Park some units by an enemy capital...random event ownage

[futurehermit]

I've had this happen to me a couple times. I was at war with a civ. I had taken some cities. I got to the capital but couldn't take it immediately due to cultural defense and my units needing healing. So I parked them there healing, waiting for reinforcements.

Then...

Suddenly the enemy gets a bad random event...too much slavery for them and their city goes into revolt for a turn.

BAM!

I attack immediately and take their city

Just once I thought it was a fluke, but now it's happened twice, so I thought I'd mention that it can be a good idea to park some units by an enemy capital if you can't take it immediately. The AI starts whipping defenders and there is a chance this event can happen for them. If it does be sure to be ready to pounce!

 

[frob2900]

Then...

Suddenly the enemy gets a bad random event...too much slavery for them and their city goes into revolt for a turn.

..Just once I thought it was a fluke, but now it's happened twice, so I thought I'd mention that it can be a good idea to park some units by an enemy capital if you can't take it immediately.

Heh, that actually makes sense from a "realistic" point of view. The oppressed masses rise up against their corrupt leaders when they see a "liberating army" camped outside the city (kind of like the Warsaw uprising).

Do you treat them well after liberating them?

 

[futurehermit]

Of course, I treat all my slaves well

 

[Percy]

I wanted to confirm that strat. I was wondering how to take fortified Archers in a hill-city with Axemen and no Catapults, and tadam, slave revolt. Thank you for the city guys !

 

[lordofcivs]

Of course, I treat all my slaves well

Are you sure, you never said them, "Bah! let them eat cake!!!"

 

[r_rolo1]

It already happened to me too ( hooray )... but I'm not sure if it was caused by AI over whipping ( AI whip all they can in defense now... )

 

[sumit1207]

There's a chance they might get the Marathon random event though. That gives them a golden age.

 

[frob2900]

There's a chance they might get the Marathon random event though. That gives them a golden age.

AFAIK only the Greeks get Marathon (there was some talk in the BtS forum that some random events are indeed determined by which Civ you play)

 

[vale]

AFAIK only the Greeks get Marathon (there was some talk in the BtS forum that some random events are indeed determined by which Civ you play)

From what I read in Kael's thread I don't think this is the case.

 

[frob2900]

From what I read in Kael's thread I don't think this is the case.

Well, I haven't played enough BtS yet (or checked the relevant XML/SDK source files) to be able to say. I was mainly basing the guess on what I'd read in the BtS forum. You may very well be right.

 

[Slaughter]

What are the defense modifiers of a revolt?

 

[Mutineer]

There are not modifyers at all, just all city defenders health drop, not sure how mach?

 

[Percy]

I thought a revolt only meant 0% defense in the city. Are you sure the defenders' health drops too ?

 

[r_rolo1]

^^Pretty sure.

 

[Envomni]

AFAIK only the Greeks get Marathon (there was some talk in the BtS forum that some random events are indeed determined by which Civ you play)

I got the marathon event as a German empire.

 

[frob2900]

I got the marathon event as a German empire.

Ok, then those threads were wrong, which is probably a good thing IMHO. Much more fun to not know what set of events you are going to get

 

[Orion071]

Bah, I had my units parked outside the enemy capitol, but it was his 2nd city that revolted.

Couldn't get there in time to take advantage.