Hidden Nationality: Some oddities

[Kyroshill]

Another good tactic is to clean out one of their border cities of men and turn it into a unit sink. The AI will send a constant stream of units to the city to keep it from being undefended. You can farm the XP for the giants and as well as eat up valuable hammers that the AI is throwing away in a desperate attempt to keep the city defended.

I love this tactic with Privateers. Pick a coastal city of a civ with a weak or nonexistent navy to blockade and the AI will switch all production to naval units in a desperate attempt to sink the marauder.

What seems to happen with civs still rockin Triremes is that they will build 2 and send them out. If those get sunk (providing my privateer with XPs), they'll try with 3. Should they fail again, the city will then produce 9 or 10 triremes before trying again. All the while, the city starves and produces NOTHING else.

Eventually they'll sink the privateer, unless it gains enough XPs to become real trouble.... either way.... another privateer will soon be along to take its place

 

[zup]

Why don't you use Pirates? They will get you some nice gold. You could even run science so high you are losing money.