How BIG are YOUR forces?

[MrBiggBoy]

In the modern age, how many units do you keep as as army/defense?

 

[God]

Well depends on what size map you're playing and how large your empire is. Usually on standard maps and smaller the game is finished before modern era. On larger maps I'll have about 150-200 mech infantry, 40-50 radar artillery, 100-150 or so modern armor, another 20 bombers/fighters, 5-10 transports, 15 battleships, 5 nuke subs, 30-40 ICBMS. So around 400-500 but thats when I have a larger empire and am in war.

 

[LaRo]

Don't answer to this question, the guy may be spying for future MP game.

Against stupid ai, I keep only one unit by city and an army of 20-40 units for offensive.

 

[allhailIndia]

I usually have 1 unit defending all my cities so that comes to around 70-80 and I build something like 80-90 Modern Armor and 40-50 MEch Inf not to mention 5-7 destroyers and an equal no. of Battleships.

 

[Shabbaman]

It depends on a lot of things, especially on the number of cities I have in my empire. Usually I try to keep at least 1 defensive and 2 offensive units (pre-emptive strike rules) and some artillery (handy for weakening fortified units having a terrain bonus) in a city, so the AI backs off and I can switch to attack-mode quickly. All in all you could say I keep a lot of units

 

[Dell19]

Currently I use about 100 units with most of them defending a city each and the rest being used for any attacks that I may make in the future.

 

[MrBiggBoy]

Originally posted by LaRo
Don't answer to this question, the guy may be spying for future MP game.

Oh well, we all try. :slay:

 

[Gundam]

on an emperor huge map I only had a 180 army in the end and no way a defender on every city..U will never ever have 500 I don't believe that

 

[Slive Draver]

One unit per city. That's it. Yeah, I'm a weenie, but other nations don't get pissed off when you try and win by diplomatic or space means.

 

[dikwhit]

Well not to sound like the ultimate hairsplitter, but I think ones answer to this poll would almost depend exclusively on the size map one plays.Those of you on a tiny map where 50 cities is a butload, a force of 100-150 may suffice. For those of us that play huge maps or custom even bigger than that, 2-400 cities is not out of the question. One defensive unit per city puts you right at the high end of the poll.
To break it down to a per city thing regardless of map size though is fairly easy.I generally use 1 defensive unit per city,(2 near front, 0 deep in territory)and 2 offensive per 3 cities controlled. The offensive amount obviously increases as the situation demands, but the defensive pretty much is constant.

 

[Shabbaman]

You're right.

I'm at 250 units on a standard map, and I've reached the point that all AI-civs hate me although I never attacked them even once (they did attack me even when I had just signed some MPP, time after time the AI proves it's moronic...(although you could say this is NOT the perfect strategy for a UN-victory...which proves I suck at civ3))

250

mean

lotsa

cannon

fodder

P.S. I opt for more intelligent polls on this forum...

 

[mortichro]

most of my men are defenders and 40/100 is my offensive

 

[I-iZ-l337]

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[LaRo]

Originally posted by I-iZ-l337
Dependz on mapz, on biga mapz I builz more citi33z early (closel33 spazed of corz) and then chariotz, then I upgradez to Knights or mounted warriorz and killz me enemiez. On small mapz I builds less cit33z and go conquer from the AIz. After j00 getz their techz and buildz up uzing their landz, j00 shud b the l337 no1 civ. All this workz on deitiez and remembz neva builz unitz j00 don't hav a use 4.

Ironicwarrior19 is back!

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

Ironicwarrior19 is back!

Not sure if it's IW19 yet ,but this specific mod is keeping an eye on this particular poster.

The mods are omni-present.

 

[Dell19]

Originally posted by TheDuckOfFlanders


Not sure if it's IW19 yet ,but this specific mod is keeping an eye on this particular poster.

The mods are omni-present.

Its either him or someone else who should get banned...

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

It was IW19 (ak IdioticWarrior ),but i had to wait for PH or COH to check his ip and to ban him.

His Dl hasn't even survived for a day ,see how quick we are.

 

[Hobbes]

Size is not important; it's how you use them.

 

[Eklektikos]

In my current game (regent/huge) I'm currently fielding a total armed force of about 450. Mind you this is probably because I'm a city defence nut and happen to have ended up with a pretty huge empire. I'm not at war, but still churning out the tanks to give myself a powerful expeditionary force since I'm not exactly well liked, so I'll probably end up with perhaps another 100 units...

 

[Dark Sheer]

As many as my treasury allows me to keep of course! Which is usually 300-400 units with a steady income.

While I am not normally a warmonger, I prefer to have a huge force so I can retaliate hard and fast.

Well, lately I have learned the joy of being a warmonger in many of the Succession Games (LK21, China Open SG, DS1). Most of these games requires that we war almost non-stop.