Budapest goes nuclear

[wurstburst]

Playing an emperor game with the balance - combined mods. Around turn 315, I get a notification that Budapest has completed The Manhattan Project. Really?!?!? I didn't know that CS could build projects. Does this mean that theoretically a CS could build all the spaceship projects, launch the SS and win the game?

Has anyone else seen a CS build The Manhattan Project? Has anyone seen them launch a nuke? What about spaceship projects?

Just glad they're my ally.

 

[elthrasher]

I had this happen in one of my games as well. They never launched a nuke or anything. I think it was a cultural CS so it wouldn't be giving away nukes. Maybe military CSs do, but I haven't seen it.

 

[Soronery]

Yeah city states do this end game quite frequently. I find it kind of odd. Haven't seen a nuke from them though.

 

[Tokira]

I haven't ever seen a CS building manhattan project but I know for sure that they can't win the game. Also even technically speaking they couldn't build all the space ship parts faster than the player with just one city.

 

[bryanw1995]

unless you were doing a OCC or most of your empire had been taken over already.

I've seen them build manhattan as well, it's quite annoying and a waste if they won't use it to build nukes. also, why don't CS's build air units? now that all major ai's build them a CS is at a huge disadvantage late-game. well, even more of a disadvantage than before. also, CS city combat power was not scaled the same way that major civ city CP was. imho a CS should be able to at least get to 100+ CP late game. heck, a human city all the way through the tech tree with kremlin and freedom can get to 150!

@OP: balance combined is great!

 

[Venereus]

I've never seen this happen. It doesn't even feel right. May be a bug?

 

[Smote]

I've been half conquered by a city state before

Granted, I didn't try very hard to defend. But still.

 

[Isikien]

They also generate Great Generals

 

[Bill_in_PDX]

Good for them! They have a right to self-defense too!