Poll: Favorite UU

[Bluemofia]

Probably Siphai. But the cost is the problem.

 

[Ansar]

Legionary. They rock.

 

[dariusII]

My Favourites:

1) Rider. Love their strength and speed.
2) Immortal. First UU I ever used in a CIV game (not including the tutorial ). Powerful, but comes up 2nd since I prize speed so much.
3) Sipahi. For similar reasons as the Rider, but pricey.
4) Swiss Mercenary. With these puppies, your set defensively.
5) Javelin Thrower. Free workers!

Mounted Warriors are terrible defensively, so unless you bring up defensive units to protect your wounded units, they will be decimated. And since the defensive units are not as fast as the MW, it sort of blunts their effectiveness. So I'm not a big fan of the MW.

Panzers are awsome, but come too late in the game. I've only had one successful run as the Germans and saw first hand their power. I guess they're ideal for any final push in a domination/conquest strategy.

 

[madviking]

Sapahis or Immortals

 

[Steve2000]

I agree with Panzers. It is basically like getting Modern Armor, but back in the Industrial age. It has three (3!) movement with blitz ability. In a recent game as the Germans I had 4 armies with 4 panzers each (that means a unit that can attack/move 4 times per turn). Needless to say I won the game shortly after.

 

[Ranger99]

Numidians, i'm a Carthaginian fan, i even got a story about it too!

 

[madviking]

Back to my post:

Sapahis can kill infantry pretty good. So their effective til the late IA!!

Immortals have 4 attack. They have a good chance of winning even with muskets!! Effective til late MAs

 

[Masrim]

I love when my opponent has jaguar warriors, I sacrifice all my obsolete warriors to them then take back all my workers, not slaves but 100% native workers, nice way to upgrade your warriors to workers.

 

[Pentium]

You probably mean Javelin Throwers, don't you?

But I don't think it's worth it, it will cause you WW, you only get a Worker every third time, and warrior costs the same as worker.

 

[Masrim]

yeah javelin sorry my bad.
As for the cost, that is not important, the increased production of the warriors is what is useful, especiall since you are taking new cities in this war you will need new workers to fix em up. Native workers are better then slaves, even if slaves are free.

 

[GeneralMatt]

I have for a while like the sailing ships. in Civ 2 I even changed Galleons to Men-o-war for a time. I would go with Men-o-war. I was so happy to see them in the manual. I do not know why they left them out of civ 2.

 

[Empiremaker]

Sorry about the poll. Waited too long, so I couldn't post it. Then I was doing other things. Oh well.

I thought no one would say NM. I think 30 shields is way too much in the AA. Plus compare a NM to a Legionary. 50% more attack for...Iron? And an extra tech.

 

[Invisible Rhino]

Cossacks are my favorite UU. A cavalry that blitzes is just hot. If you have a lot of knights to upgrade you can rush before the enemy even has riflemen. Nothing can stand up to that.

Second favorite is the War Elephant. As I pointed out elsewhere, the Indians can basically build veteran knights without barracks, iron, or horses. That's hot.

Bronze Medal for the Gallic Swordsman. A Swordsman that can retreat? If you can't rule the AA with them you really need to up your game!

 

[Lockesdonkey]

Where's the poll?

 

[KillPhil]

I like berserks the most, because of their amphibious assault ability. I guess they're not as effective on pangea maps though.

 

[admiral-bell]

sipathi: they rule late medevil and most of industrial age

 

[Sandman2012]

Sipahi and Samurai are good.

 

[Godwynn]

Sipahi, Unstoppable.

 

[Tomoyo]

Samurai. Even though War Elephants are pretty much better in every facet, they look cool.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

I still see no poll.