Draft problem

Pandemoniak · October 24, 2002, 10:31

This is another question from a Civ3 newbie.

I cant draft citizens in the cities I just conquered. Is that because they are foreign nationals ?
That seems to be the only viable reason, since Im on communism, have all the ressources needed and linked to the city I want to draft, no resistent, etc...

Plz feedback ASAP.

WarpStorm · October 24, 2002, 10:36

Are they big enough? IIRC you need to be size 6 or better.

alva · October 24, 2002, 11:30

can't draft foreign natioals,
no drafting while in dissorder or resistance,
size 7 was it not? Warpstorm( could be wrong here),

WarpStorm · October 24, 2002, 12:08

I know there is a size limit. Exactly what, I'm not sure of. I've rarely drafted in my games. The only times were when things went seriously wrong.

Alex · October 24, 2002, 12:45

Then I must be a horrible player, because I draft a lot.

SIV · October 24, 2002, 13:40

I usually draft in my "other continent" cities when attacked.
I think that using draft on your own continent is a waste of happy faces.

vmxa1 · October 24, 2002, 13:42

Drafting is not a function of skills, it is a strategy. I have not used that strategy in a very long time. I can not find anything in the manual or the guide that says anything about the size of the pop for drafting.

WarpStorm · October 24, 2002, 14:21

You are right that it's a strategy. I find that the only time I'm willing to take the population and unhappiness double hit in a city is when it's going to be lost within a turn or two and I want to give the conqueror a little 'gift'.

But it's definitely based on city size. Make a test case (I do this for every rule I'm confused about) and you'll see.

alva · October 24, 2002, 14:27

If I draft, most of the time it's just to disband them again in highly corrupt cities
(mech inf. is pretty good for this purpose, about 25shields)

dworkin · October 24, 2002, 15:41

The last time I used the draft was to replace all my vet MI guarding my cities with conscripts. The resultant wave of vet MI crushed everyone.

Pandemoniak · October 24, 2002, 16:08

Well, my strategy was to let my large army flow through the ennemy and draft behind them to secure the conquered cities and dont use vet cavalry to guard pop 2 bases. I dont know if it remains a good strategy with the pop restriction, but Ill make tests.

Thanx to all of you.

PS : one wierd thing, this thread had nine post and has been viewed 3 times, my computer said

WarpStorm · October 24, 2002, 16:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Pandemoniak
PS : one wierd thing, this thread had nine post and has been viewed 3 times, my computer said

I have 10 and 3, strange

vmxa1 · October 24, 2002, 17:07

Webmaster?

alva · October 24, 2002, 23:09

views are sometimes 'cancelled' due to too much traffic

for more info:

more traffic then views

Tattila the Hun · October 30, 2002, 06:55

I wonder if they could ad "National Draft", eg. draft from every city that meets the requirements with a single click of the mouse. And the draft button doesn't update if I move to the next city in city view. That's a bug, and annoying one.

You need to have more than six citizens to draft, and the seventh+ has to be from your own nationality. I wouldn't draft from newly conquered 7 pop city, though; it might cause a flip more easily.

alva · October 30, 2002, 08:54

Quote:

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
I wonder if they could ad "National Draft", eg. draft from every city that meets the requirements with a single click of the mouse. And the draft button doesn't update if I move to the next city in city view. That's a bug, and annoying one.

I don't think I would ever use this button.

Apolex · October 30, 2002, 09:32

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Originally posted by alva848
If I draft, most of the time it's just to disband them again in highly corrupt cities
(mech inf. is pretty good for this purpose, about 25shields)

Hmm... I thought that disbanding cities that have lots of draft unhappiness just switches that unhappiness to the next nearest of your cities. That's what kept happening to me when I tried that a few months ago... has that changed in the latest version?

Edit: Oh wait... I misread your post. You're disbanding the UNIT not the city. Interesting...

bbaws · November 2, 2002, 10:08

I spend a lot of my time nurturing modern era empires to greatness. 27 shields from each conscript MI really gets the courthouses and temples speeded up in newly conquered lands. Especially when you have built Longevity and have a population problem in your core cities.

Tattila the Hun · November 3, 2002, 03:58

Wonder how well that applies to early conquest?

problem_child · November 3, 2002, 11:33

I love drafting, I believe the citizenry should get stuck-in, lend a hand in repelling the vile invader. The war-weariness that results makes the game more challenging anyway. Of course once the empires borders are stable, there's no more need for shovelling poorly paid, poorly equiped and poorly trained conscripts over the top, ala The Chechyen War. Usually they are only drafted for defence, to free up vets, divert enemy attacks and police unruly cities. Oh yeah- and to protect the colonies.