Had a situation where I figured my archers were safe standing their ground two hexes from enemy pikemen with mountains to their left and right and marshes directly ahead. The Civpedia states that two movement points are required to move through marsh or mountains.
During the AI turn, the pikemen move up and attack my archers killing them easily. This is very early in the game before I would expect anyone to have any promotions to move through marshes. Am I missing something?
What faction were they.
Are you sure it was all marsh and not marsh, grass, marsh?
Off the top of my head: Persia, golden age movement bonus. If they were not persian then dunno.
It was Russian pikemen which I expect have a movement of 2. Just moving one space into the marsh should have ended the movement, eh?
AI Scout with 2x upgrade ruins maybe? Scout + 1 upgrade ruin = Archer 2nd = Pikeman with ignore terrain type = grasslands movement cost for all tiles.
That's the most reasonable possiblity I've heard so far. Can you mouse over an enemy unit and see their upgrades?Originally Posted by The Rockman
Scouts upgrade to Archer then Crossbow then Riflemen, so this is not the answer.
I don't know of any way this is possible with a Russian in the early stages of a game.
Well there's a chance that the unit had Mobility I (+1 movement, requires Drill III or Shock III).
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