When to Capture City States?

S

smallfish

Immortal

Joined

Oct 1, 2011

Messages

2,968

• Aug 13, 2012

• #21

1) When they are not mercantile, cultural or militaristic CS friends with you

2) When they are at war with you

 

O

OBRkenobi

Chieftain

Joined

Jun 29, 2014

Messages

95

Location

karori wellington new zealand

• Sep 13, 2014

• #22

MikeyLikey said:

Do you get the warmonger attribute if no one met the civ you destroy?

Click to expand...

no you dont

 

Lucius_

King

Joined

Dec 3, 2012

Messages

806

• Sep 13, 2014

• #23

I will take a CS when I need a reliable beachhead to invade another continent. Then I pick an ally to my target that gives me solid positioning. This scenario is very rare though because there is almost always better options, like buying open borders from a neighbor.

 

V

Vitruvius

King

Joined

Oct 27, 2013

Messages

862

• Sep 14, 2014

• #24

Its never a good idea to Dow the CS itself and capture it when you have met other people. But you can still Dow the city states' ally and capture the CSes that way. I think you get less warmonger penalty that way.

 

D

dasaard200

Prince

Joined

Aug 9, 2014

Messages

315

• Sep 14, 2014

• #25

ONLY AFTER you have exterminated ALL the other CIV's (And won the game); and 1 or more CS's had pissed you off, then, MAYBE, IF STILL in Imperial Rage mode, go ahead, try it; effects may not carry over into following games ... or you could need a new name ...