planetfall
Emperor
Playing GS version of civ and need insights into gameplay mystery of why military failed to make progess.
Turn 137 sumeria attacked
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Item Sumeria Me
cities 8 17
mil # 363 132
techs 40 32
iron 57 51
horses 57 51
niter 9 7
oil 4 0
Turn 181 sumeria peace
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Item Sumeria Me
cities 10 22
mil # 110 2276
techs 46 45
iron 75 123
horses 75 123
niter 34 49
oil 70 1
NB: my 1 oil from peace agreement
Basically a stalemate. Starting positions with Sumeria line infantry, knights, and bombards. Me with muskets, horsemen, and crossbows.I was able with time to get 2 different cities under seige with 4 line inf, and 3-4 field cannons each city.
But could not make a dent on the city defenses. Each cannon attack only resulted in a 1 or 2 point defense drop for at least 4 turns in a row. Heck I'll lose more on the city bombardment. I could not figure out a way to move forward. I expected to at least have one city. So questions:
1-- how could a city under seige keep city defenses so strong? Did I have to wait for air or artillery? Would pillaging tiles increase the drop in city defense?
2-- What would have been your plan? With Sumeria starting to get tanks and I had no oil for at least 10 techs, I couldn't think of anything other than suing for peace.
Thank you for your ideas
Turn 137 sumeria attacked
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Item Sumeria Me
cities 8 17
mil # 363 132
techs 40 32
iron 57 51
horses 57 51
niter 9 7
oil 4 0
Turn 181 sumeria peace
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Item Sumeria Me
cities 10 22
mil # 110 2276
techs 46 45
iron 75 123
horses 75 123
niter 34 49
oil 70 1
NB: my 1 oil from peace agreement
Basically a stalemate. Starting positions with Sumeria line infantry, knights, and bombards. Me with muskets, horsemen, and crossbows.I was able with time to get 2 different cities under seige with 4 line inf, and 3-4 field cannons each city.
But could not make a dent on the city defenses. Each cannon attack only resulted in a 1 or 2 point defense drop for at least 4 turns in a row. Heck I'll lose more on the city bombardment. I could not figure out a way to move forward. I expected to at least have one city. So questions:
1-- how could a city under seige keep city defenses so strong? Did I have to wait for air or artillery? Would pillaging tiles increase the drop in city defense?
2-- What would have been your plan? With Sumeria starting to get tanks and I had no oil for at least 10 techs, I couldn't think of anything other than suing for peace.
Thank you for your ideas