Oftentimes I've kept barracks in captured cities so that I could combine quelling resistance with healing. However, in my latest war in my marathon game, I've started selling barracks in captured cities as soon as I capture them, and it seems to have worked... I've ended up fighting 3/3 rifles instead of 4/4 rifles in cities that flip. Do you sell barracks when you capture them? Do you keep them?
Do You Sell Barracks in Captured Cities
- Thread starter Spoonwood
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If I capture and do not expect to grab another town that turn I keep. I will sell as soon as I move on a few more towns to put that town safely out of the action. If I have a high flip chance I just raze the town in most cases.
I do no worry about them ever building units there as I would not expect them to hold it long enough to rush more than 1 or 2 units. Reg or vet status will not have much of an impact as I likely will be hitting with armies.
It is a point worth keeping in mind though as nothing is going to be done the same way 100% of the time. Things are completley different in a mod such as CCM. No armies and often cannot build barracks, plus settlers cannot be build till later in the game.
I do no worry about them ever building units there as I would not expect them to hold it long enough to rush more than 1 or 2 units. Reg or vet status will not have much of an impact as I likely will be hitting with armies.
It is a point worth keeping in mind though as nothing is going to be done the same way 100% of the time. Things are completley different in a mod such as CCM. No armies and often cannot build barracks, plus settlers cannot be build till later in the game.
del62
Deity
I guess it depends on flip risk, productivity and whether you have rails or not.
If you have a low flip risk and no rails, the barracks will speed up your unit recovery, but I guess this is not the case in your game.
If you have a low flip risk and no rails, the barracks will speed up your unit recovery, but I guess this is not the case in your game.
Same as what vmxa and del62 said.
In addition to the above, I might add the following point: if I'm in a "transition period" of my military campaign (e.g. I started with horsemen and recently finished Chivalry), then it is sometimes of high value to have barracks close to the front, where I can upgrade my units. Especially if the front is far away from my core, this saves lots of time!
So even though I voted with "yes", the correct answer would probably have been "depends"...
In addition to the above, I might add the following point: if I'm in a "transition period" of my military campaign (e.g. I started with horsemen and recently finished Chivalry), then it is sometimes of high value to have barracks close to the front, where I can upgrade my units. Especially if the front is far away from my core, this saves lots of time!
So even though I voted with "yes", the correct answer would probably have been "depends"...
Moosezilla
Grognard Warlord
Keep it simple, In some mods "barracks" type bldgs can be obsolete or otherwise unusable by my civ- sold. If I can use it, I keep it.
