Favourite Conquests Unit

[citizen001]

why does no one like the numidian mercenary? 'cept corsair. its great for attacking and defending and kills most ancient age units.

 

[Richard Cribb]

In my opininion the Ansar Warrior is the best, for reasons already explained by others, fast and cheap.
As for the Numidian Mercenary, it is a great defensive unit. It also has the advantage that you don't need iron to build it. However, on the negative side it is rather expensive and can trigger off a too early GA.

 

[sandmandh]

javelin thrower for their early strength and ability to create workers - priceless!

 

[Longasc]

I think nothing with Speed 1 is good for attacking. For a defensive unit the Numidian Merc is expensive, for an offensive unit not good enough. It requires no Iron, but it is still fighting even fortified spearmen at disadvantage, no retreat due to Speed 1.

Hoplites are better IMO! They are cheaper, and nobody would get the idea of using them offensively at all.

Perhaps does the Numidian Merc have a place in multiplayer, but I honestly do not know.

 

[MikeH]

Dromons. They may not be the best UU, but they're the most fun.

 

[sabo]

Mine isn't on there,
PANZER

 

[Codpiece]

Javelin Throwers give you such a good edge in the early game it's unfair.

Not amazing in the stats department, but you can't beat getting free workers in the Ancient age. Makes your growth rate (already fantastic thanks to the Agr/Ind combo) verge on the insane, as those other cities are free to make settlers or some lovely, lovely wonders...

 

[~Corsair#01~]

Mine isn't on there,
PANZER

The poll's only for units that only appear in Conquest (and PTW), hence, they put it in the Conquest forum.

 

[gunkulator]

If it's only PTW and C3C then I change my answer to...

DROMONS

4 mover, only 25% chance of sinking, ancient era bombard, attack as strong as a Frigate for only 30 shields. Can chase down even Galleons.

But their real power is their ability to cross the ocean rapidly so that you can set yourself up as the central point through which all technology trading happens. Dromon are the best science producing unit in the game!

 

[SvenSlayer]

The poll's only for units that only appear in Conquest (and PTW), hence, they put it in the Conquest forum.

Yes, quite right. I would've liked to put in all the unique units from Civ3 but I was only allowed 20 options (I need 31).

But it seems so far that the Berserk is the most popular of the Conquests units. It's my favourite as well, but I also like the Sipahi and the Swiss Mercenary.

 

[viper275]

In PTW, it's Berserk. C3C, Swiss Mercenary (or possibly Dromon if it's an Archipelago map, then it can be pretty useful.)

 

[general_kill]

why does no one like the numidian mercenary? 'cept corsair. its great for attacking and defending and kills most ancient age units.

a lot of people do not like ancient golden ages. And nuidian merc is a defensive units which are not as useful to war mongers as fast high attack units such as mw and the all too popular sipahi.

 

[citizen001]

but numid merc still has decent attack as well as high defense, they're like the main offensive unit you use.

 

[geowhiz1]

Berserk is clearly best. 6 Attack & Amphibious Assault. This is clearly the best uniqu unit for declaring war early in the middle ages. Its even better when used with trebuchets, too.

I need more choices, otherwise panzers rule!

 

[SvenSlayer]

Once I was playing for the Dutch, and I had destroyed all but one of the Ottomans' towns. This last town of theirs, however, was on a one-tile island. I was in the Middle Ages, and I had to wait until I got Marines! Then I really wished I'd played for the Vikings!