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Re: Civ4 - AI cheats?

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From: Henri Arsenault
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:32
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In article <sEEbf.10153$D13.5863@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>,
pavel@uark.edu wrote:

>We both go to a total war footing and I have a good ally that does a major
>anphib invasion and between us we capture 6 of her cities over the next 20
>turns.  She has gotten gunships and tanks during the war.  I have sunk her
>fleets and have pretty much wiped out her standing army, During the war I
>got composites so have a stream of Modern Armor flying out of my 20 cities
>at her.  She begs me for peace and I am not feeling kindly.  The turn after
>she sues for peace and I turn her down to my surprise 22 GUNSHIPS MATRILIZE
>IN THE CENTER OF MY CONTINENT, WIPING OUT ALL MY S-S-BOMBERS, JET FIGHTERS
>AND WORKERS. 10 MODERN ARMOR AND 8 ARTIES ATTACK THE FORWARD CITY.  8 BB, 8
>DD AND SWARMS OF BOMBERS WIPE OUT MY FLEET!  That's right, she jumped up 3-4
>tech levels and hit me with more units than she had cities in one turn!
>
>Has anyone else seen behavior like this in a game?
>
Not that bad, but I did wonder a few times where some enemy units came from.

One possibility is that she sacrificed population for units, which can
pack quite a whallop if she had a lot of large cities. I forget which
civic allows you to do that, but there IS one.

Henri
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