What is a conscript?

[Sinis88]

And how can I make more of them?

 

[anonymous4401]

1. Warriors from Goody Huts
2. Drafted units, Riflemen,Infantry,Mech Infantry depending on time period.
3. Upgraded conscript units

 

[Spivey]

con·script
n. One compulsorily enrolled for service, especially in the armed forces; a draftee.

Also, cannon fodder, although I did get a conscript warrior from a goody hut, which then promoted to vet, then got upgraded to a swordsman, then promoted to Elite, then spawned a GL. The lad done good.

 

[Grille]

'conscript' is the worst level of the unit rank system in civ3,
so in general, you wouln't make more of them...
this rank system goes:
consc. > regular (build in cities without barracks) > veteran (w barracks) > elite (may be achieved when vets win a fight)
if a unit of certain rank wins, there's a chance for it to get promoted to the next rank
of course, higher ranks increase possibility of positive combat result

 

[Thunderfall]

I found conscripts to be pretty useful in surpressing culture flipping in newly captured cities. If you have lots of cities, you can draft like 50 conscripts a turn and use them to prevent flips. This is especialy useful when conquering enemies on the same continent as your Civ.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

And to draft units, ie turn a citizen into a military unit, you need the nationalism advance.

 

[Grille]

Yeah, that's an effective way to prevent culture flipping.
But we should mention that drafting affects citizen's moods.
They become unhappy be drafting.

edit:city must have enough population, i think >6 (then 'draft' button shows up next to 'buy' button; when clicking on draft,
conscript appears and population is decreased by 1 per unit).

 

[Turner]

IIRC, the city also needs a barracks to draft a citizen.

 

[anonymous4401]

Draft also makes your citizens upset. The editor says that you can draft Guerillas. Is this true, and if so, can you choose which unit you draft?

 

[fephisto]

con-script (conz-krip-t):1.)Known as a suicidal unit, aka, a kamikazi.



Anyways I dun have PTW I have civ3...not PTW though, I wouldn't know if they changed it so you could choose what to draft, it should be the most upgradable unit though.

 

[tao]

Originally posted by Turner_727
IIRC, the city also needs a barracks to draft a citizen.

You don't. Drafting does not require barracks.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

you cannot choose what you draft.

 

[Grey Fox]

I once used about 400 Conscript INfantry to survive a Deity game.