When is a good time to really use nuke?

[MummyMan]

ANYTIME is good for a nuke.

 

[Romanus]

Karl_t_great
I had the Persians build SDI the other night in a game. I was rolling over the other civs, with stacks of MA. The Persians were the only civ close to me in tech, and military. Sure enough, as soon as i send a couple ICBMs his way to soften up a couple of his big border cities, they get zapped. Pissed me off, they werent going to go easy. Made for a good game though.

 

[greenie]

I find it's never a good time to use Nukes.... as most people have said, The AI's hit you in a big way if you use them. I had an expereince of this, 3 civs left, I finish war with one and my previous ally declares war on me. I use a nuke for an easy and effective victory, and now both are at war. Not pretty, and a grim reminder of what real Nuclear war would do.

 

[donderwolkje]

never!

maybe it's like....uh....wrong.

i couldn't face my people if i had to tell them in the pressconference the day after, that our glorious army mass-slaughterd our next door neighbours with nukes.

but i never reach the game till the endstages. now for the first times i managing to keep ahead, so lets see if i will abandon my principels.

 

[socrateach]

I try to never use nukes, but I did find them useful a few games ago. I was second in population, but first in technology, and was building a spaceship. I saw that I would win via the space race, but did not want to finish behind another civ in pop, so I built nuclear subs, tactical nukes, and ICBM's. One turn before the space ship was finished, I annhiliated my closest competitor--nuked every city (around 25). I remember that the Mongols also declared war against me, so I threw them a few glowing bones for good measure. When I won, I had rocketed (pun intended) ahead in population, and won the game on all counts.
Generally, though, I only have nukes as a deterrent. The results (in both reputation and pollution) are too serious to take lightly.

 

[fargoo]

A good time too use nukes is when you see america coming with a stack of 70 modern armor and they are furious with you. 2 tactical nukes and they've lost all attack abilities

 

[Goldenflame]

Yay! an arms race! I build up my defenses on all my border cities, and begin rush-building spaceship. At the same time, I build a few ICBMs and/or tactical nukes. When I have like two turns left to finish the last part (be VERY sure it's the last!) I launch the missiles and see how everything plays out. It's usually best to switch to communism right before this so you cities won't fall into civil disorder.

 

[Perfection]

Heres a nifty little trick, pull up to an offshore AI with a dozen mech infs (In transport) mountian. After the AI sends it['s massive counterinvasionary force, load your transports with the troops and nuke that square, you've killed off an immportant part of ther defense

 

[MajorFallout]

Originally posted by fargoo
A good time too use nukes is when you see america coming with a stack of 70 modern armor and they are furious with you. 2 tactical nukes and they've lost all attack abilities

Damn right!

I'm not afraid to use nukes if some stinking rival Civ suddenly attacks me.

I did the same thing, and obliterated 2-3 large stacks of Roman Infantry and Mec. Armour with 1 nuke. All I was doing was protecting my Oil resource, on a separate island. Then virtually every other Civ diclared war on me. Arrrghhh!

 

[Yaniv]

A good time to use the nuke is when playing against the last surviving A.I. That way nobody else can hate you.

 

[BiatchGuy]

^^ what he said.


also, if you're going for a Conquest victory and want to end it, a sneaky way to do so is to sign a ROP with the last remaining civ, put about a hundred tanks all throughout their land, then nuke all their cities in one turn and march in with the tanks. Very cheap and easy, but it gets the job done!

I miss the old siren from civ 2 thogh :-\

 

[lord42]

lol I do too

 

[DaveMcW]

I tend to launch my spaceship before the Manhattan Project is finished...

 

[Sarevok]

Nuke them into hell!! dont even have a second thought about it! you have a war to win!

 

[Veteranewbie]

Once try a game when India which is polite to me backstab me, drop a modern amour next to my second largest city(no defenders) and raze it. I am so piss off that I lauch all my nukes available (about 2 for every Indian cities, 3 for capital). I think Indians has about 18 - 25 cities (half of world map). After all the massive lauching in 1 single turn, eliminate the world largest nation in 2 turns (no more defense, no match to my 40 modern armour) but the world turns into a total desert (no more green can be seen on map anymore) Nuke make long war short

 

[Beanzy]

I was playing a game a little while ago that I was about to win through SR. So, just for fun, I decided to launch ten ICBM's [I had been stockpiling in case of WWIV (it was a very bloody game)] on the Spanish, a huge nation overseas that I HAD been at peace with. I had a very good time watching their cities w/ a pop. of 12 be reduced to rubble. A few turns later, I won through SR. Basically, I only use 'em if I'm about to win, never as a means to that victory.

 

[MTheil3508]

On the flip side, if you are neutral in a global nuclear war, it can be VERY helpful (except for global warming).

In my last game, I was stuck on a small island and the world war in a great nuclear war for about the last 50 turns. I quietly stockpiled my forces while the other nations are being blown apart. The nations were utterly defenseless while my troops marched into their cities without a fight.