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You have ancient horsemen bringing down helicopters etc., as well.

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The "fortified phalanx in a fort on a mountain taking down a battleship" from Civ 1 is a reason why the team tried to address the combat system in subsequent games. It's pretty much been the same system throughout the lifetime of the games but tweaked to address situations like this.

But who says that some old-school archers that have basically perfected their technique can't put some well-placed arrows into a helicopter that's already pretty busted up? WHO ARE YOU TO SAY THAT, HUH!??!!? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

What do you think would be better? Bonuses for units against other units from previous eras? That wouldn't be unreasonable but it would kinda create a "rich get richer" situation where more technologically advanced civs have an even easier time crushing their opponents than they already do by virtue of having better units.