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Iceheart posted 04-22-99 10:25 AM ET
Hi, long time reader/first time poster
I've always played as the University, because ever since civ2 I've been a technology nut I just started my first game as the Spartans, and I'm on a large continent with the Hive close to my west, and plenty of expansion room to the east and north.
The Hive has turned out in this game to be the powerhouse, and are already extorting me for money...but my military is growing fast What concerns me, is that Miriam seems to have a massive continent all to herself, and I was just wondering what your strategies for beating her with conventional warfare are? Nervegas is awesome (haven't used a PB yet...), but unless I get the UN Charter repealed or get most other factions to surrender, I don't use all that fun stuff
Hopefully I will get it repealed...it'll make things alot easier
Oh, and even though I'm playing as Santiago I seem to be king (queen?) of the hill when it comes to technology, even the Univ is eating my dust
The Panther posted 04-22-99 12:21 PM ET
If you can. Then breach her continent, from two sites with two equally strong forces (more the better) she'll try and defend them both, and use a lot of time moving troops from one edge to the other. meanwhile you can conquer a couple of cities, and meanwhile bolster new troops to send up. She'll soon get very small.
This doesn't work if she has Mag tubes all over the continent.
Also try and build an impressive Luftwaffe, and then pin down the defence of the cities. This is great fun, cause you can take over her cities with scout troops. Kabbbababang .
Just remember to have double the amount of air to air units compared to your ground strikers, and this is very expensive.
Iceheart posted 04-22-99 09:59 PM ET
Well that turned out to be a bad game...
Miriam was very docile and even signed a pact with me. The weirdest thing is her military was almost non-existant. The hive were absolute monsters though :P
Just about the time I found out I was near the monsoon jungle the hive launched a major offensive against me, and I just couldn't build units fast enough. Needless to say I got my ass kicked
sandworm posted 04-23-99 01:44 PM ET
Spartan players can often get cities ceded to them without a fight, if it happens again try threatening to crush her if she doesn't give you a small coastal city, if she gives it up, you'll have a nice established beachead to start invading from.
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Author	Topic: A good start?
Iceheart	posted 04-22-99 10:25 AM ET Hi, long time reader/first time poster I've always played as the University, because ever since civ2 I've been a technology nut I just started my first game as the Spartans, and I'm on a large continent with the Hive close to my west, and plenty of expansion room to the east and north. The Hive has turned out in this game to be the powerhouse, and are already extorting me for money...but my military is growing fast What concerns me, is that Miriam seems to have a massive continent all to herself, and I was just wondering what your strategies for beating her with conventional warfare are? Nervegas is awesome (haven't used a PB yet...), but unless I get the UN Charter repealed or get most other factions to surrender, I don't use all that fun stuff Hopefully I will get it repealed...it'll make things alot easier Oh, and even though I'm playing as Santiago I seem to be king (queen?) of the hill when it comes to technology, even the Univ is eating my dust
The Panther	posted 04-22-99 12:21 PM ET If you can. Then breach her continent, from two sites with two equally strong forces (more the better) she'll try and defend them both, and use a lot of time moving troops from one edge to the other. meanwhile you can conquer a couple of cities, and meanwhile bolster new troops to send up. She'll soon get very small. This doesn't work if she has Mag tubes all over the continent. Also try and build an impressive Luftwaffe, and then pin down the defence of the cities. This is great fun, cause you can take over her cities with scout troops. Kabbbababang . Just remember to have double the amount of air to air units compared to your ground strikers, and this is very expensive.
Iceheart	posted 04-22-99 09:59 PM ET Well that turned out to be a bad game... Miriam was very docile and even signed a pact with me. The weirdest thing is her military was almost non-existant. The hive were absolute monsters though :P Just about the time I found out I was near the monsoon jungle the hive launched a major offensive against me, and I just couldn't build units fast enough. Needless to say I got my ass kicked
sandworm	posted 04-23-99 01:44 PM ET Spartan players can often get cities ceded to them without a fight, if it happens again try threatening to crush her if she doesn't give you a small coastal city, if she gives it up, you'll have a nice established beachead to start invading from. Temporarily blinded by the sandworm