Why can’t I place two units on one tile?

[Bingus Bonkers]

For some reason all other Civ’s allowed for it but for some reason VI forbids it, I just want two stack two archers on my main city

[grognardgary]

Thems the rules dude and no five didn't allow stacking either. You can have up to 8 units in a tile provided it is ocean one naval unit one builder, and one land combat unit and one trader. If the naval unit is a carrier it is possible to have up to four air units there as well And multiple air units can be stacked in an airbase But indeed land combat units are one to a square. In my opinion a gross over reaction to IV's stacks of doom

[Sstavix]

That is one of the rules in Civ VI. I kind of miss the "stacks of doom" as well. In this game, you can combine identical units into corps and armies, but that's it.

You can stack military units with civilians (settlers, builders) or certain siege units (battering ram), though. But those are situational.

[grognardgary]

Originally posted by Sstavix:

That is one of the rules in Civ VI. I kind of miss the "stacks of doom" as well. In this game, you can combine identical units into corps and armies, but that's it.

You can stack military units with civilians (settlers, builders) or certain siege units (battering ram), though. But those are situational.

I loved the stacking and combat resolution from call to power. I wish they'd let you combine different unit types in brigades and armies

[Dupmeister]

I really missed stacking as well but over time I came to appreciate why they removed it. As a whole the game has moved away from favoring domination and tries to promote other victory types, so gone are the stacks of doom because there really was no defense against that once you got started.

[Evrach]

Originally posted by General R. Gipple:

For some reason all other Civ’s allowed for it but for some reason VI forbids it, I just want two stack two archers on my main city

Because it was awful ; and the biggest demand of the players after Civilization IV's horrible stacks of doom.

[Skumboni]

Think of it like this: How many people can sit on the same toilet at the same time doing the same thing without problems. Smaller scale but similar problems.

[SlasH]

Originally posted by Skumboni:

Think of it like this: How many people can sit on the same toilet at the same time

Not a proper comparison since you actually can have more than one unit on the same tile (e.g. Knight, Siege Tower etc.).

[grognardgary]

Originally posted by SlasH:

Originally posted by Skumboni:

Think of it like this: How many people can sit on the same toilet at the same time

Not a proper comparison since you actually can have more than one unit on the same tile (e.g. Knight, Siege Tower etc.).

Or as I mentioned in my 1st post Max possible and ocean tile with a trade unit a land combat unit a carrier and fouraircraft and one builder

[Bingus Bonkers]

Grognardgary I was talking about Civ 4, I think that was the second best civ they made

[Bingus Bonkers]

Originally posted by Sstavix:

That is one of the rules in Civ VI. I kind of miss the "stacks of doom" as well. In this game, you can combine identical units into corps and armies, but that's it.

You can stack military units with civilians (settlers, builders) or certain siege units (battering ram), though. But those are situational.

Well what Civ could’ve done is that they could’ve made a limit to what they stack to like tanks should not stack but slingers or warriors should stack to three. It is a really good game but they could’ve solved stacks of doom.

[grognardgary]

Originally posted by General R. Gipple:

Grognardgary I was talking about Civ 4, I think that was the second best civ they made

I agree I was talking about six though

[Dupmeister]

eventually you gain the ability to combine up to 3 of the same unit in a corps. Its not really worth it in my opinion, you get something like a 10% increase for each unit you combine.

[AbSlayer]

Stacks of doom is very realistic just ask the Germans on D day LOL

[Bingus Bonkers]

Originally posted by Dupmeister:

eventually you gain the ability to combine up to 3 of the same unit in a corps. Its not really worth it in my opinion, you get something like a 10% increase for each unit you combine.

When in the game? I am not new so Civ but I am to Civ VI, is it like a civic thing or a research, or do all player get it when far enough in a world?

[jmerry82]

Combining two units into a Corps (or Fleet, if they're naval) is available at the Nationalism civic in the Industrial era. Combining three units into an Army (or Armada) is available at the Mobilization civic in the Modern era. (Which actually means combining a regular unit with an adjacent corps/fleet; you can't go from three units to one in a single action.)
There are a couple of civs that have special abilities to combine units earlier; Spain can do it for naval units, and Zulu (from the "Rise and Fall" expansion) can do it for land units.

Corps/Fleet/Army/Armada units have increased base strength (+10 or +17) and have all abilities/promotions of either unit that went into them. Other than that, they function exactly like normal units of their type. It's not a way to get more raw power, but it does let you concentrate the strength you have better. A Corps attacks for nearly as much damage as the two units combined, and it only takes up one tile so you can bring in another unit on the tile you just freed up.