Are there permanent effects from bullying city-states?
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wcbarney
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I am pretty sure that there are no permanent effects from CS bullying. In my experience, the only downside is a decrease in influence in that one particular CS that you've bullied.
Arachnofiend
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Not in regards to other city-states, no. If a major civ has pledged to protect that CS you'll get a pretty massive diplo hit but other than that there's no reason not to just waltz your early game UU's into a city-state and extort them for all they've got.
MerchantCo
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It's free gold, basically! 
MantaRevan
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It used to be that if you bullied CSs then all of the other ones in the game would stick together and declare you a menace, but I don't think the game does that anymore.
player1 fanatic
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Another thing. If you bully CS, you may lose any existing quests that CS has given to you.
VainoValkea
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I thought each time you bully a City-State, they become more resilient towards further bullying. I'm not sure about this though.
player1 fanatic
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Yes, they do get more resistant (for around 300 points), but I think this is temporary effect.
player1 fanatic
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There is bonus resistance they get, if they are protected by other nation. But that is minor, like -20.
On the other hand, after one successful demand they'll get additional -300, which should cool-down after some time.
I guess it's there just to remove spam tactics.
On the other hand, after one successful demand they'll get additional -300, which should cool-down after some time.
I guess it's there just to remove spam tactics.
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