Quote Originally Posted by screwtype
I had a similar problem with Civ4 too. I was trying to take an enemy city, but it took so long just to get my units in position that in the end I couldn't stand it anymore and just chucked in the whole campaign.
That's one reason I turtle in Civ. Playing Civ peacefully is slow; playing it to conquer must be agonising.

Defensive wars can be rather fast and furious though. It's not like RTW/M2TW when a silly pitiful stack may attack you. In Civ4, often if the AI attacks you, you can see half a dozen AI stacks suddenly looming out of the fog of war within a few turns. It is pretty impressive when you realise how long the AI must have spent marching across the huge map just to do this to you. I find those kind of situations really intense as my garrisons are pitiful but I usually have the tech and the economy to salvage the situation. What makes it particularly fun is the diplomacy - the AI suffers from war weariness so if you can inflict enough damage, you can sue for peace. But conversely, there is a shark mentality, so if the other AI factions smell blood, they may pitch in. And you can try to persuade others to join the war on your behalf. And...

Drat. Starting to work myself up into wanting another fix. Must stop posting.