help with total realism mod, how do i beat barb cities?

[sabutai]

hi, i just started civ 4 and am playing the total realism mod...how do i defeat the barbarian cities and those damn archers...i made a stack of 8!!! inca UU warriors all with city attack promotian and they hand me my arse


controlling the whole of the southern part of the americas is so appealing... keeping america "indian" is what i'm shooting for, but those barbs are such a pain in my arse

how can 3 archers lay such waste to my army

 

[BlackJAC]

That doesn't exactly tell us much. Is the city on a hill, has the city got walls and do the archers have any promotions? Your best bet is to get a few cats (about 4 or 5) and the city should fall without much problems

 

[sabutai]

so seeing as it takes 1000 years advance my military to get that i should just wait?

i just want these dudes gone, so i can get the bananas and sheep, plus theyre influence is stopping mine

 

[BlackJAC]

so seeing as it takes 1000 years advance my military to get that i should just wait?

i just want these dudes gone, so i can get the bananas and sheep, plus theyre influence is stopping mine

I've never used that mod, so you're going to have to tell me whether or not these barbs differ from the normal ones. Unless they do, then maybe you just had bad luck on your side, I dunno.


Anyway, you shouldn't be attacking cities with warriors (even if they are UU) as you're always going to lose against fortified archers. I only attempt city raiding when I've got axes or swords, even then they still require at least 1 promotion. I guess that's where you're going wrong, you're using warriors

Warriors suck donkey's ass. They're only useful for scouting (and even that's questionable) or keeping your citizens happy

 

[sabutai]

ok, thankyou, i'll get some swordmen

i made the kingdom of israel instead of persia and they have even more barbs than the inca around them...and india is keeping me from moving east so i'm off to sack the barb cities of the west

i was wondering how i was gonna do it, thanks for the tip on how bad warriors are

 

[manwiththehands]

First off: don't play Total "Realism" mods. No starting techs for anyone but the barbs have ARCHERS. I farted away a good Saturday morning with this waste of time.

 

[sabutai]

i read it fixed the knights killing helicopters thing.

plus i like all the cool units