What is of Bigger Improvment - Warrior to Swordman or Tank to Moderan Armor?

[Grey Knight]

Originally posted by IronicWarrior19
Sorry d00d, can't reveal my skillz to j00 n00b.

And a vacuum cannot scream.



Shawn

 

[cameramano]

Point taken... If by rather annoying means.

English has the deepest vocabulary in the world. Show that you can make full use of it before degrading it.

Is this (upgrade) a viable option when swordsmen become available? Forty gold is a large sum to spend, per unit, in ancient times.

What do others think? Do you upgrade your warriors after swordsmen become available? Or do you just like to have the option in a tight spot?

 

[No.Dice]

Since nearly all of my gold is spent on buying technology, my left over warriors end up sitting in my core cities acting as military police. 40 gold is a sizeable investment for that point in the game.

Once everyone has traded world maps, my scouting warriors return to the fringe of my empire where i park them on hills/mountains to watch for attackers. Since my core cities usually aren't defend by more than a spearman and/or 2 warriors, its a seriously bad situation should the AI get too close.

I'm finding in my most recent games it takes every unit to conduct an ancient age war, since it is impossible to pay the price to sign alliances without a middle age tech lead (scientific civ). Once i'm at war with one civ, it won't be more than six turns before i'm at war with 3 others, regardless of rights of passage or trading agreements.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

For the way I play, the warrior-swordsman is a bid thing since it is expensive, but does give lots of kick to an offensive. The AI often doesn`t attack a 4 swordsmen stack, but will take bites off a 12 warrior one.

On the other hand, the inceased mobility of the Horse units makes Swordsmen rather pathetic..

Same goes for the Tank - Modern Armour thing: it depends a lot on playing style.

 

[IronicWarrior19]

If j00 iz goin for early deity conquest stratz, j00 onl33 n33d a cuple techz, so j00 savez j00r cash for upgradin... try itz with Persiaz. Then j00 can take the techz of j00r victimz in the peace treatie for fr33.

 

[Ram Michaeli]

Dude, can't you just write in English!

 

[IronicWarrior19]

Soz if I iz too l33t for j00.

 

[Loopy]

You go from blitzing in limited situations to blitzing in most situations. That means more elite units, better withdrawal rate, and more great leaders.