04-06-2002 10:48									#1
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In a German forum I read about following trick to get Vetran NONE units:
Build a city (on an island, for example), rush build a barracks.
Let the city be conquered by barbs.
After a couple of turns, send a "harvest" ship with a diplo
-> veteran NONE units
What do you think about that?

	04-06-2002 10:58									#2
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I'm not sure it would work. I was just reading the "Interesting Observation" thread in Civ2 General, and was reminded that the conquest of a city destroys 1/2 of the city improvements. So there's at least a 50% chance the barracks would be destroyed when the Barbs take the city, right? And, maybe, it's a 100% chance if the barracks are the only improvement. Nice idea though.

	04-06-2002 11:34									#3
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I've found that temples, cathedrals, coliseums, harbors, offshore platforms and so on will be destroyed, but not city walls and barracks and a coastal fortress

	04-06-2002 11:44									#4
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quote: Originally posted by ramses II. I've found that temples, cathedrals, coliseums, harbors, offshore platforms and so on will be destroyed, but not city walls and barracks and a coastal fortress

Do you mean when the Barbs take a city, or when anyone does? Because I can assure you that barracks and city walls will go 50% of the time when another civ sacks a city. Maybe it's different with the Barbs.

	04-06-2002 20:18									#5
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I thought you lost all the improvements if it became a barb city?

	04-06-2002 21:47									#6
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quote: Originally posted by GP I thought you lost all the improvements if it became a barb city?

I suspect that is because it would be rare for a competent human player to allow a city with more than a single improvement fall to the barbs

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	05-06-2002 01:59									#7
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stop it with the sneaky mindf*ucks!

I've lost plenty of mid sized cities to a barb. I'm a slut. i'll often leave cities without a single defender...

	05-06-2002 02:15									#8
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This has always been one of my favourite tricks in SP, bribing barb units is a lot cheaper then bribing other civs.

	05-06-2002 12:26									#9
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quote: Originally posted by GP stop it with the sneaky mindf*ucks! I've lost plenty of mid sized cities to a barb. I'm a slut. i'll often leave cities without a single defender...

... and i thought it was only those stupid entertaining 2x 2x King players that did things like that

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	05-06-2002 12:27									#10
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.. oh I forgot - they don't play with barbs (too difficult for them?)

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	05-06-2002 12:36									#11
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quote: Originally posted by atawa This has always been one of my favourite tricks in SP, bribing barb units is a lot cheaper then bribing other civs.

Gotta agree. I'm among those who, mid-game, will cheerfully let a newly-founded city get sacked, just to get the NON unit factory from it.

	05-06-2002 12:45									#12
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Barb cities are great for cheap NON units. Let em grow.

I haven't seen vets.

	05-06-2002 13:01									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly Gotta agree. I'm among those who, mid-game, will cheerfully let a newly-founded city get sacked, just to get the NON unit factory from it.

Yes 'newly founded' not one stuffed with expensive improvements ...

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	05-06-2002 13:17									#14
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Why not just max out unit and city production? You get NON units from every city once your army gets big enough.

	05-06-2002 13:39									#15
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Not once you upgrade to v2.42 you don't and most certainly not on MGE - so what is this - a troll? 0/10 - or am I missing something

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	05-06-2002 19:38									#16
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Naw, he's too busy downloading porn during his games to realize that that loophole was closed.

RAH

	05-06-2002 20:15									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Scouse Gits .. oh I forgot - they don't play with barbs (too difficult for them?) SG[1]

IN SP, it is not biggie to lose a city once in a while to barbs. Not your capitol or wonder city, mind you...

	05-06-2002 20:29									#18
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In SP, No.

But in MP, it can be a problem. Under the rules set we play, city bribing is not allowed. (but barb cities are an exception) So you don't want one of your opponents to come in and bribe your None Factory. (especially since for it to be a none Factory, it has to be closer to one of their cities)

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	05-06-2002 21:57									#19
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So what happens if you found a city, build barracks, and then abandon it to approaching Barbs? If you don't leave a defender, could it still lose the barracks? If the barracks remains, are new units vets?

Of course at the next obsolescence point the barracks will be lost, but if you time it right you could bribe NON vets for quite a while.

	06-06-2002 01:35									#20
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Barracks obsolescence occurs when the owning player gets a key tech advance - the Barbs don't make many tech advances - yes I too have seen barb advances, but once in a blue moon

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	06-06-2002 13:16									#21
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Since no one's mentioned it yet -- and since I'm only a few posts away from "Prince" -- it's also worth pointing out that giving up a new city to become a "Barbarian NON Factory" is especially worthwhile if you have Leo's; that way, you get state-of-the-art units no matter what the Barbs are cranking out.

	06-06-2002 14:23									#22
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Congratulations on your father's accession to the throne, Rufus.

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	06-06-2002 19:43									#23
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If you have Gun and capture a city w/barracks from a non-Gun civ the barracks don't become obsolete. It happened when I bribed Kashgar in Mad 2.42 Succession Game.

In general, only barbs from huts or uprisings are vets. Even if they did get a barracks city it is often difficult to coax them to come out and play without losses among your teasing units. It has been known to work, though.

	06-06-2002 19:49									#24
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I don't know about that. All barb cities produce is units. If I build a fortress with a few defensive units and a diplo 3 squares away with a road to the square in front of the fortress. Every three or four turns I can usually count on an archer, (or whatever unit era wise they're churning out) marching right up to the fortress for easy bribing.

RAH

	06-06-2002 22:39									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Straybow If you have Gun and capture a city w/barracks from a non-Gun civ the barracks don't become obsolete. It happened when I bribed Kashgar in Mad 2.42 Succession Game. In general, only barbs from huts or uprisings are vets. Even if they did get a barracks city it is often difficult to coax them to come out and play without losses among your teasing units. It has been known to work, though.

Does it continue to function as a normal barracks? Does it work?

	07-06-2002 00:44									#26
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Yes & Yes

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	07-06-2002 02:34									#27
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But it still needs 2 gold for maintenence I guess?

	08-06-2002 20:29									#28
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I see no reason the barracks shouldn't work
I've tried a few times to play as the barbarians. There are a few downfalls : you lose science beakers and gold coins at each turn, so your science depends on a trigger event (explained in the barbarian papers), but you can build improvements and settlers. The Ai is programmed to build only units (see the BP again), so it won't build barracks, but if it's there and is not destroyed in the capture, it should remain.
The only question is that other improvements are not kept, I know that : goodbye your library and all if you recover the city. I don't lose cities to barb enough to be sure, but I believe that city walls and barracks are kept.though
A little testing should answer that more clearly

	09-06-2002 00:51									#29
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quote: Originally posted by atawa But it still needs 2 gold for maintenence I guess?

Barracks are a 1g upkeep. If I can build Adam's Smiths I try to build as many barracks as possible. It cost nothing to run them, all new units are veteran, and when they are sold nice $$ bonus that could be greatly needed when playing later under representative government.

	09-06-2002 03:40									#30
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Once you get gunpowder, which is likely to happen around the same time as you can build Adam Smith's, your barracks will cost 2 gp/turn, and Adam Smith's won't pay any of that cost.