Is This a Cheat?

[Beard Rinker]

Originally posted by Aeson
If you bring a transport into a coastal city, all the units on the transport will have full movement when they are activated. If you are at peace with the Civ you wish to invade, first land a Settler, and build a city the next turn. All your troops will be able to have the initiative, instead of waiting for the AI to strike first.

Building a city is my preferred way of invading by sea. However, the act of building a city in someone else's territory is an act of war. If possible, I try and stick a city on some crappy piece of unclaimed land, build barracks and walls, then attack.

 

[methehand]

Originally posted by Beard Rinker
I have another cheat/slimy tactic.

In my opinion, using units, especially non military units for the sole purpose of blocking a landing is not within the spirit of the game and should be considered a cheat.

I agree, but I have seen the AI do this on very small islands. It may have been a glitch, but it left a worker on the only land square next to a city. I had to wait hundreds of years to develop marines before I could take it over. Definitely something a future patch should fix.