:)civ2
Uber Commie
Um an few stupid nebie questions :how do you establish embasies?um why does the com expand so fast on civ2 they were half as fast?why do i allways lose my cavalry against spearmen?
someone please help out an newbie
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First you must discover "Writing".
Then you double-click on the little star next to your capital and chose the civs you wish to make an embassy with. First you must of course have met them.
The computer does expand fast. But not any faster than you can unless you're playing at the higher half of the difficulties. So if you want an explanation, I'd say: good AI programming
At higher difficulties, the computer does get free units and settlers when you start. (As well as a few other benefits.)
About losing with cavalry vs. spearmen... well the most likely thing is that you're attacking them when they have a big bonus to their defense.
Fortified = +25%
In walls or a city (I believe size 7-12) = +50%
In metropolis (Believe size 13+) = +100%
Attacking across river = +25%
From terrain = +10%, +25%, +50% (hills) or +100% (mountain)
Fort = +50%
All these add up and if you're not careful, you may be at a disadvantage even if your attack strength seems larger than the defense strength. Also, regular/veteran/elite status makes a big difference. Building barracks are generally a very good idea.
Then you double-click on the little star next to your capital and chose the civs you wish to make an embassy with. First you must of course have met them.
The computer does expand fast. But not any faster than you can unless you're playing at the higher half of the difficulties. So if you want an explanation, I'd say: good AI programming
At higher difficulties, the computer does get free units and settlers when you start. (As well as a few other benefits.)About losing with cavalry vs. spearmen... well the most likely thing is that you're attacking them when they have a big bonus to their defense.
Fortified = +25%
In walls or a city (I believe size 7-12) = +50%
In metropolis (Believe size 13+) = +100%
Attacking across river = +25%
From terrain = +10%, +25%, +50% (hills) or +100% (mountain)
Fort = +50%
All these add up and if you're not careful, you may be at a disadvantage even if your attack strength seems larger than the defense strength. Also, regular/veteran/elite status makes a big difference. Building barracks are generally a very good idea.
EdwardTking
Deity
If you move horses or cavalry up to an enemy city and then attack; the fight is to the death. But if you move the horses or cavalry up and fortify, wait a turn, and then do not move but attack at the start of the next turn move; the horsemen or cavalry will have a movement point left and can run away if the spearman is winning.
The retreat capacity just means about half the time when they get to their last hit point they'll run off. The other half of the time they will win gloriously or die in the attempt. Doesn't matter if they have only a third of a movement point left. All you do by stopping them at the gates is doom them to counterattack.
bobgote
Trousers
you can equal or beat AI expansion on monarch, so it's mainly you're playing that is holding you back. There should be some tips on expansion somewhere but just a couple of pointers:
time your settler production so that it coincides with city growth to size 4. This means you don't reduce production to nearly nothing every time you make a settler. also work the city tiles for production. Keep enough military to support the expansion, or else the enemies will take your cities. Build a granary as soon as you can, but make sure that if you do this, you keep another city producing warriors.
time your settler production so that it coincides with city growth to size 4. This means you don't reduce production to nearly nothing every time you make a settler. also work the city tiles for production. Keep enough military to support the expansion, or else the enemies will take your cities. Build a granary as soon as you can, but make sure that if you do this, you keep another city producing warriors.
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