic is on the verge of collapse. It's either for that, or when my navies become too large to support (Buhahahaha. Carthaginian navy FTW).

 

[shnishni]

i'm not that experienced but i'm playing a game and commie nizm is very helpful. i had too many cities that were all like, 9 out of 11 commerce corrupted, and I was paying close to 300 gpt in unit maint. in democracy. switched to commie nizm and sciene is faster and i get 300 more gold per turn, whcih i'm saving to upgrade my tanks into modern armor in a bit.


it saved my ass. plus, as i took over my whole continent, i am now at war with everyone else and there's no ww!!!


just my 2 cents