disbanding and shields

[shenryyr]

I've been playing this game since the day it came out and never did I notice that disbanding a unit on a city gives you some shields. until today, that is. oh well better late than never, like the titanic in ghostbusters II.

 

[farting bob]

i used to do that, disband wherever i was, even if it was 1 square from a cityi would disband there and then. then i found the secret.you dont getmany shields though, soif i'm losing money because of military size, i'll still disband wherever.

 

[WillJ]

And a little tip, shenryyr: You don't get any bonus shields if the city with the unit is building a wonder. So you should either change the production, disband the unit, and then change it back, or move the unit to another city, if you ever get into that situation.

And another tip, although you may already know this: You also get bonus shields from cutting down forests near cities not producing wonders.

 

[Unregister]

Originally posted by WillJ
And another tip, although you may already know this: You also get bonus shields from cutting down forests near cities not producing wonders.

I figured that out in the second game i ever did and i thought i was so brilliant but then i realized that if i got shields that way the cities that got the shield sucked. They couldn't build anything for crap, so i scrapped the idea. However lately i have done it just to get some quick temples to build culture when i play hotseat so i can grab more land. The main problem that early is that it takes workers forever to cut down forests (i am not usually industrious).

 

[satchel]

Originally posted by WillJ
And a little tip, shenryyr: You don't get any bonus shields if the city with the unit is building a wonder. So you should either change the production, disband the unit, and then change it back, or move the unit to another city, if you ever get into that situation.

And another tip, although you may already know this: You also get bonus shields from cutting down forests near cities not producing wonders.

Careful! If you disband or cut down a forest to boost production of a nonwonder project, you will not be able to switch that city to a wonder! The game will not let you rush prebuilds in any way.

 

[Grey Fox]

You get 1/4 of the shields a unit costs.

 

[Melanic Sheep]

Originally posted by WillJ
And a little tip, shenryyr: You don't get any bonus shields if the city with the unit is building a wonder. So you should either change the production, disband the unit, and then change it back, or move the unit to another city, if you ever get into that situation.

If you change the production to a non-wonder and disband for shields you won't be able to switch the city back to wonder production.

 

[cromagnon]

The only time I disband outside cities is captured workers that have no chance of survival.

 

[Grey Fox]

Originally posted by cromagnon
The only time I disband outside cities is captured workers that have no chance of survival.

Same here...

 

[Civanator]

that is what the computer does, i think. it just kills to workers right when i am about to capture it.

 

[farting bob]

look at this thread http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41215 it'll give a good arguement to keeping captured workers or slaves as the are known.

 

[Grey Fox]

Originally posted by farting bob
look at this thread http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41215 it'll give a good arguement to keeping captured workers or slaves as the are known.

I keep captured workers if I know they will be safe, but if I know they will just be recaptured I disband them.