Razing a City
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Jarl
When I played Civ 3, I did allways get the opprtunity to keep, or raze a city. Now in PTW I played as Vikings for the first time, and all the coast cities that I took from the Roman with my berserks from a galley were automaticaly razed. After that I played as Japan, none of the cities were razed automaticaly.
So, is automaticaly razing only a thing that happens with the Vikings, or is it anything else?
So, is automaticaly razing only a thing that happens with the Vikings, or is it anything else?
Mojotronica
Expect Irony.
I would only raze if the city is placed badly in relation to the rest of my empire, which is rare...
DiamondzAndGunz
Lurking
Yeah, and it seems to be pretty random whether or not the population will be killed. Most of the time, I am able to capture size 1 AI capitols early in the game, but there are still those times when they automaticly get razed. That can really get annoying if you bombard a city down to 1, and it has wonders. You can't really predict if it'll auto-raze or not....
Basically, I just try to keep cities if they are in good locations (part of my grand scheme of things), or if they contain wonders. I also usually try to keep the capitol, just for my personal fun... Unless, of course, the civ had been particularly annoying, in which case I just love to watch it disappear off the face of the planet.
DiamondzAndGunz
Lurking
ehh jus nuke it a couple times. That should cut that time almost in half! But, yeah, if you don't wanna take a rep hit and raze the city, bomb it down to 1 and hope it gets razed. If not, starve the city and build a worker. There. no more city.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
I never raize cities. Cities to me are way to valuble.
Magus Maximus
Chieftain
A city will be razed automaticly if its size 1 and has no culture
Thats why most of the time, in the ancient era, when u capture a AI's city, ur troops will burn it since the AI doesnt usually build culture city imporvs till later on,when most of the nearby land have been taken.
Thats pretty annoying cos the AI always has some settler saved somewhere on will build another city in the same place
So afaik no cities with wonders should b auto-razed. Maybe if the town hasnt expanded its cultural borders yet, (for instance if the wonder was built 2 or 3 turns ago), that could happen, but i doubt it
But answer the inicial question:
No, I dont raze cities in any circunstances. The reputation hit is too big to risk
Thats why most of the time, in the ancient era, when u capture a AI's city, ur troops will burn it since the AI doesnt usually build culture city imporvs till later on,when most of the nearby land have been taken.
Thats pretty annoying cos the AI always has some settler saved somewhere on will build another city in the same place
So afaik no cities with wonders should b auto-razed. Maybe if the town hasnt expanded its cultural borders yet, (for instance if the wonder was built 2 or 3 turns ago), that could happen, but i doubt it
But answer the inicial question:
No, I dont raze cities in any circunstances. The reputation hit is too big to risk
Phantom Lord
live by the sword
I ususally don't raze, but in certain cases I do - more or less surgically:
- enemy capitals with almost complete spaceships within
- enemy cities I consider a severe threat and that are impossible to keep in the long run (typically cities that have the UN or a wonder I really don't want my enemy to have)
- cities that are close to one of the aforementioned types, if I have enough units left after the first raze ...
I'm a big fan of razing cities. A very very big fan.... I usually capture their capital city and a few neighboring ones (I have ENORMOUS culture so none ever jump back) because they are usually the most prosperous, plus they provide a little rest-stop/staging ground for my troops. Then I raze EVERY other city (unless it has a wonder). No one really seems to care though, the other civilizations don't hate me any more for it. I one razed two entire civilizations and everyone still loved me (except for the civilizations I wiped out 
)
)MajorFallout
Battalion-Command
Captured cities do come in useful...
Of course you could capture a city (since the AI apparently thinks they're very valuable), ask for peace and then trade the city for one of their cities, that you wanted for a while.
Of course you could capture a city (since the AI apparently thinks they're very valuable), ask for peace and then trade the city for one of their cities, that you wanted for a while.
I usually raze cities I capture. Like in the game I am playing now, I am the Persians and the Zulus are near me, and have been extorting tech from me. When I finally get around to kicking their ass, I'm gonna show no mercy for those blackmailing bastards.
Originally posted by DiamondzAndGunz
Yeah, and it seems to be pretty random whether or not the population will be killed. Most of the time, I am able to capture size 1 AI capitols early in the game, but there are still those times when they automaticly get razed. That can really get annoying if you bombard a city down to 1, and it has wonders. You can't really predict if it'll auto-raze or not....
Basically, I just try to keep cities if they are in good locations (part of my grand scheme of things), or if they contain wonders. I also usually try to keep the capitol, just for my personal fun... Unless, of course, the civ had been particularly annoying, in which case I just love to watch it disappear off the face of the planet.
Idunno, but I think that even size 1 caps are never raised automatically, that apllies only to size 1 normal cities, but than they're always raised.
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