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Father Beast
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My head stuck permanently in my civ
Feb 2000
time: 22:12
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but seriously, you make some points on the civ2 shortcomings. I don't know if its all that feasible for all the improvements you suggest, but some of them, surely.
maybe you can negotiate for spain to give you the needed units. they have said that almost anything can be negotiated for. don't know If I can support all those, though...
I don't see how you can guarantee that your ally will help significantly. maybe with the message that "7 mechanized infantry are now yours to command (but we still own and support them and want them back at the end of the war). maybe that would work.
I would distrust the message "5 of our units are on their way", and watch as they wander about and pillage some land somewhere, or maybe gang up on an elephant on the side, and then go home.
I'm not sure what is feasible. I think a lot of the time, they will think they have you over a barrel when you need help, and will send only tokens unless you pay through the nose. very little altruism in civ.
on a side note, I wonder if they can implement the Master of Orion diplomacy feature where I would go to war with someone, and their enemies would warm up to me. I found that wa one of the best ways to move toward an alliance in Moo. in civ, I am just baffled on how to get alliances. sometimes they just happen!
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Mathphysto
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East Brunswick, NJ, USA
May 2001
time: 05:12
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This is a quoted analysis from the textbook, "A History of the World,"
A beautiful and moving plea. Certainly this captures the anguish poor Raingoon felt at having failed his countrymen and led them into the shackles of the Mongols. His angst is strikingly portrayed in his biting sarcastic wit. History will show, however, that Raingoon had just cause to complain to Isabella. She was, indeed, a leader severely deficient in intelligence, flexibility, and realism. Raingoon, and all others who had run afoul of Isabella's senseless babbling, could only hope that her successor to the throne would be more adept at diplomatic affairs.
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Adm.Naismith
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Milano - Italy
Oct 1999
time: 06:12
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Raingoon, great column! 
quote:
Originally posted by cyclotron7 on 05-13-2001 09:48 PM
It should be an incident to let an enemy take an allies' city and then take it back, keeping it from your ally. Allies should be able to request their cities back when they feel able to defend themselves, and if you agree they get their city back and all your units in the city are taken back to your nearest city.
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As in SMAC, if you are an ally you should be able to left your units inside ally borders and cities. IMO, If you are allied fighting a war, you should be allowed to build military bases, as fortress, harbours and airfields as part of term of mutual military assistance.
If you conquer back a city of your ally, it must be automatically turned back to it, no choice! Just if diplomatic table can cope with it you can have some benefits for every city free back.
In SMAC you can coordinate an attack with allied AI, but the results aren't good. It will be best if Firaxis let you take direct control of allied troops, as Father Beast suggested so good.
Just to avoid you use them as "cannon fodder", let them go back to AI control (retreated from front line) if their losses are so much greater than your own units losses, or if they aren't stacked with one of your unit (sharing the same fate).
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dainbramaged13
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Dumbass
Mar 2000
time: 00:12
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O M G that is so funny, and yet so true. That's one of the reasons I stopped playing civ2, because the allies and enemies were so stupid... also, another idead definetely worth mentioning is strict rules in scenarios, such as in ww2, the Germans don't make peace with anyone, becasue it's totally unrealistic, and the Allies (Allies, France, Russia) don't break up (except maybe Russia - Maybe). I find myself playing as the allies in civ2 and all of a sudden, the Russians are attacking my recently captured german cities, the germans are asking for a peace treaty every turn, and the french are attacking LONDON! This is not how it should be... just a thought to add to Raingoon's awesome column.
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i'm glad to announce that we recieved another excellent piece from mr raingoon.... 
i dont recall the exact number of articles that are currently in the "posting queue" though...
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