I think I just found a nice defensive exploit for Civilization 1:
I noticed how diplomats do not cost any shields for upkeep, I kinda already knew this, but I just realized if you build a city large enough then large ammounts of diplomats can be build and used as a defensive measure for free.
This is a technique from civilization 3, where warriors can defend against more expensive units. For example 30 warriors versus 30 swordmen, means the enemy cannot take your city because he does not have enough units, if sending enough warriors to that one city to replenish lost warriors can keep up a defense like that. Handy for ruining enemy players golden ages.
Another exploits for diplomats is acquire large ammount of gold... stay inside city and irrigation so enemy cannot threaten you... then when enough gold, move out, make peace by paying gold, quickly move to all cities with diplomats and steal lots of tech ! =D
I have not yet tried this diplomat defensive strategy, but I might try in the future, sounds kinda funny. Not sure if the enemy will take any losses, maybe. As far as I know all diplomats have to be destroyed one by one
I noticed how diplomats do not cost any shields for upkeep, I kinda already knew this, but I just realized if you build a city large enough then large ammounts of diplomats can be build and used as a defensive measure for free.
This is a technique from civilization 3, where warriors can defend against more expensive units. For example 30 warriors versus 30 swordmen, means the enemy cannot take your city because he does not have enough units, if sending enough warriors to that one city to replenish lost warriors can keep up a defense like that. Handy for ruining enemy players golden ages.
Another exploits for diplomats is acquire large ammount of gold... stay inside city and irrigation so enemy cannot threaten you... then when enough gold, move out, make peace by paying gold, quickly move to all cities with diplomats and steal lots of tech ! =D
I have not yet tried this diplomat defensive strategy, but I might try in the future, sounds kinda funny. Not sure if the enemy will take any losses, maybe. As far as I know all diplomats have to be destroyed one by one