Conquest by Nuclear War: an Example

[Gen.Rommel]

I have no issues using nukes on anyone, since most of the time, the civs that get nuked in my games are the ones that are really pissing me off. However, the economic downside for you is the unbelievable global warming. In about a hundred years, pretty much every patch of land is turned into desert, reducing all your cities to ghost towns, with only a few hammers of production. Thats the only reason i dont want to use nukes anymore. If only the stupid AI would clean up his fallout, then i wouldnt be losing production.

 

[KripTik]

A tactic I use with nukes is not as an offence, but as a defence. As you may all know, you cannot nuke enemy units directly, for what ever reason, BUT you can place a nuke to the next tile over, thus reducing the attacking army greatly. Therefore, when you know you are under attack and you see that oncomming army that is bent on your demise, this with thwart their plans. Also, as a note with enemies building the UN, you can use a spy and "obtain battle plans". this will temperarly view all of the countries cities with builind, stockpile units, etc. --- If you succeed (% based)

 

[iyyillius]

So the bill prevents u from building Nukes but not from using Nukes that were previously built? Hmmm...smart tactic!

this was the tactic i used in my very first warlords game.... but....
i should say WAS gonna use... ya see after i had my stock pile and i was pretty sure noone else had any nukes i tried to pass the non-proliferation treaty and noone would vote for it ... given i didn't exactly have the best reputation. although i did end up winning the game by U.N. election.

(after i had made every civ but 3 (out of 17) my vassle.....)

 

[ajw2255]

Not being able to disobey the UN is a good idea imo, otherwise it would make it a complete waste of time in the game, and pointless to build/research.

Unless anyone that did nuke after the bill was passed is automatically hated/furious by all other civs and they will declare war on that civ. Would make it a strong deterrent but if you feel like a challenge...

 

[sylvanllewelyn]

If you're aggressive enough to use nukes, raze the city with the UN. But see that's not the hard part. The hard part is getting past SDI. In reality the SDI is far too powerful, and the nukes far too weak. Tactical nukes in BTS?! Pfft! What we need are antimatter blasts that can raze entire cities.

 

[RedRalph]

I've always thought how unrealistic it is. The UN can't even force North Korea and Iran to stop building nukes let alone the whole world.

Sadly in Civ IV there's no defying UN resolutions.

Thats funny. Youre the only one who thinks Iran are building them. Not even Bush does

 

[tycoonist]

Thats funny. Youre the only one who thinks Iran are building them. Not even Bush does

wow, i would really hate to turn this into a political debate but firstly Bush's opinion on Nukes in Iran means jack****. secondly, they probably are building them. think about it logically: iran has long been refuge to rogue Russian nuclear physicists, they have openly started a uranium enrichment program but have no need for power (why pay for power when you have massive oil reserves), they are run by a corrupt, Islamic monarchy who believe that wiping Israel off the map is the most important thing to do and they don't care about the consequences. i would expect them to be building nukes.

on an entirely different note, i believe you are allowed to defy UN resolutions on BtS, but at a major diplomatic penalty. probably quite realistic.

Nuking your way to conquest is very fun and you can get some pretty dramatic power drops in your opponent

 

[hardwarevreag]

If you have smalöl citys, but good citys, you could try to win by culture, of course you have to build thta Un by yourself...

through you get Un secretary and make only resolutions that are good foer you - such as free borders or something like that...

You yourself should get to Uran and power up with that weapons...

Every time, someone gets too strong youmake him ...

that should go very well through >I have not directly tried...

 

[Nikis-Knight]

on an entirely different note, i believe you are allowed to defy UN resolutions on BtS, but at a major diplomatic penalty. probably quite realistic.

Actually, I think it is only a happiness penalty.