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Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Huh... no, you are wrong. Oh, sure, Knights and Dragoons are good units, and strong, and they move fast, and yes, they can defend themselves... but they just do not have the same kind of attack strength as artillery. They do fine most of the time, but when you're besieging a city... those defences can be really tough sometimes. You could toss fifteen knights at it and get nowhere. No, artillery is the only way to have a chance against truly strong defences... I've fought more than enough wars to know that leaving out the artillery as a very big part of your attack force is suicide. It's usually the focus of my army, actually... infantry is too weak to be useful, calvalry good as a support unit and as quick scouting and yes, as a big part of your army... but when they get stuck, and for cities... especially those ones that are tough to crack... you cannot even begin to replace the necessity for artillery unless you really like wasting lots of troops.

Oh yeah, and once you get Railroads that movement problem goes away. :D Just play World War 79... I love that scenario. None of the silly 'four thousand years of civilization' stuff, just instant global thermonuclear war...

Different strokes, I guess. I have never once used artillery unless it's in a scenario and I already have it. To use it as the focus of an attack though, that seems sucidal to me. Artillery is meant and designed to be an auxiliary force. You can't capture and hold a city with it, and the only way to not leave it open to attack is to use another unit to defend with it.

And yes, Railroads do eliminate the movement deficiency, but very soon after that you have access to Tactics, and the Cavalry unit, which is as powerful as the Cannon, only slightly less than Artillery, and decently able to defend. That's when I start to make a beeline for Armor, and then the shit really hits the fan!

If I ever find my Civ II MPG disc, I'd love to take you on in a game. Assuming you have Gold edition.