Unit Stacking

1Razor · October 18, 2001, 06:33

Hope this question doesn't upset any of you seasoned gamers out there but does anyone know if units can be stacked the same way as in CTP with a limit on how many.... Or will there be unlimited single unit stacks a la Civ2.

Grumbold · October 18, 2001, 06:46

I've not seen any mention of a finite stack limit like the CtP2 requirement that a tile held a maximum of 12 units. My guess is that, like Civ, there will be no practical limit to the number of units that can occupy a tile. However there will be limited armies available to you and seemingly no other way of getting units to follow each other to make moving big stacks simpler.

campmajor! · October 18, 2001, 06:53

But it works differently than in ctp2. In ctp2 the stack worked as a whole. In civ3 you have armies who operate likewise, but are limited to 3 or 4 units. Stacks in civ3 seem unlimited but when attacked, one unit after another defends until defeat. Also you cannot attack as a whole but one unit after another.

Pity, because that was the only thing I liked about ctp2....

1Razor · October 18, 2001, 07:45

It does seem to be more natural with stacking units. You wouldn't find a company of soldiers, working as a unit, only let one man defend the position if they were attacked. Or that the whole company would surrender/die if only one man was killed.

Cumulative damage I can understand because the company's fighting efficiency would be affected if they lost a key player.

Have to wait and see..