21-01-2003 09:19									#1
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This made my jaw drop...

AU 203, and I'm in a late industrial battle-slog. I'm Germany, getting close to Motor Trans, the light blue is my current buddy China who seems close to the modern age, Persia is the big dog with at least Synth Fibers, and Babylon is probably the tech leader having completed SETI.

AND THIS COMES OUTTA THE BLUE...

First off, an AI heli-drop (never done it, never seen it).

Second, look at my visitor!!

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	21-01-2003 09:24									#2
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quote: First off, an AI heli-drop (never done it, never seen it).

Saw my first helicopter yesterday too
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I guess it's time to cut your losses and sue for peace

	21-01-2003 09:33									#3
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I'm not quite sure what the point is with just one of them, especially if your defenders are more than one deep. For that matter, is there some reason they had to heli-drop the tank instead of sending it along their railroad network?

	21-01-2003 09:36									#4
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quote: Originally posted by nbarclay For that matter, is there some reason they had to heli-drop the tank instead of sending it along their railroad network?

The funny thing is that the unit being dropped is not the tank. It's the bowman to the west of New Munich.

	21-01-2003 11:58									#5
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That bowman is dark-blue, which would make it a german unit??

	21-01-2003 12:56									#6
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quote: Originally posted by aaglo That bowman is dark-blue, which would make it a german unit??

Bowmen (as distinct from archers) are always Babylonian, and that's Babylonian Blue, which is a bit darker than the German Blue of Theseus's units. The diference was enough for me to notice that something looked odd the first time I looked at the picture, but not enough for me to catch what it was.

	21-01-2003 13:07									#7
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Ok

BTW, what is that thing above the bowman? Some PTW-stuff (no, it's not available here yet )

	21-01-2003 13:20									#8
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I think it is the helicopter (chinook model with two rotors) which dropped the bowman.

	21-01-2003 13:52									#9
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Damn!

The specialist are correct afterall. Masturbation DOES undermine vision...

	21-01-2003 15:16									#10
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So that's what a helicopter looks like.

I'd say you were in DEEP trouble now Theseus

-jam

	21-01-2003 15:59									#11
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Yes, that is a suprise indeed. I've never seen the AI build helicopters in my games and I only built them on very few occasions. I experimented a little with dropping Infantry at first, but for this tactic to be effective, you need a lot of helicopters. By the time I build them, I have Paratroopers and (at least) Tanks, so they are all but obsolete.

	21-01-2003 16:05									#12
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The AI overuses them in PTW, The one I saw dropped a unit from his territory into mine, sounds ok right.
Except we had ROP signed and had both roads and RR. . He's now dropping a marines every turn.

	22-01-2003 04:08									#13
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quote: Originally posted by alva The AI overuses them in PTW, The one I saw dropped a unit from his territory into mine, sounds ok right. Except we had ROP signed and had both roads and RR. . He's now dropping a marines every turn.

It's kinda cute.

	22-01-2003 04:32									#14
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Theseus: I hope your AAR details how you dealt with this dangerous threat.

	22-01-2003 07:12									#15
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Actually, it's even more dumb than anybody guessed... we are all at war with Persia, which is to the far east of the continent. A bizarre move; the Bowman, which was followed by a Guerilla, is just camping out.

Maybe Hammy is looking for a GA??!!

	23-01-2003 20:48									#16
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Theseus what are those luxuries below munich? I don't remember seeing them before, it must be something new in PtW?

	23-01-2003 23:11									#17
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PrinceBimz, haven't you ever seen gems before?
Well, I THINK thery are gems ... or is that gems near the top?
It's from a graphic pack of some sort.

	24-01-2003 08:16									#18
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I love these resource graphics... yup, gems.

BTW, the helicopter graphic was very cool. I know I tried them out like a year ago, but I had forgotten.

	24-01-2003 11:12									#19
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Also cool are the Multi-Unit graphics at Civ Fanatics!

	25-01-2003 05:37									#20
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quote: Originally posted by aaglo Some PTW-stuff (no, it's not available here yet )

try amazon.co.uk... i got my copy just in time for christmas

	26-01-2003 05:00									#21
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I want PTW!