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Post by Seger on Mar 16, 2020 19:40:41 GMT
 price=120 gold and 20 industry space=5 city lv=3 for more Information about units: Click here |
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Post by SolidLight on Mar 16, 2020 19:53:15 GMT
Very bad unit because Rifleman is just about as good while being cheaper. No reason whatsoever to spawn any of these ever.
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Post by Gone on Mar 16, 2020 19:58:11 GMT
Resource waste. Most Infantry units, which include these ones, are not good enough to fight effectively. You’re better off spawning them to hold cities, and Militia is the only good unit for that role because of how cheap they are.
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Post by ambitiousace on Mar 16, 2020 23:42:02 GMT
Resource waste. Most Infantry units, which include these ones, are not good enough to fight effectively. You’re better off spawning them to hold cities, and Militia is the only good unit for that role because of how cheap they are. Militia for defense while riflemen is fast to take cities with guerilla tactics |
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Post by TheAmir259 on Mar 17, 2020 0:05:00 GMT
I sometimes use this because max hp is 300 compared to 250 of militia, but since it is abit more expensive, it is situational. Most of the time it's when my city gets general-flanked or encircled because having the extra hp usually helps, but other than that nothing else. Just eats into my pop quota
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Post by SolidLight on Mar 17, 2020 0:09:37 GMT
I sometimes use this because max hp is 300 compared to 250 of militia, but since it is abit more expensive, it is situational. Most of the time it's when my city gets general-flanked or encircled because having the extra hp usually helps, but other than that nothing else. Just eats into my pop quota The 50 HP doesn’t really matter that much due to how the AI works. They NEVER choose the optimal way to seize cities, doing stuff like moving cavalry before attacking despite being in range from the beginning. If you don’t survive with Militia, you don’t survive with Riflemen. That 12 move is pretty nice though. |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Mar 17, 2020 3:51:10 GMT
Personally I never use riflemen other than to hold cities, light infantry for me is the cheapest and fastest way of sniping cities
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Mar 17, 2020 3:51:29 GMT
and thanks Seger for coming up with these unit discussion series! |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Mar 24, 2020 17:42:16 GMT
Is their a thread for light machine gunners
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Post by SolidLight on Mar 24, 2020 18:10:39 GMT
Is their a thread for light machine gunners No but they're still the best generic infantry imo. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Mar 24, 2020 19:20:08 GMT
Is their a thread for light machine gunners No but they're still the best generic infantry imo. Kind of. I would like them more but they die way too fast. |
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Post by SolidLight on Mar 25, 2020 11:20:25 GMT
No but they're still the best generic infantry imo. Kind of. I would like them more but they die way too fast. I really don't see why. Their defensive stats are 315 HP and 29 def. The only tougher generic infantry units are HMGs with 345 HP and 29 def and New Infantry with 325 HP and 32 def. |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Mar 25, 2020 15:32:36 GMT
Kind of. I would like them more but they die way too fast. I really don't see why. Their defensive stats are 315 HP and 29 def. The only tougher generic infantry units are HMGs with 345 HP and 29 def and New Infantry with 325 HP and 32 def. Its the illusion of comparison I guess. Its analogous when comparing light infantry & riflemen, or fighters/bombers in wc4 and maybe the faster movement of lmgs portray them as more fragile than their slower, seemingly "tankier" counterparts |
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Post by Kurt von Schleicher on Mar 25, 2020 16:43:39 GMT
I really don't see why. Their defensive stats are 315 HP and 29 def. The only tougher generic infantry units are HMGs with 345 HP and 29 def and New Infantry with 325 HP and 32 def. Its the illusion of comparison I guess. Its analogous when comparing light infantry & riflemen, or fighters/bombers in wc4 and maybe the faster movement of lmgs portray them as more fragile than their slower, seemingly "tankier" counterparts They’re Static Defensive Line. |
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Post by kanue on Mar 26, 2020 5:21:54 GMT
I think it depends on whether we are talking about 18xx or 19xx. In 19xx, Rifleman is replaced by Light Infantry (19xx version equipping with rifle) and Light Infantry (18xx version equipping with musket) is replaced by Light Machine Gunner.
In 18xx, Light Infantry is bad like mentioned above. But in 19xx, I mainly use Light Infantry to capture cities or fight against light armored units since they are pretty cheap and move fast.
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