Garrison function removed?

[zeock9]

is it just me or has garrisoning a unit become impossible with the expansion?

a unit doesn't automatically garrison the city when i move them onto the city as it used to, and i don't see any button that allows me to actually garrison that unit.

anyone else having this problem?



also, one more question about 'follower beliefs',

are the follower bonuses city-by-city only?
ie) i found christianity in washington with a follower belief being +2 faith per each world wonder - does that mean that my nation, america, gets a +2 faith bonus from cities with world wonders regardless of who owns those cities if they follow christianity?

 

[Calouste]

When you put a unit on Alert in a city it is automatically garrisoned.

 

[Veneke]

Watching one of MD's vids and it would appear that 'garrisoning' now is little more than having your unit inside a city. So, that's what counts for the purposes of Oligarchy etc. You don't need to activate any special function.

Someone else with the game will have to answer the religion question you have I'm afraid.

 

[Itstrucktwice]

Garrisoning a unit in a city now just involves moving the unit into the city. It was made this way to get rid of the annoying micro involved in:

1. Garrisoning a unit to increase the city damage.
2. Attacking with the city
3. Attacking with the unit.

This has been changed so that you can just:

Attack with the unit/attack with the city in either order and not have to worry.

 

[MadDjinn]

follower and pantheon bonuses (once incorporated into a religion) are city based, yes.

Those are the beliefs that you'll share with anyone who has your religion.

 

[Draco84]

Garrisoning a unit in a city now just involves moving the unit into the city. It was made this way to get rid of the annoying micro involved in:

1. Garrisoning a unit to increase the city damage.
2. Attacking with the city
3. Attacking with the unit.

This has been changed so that you can just:

Attack with the unit/attack with the city in either order and not have to worry.

Are you sure about this? I only played for an hour, but I thought when you had a Melee unit in town that the garrison icon appeared, but it did not appear with a ranged unit. I just remember seeing it briefly when I had my spearman in town but not with my archers.

[EDIT] I was mistaken, I had a chance to log a few more hours last night and you are correct there is no longer a Garrison option.

Let's face it, it had to be a bug or exploit that a ranged unit could attack and increase the damage output of the city depending on the order of attacks.

 

[Ashmantious]

This affects the Military Caste Policy greatly as now you can't get extra happiness with the troop staying home

 

[Welnic]

This affects the Military Caste Policy greatly as now you can't get extra happiness with the troop staying home

It would affect that, except you do get the extra happiness if there is a unit in the city.

 

[Ashmantious]

That has not been my experience so far. There is no change in happiness when the unit is in the city or when it leaves.

 

[MadDjinn]

That has not been my experience so far. There is no change in happiness when the unit is in the city or when it leaves.

the +1 happy is population based (local).

So if it's a small city that already had a coliseum/circus/whatever in it, then you won't see a bump.

 

[Gamewizard]

I love this fix, I found the micro-ing of garrison-fire with city-fire with ranged unit to be completely annoying and time consuming. Nice and simple fix.

 

[Sherlock]

When you put a unit on Alert in a city it is automatically garrisoned.

What does that mean, 'automatically garrisoned'.

Do you still get the happiness benefits from garrisoning?

 

[Udey1]

That has not been my experience so far. There is no change in happiness when the unit is in the city or when it leaves.

You are mistaken, the garrison-happy policy is functioning correctly. Mods?

 

[nefloyd]

What does that mean, 'automatically garrisoned'.

Do you still get the happiness benefits from garrisoning?

Any military unit present in a city is that city's "garrison". It doesn't matter if it attacks, fortifies, is passing through, etc. There is no 'garrison' command anymore.It's a good change.

 

[wpfossil]

Garrison happiness works. This is actually a really good change as you no longer take a happiness hit for attacking with a garrisoned unit.

 

[Bibor]

Or in other words, all land combat units are considered to be garrison if within city.

 

[rev063]

Or in other words, all land combat units are considered to be garrison if within city.

Naval units work as well. At least, I got the garrison happiness bonus by having a Trireme in a coastal city.

 

[Drawmeus]

The 5 second way to convince yourself of this is watch the city's combat strength before and after you move a unit into it.

 

[bc1]

The garrison is now automatic but its effect on combat has not changed (so it's still better to attack first with the city and second with the unit inside)