How does Persia produce Pikemen with a movement value of '3'?

[s0nny80y]

 

[Dreadnought]

They're in a golden age.

 

[Hakuoh]

There pasiv is when they have a Golden Age all Units get +1 Ms and 10% combatbonus.

You can see the Bonus +10% on the pikeman.

 

[Tabarnak]

The extra movement come from his UA. During a golden age, all their units gain 1 extra move.

One of the greatest UA btw.

 

[Civking5]

Persian units have +1 movement during golden ages. This is part of persia's UA.

 

[Blackknight1239]

The extra movement come from his UA. During a golden age, all their units gain 1 extra move.

One of the greatest UA btw.

I'm terrible at this game, but really? I always thought the UA was kinda mediocre.

 

[sufficiency]

I'm terrible at this game, but really? I always thought the UA was kinda mediocre.

it's only good for the AI

 

[Matthew.]

Nah it's good for the player, too. Being able to move archers up on top of a hill and still fire in that same turn or setting up siege and firing in the same turn makes a huge difference.

 

[flairin]

Plus at the time of Pikes you can just blitz no matter the terrain during a GA

 

[Blackknight1239]

Nah it's good for the player, too. Being able to move archers up on top of a hill and still fire in that same turn or setting up siege and firing in the same turn makes a huge difference.

I figured it would be really hard to get a Golden Age spam that early, though. Great Artist spam doesn't seem to go off til Freedom.

 

[Matthew.]

You don't need unlimited GA's for it to be useful. The early game ages are fairly predictable and with some careful planning, you can time out policies/wonders/artists.

From a defensive war viewpoint I suppose it can seem too reliant on luck. Either the AI attacks during a GA or it doesn't.

 

[Heerlo]

From a defensive war viewpoint I suppose it can seem too reliant on luck. Either the AI attacks during a GA or it doesn't.

I don't know if you can do this on G&K or not, but on a vanilla GMR game I'm in as Persia, I'm keeping a spare great person just in case I get into a war, so I can start a golden age.

 

[Browd]

In G&K, only works with Great Artist (GA is only GP that can start a GA in G&K).

 

[kimadactyl]

Indeed, IIRC in G&K Golden Ages are always 10 turns, boosted to 15 with their UA. It's very useful, and really makes stacking tons of happiness a very viable strat.

 

[Koiranputki]

Persia is one of my favourites to play....with a bit of planning you can do a lot of damage with an early Golden Age....

And Chichen Itza is pretty well a "must-have" when I'm playing as Darius.... In fact, if it is a marginal game and I get scooped on Chichen Itza, I'll often just pack it in....the games become rather "uninteresting" without it...