(6-VT) Warmonger Nerf: Aztec

[DoveCDog]

Problem: Aztec's current UA can be cheesed. Razing an enemy city gives you a cheap +25 score. You can then make peace and wait until your opponent rebuilds the same city (which the AI is stupid enough to do).

Current:
Razing a city gives you +25 warscore

Proposal:
Razing a city whose population is less than 0.5 * capital population gives you +10 warscore
Razing other cities gives you +25 warscore

Rationale: This would affect all civilizations, not just Montezuma, but the nerf would primarily be targeted at the Aztecs. Small cities with 1 - 3 population are more like outposts, they should not be counted for such a large warscore bonus as taking a 10 population city.

 

[Recursive]

This is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how war score works. War score is applied for each population drop in a razed city, and it's based on the damage inflicted VS the opposing civ's current units and cities, with time decay. It's also based on your war damage taken vs. the opponent's war damage taken.

As such, I'll have to veto this proposal.