Destroying city Manual quesion

[krunsh]

Page 74

''Destroying the City
If you destroy the city, it’s gone. For good. All of its buildings, wonders, and citizens are no
more. We hope you’re proud of yourself, you big bully! While there are some good reasons
for destroying a city, mostly to do with your population’s happiness (see below), this extreme
behavior does have significant diplomatic consequences – i.e., other civs and city-states
may be less likely to ally with you if they think you’re a bloodthirsty maniac. You can destroy
the city immediately upon capturing it or at any point after that.''

I had heard that destroying a city would take many turn (some population lost every turn) but that was a long time ago and there is nothing about such a thing in the manual. This mean that if you capture a city, and that your ennemy is close to taking it back... you can destroy it instantly?

I think there are big chances that this is an error and it belong to the ''annexing city'' section (you can annex a puppet city at any time.).

Or am I missing something?

 

[Wolle68]

I think the manual left me more confused than before , but I would be very surprised if you could just decide to raze any city at any point.

 

[generalwar]

You need few turns to destroy cities, at least that is what those dudes that were playing the game said, I think.

 

[Schuesseled]

Page 74

''Destroying the City
If you destroy the city, it’s gone. For good. All of its buildings, wonders, and citizens are no
more. We hope you’re proud of yourself, you big bully! While there are some good reasons
for destroying a city, mostly to do with your population’s happiness (see below), this extreme
behavior does have significant diplomatic consequences – i.e., other civs and city-states
may be less likely to ally with you if they think you’re a bloodthirsty maniac. You can destroy
the city immediately upon capturing it or at any point after that.''

I had heard that destroying a city would take many turn (some population lost every turn) but that was a long time ago and there is nothing about such a thing in the manual. This mean that if you capture a city, and that your ennemy is close to taking it back... you can destroy it instantly?

I think there are big chances that this is an error and it belong to the ''annexing city'' section (you can annex a puppet city at any time.).

Or am I missing something?

It would probably still take several turns